September 29, 2009

TWO DAY PLAYS DRAFT 2: FINAL  RESULTS  

On Sunday 27 September the 6 winning teams form the 3 heats created 6 more original and diverse plays within the weekend, and premiered them at BATS Theatre. (Scroll down for the full Finals Line-Up.)

TWO DAY PLAYS DRAFT 2 WINNER
Newtown Ghetto Anger – Suspicion at Huffington Manor

RUNNER-UP
Lead Hat – Busting Out 2

For a review of the Final, click here.

The judges – Murray Lynch, Ken Duncum, Michael Wray and Steph Walker – also awarded the following accolades for work throughout the Two Day Plays Draft Two season (winners in bold):

BEST STUNT:
Leap from suicide door, Bush Collective – Ballsack’s Vendetta

BEST DEATH
Power source torn from chest, Last Men Standing – Excitable Boy

BEST USE OF PROP
Armless teddy & frame, Sock Monsters – Bearing Arms
Bike seat & duck, Fantasy Thang – Bring Back Buck
Light & child, Last Men Standing – Excitable Boy
Towel holder, Newtown Ghetto Anger – Suspicion at Huffington Manor 

BEST USE OF ELEMENTS
30 sec of music, The Raphaelites – On Dr Vilde’s Couch
Strangulation, character not speaking English, Sock Monsters – Bearing Arms
30 sec of music, 30 sec physical contact, Newtown Ghetto Anger – Suspicion at Huffington Manor
1 min without dialogue, Bull at a Gate – Star Seed Awakening

BEST COSTUME
Newtown Ghetto Anger – Suspicion at Huffington Manor 
Long Cloud Youth Theatre – Madame Kreuzung

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Sock Monsters – Bearing Arms
Fantasy Thang – Bring Back Buck 

BEST MUSIC
The Raphaelites – On Dr Vilde’s Couch
Last Men Standing – Excitable Boy
1st Gear Group – Live as if 

BEST ACTOR
Corey Matthews, Sock Monsters – Bearing Arms
Hayden Frost – Long Cloud Youth Theatre – After Hours
Ricky Dey – Last Men Standing – Excitable Boy 
Richard Falkner – Last Men Standing – Excitable Boy

BEST ACTRESS
Neenah Dekkers-Reihana, 1st Gear Group – Live as if
Estere Dalton, Long Cloud Youth Theatre – Madame Kreuzung
Melissa Phillips, Bush Collective – The Sisters
Cheryl Amos, Bull at a Gate – Star Seed Awakening

BEST SCRIPT
Last Men Standing – Excitable Boy
Lead Hat – Erotic Services

TWO DAY PLAYS FINAL LINE UP:
Long Cloud Youth Theatre – Madame Kreuzung
La le lu nur der Man im Mund schaut zu wenn die kleiner Kinder schlaffen – Mund – schlaff doch duuuu.
Devised and created by Long Cloud Youth Theatre, directed by Willem Wassenaar. costume construction & design by Janet Dunn, lighting design & operation by Mike Norman

Performers: Tai Berdinner-Blades, Anna Harcourt, Hayden Frost, Johanna Cosgrove, Stella Reid, Joe Dekkers-Reihana, Vanessa Cullen, Liffey Jacobson-Wright, Cameron Jones, Michael Boyes, Estere Dalton, Jack Buchanan, Chantelle Brader, Felicity Milovanovich, Felix Borthwick, Nicole Steven, Anthony Young

Newtown Ghetto Anger – Suspicion at Huffington Manor 
Made by Jarrod Baker, David Cormack, TJ McDonald, Dave Smith, Jim Stanton and Tom Williams. Technical operator: Caroline Beech

Bull at a Gate – The tragic tale of Goodie Rectomme and Thomas Proctor
Made by Cheryl Amos, featuring David Ironside.
Special thanks to Conrad Newport.

Lead Hat – Busting Out 2
Made by Nic Gorman and Paul Glubb.

The Bush Collective – The Sisters
Is sisters’ love worth more than a fulla’s?
by Whiti Hereaka, Maraea Rakuraku and Leilani Unasa
Cast: Melisha Isa’ako, Madonna Malae’ulu, Melissa Phillips, Maraea Rakuraku
Crew: Cameron Nicholls

Last Men Standing – The Tautology and The Hare 
Science Fiction. Science Fact. Science Thrills!
Dr Burke – Nick Zwart, Dr Hare – Michael Ness, Myra – Jean Sergent, Dr Wuornos – Hannah Clarke, Dr Chikatilo – Richard Falkner, Dr Heimlich – Uther Dean
Made by the cast, Richard Dey, Jimmy Sutcliffe and Nell Williams

HalfWITS – Untitled
Paul Sullivan, Anton van Helden, Christine Brooks, Karen Anslow