From page to stage: 24Hour Play Generator returns

24Hour Play Generator returns in 2024, bringing together an abundance of WA youth talent, ambition, and determination to take a selection of plays from the page to the stage in just 24 hours.

Delivering on the excitement for the eighth consecutive year, WA Youth Theatre Company (WAYTCo) is behind the ambitious endeavour, producing six new ten-minute plays in a whirlwind production process to create some of the freshest and boldest work in the country.

This Saturday, June 22, is Writing Day, where a room full of keen young writers aged 15–26 will pen for 12 hours straight, assisted by dramaturgs Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa, Donna Hughes, Emily McClean and WAYTCo’s own Amelia Burke. Six writers will, that night, have their work identified for staging.

At break of dawn on Saturday, June 29, each director will receive a winning script, a youth assistant, a youth cast, and a space within the Subiaco Arts Centre in which to carry out an intense 12-hour development and rehearsal. At the 24th hour, 7:30pm, audience members will fill the main auditorium for the performance.

New Artistic Director Amelia Burke’s selection of professional WA directors includes Bobbi Henri, Gita Bezard, Michael McCall, Rachel McMurray, and seasoned 24Hr directors Alexandria Steffensen and Alexa Taylor.

24Hour Play Generator 2024 hits Subiaco Arts Centre on Saturday, June 29, 2024. Tickets are on sale now from artsculturetrust.wa.gov.au