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The [[PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing]] is an initiative of [[PANSA]].

Founded in 2008, the Festival aims to generate original South African theatre works, to provide a platform for these works to reach the attention of theatre producers, and to work towards full-scale productions of the winning plays.

The festival works on a regional bases, after which the winning scripts in each region are re-read in the national final and are up for a Grand Prize.

The scripts are entered in one of the following categories: Comedy, Drama, 1 / 2 Hander.

A panel of judges selects the five best scripts for participation in each regional Festival. Each of the selected scripts are given a basic subsidy to fund reading rehearsals and S&T as required.

The Festival is open to writers throughout South Africa and is supported by the [[National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund]] ([[NLDTF]]).

== Sources ==

http://showme.co.za/durban/competitions/nldtfpansa-festival-of-reading-of-new-writing-2012/

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

== Return to ==

Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]

Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]

Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]

Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]

Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]

Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]

Return to [[Main Page]]

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−	~~The~~ [[NLDTF/PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing]] is an annual festival of new writing open to writers throughout South Africa, begun in 2008 as a national project of the [[Performing Arts Network of South Africa]] ([[PANSA]]) in conjuction with the [[National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund]] ([[NLDTF]]). At times the festival is also referred to unofficially as the [[PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing]] or the [[PANSA Festival of New Writing]].	+	#REDIRECT[[NLDTF/PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing]]
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−	~~== The project ==~~
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−	The project consists of a number of regional events which aim to encourage innovative new scriptwriting and generate original South African theatre works, to provide a platform for these works to reach the attention of theatre producers, and to work towards full-scale productions of the winning plays. The events take place annually in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban.
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−	~~The scripts are entered in one of the following categories: Comedy, Drama, 1 or 2 Hander, and a panel of judges selects the five best scripts for participation in each regional Festival.~~
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−	Each of the selected scripts are given a basic subsidy to fund reading rehearsals and S&T as required, and the productions are then formally read (not staged) by actors under the guidance of a professional director, with the focus on the script being showcased most effectively, without being overwhelmed by elaborate staging, sets, costumes, lighting, performances and direction.
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−	The winning scripts in each region - Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban - are then re-read in the national final and are up for a Grand Prize of R30 000. A panel of carefully chosen industry leaders are the judges of the competition who critically adjudicate the scripts.
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−	~~== The impact ==~~
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−	The festivals have been a success over the years, with most of the winning scripts (and numerous of those not winning as well) going on to full scale productions at a variety of theatres and festivals, both locally and internationally. Winning plays include ''[[Salaam Stories]]'' by [[Ashraf Johaardien]], ''[[Bungee Writing Finals]]'' by ''[[Finuala Dowling]]'', ''[[Church Full of Light]]'' by [[Guy Willoughby]], ''[[Green Man Flashing]]'' and ''[[Two to Tango]]'' by [[Mike van Graan]], ''[[Stone Angel]]'' by [[Kobus Moolman]] and ''[[London Road]]'' by [[Nicholas Spagnoletti]] (Jury Runner up winner 2007), ''[[Hinterland]]'' by [[Duncan Buwalda]] (three awards, 2012).
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−	~~== Sources ==~~
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−	~~http://showme.co.za/durban/competitions/nldtfpansa-festival-of-reading-of-new-writing-2012/~~
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−	~~http://www.pansa.co.za/~~
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−	~~Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]~~
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−	~~== Return to ==~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[South_African_Festivals\|South African Festivals and Competitions]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[Main Page~~]]

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-The [[PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing]] is an annual festival of new writing begun in 2008 as a national project of [[PANSA]] (the [[Performing Arts Network of South Africa]]).
+The [[NLDTF/PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing]] is an annual festival of new writing open to writers throughout South Africa, begun in 2008 as a national project of the [[Performing Arts Network of South Africa]] ([[PANSA]]) in conjuction with the [[National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund]] ([[NLDTF]]). At times the festival is also referred to unofficially as the [[PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing]] or the [[PANSA Festival of New Writing]].
 The project consists of a number of regional events which aim to encourage innovative new scriptwriting and generate original South African theatre works, to provide a platform for these works to reach the attention of theatre producers, and to work towards full-scale productions of the winning plays. The events take place annually in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban.
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 The winning scripts in each region - Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban - are then re-read in the national final and are up for a Grand Prize of R30 000. A panel of carefully chosen industry leaders are the judges of the competition who critically adjudicate the scripts.
-The Festival is open to writers throughout South Africa and is supported by the [[National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund]] ([[NLDTF]]).
+== The impact ==
 == Sources ==
 http://showme.co.za/durban/competitions/nldtfpansa-festival-of-reading-of-new-writing-2012/

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-The [[PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing]] is an initiative of [[PANSA]].
+The [[PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing]] is an annual festival of new writing begun in 2008 as a national project of [[PANSA]] (the [[Performing Arts Network of South Africa]]).
-Founded in 2008, the Festival aims to generate original South African theatre works, to provide a platform for these works to reach the attention of theatre producers, and to work towards full-scale productions of the winning plays.
+The scripts are entered in one of the following categories: Comedy, Drama, 1 or 2 Hander, and a panel of judges selects the five best scripts for participation in each regional Festival.
-The festival works on a regional bases, after which the winning scripts in each region are re-read in the national final and are up for a Grand Prize.
+The winning scripts in each region - Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban - are then re-read in the national final and are up for a Grand Prize of R30 000. A panel of carefully chosen industry leaders are the judges of the competition who critically adjudicate the scripts.
-The scripts are entered in one of the following categories: Comedy, Drama, 1 / 2 Hander.
+The festivals have been a success over the years, with most of the winning scripts (and numerous of those not winning as well) going on to full scale productions at a variety of theatres and festivals, both locally and internationally. Winning plays include ''[[Salaam Stories]]'' by [[Ashraf Johaardien]], ''[[Bungee Writing Finals]]'' by ''[[Finuala Dowling]]'',  ''[[Church Full of Light]]'' by [[Guy Willoughby]], ''[[Green Man Flashing]]'' and ''[[Two to Tango]]'' by [[Mike van Graan]],  ''[[Stone Angel]]'' by [[Kobus Moolman]] and ''[[London Road]]'' by [[Nicholas Spagnoletti]] (Jury Runner up winner 2007), ''[[Hinterland]]'' by [[Duncan Buwalda]] (three awards, 2012).
 The Festival is open to writers throughout South Africa and is supported by the [[National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund]] ([[NLDTF]]).