The World’s First International 60 Second Playwriting Festival

One Event, Two Locations, One Hundred plays

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What is Gi60 and how can you be involved?

Gi60 (Gone in 60 Seconds), the world’s first international 60 second play writing festival started life in 2003 as one strand of a new writing festival in a tiny studio theatre in North Yorkshire. Since that time, Gi60 has blossomed into a global theatrical event. In a unique festival of new writing which spans the globe, Gi60 premiers no less than one hundred new plays each year. Fifty new plays, each one lasting no longer than sixty seconds, are performed live in the UK, while on the other side of the Atlantic, another fifty are brought to life at the New Workshop Theater in Brooklyn, New York. All one hundred plays are filmed and available to watch on the Screaming Media web site.

With no cultural boundaries, Gi60 produces a diverse, fast paced, funny and thought provoking one hundred minutes of original theatre reflecting the views of its worldwide contributors, and all available to download to your computer or mobile phone.

In 2009, Gi60 event creator Steve Ansell and Rose Burnett Bonczek, director of Gi60 in New York, were invited to speak about Gi60 at the prestigious Association for Theatre in Higher Education and American Alliance for Theatre & Education conference held in New York; a highly competitive submission conference, only a few proposals are selected for presentation from the thousands received. Rose Burnett Bonczek, who is Associate Professor and Program Head – BFA Acting Program at Brooklyn College New York, authored the proposal which was selected for the conference entitled “Risking Innovation”. Together with Steve Ansell, Rose Burnett Bonczek gave a presentation entitled “Downloadable Theatre and the Global Ensemble”. Gi60’s presence at the conference, which is attended by theatre professionals from all over the world, well and truly endorses its groundbreaking theatrical credentials.

Gi60 is a totally inclusive theatrical event, from the writers to the audience who can view the work either in person on the day or via the internet on a computer or mobile phone. Entry to Gi60 is free and open to everyone, everywhere, making it quite possibly the most accessible writing festival there is. All you need is an idea and an email address.

How To Apply

Gi60 is open to everybody; all you need is an idea and an internet connection. Since its inception in 2003, the Gi60 festival has premiered hundreds of new pieces of work written by people of all ages and backgrounds from around the world. So If you have an idea or something to say, why not write a play?

The Rules:

• Plays must last no longer than 60 seconds
• All work must be totally original and the author's own work
• All submissions must be sent by email and must include your name, address and location before the title of your work
• Individuals may submit as many one minute plays as they wish (one submission per email)
• Entries from schools must include the name of the school and a teacher's contact details in addition to the name of the author
• All submissions must be emailed to: screammedia@yahoo.com

Terms and conditions:

• Copyright remains with the author
• Plays will be made available for download on YouTube after the event
• Plays will only be performed as part of 'Gone in 60 Seconds'
• Plays lasting longer than 60 seconds will not be considered
• The organisers reserve the right to choose the venue for performance
• The organisers may use individual plays to promote the Gi60 festival for a period of one year after the festival
• All successful authors will be contacted prior to the event to confirm their acceptance as participants
• There is no submission fee or payment for selected plays
• The organisers reserve the right to cut scripts where necessary

Gi60 is nothing without the imagination, skills and enthusiasm of our writers and for this we thank you.

With best regards Steve & Rose.

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