Pint-Sized Plays
Our annual play-writing competition 'Pint-Sized Plays' are live short-format theatre performed in pubs or small venues featuring a small cast, and using minimal set, props and tech support.
Plays are selected for performance by a judging panel. The live audiences then vote for their preferred script, with the winner being announced on the final night.
Entries are now open for the
2025/26 competition!
How to Enter:
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Complete one digital entry form per script
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Email your script/s without any cover page to plays@remarkabletheatre.co.nz.
Entry Conditions:
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Entries are limited to three plays per playwright. Original plays are preferred but not compulsory.
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The play should require no more than 3 actors - any more than this and the play will not be judged.
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The play should using a minimal number of basic staging and props on a stage approx 2m x 3.
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The play should be between 10-15 minutes long. Plays longer than 15 minutes are not recommended.
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Judging is done anonymously by title - scripts should not include any playwright names or contact details.
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Entries are due by November 30 2025.
For further information email plays@remarkabletheatre.co.nz
More Information
Pint–Sized Plays is your opportunity to show just how imaginative and original you can be. If it can be performed in a pub, with 1– 3 actors using a minimum number of props, you could be the 'New Zealand Pint- Sized Play’ champion. If it is funny - If it is sad - If it is original – it could be a winner.
Each year we seek original scripts that demonstrate that your local can be a fine place to soak up a bit of culture as well as beer. Plays that are capable of being performed in a pub, lasting up to 10 minutes. The most interesting, funny, surprising, dramatic or outrageous plays are being sought to entertain and delight Queenstown audiences.
When writing, you will need to bear in mind that your play will be performed in a pub, using the tables and chairs, props and space readily available in a bar, or easily carried on by the performers.
All entries will be judged on their originality and entertainment value by a panel and shortlisted to a maximum of ten. These ten plays will be performed in front of a live audience, who will then decide the supreme winner. The winner will receive the highly coveted and esteemed pint pot.
Begun in Tenby, Wales in 2008, Pint-sized plays has quickly become established as a premier international competition for short plays. Now Remarkable Theatre, Queenstown has launched Pint-Sized Plays NZ To encourage new writing and introduce a new audience to the entertainment of live theatre. Performances have been throughout the district in Cromwell, Wanaka, Arrowtown and Queenstown.