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FAST (Festival of Australian Student Theatre) is a festival that aims to bring together Australian student theatre companies to showcase the work of emerging theatre artists and practitioners. The festival also features independent student theatre companies formed by current university students or recent university graudates [1].

FAST is run is association with La Boite Theatre Company and the Creative Industries faculty of the Queensland University of Technology.

About

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FAST is a non-profit organisation established by Ben Schostakowski and Belinda Locke. Both Ben and Belinda are recent graduates of the Queensland University of Technology's drama degree, and were formerly involved in student theatre through Vena Cava Productions, the student theatre company of the Queensland University of Technology [2]. Initial discussion about the festival were begun by the 2008 Vena Cava Productions executive committee.

As part of the company's relationship with QUT, the FAST festival team includes primarily QUT undergraduate students who are able to undertake roles within the festival to obtain credit towards their Creative Industries or Drama undergraduate degrees.

When

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The inaugural festival was held from 17th - 19th September 2010, in the Roundhouse theatre of the historical La Boite Theatre company in Brisbane, Queensland.

The dates for the 2011 festival are yet to be announced.

2010 Programme

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In 2010, FAST festival presented the following theatre companies and performances from around Australia:

Student Theatre Company Productions

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Name of production Name of university/student theatre company State Details Website
Wake In Fright La Trobe student theatre and film Victoria Adapted and directed by Bob Pavlich. From the novel by Kenneth Cook La Trobe student theatre and film website
Short Works La Trobe student theatre and film Victoria La Trobe student theatre and film website
Flu Season Queensland University of Technology, Vena Cava Productions Queensland Written by Will Eno Vena Cava website
Hippolytus Raised SUDS (Sydney University Dramatic Society), University of Sydney Union New South Wales SUDS website
Burn my heart out Underground Productions, University of Queensland Queensland by Jeremy Wood Underground Productions website

Independent Student Productions

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Name of production Affiliated university State Details Website
Limbus Queensland University of Technology Queensland Written and directed by Ryanna Clayton N/A
The Object of My Affection University of Melbourne Victoria by Full Skirted Productions N/A
Lifeblog Queensland University of Technology Queensland By eXp Performance Collective N/A
Stuck in four walls Griffith University Queensland Written by Martina Cross N/A
Dear Mrs Edmondson Griffith University Queensland Written by Craig Wood N/A
Debauchery Limited Queensland University of Technology Queensland By Radical Dumb Army. Written by Daniel Maloney N/A
Australian Ghost James Cook University Queensland By Tristan Savage N/A

24 Hour Play Project

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In 2010, the University of Melbourne, Theatre Incubator and Transition Theatre presented the 24 Hour Play project, which brought together groups of students involved in the festival to write, rehearse and perform 5 brand new plays in the space of 24 Hours.

Supporters and Sponsors

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FAST is run in association with:

References

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Category:Theatre Category: Festivals in Brisbane