Timeline
Monday 13 October 2008
Closing date for Script entries, ITC Submissions and Directors Registrations
Mid- October, 2008
Short listing of ITCs and Directors
Meetings with ITCs and Directors
Marketing of Performances begins
Friday 24 October, 2008
ITCs and Directors selected & notified
Friday 7 November 2008
Script assessments finalised
Scripts short-listed
Writers notified of short-listed scripts
Short-listed plays sent to Top 90 Directors for selection
Friday 14 November 2008
Closing date for Actor registrations
Top 90 plays allocated to Directors
Short-listed plays sent to Wildcard Directors
Sunday 16 November 2008
Audition dates and times sent out to actors
Friday 21 November 2008
6pm, Meet and greet with directors
Wildcard plays allocated to Directors
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 November 2008
Auditions Weekend 1
Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 November 2008
Auditions Weekend 2
Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 December 2008
Auditions Weekend 3
Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 December 2008
Auditions Weekend 4
Nov/Dec 2008
Judges and Masterclass speakers confirmed
Directors cast & rehearse plays
Plays finalised to weeks
Monday 15 December 2008
6pm. Season announced
Early January, 2009
Programmes & Voting Sheets organised
Production meetings begin
Tuesday 6 January 2009
Season opens at Newtown Theatre
Wednesday 21 January 2009
Season opens at Seymour Centre Downstairs
Saturday 21 February 2009, 7.30pm
Gala Final, York Theatre, Seymour Centre
(Preview: Friday Feb 20, 7.30pm)