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BMDS Playwriting Competition Set For August

BMDS Playwriting Competition Set For August

The Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society [BMDS] is getting set to hold their annual playwriting competition, with this year’s ‘Famous for Fifteen Minutes’ promising to be a fun-packed evening, with six writers hoping to be presented with the Golden Inkwell. The event will be held from August 6 to 8 and August 12 to 15, with showtimes... Read more of this article

Famous For 15 Minutes To Feature Local Plays

Famous For 15 Minutes To Feature Local Plays

The Famous for 15 Minutes Playwriting Festival is getting set to celebrate its 12th year, with all proceeds to go towards the BMDS Charitable Trust, which gives out bursaries to students studying in Theatre Arts. This year’s event will run from August 28 – 30 and from September 3 – 6, 2014, with six original 15-minute plays written by local... Read more of this article

“Famous For Fifteen Minutes” Dates Released

“Famous For Fifteen Minutes” Dates Released

The Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society [BMDS] is set to host their annual play writing competition “Famous For Fifteen Minutes”, with the script submission deadline date set for June 13. The auditions will be in July, rehearsals start on July 28 and the final performances will be staged August 28 to August 30 and September 4 to September... Read more of this article

2013 BMDS Playwriting Festival Finalists

2013 BMDS Playwriting Festival Finalists

The Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society [BMDS] will be holding its 11th annual playwriting festival, “Famous For Fifteen Minutes”, next month spotlighting six original works by local authors. The festival runs from June 13-15 and June 19-22. Showtime is 8 p.m. A total of 25 Bermuda writers submitted one-act, 15-minute plays to the 2013... Read more of this article

“Famous For Fifteen Minutes” Auditions

“Famous For Fifteen Minutes” Auditions

The Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society [BMDS] will be holding open auditions next week for actors to perform in the six winning scripts in its eleventh annual “Famous For Fifteen Minutes” Playwriting Festival. Auditions will be held at the BMDS Daylesford Theatre on Monday, May 6 and Tuesday, May 7; those interested in trying out should... Read more of this article

Upcoming: 2012 “Famous for Fifteen Minutes”

Upcoming: 2012 “Famous for Fifteen Minutes”

[Written by Kelvin Hastings Smith] The top six playwrights of the Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society (BMDS) 10th Annual Playwriting Festival “Famous for Fifteen Minutes will have their plays performed February 9 – 18th, 2012 at the Dayelsford Theatre. Tom Coash the overall Judge of will announce the winner at the Gala Night (closing night). Kelvin... Read more of this article

Famous For 15 Minutes Playwriting Festival

Famous For 15 Minutes Playwriting Festival

The Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society [BMDS] is holding their 10th Annual Playwriting Festival “Famous for Fifteen Minutes”. Kelvin Hasting-Smith, one of the founding producers of the festival, tells us how the idea was originally conceived: “BMDS is no different from other not for profit organizations. It is an institution which is run... Read more of this article