Why is there a minimum time of 30 minutes for plays instead of the standard 20 minutes at other festivals?

In answer to a couple of questions:

The organizers of the ManPAC 1-Act festival have been advised that they are the only festival to have a minimum of 30mins not 20mins. Unfortunately they were advised AFTER publicity had gone out.

I do not know whether they are going to change the minimum time limit or not. If you have an entry that is between 20 and 30mins, then talk to Jackie and see what their decision was.

As far as I am aware, the panel of adjudicators for this year has not been finalised. I do know that, as for last year, they are going with a panel of "respected peers" rather than one "expert".

This does give the festival one major point of difference between the other festivals, and it also makes it a bit more interesting, as all decisions tend to be made on a consensus basis.

Last year's panel was local journalist and reviewer Jill Burgess, local performer Colin Howe and myself.
As the other two rarely if ever get on this site, I can only assume that Mosh the Coward was having a direct go at me.

To which I can only say, at risk of feeding trolls:
"Poor diddums... we didn't give you the award you wanted? Grow some balls and a real name!"

Bravo to the manpac team for putting the festival on closer to the other festivals. Also congrats on using a pnael of peer judges rather than one person's opinion, which is a more subjective choice. At least with three judges the opinion is going to be more of a general consensus. The other thing I liked about last years judges was that two of them are unfamiliar with most of our local clubs and actors and therefore eliminating any potential biases. Judging based on what they see, rather than who they know!
Well done.

Cheers
Christine Ellis