A festival is a story, a prayer song of power, an artistic statement in its own right, that inspires and changes and renews and believes and loves and opens doors and supports and understand and develops and showcases and above all, forms a congregation and community that transcends the sum of its  parts.

The Criterion held the Springboard Festival: three acts a night over eight days. Produced from a standing start just, before Christmas 2022, in three months, by a playwright with no production experience, featuring new writing, collaborations and art inspired by art. With a narrative driven by the Criterion’s reflective statement. To paraphrase; a predominantly white, middle class, and privileged theatre, has an obligation to use its agency to encourage diversity and social change.

The Questors held a Festival of New Writing 18 - 23 July 2022 with a mixture of full-lenghth short and very short plays in two spaces. Described as "an explosion of creative talent for audiences, writers and theatre-makers, and our local community. Step into our thriving theatre to watch world premieres in our air conditioned Studio Theatre, celebrate new voices, expand your creativity at our workshops with industry professionals and discuss your ideas in our multi-award-winning Grapevine bar."