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Short+Sweet One Act presents a longer format of the popular mini play formula, with sixteen 20-30 minute plays showcased – four per night for a week - over a four week season at the festival’s ‘home’ of Newtown Theatre.
The rise and rise of Short+Sweet is one of Australia’s great theatrical success stories of the decade. Attracting almost 2500 international entries annually, the 10 minute mini play form has given rise to sell-out city seasons in Sydney, Melbourne and Singapore (and shortly Brisbane, London and Kuala Lumpur), regional festivals in NSW and Victoria and a touring show that has wowed them from Darwin to Tassie.
Now, 16 slightly longer new works will have their premiere – each with its own local director and cast of local actors – over four weeks from 22 July. Short+Sweet founder and artistic director of Newtown Theatre, Mark Cleary said this latest addition to the Short+Sweet family was another step in the company’s nuturing of fresh new writers and the development of new work for Australian performing artists.
“While some of our writers are experienced playwrights, this longer form presents a step up for our newer writers, on the way to becoming highly skilled writers of full-length plays.”
“It’s also a very attractive, colourful and varied format for audiences to enjoy,” added the Festival director and Newtown Theatre manager, well-known writer and teacher, Malcolm Frawley.
The plays chosen for the inaugural Short+Sweet One Act festival were selected by a panel of judges from more than 200 entries. They cover everything from teen runaways to poker tournaments, motherhood, fatal accidents, porno lines, HIV-AIDS, war, backpackers in Argentina, dead dogs in suitcases, actors, prodigal sons and virgin birth. And that’s just the comedies!
Among directors making their debuts at Short+Sweet are well known Sydney actors John Derum, Zoe Carides, Linden Wilkinson and Angela Kennedy – the last three making their first forays into directing.
Others include rising stars Deborah Jones, Uma Kali Shakti, Lauren Hamilton Neill and Beck Carrig as well as experienced ‘pros’ Wayne Tunks, Alexandra Byron, Victor Kline and Nicholas Papademetriou.
The first week’s program (features:
See You In Hell – written & directed by Peter Shelley and starring Richard Mason, Brooke Doherty & Hugh Monroe
Waiting For Gotterson by Sam Atwell, directed by John Derum with Amie McKenna & Ryan Gibson
Hold ‘Em by Alex Broun, directed by Victor Kline and starring Emma Harris & Renee Lim
The Empire Of Soap by David Sharpe, directed by Deborah Jones with Blake Wells, Chloe Schwank, Mariette Rups Donnelly, Hans de Koning, Brian Mott & Aaron Noakes
Subsequent weeks include Reverse by Sonal Moore (NSW), directed by Zoe Carides; True Story ‘bout a Dead Bitch by Craig deLancey (USA) directed by Linden Wilkinson; Room at the Inn by Barbara Lindsay (USA); The Mummy Monologues by Kate Toon (NSW), directed by Uma Kali Shakti; Man of Snow by Cerise de Gelder (Vic); Dreaming in Castellano by Stephanie Alison Walker (USA), directed by Angela Kennedy; Jack and Jill by Donald Molnar (Canada), directed by Beck Carrig and The Suitcase by Dina Ross (Vic), directed by Alexander Byron.
SHORT+SWEET ONE ACT
Newtown Theatre, Cnr King and Bray St Newtown
22 July to 16 August
Tues - Sat 8pm
Tickets $26 / $22
Bookings MCA Ticketing 1300 306 776 or www.mca-tix.com
More info at www.shortandsweet.org
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Thursday, 04 December 2008
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