SHORTER+SWEETER
Theatre experiences for people with a short attention span, or just TAPAS on stage? It’s a taster platter of sweet and savoury dishes; a live version of a short film festival.
Something for everyone in 10 minute bites!
Comedy, romance and betrayal. Sex, murder and true love. And that's just for starters.
SHORTER+SWEETER showcases some of the very best works from recent Short+Sweet festivals, written by Australia's hottest writers, presented by our finest directors and starring a cast of brilliant actors. (Marvel as you see each actor playing different roles in different plays!)
The selection features the controversial, the rib-tickling, the absurd and the sexy in a unique 10-minute play formula that is bound to please every taste.
"To taste the state of Australian Theatre, try Short+Sweet." Sydney Morning Herald
PLAYS ON TOUR
Mandragora by David Sharp
This piece deals with a young man recovering from a serious car accident. As his fragmented memory comes back, he struggles to separate what he remembers from what his mind is telling him. "A challenging and fascinating piece of theatre." AussieTheatre.com
Trough by Richard Graham
‘No one gives a duck's nuts about piss lollies Frank!' Thus the trough's grizzled elder must convince his young charges that even urinal deodorising blocks can garner respect.
10,000 Cigarettes by Alex Broun
An invigorating rumination on the most prevalent modern drug. The magic white cylinder. Perfect for any occasion. Care for a fantasy? A provocative internationally popular comedy by one of Australia's - and the world's - most successful writers of short plays.
Perfect Stillness by Jane Miller
How well do you know your partner? A bitter-sweet confection about the little white lies lovers tell one another to keep a relationship going.
Hi, it's me, I'm on the train by Victorian writer Cerise de Gelder
Brenda's leaving. Sharon's in crisis, Mick's on the town, Tony's on a mission and Sean's breaking up. Tartly observed commentary on how mobile phones have made some of our most intimate moments strangely public.
49 stories about Brian Mackenzie by US writer Gregory Hardigan
Shows the beauty, simplicity and fragility of an ordinary person and an everyday event. 49 stories recalibrates one's perspective in ten extraordinary minutes.
"Knowing; transporting; sensitive; sensational! Sheer emboldened originality, freshness, innovation and depth of emotion." AussieTheatre.com
THE REHEARSAL by Michael Kalenderian
winner Best Writing Short+Sweet Melbourne 2009
The never-ending dilemma of what we plan to do, and what we actually do. The world is a stage and sometimes you just wish you stayed in the dressing room.
UPWARDLY by Mark Cleary
A play on the rise of technology.
SLEEPLESS NIGHT by Jonathan Gavin
The search for ‘love' takes an anxious Simon around the world. Pitted against the ideal couple who set him up with the feisty Rita, Simon aches as he passes thirty alone.
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