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A Note from the Creative director of short+sweet
It’s a great pleasure to welcome you to the 12th season of Short+Sweet Theatre in Sydney. The three month program features the enthusiastic participation of around 800 writers, directors and actors and is a testament to the deep pool of talent that Sydney has to offer. As always each season has its share of unique occurrences. For me 2013 will be particularly memorable because five plays from the brand new Regional NSW Short+Sweet program in Dubbo and Broken Hill have been included in the mix. Next year the program will be expanded to include other regional locations underpinned by an extensive workshop and mentoring program.
Additionally there are productions in the program that come from all around the nation and from as far away as Chennai. This Indian offering will throw up a unique and noteworthy challenge to local groups since it has already won Best Production in Short+Sweet Festivals in Chennai, Mumbai and Kuala Lumpur. From a behind the scenes perspective we’ve greatly benefitted over the last year from the guidance and support of Justin Macdonnell and Les Currie who have put into place structures and systems that will carry the organisation onto bigger and better things over the coming years. This is also the first year that a dedicated Producer has been included as part of the production team. Both Producer, Lisa Rathbone, and Festival Director, Pete Malicki, have worked tirelessly to put together the massive program. The results of their work, as is always the case with Short+Sweet, can be seen on the stage. I hope you enjoy the show. Mark Cleary Founder and Creative Director Short+Sweet
estival f e h t m o r f age s mes t e e w s + t r o h s f o director Welcome friends and newcomers to Short+Sweet Sydney 2013, the world’s largest festival of 10 minute plays. It’s my absolute pleasure to be returning as Festival Director for the second year and I’m looking forward to producing another season of fantastic, innovative plays which have never before been staged in our city. This is festival number 12 for us. From humble beginnings in January 2002, we’ve gone on to produce well over 2000 plays written by Australian and international playwrights, utilising the talents of around 1600 directors and thousands of actors. In fact, if you add up all the people who’ve been involved with Short+Sweet Sydney over the years, the number is in the realms of a whopping 10,000! Since our last festival ended at the end of March 2012, I haven’t been able to go out to a theatre show without bumping into someone who was involved as an artist. Our actors are on stage, our directors are in the front rows, our stage crew are at the sound and lighting desks and our writers are getting their works produced. The last show I went to at the time of writing was a full length play at Riverside Theatres in Parramatta where the entire cast had been involved in Short+Sweet, our development program, Crash Test Drama, the writer and director had worked in our Gala Finals and the Stage Manager was one of our 2012 crew.
This is the reason I’m so passionate about the festival. It creates opportunities. Artists are exposed to a huge number of producers, agents, venue managers and arts administrators, audience members and, arguably of greatest importance, fellow artists. At least once a week I get an email from someone who’s chasing down an actor they saw in our last season, keen to offer them a role or an audition. I can’t tell you how much of a privilege it is to be in a position where I can facilitate these connections and help a fellow artist get a new gig. We did a few things differently last year. We introduced a new voting system for the People’s Choice where audience members could choose their favourite two plays instead of just one. We also launched our People’s Choice Showcase – the ten most popular plays of our festival together on one night. Both of these initiatives are returning. However, we’ve listened to feedback and we’re scaling the size of our season down from 180 to 160 plays this year to ensure the standard of what we put on stage is of the highest order. Let me finish by thanking some of the key people involved in putting the festival together: Founder of Short+Sweet Mark Cleary, Lighting Designer returning for another year, Taylor Allen, Production Manager/Head Stage Manager Shane Addison, who has approached the job
with calmness, thoroughness and a great attitude. The Artists’ Committee, who have already proved themselves invaluable, our interns, venue staff, Masterclass hosts and professional partners and Geoff Sirmai, our wonderful publicist. Final thanks goes to Lisa Rathbone, our Producer, who has jumped on board at the last minute and already proven herself to be dynamic, hard-working, intelligent and seriously competent. However, the most important people are the hundreds of actors, directors and writers who pool their talents to make Short+Sweet happen. It’s their work we’re putting on stage and without these 750+ people there would be no festival. I’m looking forward to working with each and every one of them to make their show a success. See you around at King Street Theatre, Sidetrack and Seymour Centre! Pete Malicki Festival Director Short+Sweet Sydney 2013
The lord mayor of sydney “I’m very happy to support Short+Sweet 2013. Since 2002, the annual Short+Sweet Festival has given new and established writers the opportunity to achieve recognition and share their work with appreciative audiences across Australia. Short+Sweet is a great forum for new work, experimentation and innovation, while working within 10 minutes of performance time. The City of Sydney has a good relationship with Short+Sweet and recognises its significant contribution to Sydney continuing to be a creative and vibrant city. I’m confident that this year’s Short+Sweet will once again be a tremendous success, delighting and inspiring audiences. I hope everyone involved in Short+Sweet has a wonderful experience and wish them the very best with this year’s festival.” Yours sincerely Clover Moore MP Lord Mayor of Sydney
Message from s The Minister As Minister for the Arts I would like to acknowledge the great work by everyone at the Short+Sweet Festival and their continued commitment to showcase new and original 10 minute plays. Short+Sweet is now firmly entrenched on the Australian arts calendar. For more than a decade this festival has brought together the best of emerging and established Australian and international playwrights and performers all backed by skilled technical crews. The result is a fresh and innovative approach for an unpredictable theatre experience. In 2013, Short+Sweet Sydney will produce an incredible 160 brand new 10 minute plays by more than 300 writers and directors with close to 500 actors. I want to congratulate everyone at Short+Sweet for their work promoting their ‘10 minute plays’ idea overseas. At its core, reaching out to other nations is about engaging in cultural diplomacy and building stronger people-to-people ties through sharing culture. The Australian Government fully supports this approach through its Asian Century White Paper. I wish you all the best for the 2013 season and beyond. The Hon Simon Crean MP Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government. Minister for the Arts
The aRTISTS’ COMMITTEE across the State who wishes to be active in or just enjoy the arts. For this reason I was especially delighted last year to confirm the NSW Government’s four year commitment to Short+Sweet to bring those two ideals together across regional NSW.
It is with great pleasure that I welcome the 12th season of the annual Short+Sweet Sydney Theatre Festival. Few festivals anywhere are a match for this three month marathon. It is all the more remarkable that those months are filled with brand new plays of just 10 minute duration made by 170 playwrights,165 directors and more than 450 actors. Almost 800 theatre makers volunteer their talent, time and energy to make summer in Sydney a great place to be and NSW an ever more liveable and creative State. I congratulate them all. Short+Sweet is dedicated to creating the opportunity, for as many people as possible, to experience first-hand the craft of live theatre. The NSW Government is committed to providing access to everyone
Already Short+Sweet Festivals have been introduced to Dubbo and Broken Hill. You will have the opportunity to see five of the best of their plays in Sydney this year. By 2014 there will be Short+ Sweet theatre workshops and festivals for adults and young people in at least 12 regional centres. This program is bringing the country to the city and the city to the country – which is how it ought to be. I wish Short+Sweet a happy 12th anniversary and great success in 2013. Hon. George Souris MP Minister for the Arts
Rosemary Ghazi Masterclass Coordinator Relatively new to the industry, Rosemary started acting in 2011 and has not looked back since. She loves the screen but her heart is with the stage. Rosemary studied at Sydney Theatre School in 2011, graduating with a diploma in Theatre Performance. She performed in three productions for the school, including the controversial contemporary classic ‘Attempts On Her Life’ as well as the restoration comedy ‘The Beau Defeated’. She has performed in a number of plays for Short+Sweet as well as Crash Test Drama, even winning the audience vote at the CTD 2012 Season One Finals. She is currently studying at Screenwise Film and TV School and busy co-writing and co-producing her first feature film. Deborah Mulhall Judges Coordinator Falling in love with theatre at the age of 16, Deborah has spent a life in pursuit of having this love requited. What started out as acting became directing then writing and looking back and further study and teaching and more learning and travel. There have been many productions; many hundreds of performances; quite a few full-length plays;
some short plays; offBroadway; in Italian; in Thai; keynote speeches; agent managed; toured; co-op’ed and film-optioned…and the excitement of this particular love-affair continues to resonate. Easy to find at www.deborahmulhall.com or thewrighter@yahoo.com Gabriel McCarthy Online Content Coordinator Gabriel McCarthy recently graduated from the Actor’s College of Theatre and Television (ACTT), with an Advanced Diploma in Stage and Screen Acting. He started up Gabatwa Studios (2007) where he writes and directs his own theatre and films. Gabriel has studied physical, improvisation, absurdist, mime, acrobatic, grotesque, dance, musical, and ensemble theatre, and has been a gymnast for nearly 20 years. Gabriel’s training and methods stem from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Playback Theatre Sydney and many other workshops and theatre companies. His acting credits include: Dark of the Moon (ACTT), Something to be Done (Short+Sweet Sydney 2012: Best Actor and Best Production), Rowan Atkinson Tribute Show (KxH), His Room (Parramatta Riverside Theatre).
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Sierra Phillips Sponsorship, Programme and Comp Coordinator Sierra first appeared on stage at the age of three. She trained at Johnny Young Talent School, where she was accepted into the advanced performance troupes. She studied drama both at HSC level as well as at Edith Cowan University, and earned her Bachelor of Arts (Drama/Writing) in 2005. Sierra has been involved with Short+Sweet as an actor for several years and has won the Best Actress award in the Central Coast Short+Sweet festival in 2007. She has appeared in a number of short films as well as theatre productions. Sophia Scarpellino Audition/Event Coordinator Sophia performed at last year’s Short+Sweet in the Top 100 and is excited to be back this year as our Audition and Event Coordinator. She has a passion for the theatre behind the scenes and in performance. Sophia has a background in producing which includes Mixd Drinx at the Old 505 Theatre and Televention at the King Street Theatre. Her theatre credits include Van’s Sister – Dog Sees God at the King Street Theatre, Vata – NaGL at the Tap Gallery, Miss Metcalf – Dark of the Moon at the Sidetrack Theatre and Fedy – Evolvelution at the Cleveland Street Theatre.
Lyndall Johnston Short+Sweet Best New Talent 2012 Short+Sweet is a fantastic opportunity for developing, emerging and established artists to practise their art and display their talents by being given a platform to produce and display their work in a safe and supportive environment. The emphasis on creative collaboration is paramount to success within the theatre industry and Short+Sweet provides an arena in which writers, actors, producers, directors, designers and composers work together to produce and display the high levels of talent and artistry that often go unnoticed in such a tough and competitive industry. I had the privilege of directing two wonderfully written plays in 2012; the casting process supplied by Short+Sweet was excellent and enabled me to secure outstanding actors who worked hard in delivering great performances. During the 2012 festival I met many people within the industry including writers, directors and actors with whom I established
great friendships and the prospect of further work. The festival management of all aspects of Short+Sweet is brilliant and promotes a high level of professionalism to the collaboration of live theatre performance. I learned many valuable lessons in the art of theatrical production and collaboration courtesy of the high standards of the Short+Sweet Festival. Receiving Best New Talent in Sydney 2012 has provided an excellent opportunity for me to further my skills and development in working in all aspects of theatre including direction, writing, acting and performing. I have since been employed by the University of Newcastle on the Central Coast as a Student Ambassador for the Bachelor of Arts degree, where I am majoring in Creative and Performing Arts and have several works in progress with independent theatre and performance companies. As a dancer and vocalist my passion lives within theatrical performance and production and I’m looking forward to challenging myself with further work in the theatre industry. I highly recommend all artists wanting experience and a platform to showcase their talents to get involved with Short+Sweet, work hard and professionally, have fun and ultimately create entertaining new theatre while forming great friendships and working relationships. Enjoy!
Gabe McCarthy Best Actor Short+Sweet was by far the most rewarding, entertaining and joyful experience from any theatre production I’ve ever been involved with. It simply came down to the people: the crew and fellow actors. Those working backstage were incredibly professional and unbelievably pleasant to work with. They made me feel right at home whilst showing complete dominance over every show by being continuously on the ball and switched on. A perfect example involves an incident concerning my own show, when a prop banana flew out of my hand, went a little too far into the atmosphere and latched itself to a stage light above. Nonetheless, the stage manager and crew waited till my play was complete, then promptly brought a ladder onto the stage and removed the banana without missing a beat. I say ‘bravo’ to the Short+Sweet crew and a massive thank you to all the fellow actors I met with over the weeks. Since then I have already had many offers from
other companies to continue my physical tour-de-force. But what really resides in me is to begin writing up some new scripts, so I may indulge into Short+Sweet again. Taylor Klas (Best Actress & Best Script), as well as the fellas from The Whiskey Bar (Matriark Art Theatre) and I already have ideas to collaborate together. Short+Sweet opened amazing pathways into the Australian Theatre industry for me. I’d do it all again in a heartbeat!
Taylor Klas Best Actress I had an idea for a cabaret character that I had been working on when the opportunity arose to perform it at Short+Sweet Sydney. Coming up from Melbourne to perform was a frightening proposition, but the whole experience was wonderful, with the hardworking Short+Sweet crew as concerned for the artistic integrity of my show as much as I was. One of the best parts about Short+Sweet was having the opportunity to perform without worrying about the
producing side as is usually the case with Independent Theatre. It was a great way to focus on the actual show and I worked on developing and strengthening the piece throughout the season. The response I received from the audiences throughout the festival gave me the confidence to develop the ten minute piece into a fulllength cabaret which I am performing at The Butterfly Club in Melbourne. My success at the festival opened doors for me, as I have been able to work with many high-level artists and have been invited to perform at various events. Throughout the festival, I made great contacts and friends. A few of us have even started collaborating on a new show. The whole experience was fun and I would do it again in a snap!
Matriark Art Theatre Overall People’s Choice Winner Short+Sweet 2012 was Matriark Art Theatre’s second year of involvement in the festival. We set out to write a ten-minute western musical
and what we ended up with was The Whiskey Bar. We pulled together an ensemble of fourteen performers and musicians, wrote our own songs, choreographed some ridiculous dance sequences and generally had a bit of fun. We were fortunate enough to have the chance to present our work three times throughout the festival: in the heats, the People’s Choice Showcase and the Gala Finals at the Seymour Centre. Our success in the festival was a real encouragement to us when it came to creating our own work and since our experience we’ve continued developing ambitious genre mash-ups. In September 2012, we produced our first fulllength production, Alarum, which was performed at the PACT centre for emerging artists as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival. Short+Sweet provided us with many great connections and some wonderful supporters and has given us a leg up as we continue to produce our own work. Not to mention the great fun we had being part of the supportive and generous community of artists that seem to congregate around the biggest short play festival in the world.
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Clean Break
Jodi Crammond Director: Lisa Eismen ITC: Short+Sweet Dubbo Winner (NSW)
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A Belated Reunion Jessica Anderson (Canada) Director: Wayne Underwood Writer:
A Burning Ambition Cerisede Gelder (VIC) Director: Henrietta Stathopoulos Writer:
Tom Jensen (UK) Director: Jacque Vickers Coma Sutra Kate Toon Director: Melinda Latsos ITC: Actors Anonymous (NSW) Writer:
Graham Brown (ACT) Director: Gila Barnett Writer:
Conversation At A Urinal Writer:
Darren Menachemson
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Craig Delahoy
Uma Kali Shakti Director: Uma Kali Shakti ITC: Rainbow Connections (NSW) Writer:
A Daughter’s Visit Michael Stang (USA) Director: Marjorie Licett Writer:
A Different Client Josh Hartwell (USA) Director: Paul Bugeja Writer:
Diet Dilemma Vee Malnar Director: Jacque Vickers ITC: Crash Test Drama Runner Up Writer:
Bryan McMahon Bryan McMahon ITC: The Peter Clyne Memorial Foundation (NSW) Writer:
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Jodi Cramond (NSW) Rachel Chant
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Robert Sharpe Director: Robert Sharpe ITC: L and R Productions (NSW)
A Western Death Jamie Hughes (UK) Director: Alison Albany Writer:
Breeding Kaz Getts Warren Bradey, Kaz Getts ITC: RAPA (NSW) Writer:
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Bus Trip Kathryn Yuen Director: Alison Albany ITC: Crash Test Drama Winner (NSW) Writer:
Checkout Pete Malicki Director: Pete Malicki ITC: Showcase Play (NSW) Writer:
Emergency Exit Aisle Will North Director: Karen Bayly ITC: Short+Sweet Dubbo Winner (NSW) Eternity Writer:
Belinda Lopez (VIC) Steven Tait
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Fallout Lisa Eismen Director: Lisa Eismen ITC: u n me films (NSW) Writer:
Fear David Bofinger (NSW) Director: Daniel Csutkai Fire Sarah Vincent (VIC) Director: Sharlene Zeederberg G Miranda Drake Miranda Drake MD (NSW)
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Ryan Watson Director: Ryan Watson ITC: RAW Theatre (NSW)
DragosteaMea Lucy Gransbury Director: Lucy Gransbury ITC: Short+Sweet Melbourne Cabaret 2012 Writer:
Drugs Vee Malnar Vee Malnar Actors Anonymous (NSW)
Strictly Business
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Kerrie Spicer (NZ) Director: Felix Carlyle
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In The Jar
Kill Me, Please!
Mark Harvey Levine Director: Belinda Johnston ITC: Blacktown Theatre Company (NSW)
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Nicholas Baldas, Billy Soulis Director: Felicity Burke ITC: Plum Baldas Productions (NSW)
Robert Armstrong Director: Stephen Carnell ITC: Actors Anonymous (NSW) Writer:
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Innocent Higgledy-Trilogy Rex McGregor (NZ) Director: Sarah Cross Writer:
Graham Yates Norah George ITC: Grinning Shark Productions (NSW) Writer:
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I Know, I Know Grant J Venables (Malaysia) Director: Adrian Bitel Writer:
It’s The Quiet Ones You Have To Watch Out For Chris Sims (India) Director: Katherine Davis
Rhea MacCallum (USA) Lex Marinos
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King Street Lights David Bulmer David Bulmer ITC: Bullatagate Productions (NSW) Writer:
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Handyman Kerry Bowden (WA) Director: Stephen Wallace Writer:
Lunch Bites In The Desert Con Nats Con Nats CoNatsComms (NSW)
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Meet Cute Writer:
Aishwarya Jha Mathur
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Katie Gompertz
Missing Katerina Alex Broun (NSW) Director: Kingsley Writer:
Mr Pissed Phil Watson Director: Nick Bolton ITC: Actors Anonymous (NSW)
Sam Jenkins Sam Jenkins The Sims (NSW)
Peter Shelley Peter Shelley ITC: Shadowland Productions (NSW) Director:
Team Building Activity People Strings Jo Ford Director: Jo Ford ITC: SHUTUP (NSW)
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Phillip Gallop Lazy Eye Productions (NSW)
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Testing The Tester Richard and Rod A. Patrick Nilan Director: Aaron Nilan, Alastair Buchanan ITC: watch-it-go theatre co. (NSW) Roopa’s Goal Carol Dance Lenore Robertson ITC: Double Dare Productions Pty Ltd (NSW)
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Faith de Savigne’ Maggy Franklin ITC: Out of Nowhere Productions (NSW) Writer:
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The Coffee Table Writer: Mitchell Fitzpatrick, Nathan O’Keefe Director: Mitchell Fitzpatrick, Nathan O’Keefe ITC: Fitzpatrick-O’Keefe Media (NSW)
My Dad Oughta Be P.M. Penelope Grace Lyndall Johnson PGrace Theatre (NSW)
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My Name Is Cine-ma Mathivanan Rajendran Director: Mathivanan Rajendran ITC: Winner Short+Sweets Chennai, Mumbai and KL (India) Writer:
Michael Ripley (Canada) Director: Michael Walker Writer:
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Paradise
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Simon Weaving Director: Jack Spahr ITC: Short+Sweet Canberra Winner (ACT)
The Particle Collider
The Tobacco Terrorists
While You Were Sleeping
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James Balian Director: James Balian ITC: James Balian (NSW)
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Sonal Moore Director: Sonal Moore ITC: Aardvark Productions (NSW)
The Fox And The Hunter
The Polite Conversation
Simon Godfrey (VIC) Director: James Hartley
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Shockhold Syndrome
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Sandy Maestro Sandy Maestro Studio Maestro (NSW)
Slick Dame Writer:
Kay Poiro (USA) Luke Blair
The Commuter Trevar Chilver (ACT) Luke Berman
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Nine Types Of Ice Harry Potter In Ten Minutes
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Pas De Deux
Seth Freeman (USA) Director: Terry Meller
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Get Me To The Stage On Time
John Lombard John Lombard 10/6 Productions (ACT)
Jilted
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Dracula Kidnaps Someone’s Bridesmaid
Imperfectly Frank
Dania Nour Director: Dania Nour ITC: Serendipity productions (NSW)
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Do Not Disturb Writer:
Hayati (My Life) Writer:
Hide
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A Lawyer’s Fantasy
Tim Hehir Director: Jeremy Godwin ITC: She’ll Be Right on the Night (NSW) Writer:
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Deceit A Chip Off The Old Block
Eddie And The Love Possums
Smart Jimmy Slow Bob Greg Gould Director: Margaret Allen ITC: Short+Sweet Canberra Winner (ACT)
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Snapped Sally Davies Director: John Wood ITC: Seated Ovation (NSW) Writer:
The Gospel According To Bowser Dan Borengasser (USA) Director: Susan Kennedy Writer:
The Man Who Knew Poe
Why We’re Here
Martin Estridge Director: Martin Estridge ITC: Walking Shadow Players, in association with Crap Dandy Productions (NSW)
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Peter Woolf Director: Cheryl Pomering ITC: five-eight time (NSW)
This Is Jack, Leave A Message, Alright?
Ruth Fingret Ruth Fingret ITC: Seat of the Pants Productions (NSW) Director:
Would You Like To Hear A Joke
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Jimmy Osborne (UK) Director: David Farland
Daniel Saunders (Singapore) Director: Kathryn Schuback Writer:
The Rental Company Writer:
Mark Cornell Casey Woods ITC: Short+Sweet Brisbane 2012 Winner (QLD)
Viva Princess
You Haven’t Changed A Bit
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Tony Zeane Director: Nick Parsons ITC: Great South Land (NSW)
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The Smell Of Rain
Waiting
Steve McGrath Gerry Sont ITC: Still Knocks Productions (NSW)
Tara Calaby (VIC) Director: Glen Pead
Spit For Tat
The Next Mrs Anderson
Alex Dremann Director: Joanne Wright ITC: The Artists Way Group (ACT)
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Gabriel McCarthy Director: Gabriel McCarthy ITC: Gabatwa Studios (NSW)
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Catherine Traynor Director: Justin Nott ITC: Theatre Incubator (VIC)
Alex Broun Kingsley Crash Test Drama Winner
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The Moment Speed Dating
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Ann Wuehler Director: Paul Winchester ITC: Point Break Drama (NSW)
Donna Hoke (USA) Julian Ramundi
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Zombie Love Writer:
Renee Boyer-Willisson
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Kylie Rackham (VIC) Director: Heidi Lupprian Writer:
Alicia Gonzalez Water View
The Sum Of Your Experience Writer:
Trace Crawford (USA) Nir Shelter
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Paulene Turner Paulene Turner The Musketeers (NSW)
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Earl Roske (USA) Mark Fowler
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WILDCA RDS
A Criminal Mind
Clean Sweep
Extra Special
Markoff Protocol B
Paula Armstrong (VIC) Director: Ross Magiros
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Deb Hunt Director: Deb Hunt ITC: Short+Sweet Broken Hill Winner (NSW)
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Sam Paine Director: Heather Rushton ITC: Short+Sweet Dubbo Winner (NSW)
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Clown
Flavor Of The Month
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Bryan Cutts Bryan Cutts ITC: Entertainment Blue Mountains (NSW)
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A Cripple Talks About Anatomy Writer:
Henrietta Bollinger (NZ) Petr Vacakr
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A Good Woman Writer:
Suzy Wilds (NSW) Cheryl Butler
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A Portrait Of Kitty Fisher Angus Algie (ACT) Director: Robert Brennen Writer:
A White Elephant Writer:
Mark Konik (ACT) Michael McCall
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Confessional Wendy Crew (NSW) Wendy Crew The Performance Crew
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Dark Outside Writer:
Brooke Fairley (WA) Caitlin Scarr
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Do Not Pull
Martin Boyle (NSW) Director: Dritan Arbana
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Sally Sutton (NZ) John Peoples
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Bodily Fluids
Driveway
Suzy Wilds Director: Suzy Wilds ITC: Crash Test Cronulla Winner (NSW)
Dominic Witkop Bendegúz Devenyi-Botos ITC: Night Sky Theatre Production (NSW)
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Bondi Hasslet Steve McGrath Director: Martin Simpson ITC: Crash Test Drama Runner Up (NSW) Writer:
Chance Encounters Writer:
John Tilbrook (VIC) Natasha Watson
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Change Writer:
Simon Tonkin (NSW) Jamie Livingstone
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Chaos Theory And Butterflies Kathryn Yuen Director: Kathryn Yuen ITC: Footprints on Jelly (NSW) Writer:
Masterchef – Uncut Lisa Kelaher Director: Lisa Kelaher ITC: Backstage Pass (NSW) Writer:
Natasha Yim (USA) Megan Robinson
Mirror Writer: Mohit Chattopadhyay, translated by Asim Das Director: Asim Das ITC: NATGURU (NSW)
Michelle Macwhirter
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Rosemary Ghazi
Empty Nest Syndrome Camilla Maxwell (USA) Director: Les Davidson Writer:
Enjoying To The Max Arvind Shukla Director: Aishveryaa Nidhi ITC: Abhinay School of Performing Arts (NSW) Writer:
Enough Hair Adam Zudrich (NSW) Director: Elizabeth Tadic
Happiness
Moments
Angie Farrow (NZ) Director: James Burton
Jeremy Wang (Singapore) Director: Roman Smoliakov
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Hassan Is Dead
Dona Parise (NSW) Director: Nadia Hamoud
Morning Show
Kirsty Budding (ACT) Director: Alexandra Afflick
Micah Joel (NSW) Director: Kayla Giese Writer:
Hit Or Miss
Rosa C (QLD) Director: David Fenwick Writer:
Poems A Dead Boy Wrote
Kate Rotherham (VIC) Director: Sophie Cook Writer:
How About Cannons? My Name Is Trevor: I Was Kidnapped By Aliens
David Vazdauskas (USA) Director: Sierra Phillips Writer:
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How Now Brown Couch
On The Shelf Writer:
I Feel [Insert Emotion]
Michelle Wallace (VIC) Briana Scutts
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One In The Bath
(NSW) Kate Hrayssi
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Frank Davidson (NSW) Jen Jackson
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I’ve Just Had An Idea Robert Ballinger (NSW) Director: William Jordan Just Desserts Kelley Baker (Canada) Director: Tunde Bodnar Writer:
Kismet Iain Moss (Malaysia) Director: David Burrowes Writer:
The Thirsty Rats
Zorian Cross (India) Director: Makedonka Stoilova
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Leaving You Lorna
Love, Dora
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Emily Ward Jo George ITC: Fast+Fresh Runner Up (NSW)
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Lost Audition
Manfred The Moron
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Rajiv Rajaram Director: Rajiv Rajaram ITC: Runner Up Best Play, Short+Sweet Chennai (India)
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Gerry Greenland (NSW) Director: Geraldine Aegerter
Paws For Reflection
Julie Danilis Julie Danilis ITC: Hands Together Productions (NSW)
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Out Of Gas Writer:
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Therese Cloonan (VIC) Stephanie Sheehan
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Keith Davidson (Canada) Eamon Connolly
Robert Renshaw (NSW) Director: Robert Renshaw Writer:
(VIC) Director:
Karoline O’Sullivan
The End Matthew Leigh (NSW) Director: Michael Heming Writer:
The Weather Outside Is Frightful Writer:
The House On Lawson Street Writer:
Tristram Baumber
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Nigel Palfreman (ACT) Randa Sayed
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Boon Ping Yeo (Singapore) Director: Cecilia Habak Writer:
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Tristram Baumber
The Magical Adventures Of Beatrice And Gertrude
Twisted
Two locks
Elias Kinscher (NSW) Director: Laura Stratton
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The Only Ones
Underage
Jessica Stanley (VIC) Director: Raf Nazario
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The Panther Plot
Versus
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Anika Herbert (NSW) Director: Lisa Huynh
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The Seduction Of Trudie Fleisch
Weeing On A Stick
John Walters (NSW) Director: Peter Djordjovic
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Jasna Krsmanovic
Rag Dolls Margaret Allen (VIC) Brett Joachim
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Reveal Karen Gee (NSW) Karen Gee Two Blackbirds Theatre
Rewind Tim Lea (NSW) Director: Neelam Golpalini
Shadow Talks Beverley Anidjar (USA) Director: Adam Allsop
Spinning Tom Mesker (NSW) Tom Mesker Eleven Eleven Productions
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Surrender Mike Loder (NZ) Director: Rob White Writer:
The Beginning Tom Swift (USA) Julian Dibley-Hall
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Mark Andrew (VIC) Thanassis Boulis
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Steve Deluxe (NZ) Emma Hawthorne
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Colin Rock (NZ) Gabby Florek
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Adele Shelley (VIC) Angela Blake
We’re Bastards The Speed Date Writer:
Steph Williams, Ciara
Oleg Pupovac Oleg Pupovac Two Peas (NSW)
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Tom Richards ITC: Crash Test Cronulla Winner (NSW)
Where Do Babies Come From?
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The Teacher
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Sheryl Hill (UK) Aime Neeme
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Chris Shaw Swanson
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Tell usyour about+Sweet Short ience! ex pe r
Till Death Do Us Part
The Perfect Crime
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One-Off
Spiros Athanasiadis
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Quality Time
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Trish Koutrodimos
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The Coming Out Writer:
Steven Boon (VIC) Director: David Woodley
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William Coleman (USA) Director: Peter Lavelle
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James Gallaway (NSW) Kade Robinson
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Keith Gow (VIC) Florence Kermet
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Morning!
Jackie Greenland (NSW) Director: Maite Carvill Writer:
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Everybody Loves Me
Veronica Carvajal (NSW) Director: Michael Block ITC: Imaginarium Theatre Company
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Everlasting
Planet Q
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Pav Kastanias Madeleine Miller ITC: Kiss My Best West End Friend (NSW)
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For Our Kind Writer:
Pissi Fit (Keep Off The Grass) Director:
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Carl Smith (NZ) Director: Rose Cooper
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Elena Terol Sabino
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Alexandra McRoberts
Writer: Jessica Heath, Kirsty McNee, Julia Prell, Sarah Robertson Director: Jessica Heath, Kirsty McNee, Julia Prell, Sarah Robertson ITC: TDK Productions (NSW)
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W NS l a n io g e R T E E SHORT+SW In 2012 Short+Sweet embarked on an exciting new program to create rural hubs of writers, directors and actors creating and performing local plays for local communities. The program has been brought to Regional NSW and Sydney with the generous support of the NSW Government through Arts NSW. Regional Short+Sweet programs were presented in Dubbo and Broken Hill. Activities and outcomes included 10 artistic workshops delivered in Regional NSW; presentation of 16 plays written by local writers were showcased to an audience of around 800 people on 6 nights involving 16 directors and 104 local artists with 2 regional co-ordinators and 18 volunteers involved in delivering the events. A selection of 5 of these works have been included in the Sydney Short+Sweet program and may go on to be presented in other Short+Sweet Festivals in Australia and overseas. The works are of a high standard and represent the talent and diversity of regional arts practice in NSW.
Alicia Leggett Executive Officer Orana Arts Short+Sweet Dubbo
This initiative is what Broken Hill exactly needed, reviving and maintaining a positive program within the arts is so important within our region, and to be able to have a successful festival which focuses on theatre has given our community such a boost. It has been a pleasure to work with new and experienced local writers, actors and directors and to be able to contribute and offer a theatre based program and festival to showcase their talents. Kylee Mitchell West of the Darling Arts Short+Sweet Broken Hill
Thank You following to the for their suppor t Arts NSW, Marrickville City Council, Short+Sweet Board: Paul Tibbles, Greg Khoury, Richard Arnold, Sonal Moore, Robert Teirney, Short+Sweet Artists’ Committee: Sierra Phillips, Gabriel McCarthy, Rosemary Ghazi, Deborah Mulhall, Sophia Scarpellino, Short+Sweet script assessors, CampbellBarnett, Playbill, King Street Theatre, Sidetrack Theatre, The Seymour Centre, Judges, interns and volunteers, Geoff Sirmai, The family of Sam Genocchio, Nir Shelter, Century Venues, Kane Tominaga, Bollywood Sensations, David Smiedt, Happy Endings Comedy Club, Sylvie Soe, Show 4 Reels, Moshtix, Little Birdy Tix, Andrew Fisher, Michael Kery.
design: CampbellBarnett Cover Photograph: Jom
Mudgee Dramatic Society presents Extra Special to the party; Dubbo delivers diversity and intensity with 3 plays: Disposable, 2 Count, Emergency Exit Aisle and Broken Hill brings ironic twists and turns with Clean Sweep.
Our Short+Sweet inaugural festival was a huge success on many fronts, not just the new opportunities for aspiring artists. Workshops attracted participants from many diverse backgrounds and challenged the talents of established creative locals. Many came out of their comfort zones and reaped the benefits, building confidence and determination to continue the creative journey. For audiences, there was something new and exciting delivered by locals: it was like they were witnessing the wealth of talent our region has to offer for the very first time!