Short & Sweet

Short Sweet+Song

Welcome to the second year of Short Sweet+Song

Short Sweet+Song 2008 - Principle Sponsor
Australian Institute of Music

Tickets are now on sale for Short Sweet+Song 2008
You can purchase them direct from the Seymour Centre OR though Ticketmaster
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General Infomation about Short Sweet+Song
Under the curatorship of Michael Huxley and Miss Bev Kennedy this year’s Festival will be held at the Seymour Centre from March 24 2008 after the non singing Short+Sweet Festival.

How to Enter
This year, to make it a little easier to enter we need you to email your libretto and post your score and a CD or even cassette with 2 of the songs from your piece. The songs do not have to be fully produced and can be a rough demo. The score needs to be at minimum a vocal line and chords but ideally a piano/vocal score. Provided that the score and recording is on its way the submission of the libretto will ensure your entry will be considered.

Important Dates
Closing dates for librettos: 14 December 2007
All materials must reach Short + Sweet: 31 December 2007
Selection Process/ Creative teams: January 2007
Auditions: Late January 2008
Siztprobes: week commencing 18 March 2007 (Easter Week)
Festival Dates: 24 March – 5 April (Opening Night 26/27 March)

TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST IN AUDITIONING OR DIRECTING FOR SHORT SWEET+SONG PLEASE EMAIL MICHAEL HUXLEY michael@shortandsweet.org

• The running time has to be 10-minutes or less don’t forget that music takes more stage time than talking
• You can write about anything - politics, dating, family, passion, monsters, zombies, religion… the list is endless
• The style is up to you - drama, comedy, tragedy, romance, thriller, opera, jazz, rock, broadway… what is important is that the music is integral to the telling of the story
• You don’t have to be an experienced writer - absolutely anyone can enter
• The script must not have had a public performance in Sydney (NSW, Australia) before
• The form is best served by the working of a single idea
• Other than the 10-minute form there’s no theme for the competition - all we’re looking for are the best 10 scripts, no matter whether they are written by seasoned professionals or first time playwrights

Entry is $15 per script. Entry is on a voluntary basis. Plays are assessed anonymously please do not include your name or address on your script.

To enter online click here. Payment is by credit card. This is an external page from this website; it may take a couple of moments to load.

To post your entry, download the form below and post along with payment to:
Short+Sweet
PO Box 462
Newtown NSW 2042

Audtions
Audtions will take place on Thursday 31 January - 3 February 2008.
For more infomation including character breakdowns for the short listed plays
click here

Downloads

• Short Sweet+Song Sydney 08 Entry Form ( 117.99 KB )