18 - 21 April

7:30pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday & 6:30pm Sunday

at TURNER HALL - TAFE Ultimo

19 Mary Ann St Ultimo

BUY TICKETS TO WEEK 8 HERE

THE PLAYS:

Changing, Engaging, Ageing written by Maz Goldrick, directed by Darrell Hoffman

The Wrong Heart written by Steve Wheat, directed by Omer Aiaz

About Felicia written by Bronwyn Elsmore, directed by Owen Gill

Bricks written and directed by David Obrien

Brave People written by Allan Staples, directed by Kai Paynter

Smoke and Mirrors written by Xeno Nemos, directed by Reena Akhtar

Transcendent Love written by Skye Paez, directed by Nita Wolf

Coming To Town written by Keith Whalen, directed by Deniz Gursoy

Just Christmas written by Trish Koutrodimos, directed by Jacob Macri

A Brief History of Me written by Phil Sanders, directed by Benjamin La

Here are the plays that are currently through to our Semi Final series and our Gala Final.

 

GALA FINALISTS

Gala Finalist plays are made up of the winners of each of our performance weeks (Judges Choice) and each of our three semi-finals.

GALA FINALISTS

ON QUEUE (Week 1)

Written by Morey Norkin / Directed by Kathryn Stewart

THREE SIDES TO EVERY STORY (Week 3)

Written by Sally Bartley / Directed by Dan Maher

KILL YOUR DARLINGS (Week 4)

Written & Directed by Laurent Auclair

MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY (Week 5)

Written & Directed by Freia Kirkaldy

BLIND DATE (Week 6)

Written by Ken Levine / Directed by Hollie Meyer

PRICK (Week 7)

Written by Gina Cohen / Directed by Jeremy Godwin

BRAVE PEOPLE (Week 8)

Written by Allan Staples / Directed by Kai Paynter

AND IN THE END (WILDCARD Final Winner / Week 3)

Written and directed by Frank Leggett 

A THING OF HOPE (CREWCUT FINALS - JUDGES CHOICE / Week 6)

Written by Geraldine Marcellino / directed by Brea Macey

MASK (CREWCUT FINALS - AUDIENCE CHOICE / Week 4)

Written by Adam Szudrich / Directed by Gina Cohen

SEEDS IN YOUR POCKET (PEOPLES CHOICE FINALS - JUDGES CHOICE / Week 1)

Written and directed by Fiona Leonard

SHAKESPEARE WHERE ART THOU (PEOPLES CHOICE FINALS - AUDIENCE CHOICE / Week 3)

Written and directed by Paulene Turner

FOUR BEATS TO A BAR (FESTIVAL DIRECTOR SELECTION / Week 7)

Written and directed by Lisa Kelaher

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PEOPLES CHOICE SHOWCASE (Semi Final)

There's A Fly In My Soup (Week 1)

Blossoms (Week 1)

Seeds In Your Pocket (Week 1)

Shakespeare Where Art Thou (Week 3)

Superstar  (Week 4)

A Criminal Mind (Week 5)

Under Eureka (Week 6)

Four Beats to a Bar (Week 7)

Synthetic (Week 7)

+ Peoples Choice Winner Week 8

CREW CUT FINAL (Semi Final)

My Life As A Shark (Week 3)

Mask (Week 4)

Hers (Week 4)

The Medium (Week 5)

A Thing of Hope (Week 6)

The Last Cuppa (Week 7)

+ Crew Cut Winner Week 8

WILDCARD FINAL (Weekly Judges Runner Up)

TBC  (Week 1)

And In the End  (Week 3)

Bilateral  (Week 4)

Lost in the Desert (Week 4)

Disconnected (Week 5)

Take the Test (Week 6)

Mrs Jones (Week 6)

Bottle For a Special Occasion (Week 7)

+ Wildcard Entry From Week 8

 

SYDNEY TEAM

Luke Berman | Festival Director 

Email: luke.berman@shortandsweet.org

Bee Louise Pike | Stage Manager W8 & Finals

Email: bee@blackboxtheatre.org.org

Romy Teperson | Stage Manager

Karen Ways | Producer

Ben Johnston | Technical Supervisor

Geoff Sirmai | Festival Publicist

Email: geoff@sirmai.com.au

Lola Carlton | Deputy Stage Manager

Ian Mcsorly | Production Assistant

SHORT+SWEET HQ

Mark Cleary | Artistic Director

mark@shortandsweet.org

Vee Malnar | Literary Manager

Luke Berman | International Coordinator

15 - 18 February

7:30pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday & 6:30pm Sunday

at TURNER HALL - TAFE Ultimo

19 Mary Ann St Ultimo

THE PLAYS:

There's a Fly in my Soup written by Chris Naylor, directed by William Rogut

The Pact written by Angharad Thompson Rees, directed by Lachlan Mckwilliam

Grace written by Wendy Gough Soroka, directed by PJ Collins

On Queue written by Morey Norkin, directed by Kathryn Stewart

Late for School written by Iain Moss directed by Frank Leggett

Heartbreaker written by Melissa Gravitis, directed by Adelaide Tustian

Dining In written by Jen Vandenbroek, directed by Bella Wellstead

Seeds In Your Pocket written and directed by Fiona Leonard directed by Fiona Leonard

Blossoms written by Di Mifsud, directed by Graham Yates

29 February - 3 March

7:30pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday & 6:30pm Sunday

at TURNER HALL - TAFE Ultimo

19 Mary Ann St Ultimo

THE PLAYS:

Bianca's Right of Reply written by Elizabeth Newman, directed by Chantal Harrison

Grandmother's House written by Mark Loewenstern, directed by Elizabeth Newman

Three Sides To Every Story written by Sally Bartley, directed by Dan Maher

Boarding Pass written by Robert Luxford, directed by Neil Moulang

My Younger Self written by Wayne Timms, directed by Chantal Harrison

And In The End written and directed by by Frank Leggett

Audience Participation written by Andrew Thomson, directed by Felix Carlyle

The Wolves written by Corinne Sennitt directed by Damian Asher

My Life as a Shark written and directed by by Eric Nash

Duke and Angelina written by Judith Duncan directed by Haki Crisden

Shakespeare Where Art Thou? written by Paulene Turner

7 - 10 March 

7:30pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday & 6:30pm Sunday

at TURNER HALL - TAFE Ultimo

19 Mary Ann St Ultimo

 

THE PLAYS:

Mask written by Adam Szudrich, directed by Gina Cohen

Hers written by Kirrily Annalise, directed by Brett Joachim

Bruno Saw the Doctor written by Cary Pepper, directed by Ash Barb Winter

Desserted! written by Sallyanne Moonga, directed Jonathan Solomon

Working written and directed by Gregory Thorsby

Love and Knots written by Riley Marnell, directed by Craig Bulmer

Superstar written and directed by Jyotsna Jyoti

Bilateral written by Ian McSorley, directed by James Balian

Lost in the Desert written by Carmen Saarelaht, directed by Luke Dal Santo

Kill Your Darlings written and directed by Laurent Auclair

14 - 17 March 

7:30pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday & 6:30pm Sunday

at TURNER HALL - TAFE Ultimo

19 Mary Ann St Ultimo

BUY TICKETS TO WEEK 5 HERE

THE PLAYS:

The Medium written by Jonathan Solomon, directed by Robin Queree

A Criminal Mind written by Paula Armstrong, directed by Tyler Smith

Is Devon Manufactured written by Ray Coyne, directed by Jasmine Karam

Man to Man written and directed by Vivien Thompson,

Disconnected written by Ruth Fingret, directed by Garreth Cruckshank

Main Character Energy written and directed by Freia Kirkaldy 

Break A Leg written by Nita Wolf, directed by Stephen Carnell

28 - 31 March 

7:30pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday & 6:30pm Sunday

at TURNER HALL - TAFE Ultimo

19 Mary Ann St Ultimo

BUY TICKETS TO WEEK 6 HERE

THE PLAYS:

Bannana Girl written and directed by Paris Rose 

Leadership Challenge written by Simon Tonkin, directed by Cindy Giang

Who Dunnit? written by Frances Bowick, directed by Chloe Singleton

Under Eureka written by Adrian Hallam, directed by Daniel Mackenzie

Blind Date written by Ken Levine, directed by Hollie Meyer

Mrs Jones written by Glenn Levett, directed by Chris Snell

Take the Test written by Cindy Neilson, directed by Elyse Zouroudis

A Thing of Hope written by Geraldine Marcellino, self-directed by Brea Macey

4 - 6 April

7:30pm Thursday & Friday

+ Saturday Double - 2pm and 7:30pm (final performance)

at TURNER HALL - TAFE Ultimo

19 Mary Ann St Ultimo

BUY TICKETS TO WEEK 7 HERE

The Last Cuppa written and directed by Allan West 

Bottle for a Special Occasion written by William Kovacsik, directed by David Brown

Prick written by Gina Cohen, directed by Jeremy Godwin

Four Beats to a Bar written and directed by Lisa Kelaher 

Entwined written by Nola Bartolo, directed by Wilfred Roach

Synthetic written and directed by Stephen Larkman

Jump written by Suzy Wilds, directed by Josefin Glaadh

Dream Wedding written by Kyle Thompson Oliver Madeline, directed by Usrula Dauenhauer 

The Anonymous Ms.J. written by Balarka Banerjee, directed by Aidan O'donnell

The Reading of the Will written by Amanda Lay, directed by Deborah Kearns

Growing Pains written by Chantal Harrison, directed by Jasmin Shojai