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Submissions Now Open Short + Sweet Yorkshire 2024

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Short + Sweet, the globally acclaimed theatre festival, is coming to Yorkshire in 2024 and we're looking for your original, captivating 10-minute plays.

This is your chance to be a part of a thrilling theatrical experience, showcasing your work alongside talented actors and directors.

Our festival thrives on creativity, and it's your scripts that will set the stage alight. Submissions are open now.

You have until Friday, 1st March 2024, at 6 PM to send us your masterpieces. Seize this opportunity to contribute to a world of theatre, 10 minutes at a time.

Theatre Season Announcement | Short+Sweet Illawarra 2023

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Short+Sweet Illawarra Theatre 2023

Short+Sweet Illawarra Theatre returns for its fifth year with a Top 20 Season of ten-minute theatre.

The Illawarra will once again be the host of an incredible line-up of short-form theatre in 2023. Twenty-two plays will take place over two weeks in August with cast and crew from the local region and Sydney, as well as Short+Sweet Illawarra Theatre’s first-ever international entrant.

Our Lineup for the 2022 SHORT+SWEET ILLAWARRA FILM FESTIVAL FINALS

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Short+Sweet Illawarra Theatre 2022

The grand finale of our 2022 Short+Sweet Illawarra Theatre and Film Festival is finally here, and we have 30 films from Australian, International and Illawarra filmmakers ready to tantalise your senses.

Short+Sweet Illawarra Film Festival Finals
ONE DAY ONLY
Sunday 25th September 2022
Bridge Street Theatre
24 Bridge Street Consiton (Wollongong NSW Australia)
Tickets $35 (inc snacks at interval)
Tickets are available at the door (cash or tap)

Our Finals Lineup:

ACT 1
AUSTRALIAN FILM GROUP

WEEK 2 | SHORT+SWEET ILLAWARRA THEATRE FESTIVAL 2022

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Short+Sweet Illawarra Theatre 2022

Short+Sweet Celebrates its 20th Anniversary, and returns to the Illawarra for its fourth season of bite-sized theatre

All-new short, tasty theatre treats this week from 15th to 17th September at the Bridge Street Theatre Coniston

www.shortandsweet.org/illawarra

Week 1 | Short+Sweet Illawarra Theatre Festival 2022

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Short+Sweet Illawarra Theatre 2022

Short+Sweet Celebrates its 20th Anniversary, and returns to the Illawarra for its fourth season of bite-sized theatre.

All-new short, tasty theatre treats this week from 15th to 17th September at the Bridge Street Theatre Coniston

www.shortandsweet.org/illawarra

Bookings: www.trybooking.com/CBNOJ

Week 1 Plays: Short+Sweet Illawarra Theatre Festival 2022

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Short+Sweet Illawarra Theatre 2022

SHORT+SWEET ILLAWARRA THEATRE FESTIVAL

WEEK 1 | 15-17 SEPTEMBER 2022

The return of the Illawarra’s contribution to the world’s biggest little festival: SHORT+SWEET is just around the corner, and we have an epic 22 plays over a two-week season 15-24th September 2022 at the Bridge Street Theatre Coniston.

S+S Illawarra Top 20 Plays 2021

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Short+Sweet Theatre Illawarra 2021

Short+Sweet Illawarra is proud to announce our Top 20 Season of plays.

We have an exciting year, with a strong group of directors and some excellent original scripts.

14 x female writers and 15 x female directors
5 x plays are traveling to Wollongong from Sydney
1 Group traveling from Brisbane!
4 x First Time Directors
8 x Illawarra writers
6 x Sydney Writers
5 x International Scripts (USA, UK)

Canberra 2020: submissions open!

The Canberra festival has returned to Winter (12 - 15 August). Chilly but worth the fun!

The Festival Directors are Lynn Petersen and Amy Crawford. If you're a writer, director, actor or theatre company keen to be involved, check out the key dates below for submissions or contact Lynn or Amy on petersen.crawford@shortandsweet.org. It's your festival Canberra!

Results+Review: Week 1 Short+Sweet Illawarra

RESULTS+REVIEW: WEEK 1
SHORT+SWEET ILLAWARRA
Harbour Theatre Shellharbour

RESULTS

The results are in, and we are proud to announce the first two plays which have won a spot in our Sydney festival February-March next year.

Judges Choice:
1st Place: THREATENED PANDA FIGHTS BACK
2nd Place: IS THIS A DREAM?
3rd Place: FOR HIRE
Threatened Panda Fights Back advances to Short+Sweet Syndey 2019

Preview: Week 1 Short+Sweet Illawarra 2018

WEEK 1 | SHORT+SWEET THEATRE ILLAWARRA 2018

4th to 7th October 2018
at the Harbour Theatre - home of the Roo Theatre Company
Addison Street Shellarbour Village

Performances Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30pm + Sunday at 5:30pm

Short+Sweet – the world’s largest little play festival – launches in the Illawarra for the very first time in 2018 which will produce twenty short plays over two weeks in Shellharbour and Wollongong.

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