Short+Sweet Illawarra Top 22 Season Announcement
The wait is over, we have selected our full season of twenty-two plays in the first ever Short+Sweet Illawarra, and ticket sales are now open for this historic event for the Wollongong and Shellharbour community.
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WEEK 1 | 4th to 7th October
Venue: Harbour Theatre Shellharbour - Home of the Roo Theatre Company
We are excited to announce another batch of shows that will form the Top-20 season of short plays at the inaugural Short+Sweet Illawarra.
Congratulations to our new writers and our new directors!
A WOMB WITH A VIEW
written by Rich Orloff (USA)
directed by Karen Beavis
Moments before being born, a baby girl has second thoughts about leaving the comfort of her current home.
We are proud to announce the first batch of plays that will light up the stage at the very first Short+Sweet Illawarra – the newest addition to the world’s largest little play festival.
The first plays to make the cut are our Independent Theatre Company’s, which come from both established and brand new theatre groups in the Illawarra, and as far down the coast as Pambula!
It is our honour to introduce successful ITC productions into Short+Sweet Illawarra 2018:
FINAL CALL: Script and ITC Submissions
SHORT+SWEET ILLAWARRA
Submissions close 11:59 pm Thursday 31st May 2018
Time is running out to be a part of the Illawarra's inaugural season of ten-minute plays as part of Short+Sweet: The world's biggest little play festival. If your play is shortlisted, it will be available to be selected by our directors for performance in October.
We are excited to open registrations for Illawarra theatre directors to take on a ten minutes script and turn it into a quality piece of theatre.
Submissions are now open for local community and independent theatre companies to submit a script, including director and actors to be considered for the inaugural Short+Sweet Illawarra season in October.
You don't need to be an established theatre group to submit an ITC entry, even a loose collection of creatives is fine by us. All we ask is that your play is no more than ten minutes in duration.
Your ITC submission must have a director assigned, and any cast members you wish to include in your project. ITC's may choose to cast from the Short+Sweet Open Auditions.
The competition has been tough at Short+Sweet's week 1... but we have results!
People's Choice
1st place: The Hold Up
2nd place: A Letter to Harold
3rd place TIE: Drink Water, Act Your Age & One Night Stan
Judges' Choice
1st place: The Hold Up
2nd place: The Last Cuppa
3rd place: A Letter to Harold
Short+Sweet reaches its final week of heats from 22 March… with most of the finalists already confirmed for both the semi-finals week - from Tues 27 March to Sun 1 April - and the ultimate Gala Awards Finals 5-7 April.
Week 1 Selection (in no particular order)
1. "Turtle Soup" by Nicholas Halls from Sydney, Australia.
Adelaide Bell, a downtrodden 7-year-old, must harness her inner strength to save a turtle from his fate as turtle soup.
2. "Black Rat" by Perry Lam from Sydney, Australia.
SHORT+SWEET Abu Dhabi 2018 Winner’s List
BEST OVERALL PRODUCTION Mayan Calendar Boys
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
To the best production as voted by the Audience
WINNER: Mayan Calendar Boys
RUNNER UP: All Aboard!
THIRD: Cellphone Zombies / Status Update
BEST MALE ACTOR Craig Kelly (Mayan Calendar Boys)
RUNNER-UP Hurr Al-Dalli (Electric Lamentations: Men Without WiFi))