Week 8 Highlights – Drugs, vampires, bludgers & a naked man!
Week 8 at Short+Sweet – Wed-Sun at the King Street Theatre in Newtown – has the
gothic and glitzy to the bizarre this week… And most of it is hilarious!
In the top 100 main stage program is the hilarious BLEAKULA, literally the Dracula
legend ‘revamped’! Peter Garrett’s daughter Emily continues her directorial success
with Cerise de Gelder’s wacky piece starring Rob Sheens, Maria Niedzwiecka, Sara
Gruber and Nadia Hamoud.
THE 90 SECOND PARTY is about drug use and partying and features Matthew Graham
and Rachel Jackett, the original Newcastle-based cast who were runner up at
Short+Sweet Newcastle with this play. Carl Young directs Christopher Harley’s play.
KNOWS HIS ONIONS by Penelope Grace is a funny look at what happens when a
helpful shop assistance gives environmental buying advice to their customers! Lyndall
Johnston directs Stuart Owen, Allanah Jarman and Lauren Crowe.
JOANNE’S REAL WORLD is a cabaret about a Centrelink worker who loathes the ‘dolebludgers’ who come through her door. But are they any different from her? Taylor Klas
and Kane Wheatley perform featuring the music of composer Emma McGeorge. An allMelbourne team bringing this great piece to Sydney’s festival! 30 LOVE directed by
Yannick Lawry stars Steven Tait and Stephanie Cowton. “All’s fair in love and war… as
long as it’s evenly matched!”
In the Wildcard section, (Sat 3pm and Sun 1pm only) FATHER’S DAY is a dynamic satire
about four men sharing a journey, trying to avoid the ‘sins of the father’… Sonny
Clarke’s piece is directed by Bobby Romia with Clint Foster, Darren Pinks, Peter Millynn,
Paul Hooper and Don Rogers.
THE NAKED MAN is Jill Lever’s play directed by Elizabeth Gibney. “It’s a typical Tuesday
night at the family homestead when there’s an unexpected knock at the door. It’s a
naked man!”
Wayne Underwood, Jenny Want, Ros Bilbe, Michael Brindley, Emma
Campbell, Jane Wilkinson and Jesse Jongen star. DROWN THE BLACK DOG by Scott
Grimley stars Alexander Shore as a young man caring for his alcoholic father (Leof
Kingsford-Smith). With Elizabeth Gibson and directed by Armand de Saint-Salvy.
REVENGE OF THE ROLLING PIN stars Jeannie Gee and James Belfrage as a woman
whose lawyer ex-husband is taking her to cleaners… that is until he tries to take her
grandma’s rolling pin... Deliciously set up by the fact that the writer Tracy Richardson
and director Nick Richardson are husband and wife! Plus HIT AND RUN – Lynne Baillie’s
gripping drama around an apparent unapologetic confession of a fatal crime. Frances
Etheridge, Ingrid Fulton and Geoff Jones are directed by Greg Eccleston.
The full week 8 program is on the following page and the season’s complete schedule
of works for Short+Sweet Theatre Sydney 2012 and online booking is available at
www.shortandsweet.org/sydney
Top 100, Week 8 at King Street Theatre (Formerly Newtown Theatre) Cnr King & Bray
Sts
Wednesday Feb 8 to Sunday Feb 12
Wed to Sat at 8.00pm, Sun 5.15pm Tickets
$30/25 Book 8019 0294 or www.shortandsweet.org/tickets
1. The Flowers Writer: Pete Malicki Director: Jacque Vickers Cast: Kit Bennett - Crash
Test Drama Winner
Sam has a problem with death. It’s all around her. But it’s as
evasive as it is ubiquitous. A play about the lighter side of death, suicide, marijuana,
and trying to grow flowers.
2. 30 LOVE Writer: Terry McFadden (USA) Director: Yannick Lawry Cast: Steven Tait,
Stephanie Cowton
Is all fair in love and war? How well matched is any couple these
days? They say all good things come to an end… but let’s desist with the clichés and
allow this game to play out.
3. Coke Writers: Duncan Driver & Duncan Ley (ACT) Director: Sarah Cross
Cast: Fiona
Skelton (Actor One), Naomi Parszos (Actor Two)
The first three rows may get wet!
What do actors really think about theatre? What happens when an actor finally loses
their cool after years of pretentious and questionable theatre? Coke explores these
issues through interactive and complex dialogue.
4. Drown the Black Dog Writer: Scott Grimley (NSW) Director: Armand de SaintSalvy
Cast: Leof Kingsford-smith (Patrick the father), Alexander Shore (Michael the
son), Elizabeth Gibson (therapist)
A young man struggles with the burden of having an
alcoholic father.
5. Joanne’s Real World Writers: Taylor Klas, Jamie Burgess (VIC) Director: Walking Into
Bars
Dramaturg: Cerise DeGelder Cast: Taylor Klas (Joanne), Melissa Hann
(Accompanist) Composer: Emma McGeorge
Artistic Coordinator: Harry Patternoster
ITC: Walking Into Bars
In Joanne’s world, everyone should have a job no matter how
much they might hate it and following a dream is a waste of taxpayers’ money. Why
should they be any different to her? But then again… maybe they’re not.
6. The 90 Second Party Writer: Christopher Harley (NSW) Director: Carl Young
Cast:
Matthew Graham (Gary), Rachel Jackett (Lisa) Short+Sweet Newcastle Runner Up
After
having one hit of Garys new party drug, Lisa finds herself craving more. How far will she
go to have just one more party?
7. Bleakula
Writer: Cerise de Gelder (VIC) Director: Emily Garrett Cast: Rob Sheens
(Reggie Spix), Maria Niedzwiecka (Raven Glumowski), Sara Gruber (Astonia), Nadia
Hamoud (Count Bleakula)
What do you get when you cross a comedian with a Count?
Laughter of course! Just be sure you save yourself for the right joke!
8. Double Exposure Writer: Russell Beedles (VIC) Director: Adrian Bitel
Cast: Veronica
Carbajal (Sylvia), Alex Corley (Desmond), John Cross (Goran)
Desmond, a
photographer, is visited by Sylvia, an aspiring actress, who asks for a portfolio of shorts.
In the middle of the shoot they are disturbed by Sylvia’s friend Goran, who accuses
Desmond of complicity in the death of Lucy, a young model.
9. God’s Will Writer and director: Garreth Cruikshank (NSW) Assistant Director: Susan
Kennedy
Cast: Natalie Corry (Jenny), Michele-Antonio Mattiuzzi (Brett), Chris Miller
(Gavin), William Jordan (Martin)
Dramaturg: Jerry Greenland Sound Design: William
Jordan Kameleon Productions
A child’s birthday party becomes the battlefield for
opposing world views, resulting in an existential crisis of biblical proportions.
Knows His Onions Writer: Penelope Grace (NSW) Director: Lyndall Johnston
Cast:
Stuart Owen (young man), Allanah Jarman (old woman), Lauren Crowe (manager)
A
comedic look at an extreme-green and vegan checkout operator working in a
supermarket. Horrified by the junk filling people’s trolleys, this checkout worker is on a
mission to save the planet! But what’s the cost?
text messages hurt more when you’re sitting at the airport Writer: Alex Broun
(NSW)
Director: Kingsley Kingsley Cast: Michael Howlett (Kane), Sandra Riggs (Doris),
Kingsley (Voiceover)
Text messages hurt more when you’re sitting at the airport.
Wildcards Week 8 - King St Theatre Saturday Feb 25 at 3pm and Sun Feb 26 at 1pm
1.
…and no one knows what you’re about Writer: Craig McNulty Director: Sarah Foukas
2. Father’s Day (pictured) Writer: Sonny Clarke Director: Bobby Romia
With Clint
Foster, Darren Pinks , Peter Millynn, Paul Hooper, Don Rogers
3. Five Chairs Writer: Matt Olsen Director: Sandy Maestro
4. Naming the City Writer: Annie Bilton Director: David Attrill
5. Over The Hill Writer: Felix Carlyle (NSW) Director: Felix Carlyle Cast: Keith McIlroy
(Gerald), Kit Bennett (Monica), Debbie Smith (Sonja), Stewart Wauchop (Paul Kirkland)
Mariposa Productions
A young pregnant woman finds her beloved grandfather who
has wandered off from his retirement home to see in his last New Year’s Eve. “Over
The Hill” adapts Alex Broun’s original 10-minute play “The First Fireworks” into a playwithin-a-play of the same length.
6. Revenge of the Rolling Pin Writer: Tracy Richardson Director: Nick Richardson
With
Jennie Gee and James Belfrage
7. The Emperor is Free Writer: Sasha Poznyak Director: Sasha Poznyak ITC: Amateur As
Anything
8. The Hit And Run Writer: Lynne Baillie Director: Greg Eccleston with Frances
Etheridge, Ingrid Fulton and Geoff Jones. A woman walks into a police station and
confesses to a fatal hit and run. She claims the victim deserved to die. The detective is
in charge of finding out what actually happened…
9. The Naked Man writer: Jill Lever (VIC)Director: Elizabeth Gibney Cast: Wayne
Underwood, Jenny Wang, Ros Bilbe, Michael Brindley, Emma Campbell, Jane Wilkinson,
and Jesse Jongen Fight Choreographer: Steph Cowton
A regular night at a family
household erupts when a naked man appears at the front door.
10. To Let Writer: Peter Bloem Director: Sharlene Zeederberg
Wildcards Sat 3pm Tickets $25/22 Book 8019 0294 or www.shortandsweet.org