Monthly Archives: September 2016

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Sensitive Boy

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND SEASON2

Sensitive Boy

Sensitive Boy
  • About The Piece
    What happens when two mums disagree over their kids’ behaviour?
  • Created By

    Writer Hamish Russell
    Director Roberto Nascimento

  • Independent Theatre Company
    NA
  • About the Director
    Making theatre is always exciting, especially when working with a cool script and very talented cast. This story is very relatable (to me, at least), so I am looking forward to bringing it to life – and also hopefully opening up interesting conversations post show.
  • Cast

    Jennifer Freed
    Kayleigh Haworth

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Keep Calm and Carry the Crumb

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND SEASON2

Keep Calm and Carry the Crumb

Keep Calm and Carry the Crumb
  • About The Piece

    Patty the Praying Mantis is a free woman. She’s got a new home, a new life and now she needs everyone to know just how fabulous she is.
    Time to meet the neighbours.

    A partially devised piece about the complexities of social interactions and the need to be accepted. Humans are complicated; insects are simple….r.

    One night, four bugs. Loosen up, it’s a party.

  • Created By

    Writers Cally Castell and Holly Hudson
    Director Damien Avery

  • Independent Theatre Company

    Shadenfreude Company

  • About the Director

    TBC

  • Cast

    Freya Boyle
    Cally Castell
    Holly Hudson
    Tara Ranchhod

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Oriental Dreams

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND SEASON2

Oriental Dreams

Oriental Dreams
  • About The Piece

    Writer’s block. Sleepless nights. Unfinished stories.

    What happens when we no longer know how to develop the characters and stories that we dream of and create in our minds? Do they simply disappear over time or will they continue to haunt you day and night, crossing the borders of dream and reality?
    Oriental Dreams is about a struggling writer who is desperate to finish his story. A perfectionist, he’s done countless revisions and discarded many characters in the process. Our story starts as he reaches the end of his wits on one particular character he’s been working on for years.

  • Created By

    Writers Bon Virata and Fiona Chua
    Composer Fiona Chua
    Choreographer Angela Pan

  • Independent Theatre Company

    Project 37

  • About the Director

    We’re a group of artists from different performing arts background coming together to do what we love. This is our first collaboration on an original as a team. We’ve enjoyed pushing the boundaries of our creative abilities and hope to do more in the future.

  • Cast

    Jacob Pickering
    Rachel Gao
    Yan Zeng
    Catherine Grace Mendoza Estabillo-Maniacup
    Mustaq Missouri
    Marissa Holder
    Nicole Steven
    Jocelyn Scott
    Jayemi Liao

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Culture Clash

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND SEASON2

Culture Clash

Culture Clash
  • About The Piece

    Culture Clash, a multi-ethnic experiment celebrating expression and determination with gusto.
    We’ve all come from somewhere; touched by the mundane, the most lovely, the most terrifying, and the most darn right weird and wonderful!
    Devised by the ensemble, you’ll be as surprised as we are with a performance that promises to delight …. and inspire you to jump on in and join us!

  • Created By

    Director Beth Kayes with Margaret-Mary Hollins
    Devised by the Director & Cast

  • Independent Theatre Company

    TAPAC

  • About the Director

    TBC

  • Cast

    Emma Ferens
    Daniel Fernandez
    Dhruv Mody
    Tui Peterson
    Donna Rhyse
    Beth St Claire
    Chloe Tan Hui Chein
    Narida Maisirisom

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Alexander The Great

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND SEASON2

Alexander The Great

Alexander The Great
  • About The Piece
    At pinnacle of his success, the young conqueror runs into a bit of a road block. What will he stop at?
  • Created By

    Writer James C Ferguson
    Director Sananda Chatterjee

  • Independent Theatre Company
    NA
  • About the Director
    “Nothing is impossible to him who will try” – Alexander III, King of Macedon
  • Cast

    Mustaq Missouri
    Roji Varghese
    George Maunsell
    Anisha Bhattacharya

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It’s Just Banter Bro

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND SEASON1 – WILDCARD

It’s Just Banter Bro

It’s Just Banter Bro
  • About The Piece

    It’s Just Banter Bro is a story 15 years in the making. Defying the assumptions associated with birth position, this story is about speaking up regardless of age or gender.

  • Created By

    Created and performed by Matthew Lough, Daniel Lough and Michael Lough

  • Cast

    Matthew Lough
    Daniel Lough
    Michael Lough

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My Champion!

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND SEASON1 – WILD CARD

My Champion!

My Champion!
  • About The Piece

    Charlie and Doris are an elderly New Zealand married couple. Doris has chronic arthritis and is confined to a wheel-chair, but is mentally very alert. Charlie is in good physical health but he has the beginning of Alzheimer’s disease. Thus, “a brain without a body” is co-dependent with “a body without a brain”. The authorities want them to be institutionalised, but Doris is determined to keep them independent. The script is enlivened, and given some humour, by Charlie’s memories, and his and Doris’s joint re-enactment, of his career as an army Sergeant Major.

  • Created By

    Writer Kerr Inkson
    Director Kerr Inkson

  • Independent Theatre Company
    TBC
  • About the Director

    N/A

  • Cast

    Judi Lowry
    Malcolm Beazley

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Love Those Cockroaches

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND SEASON1 – WILDCARD

Love Those Cockroaches

Love Those Cockroaches
  • About The Piece

    Fern, a committed activist for animal rights, and Tim, a less committed activist, break into Darya’s vegan restaurant and attempt to close it down by releasing cockroaches the night before an inspection. Darya comes down and catches them and then we discover whether every creature has rights.

  • Created By

    Writer Rex McGregor
    Director David Blakey

  • Independent Theatre Company

    N/A

  • Director's Note

    This play stood out to me as ideal for Short+Sweet. Three characters, no set, no furniture, few props, and simple lighting. And a great story.

  • Cast

    Rozi Parry
    Romain Mereau
    Mandy Clark

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