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AntiSocialMedia_theatre_group2 Tanydd Jaquet

Anti-Social Media

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND

Anti-Social Media

Show 2  |  5 – 7 September

 

AntiSocialMedia_theatre_group2 Tanydd Jaquet
  • About The Piece

    There is nothing ‘social’ about social media.

    The way we communicate has radically changed in the last decade, and it has had a major impact on our mental health.

    #Facts:

    1) 1.495 billion people will use Facebook today.

    2) Twitter was almost called ‘Friendstalker’.

    3) Social media is linked with increased rates of anxiety and depression.

    In an online world of YOLO and FOMO, how much control does social media really have IRL? Home alone on a Saturday night – Sarah is about to find out. This dark comedy full of LOLs, OMGs and a few WTFs.

  • Created By

    Writer Julie Barnett (UK)

    Director Tanydd Jaquet

  • About the Director

    Tanydd’s directing debut in S+S Auckland is on a topic close to her #heart: Social media and mental health. Here’s the punch line: IRL she is a social media consultant. LOL! She has a background in acting and music, plus a small stint in an air guitar band. Both online and offline, her passion is in providing people with the tools for confidence, and taking on the tough conversations.

  • Cast
    Ophelia Wass
    Megan Goldsman
    Jono Capel-Baker
Screen Shot 2019 08 08 at 7.20.51 PM Bala Murali Shingade

Sacrifice

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND

Sacrifice

Show 1  |  1 – 3 September

 

Screen Shot 2019 08 08 at 7.20.51 PM Bala Murali Shingade
  • About The Piece

    When a pair of elite soldiers have a grenade thrown into their trench, only one of them makes the ultimate sacrifice by jumping on the grenade. The dud grenade does not explode, but their friendship does – the consequent conversation reveals tensions that had previously been under the surface.

  • Created By

    Writers and Directors Bala Murali Shingade & Daniel Nisbet (Auckland, NZ)

    ITC Kahania Film & Theatre
  • About the Company/Director

    Since performing their first theatre piece at Short + Sweet festival in 2018, Kahania Film & Theatre have produced a funded and commissioned short film, 800 Lunches and writer/director Bala Murali Shingade has written the first draft of an original play titled ‘What Have You Become?’, which was part of Proudly Asian Theatre’s Fresh Off The Page programme in 2019. Kahania Film & Theatre are back with a new short piece for the final iteration of Short + Sweet.

  • Cast
    Bala Murali Shingade
    Daniel Nisbet
STAY ShortSweet Festival 2019 1 3 September

Stay

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND

Stay

Show 1  |  1 – 3 September

 

STAY ShortSweet Festival 2019 1 3 September
  • About The Piece

    A young, expecting couple want to move out on their own. They have enlisted the help of questionable Real Estate agent, whose properties are unsuitable for the couple – or anyone for that matter. Will the couple find a new home, or will they have to stay?

  • Created By

    Writers and Director Zinzan Murray (Auckland, NZ)

    ITC Stay

  • About the Company/Director

    Stay is an ITC formed for Short+Sweet 2019. The group draws on a diverse and talented group. The group has particular Polynesian influences.

  • Cast

    Dylan Theracingham

    Teresa Lee

    Celine Dam