Monthly Archives: August 2018

When a woman shares her excitement over her long-awaited and much-wanted pregnancy, she is full of fun and joy over motherhood. Happy to let strangers touch her belly, she feels a baby belongs to everyone because we all celebrate new life and potential. When the pregnancy does not quite go to plan, she has to relive the experience and explore the highs as well as the depths of pregnancy. A one-woman show.

Writer Tanya M. Wheeler (Auckland, NZ)

Director Annie Whittaker

Cafe Theatre, formed in 2018, is proud to present its second play for Short+Sweet, the first ‘Close Enough’, directed by Carl Drake, a cute play about a cat and a kitten observing their humans mating was well received. This years play, directed by Annie Whittaker, is Annie’s second Short & Sweet, having previously directed a play in 2014. Annie has both community and professional experience in theatre in Auckland, and is currently working on projects for Dolphin Theatre, and is an executive member of the Auckland Community Theatre Trust and co-ordinates their SHOWDOWN theatre competition for senior high school students.

Having met online, Alison and Jamie are meeting irl for the first time. In what becomes an unintentional double date, we are privy to their inner conflict as, without devices to hide behind, they face the terror that is a first date. What could possibly go wrong?

Writer David Osborne

Director Matthew Diesch

ITC Jump Cut

Jump Cut is a new company and Double Date is the first work it has produced. Our ethos is summed up in two questions to determine if a project has been successful: “Did we get something out of making this piece?” and “Did the audience get something out of seeing this piece?”