THEATRE-2018

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Paradise

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND

Paradise

Show 1  |  2 – 4 September

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  • About The Piece

    Paradise’ is an epic action adventure comedy spanning the oceans in a quest that finds the ultimate chest of treasure lies in the riches of our imaginations.

  • Created By

    Writers Peter Larsen (Auckland, NZ)
    Director Jarrod Martin

  • Independent Theatre Company

    A Dubious Enterprise

  • About the Company

    A Dubious Enterprise is a production company dedicated to providing a platform for original performance across multiple genres, including the long running Gong show in Whangarei and Auckland, Brainsex and various theatrical adventures.

  • Cast

    Sophie Wright

    Jodi Scarlett Katsoolis

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Asian but Brown

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Asian but Brown

Show 1  |  2 – 4 September

 

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  • About The Piece

    An acting solo derived from an assessment in 2015 created at Pacific Institute of Performing Arts. This solo draws upon Melissa’s life being of being a half cast and the experiences she has encountered in life – racism, abandonment, insecurities and self acceptance.

  • Created By

    Writer Melissa Sripromma (Auckland, NZ)
    Director Lauren Jackson

  • About The Director

    Lauren works as a playwright, director, filmmaker, actor and drama tutor. She has directed various stage productions for the Pacific Institute of Performing Arts, Smackbang Theatre Company, ATC and Four Afloat Productions She began her career playing the lead in the NZ feature film Alex. Following her graduation from Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School in 2001, Lauren has enjoyed a variety of stage, screen and radio work.

  • Cast

    Melissa Sripromma

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Surprise!

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Surprise!

Show 2  |  6 – 8 September

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  • About The Piece

    Peter is a psychic who can only see two minutes into the future. Unfortunately, all this gives him is the ability to finish Whitney’s sentences and drive her slowly insane. But even a psychic can be surprised.

  • Created By

    Director Kat Glass
    Writer Mark Harvey Levine

  • About The Director

    A busy performer – Kat also works behind the scenes as a director, writer, producer, editor, and writer in the theatre and film industries. They have directed theatre across Auckland’s professional stages; created short films which have screened at NZIFF, Giffoni International Film Festival, and Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner; created music videos for NZOA and Warner Bro’s and video content for brands like AMP Insurance, Blikfang Art Gallery, NZ Human Rights Commssion, and the Department of Conservation; as well as produced theatre for Basement Theatre, NZ International Comedy Festival, Toi Wahine Festival, Galatea Theatre, Dark Mondays, and their own company Kat Glass Creative.

  • Cast

    Courtney Bassett

    Rebekah Dack

    Luke Thornborough

Ronald Trifero Nelson

July Third

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July Third

Show 2  |  6 – 8 September

 

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  • About The Piece

    Donald Trump was only the beginning of the end of democracy in America. By 2026 AD, the United States is repressing opinions, controlling all media and oppressing minorities. Independence Day used to celebrate old American values such liberty and freedom is now a solemn observance of God’s founding of America. Parades are more like religious processions and fireworks are a only a memory. Elsie is waking up to the Fourth of July weekend sick, alone and without hope of recovery, but has to get her story out to the rest of the world by recording a ten-minute video to be clandestinely smuggled out of the country.

  • Created By

    Writer Ronald Trifero Nelson
    Director Ronald Trifero Nelson

  • About the Director

    Ronald grew up in the American Midwest, but shifted to Wellington from Washington DC nearly 15 years ago. He graduated from Victoria University of Wellington and Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School with a Masters (MTA) in Directing in 2012. He has concentrated on work centred on works that reflect, engage and inspire the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, takataapui, fa’afafine, and queer communities of Aotearoa New Zealand. His 2012 Mates And Lovers had six seasons throughout New Zealand and was awarded with good houses and good reviews. Ronald has recently returned from Australia where he worked a Trade Union Organiser.

  • Cast

    Greg Jarema

Sinéad Deighton-OFlynn

Smelly Taxi

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Smelly Taxi

Show 1  |  2 – 4 September

 

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  • About The Piece

    A comedy of manners about the limits of politeness, set inside an Auckland taxi. The play follows a group of friends at the end of a night of carousing, as they are driven home by a disheartened taxi driver. One small comment is all it takes for what would usually be an innocuous ride home to become a hilariously uncomfortable situation.

  • Created By

    Writers Sinéad Deighton-O’Flynn & Joshua Worthington-Church (Auckland, NZ)
    Director Sinéad Deighton-O’Flynn

  • Independent Theatre Company

    Feel Bad Theatre Company

  • About the Company

    Feel Bad Theatre Company is the theatrical branch of the Auckland based ‘Feel Bad’ Universe, the creative project founded by Sinéad Deighton-O’Flynn and Joshua Worthington-Church. Sinéad is a writer and filmmaker. Josh is a writer and musician. Smelly Taxi is the first theatrical project that the two have collaborated on.

  • Cast

    Ashton Brown

    Daniel Jones

    Daniel Townsend

    Sinéad Deighton-O’Flynn

    Lilli Cornwell-Young

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Manpreet’s Wedding Night

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Manpreet’s Wedding Night

Show 2  |  6 – 9 September

 

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  • About The Piece

    Manpreet is nervous on his wedding night – and well he might be given the complications and expectations of modern marriage. Will Manpreet rises to the occasion ? or will he condemn his family to a lifetime of ridicule and damnation…

  • Created By

    Writers Tim Booth & Aman Bajaj (Auckland, NZ)
    Director Tim Booth & Aman Bajaj

  • Independent Theatre Company

    Junglee Productions

  • About the Company

    Last year’s S+S showcased Aman Bajaj and Tim Booth’s first collaboration as writers,directors and sex-shop-set-designers in the tragi-comedy-drama-satire ‘Manpreet’s Spicy Emporium, Life Coach & Business Mentor Pvt Ltd. (PhD)’. Aman’s Junglee Productions premiered at S+S 2014 with the well received ‘Dhotibaba’ , followed by ‘A.I East’ (2015) and the dark satire ‘DejaMoo’ (2016). Tim’s previous S+S contributions have included ‘Footprints to New Zealand’ (2014) and ‘The Marriage Bureau’ (2015) both written with his ‘first wife’ Sharu Delilkan.

  • Cast

    Aman Bajaj

    Ram Manthry

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The Big Blank

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The Big Blank

Show 2  |  6 – 8 September

 

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  • About The Piece

    Finding themselves in a totally unprecedented state of affairs, three unparalleled thoughts need to piece the world back together – before it implodes completely.

  • Created By

    Writer Kelly Gilbride
    Director Lana Petrovic

  • Independent Theatre Company

    PG Productions

  • About the Company

    We are PG Productions. We love to create engaging content that starts a dialogue between people, and compels them to share their thoughts and experiences with others. Formed in 2017, PG Productions has since made ‘Messages To Your Younger Self,’ for Wireless Docs and ‘Wallace Line,’ a music video for Ha the Unclear.

  • Cast

    Teresa Lee

    Kelly Gilbride

    Kate Sullivan

Mary Granfors

A Space Oddity

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A Space Oddity

Show 2  |  6 – 8 September

 

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  • About The Piece

    Space: the final frontier. Join us on a wild ride to Mars!

  • Created By

    Writer Mary Granfors (Auckland, NZ)
    Director Mary Granfors

     

  • Independent Theatre Company

    G-Force Productions

  • About the Company

    Before Mary Granfors’ family leaped through space, moving from the US to NZ, Mary was involved in community theatre outside Seattle, directing, acting and producing. Last year, she dipped her toe into playwriting and her first play “Her Story” was part of the Ellerslie Theatre One Act Play Festival. It’s a dream come true to become a “budding playwright” and Mary is thrilled that her latest little play “A Space Oddity” is about to launch into Short + Sweet. Enjoy!

  • Cast

    Carolyn Lamonde

    Greg Jarema

    Kelaan Schloffel-Armstrong

    Talia Pua

Carl Drake

Close Enough

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Close Enough

Show 1  |  2 – 4 September

 

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  • About The Piece

    Fiona is a disgruntled indoor cat who finds herself suddenly transplanted to a new home when her owner moves in with her boyfriend and the couple adopts a new kitten, Prometheus. Like all kittens, Prometheus is lively and curious, and Fiona finds herself in an awkward position when the two cats happen to witness their humans “mating”.

  • Created By

    Writer Kellie Powell (New York, USA)
    Director Carl Drake

  • About the Director

    Carl has been involved with a number of plays at Short + Sweet as both actor and director since 2013. He has directed a number of plays in various theatres and is looking forward to directing in this years S+S with a wonderfully funny play by one of his favourite playwrights Kellie Powell.

  • Cast

    Mia Maramara 


    Zoe Gilmore 

  • Independent Theatre Company

    Cafe Theatre

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Are You F$%king Serious?!

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Are You F$%king Serious?!

Show 2  |  6 – 8 September

 

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  • About The Piece

    If I say thank you, is it because I’m thankful or because if I don’t my manager will fire me? I you say thank you, is it because you mean it, or because you’re supposed to say it after you buy something? A series of monologues based on the experience of working in hospitality when you’re young. A time of so many possibilities, so many opportunities, so many sweaty times, so many cuts on your hands, so many times you just want to scream ARE YOU F$%KING SERIOUS?!

  • Created By

    Writer Aaron Richardson (Auckland, NZ)
    Director Aaron Richardson & Grace Augustine

  • Independent Theatre Company

    Physica Theatre Company

  • About the Company

    Intimate and powerful theatre. We’re about creating works that matter, that have something to say about the world. We use theatre to bring people together, to break down barriers between one another and within ourselves. We want to explore the forms of physical theatre, puppetry and storytelling. We want to create intimate and powerful theatre. Most of all we’re about making small pieces of magic in Aotearoa. This is physica theatre company.’s first season, with their first full length season coming in October at The Basement.

  • Cast

    Aaron Richardson

    Grace Augustine

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