THEATRE-2019
- Auckland
- Dance 2019 Season 1
- Dance 2019 Season 2
- DANCE-2019
- Dance-season-1
- Dance-season-2
- Film 2018 Season 1
- Film 2018 Season 2
- FILM-2018
- Theatre 2018 Gala
- Theatre 2018 Gala Winners
- Theatre 2019 Season 1
- Theatre 2019 Season 2
- THEATRE-2019
- Theatre-Season-1
- Theatre-Season-2
- Theatre-WGTN
- Theatre-WildCard-1
- Theatre-WildCard-2
- Wellington
Cow’s Crossing: A Monologue
SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND
Cow’s Crossing: A Monologue
Show 1 | 1 – 3 September
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The mad inner workings of a woman on her daily bike ride thru Cornwall Park.
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Writers & Director Mary Granfors (Auckland, NZ)
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G-force Productions
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Mary Granfors is incredibly mooo-ved and grateful to be involved with her third Short + Sweet Festival.
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Raj Singh,Denise Snoad
Best Actress-Grace Augustine
SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND
Are You F$%king Serious?!
Show 2 | 6 – 8 September
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If I say thank you, is it because I’m thankful or because if I don’t my manager will fire me? I you say thank you, is it because you mean it, or because you’re supposed to say it after you buy something? A series of monologues based on the experience of working in hospitality when you’re young. A time of so many possibilities, so many opportunities, so many sweaty times, so many cuts on your hands, so many times you just want to scream ARE YOU F$%KING SERIOUS?!
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Writer Aaron Richardson (Auckland, NZ)
Director Aaron Richardson & Grace Augustine -
Physica Theatre Company
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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.
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Aaron Richardson
Grace Augustine
Best Actress – Courtney Eggleton
SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND
Manless Mamet
Show 2 | 6 – 8 September
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An adapted and re-written version of David Mamet’s last scene in Sexual Perversity in Chicago. This scene originally was two men catcalling women and focuses on the hyper-masculinity and toxicity of this language. Our version is gender flipped and with a lot more tequila.
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Writer Lydia Raynes (Auckland, NZ)
Director Kacie Stetson -
Director/Writer Kacie Stetson has over twenty-years experience directing professional theatre in the USA and in New Zealand. She has extensive acting and directing credits in film, theatre and TV. Her screenplay THE HIDDEN was a finalist in the 2017 Page International Screenwriting awards, beating out thousands of scripts from all over the world. NGANGA, her second novel, is currently being pitched by Fictional Entity Management in Los Angeles. Kacie runs one of the top acting studios in Auckland – The Kacie Stetson Studio. She just started submitting her first film, Upside Down, to festivals.
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Lydia Raynes
Courtney Eggleton
Best Actor – Aaron Richardson
SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND
Are You F$%king Serious?!
Show 2 | 6 – 8 September
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If I say thank you, is it because I’m thankful or because if I don’t my manager will fire me? I you say thank you, is it because you mean it, or because you’re supposed to say it after you buy something? A series of monologues based on the experience of working in hospitality when you’re young. A time of so many possibilities, so many opportunities, so many sweaty times, so many cuts on your hands, so many times you just want to scream ARE YOU F$%KING SERIOUS?!
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Writer Aaron Richardson (Auckland, NZ)
Director Aaron Richardson & Grace Augustine -
Physica Theatre Company
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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.
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Aaron Richardson
Grace Augustine
Best New Zealand Script
SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND
Asian but Brown
Show 1 | 2 – 4 September
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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.
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Writer Melissa Sripromma (Auckland, NZ)
Director Lauren Jackson -
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.
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Melissa Sripromma
Best Script
SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND
Are You F$%king Serious?!
Show 2 | 6 – 8 September
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If I say thank you, is it because I’m thankful or because if I don’t my manager will fire me? I you say thank you, is it because you mean it, or because you’re supposed to say it after you buy something? A series of monologues based on the experience of working in hospitality when you’re young. A time of so many possibilities, so many opportunities, so many sweaty times, so many cuts on your hands, so many times you just want to scream ARE YOU F$%KING SERIOUS?!
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Writer Aaron Richardson (Auckland, NZ)
Director Aaron Richardson & Grace Augustine -
Physica Theatre Company
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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.
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Aaron Richardson
Grace Augustine
Best Director
SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND
Manless Mamet
Show 2 | 6 – 8 September
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An adapted and re-written version of David Mamet’s last scene in Sexual Perversity in Chicago. This scene originally was two men catcalling women and focuses on the hyper-masculinity and toxicity of this language. Our version is gender flipped and with a lot more tequila.
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Writer Lydia Raynes (Auckland, NZ)
Director Kacie Stetson -
Director/Writer Kacie Stetson has over twenty-years experience directing professional theatre in the USA and in New Zealand. She has extensive acting and directing credits in film, theatre and TV. Her screenplay THE HIDDEN was a finalist in the 2017 Page International Screenwriting awards, beating out thousands of scripts from all over the world. NGANGA, her second novel, is currently being pitched by Fictional Entity Management in Los Angeles. Kacie runs one of the top acting studios in Auckland – The Kacie Stetson Studio. She just started submitting her first film, Upside Down, to festivals.
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Lydia Raynes
Courtney Eggleton