THEATRE-2019

Mary Granfors

A Space Oddity

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND

A Space Oddity

Show 2  |  6 – 8 September

 

Mary Granfors
  • 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

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Elastic History

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND

Elastic History

Show 1  |  5 – 7 September

 

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  • About The Piece

    Anne has a product, “Elastic History” but the customers aren’t buying. Marty is a marketer – he can sell anything. Can Anne and Marty together devise the marketing campaign that will put Elastic History on the map? (Clue: watch for the Swiss Army Knife!)

  • Created By

    Writer and Director Kerr Inkson

  • About the Director

    Kerr Inkson is a university professor who retired in 2010, then completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Drama) at Auckland University and has dabbled in theatre ever since, as writer, director and actor. His only previous foray into Short and Sweet was in 2016, when he wrote and directed “My Champion”, which reached the Gala Final.

  • Cast
    James Fox
    Leny Woolsey
    Malcolm Beazley
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Are You F$%king Serious?!

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND

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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Anti-Social Media

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND

Anti-Social Media

Show 2  |  5 – 7 September

 

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  • 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
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Sacrifice

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Sacrifice

Show 1  |  1 – 3 September

 

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  • 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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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

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Look Who’s Here!

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SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND

Look Who’s Here

Show 2  |  5 – 7 September

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  • About The Piece
    “Look Who’s Here! The fairy has arrived to the party everyone! What has she got to say?”
  • Created By

    Director Josh Metcalfe

  • About the Company

    Catherine and Josh have been friends for over five years now. They have been through drama school together and share the same passion for making work. Both are a funny duo and have risen to the challenge this time to put on solos, with the trusted guidance and help from the other.

  • Cast
    Catherine Yates