Lynn Belvedere

SHORT AND SWEET THEATRE – 2024 SYDNEY WEEK FOUR @ TURNER HALL THEATRE

SHORT AND SWEET SYDNEY THEATRE FESTIVAL – 2024 WEEK FOUR @ TURNER HALL THEATRE

S+S SYDNEY 2024 Heat #4

The world’s biggest short play festival is back in Sydney.

SHORT AND SWEET Sydney 2024 aims to focus on new and unique ideas with an added emphasis on spotlighting the individual writers behind their works and their process.

Short+Sweet 2024 is a celebration of play writing, plus the creation of original theatre.

Over 70 plays feature in the span of just eight weeks, all are competing for a spot in the Gala Finals, where we award the best of the best.

Range of brand new works brought to the forefront, sharp comedies, existential dramas, surreal horror, poetry, musical, political and inspirational narratives drive the eight week season.

Prizes being awarded weekly (at each Sunday show), dedicated programs spotlighting some of the brightest creatives in the community, and a new award category for works that have a truly unique concept.

WEEK four PROGRAM

Thursday 7th March 2024 until Sunday 10th March 2024

1 MASK
Written by Written by Adam Szudrich (Queensland) – Directed by Gina Cohen
ITC: She‘ll Be Right On the Night
STARRING – Gina Cohen (Edi), Jeremy Godwin (Parker) and Jesse Sher (Gofer)
Drama set in 1940, two vaudeville performers, and they have a problem.

2 HERS
Written by B Kirrily Annalise (Lilyfield) – Directed by Brett Joachim (Sydney)
STARRING – Emilia Kriketos (Julie) and Denis Qiu (Jack)
Wonderful and clever drama, married couple both cheating for ten years. Perfectly cast, and directed with panache by Brett Joachim.

3 BRUNO SAW THE DOCTOR
Written by Cary Pepper (San Francisco, USA) – Directed by Ash Barbe-Winter (Earlwood, NSW)
STARRING – Michael Sulej (Sydney), Malek Domkoc (Sydney), Gavin Rudd (Sydney), and Evgeny Shatokhin (Sydney)
Never ever answer each sms text, received from a wrong number. Comedy and drama.

4 DESSERTED!
Written by Sally Scotton-Moonga and Ricky Moonga (Port Macquarie, NSW) – Directed by Jonathan Solomon (Sydney, NSW)
STARRING – Letizia De Francesco (Ivy), Steve Lu (Jude) and Carolyn Neumann (Waiter)
Forced comedy farce experience, with the worst waiter on Planet Earth, during an anniversary meal at an upmarket restaurant.

5 WORKING
Written and directed by Gregory J Thorsby (Sydney, NSW)
STARRING – Gregory J Thorsby and Chloe Callow
Father and Daughter, marihuana comedy drug experience.

INTERVAL of 15 MINUTES

6 LOVE and KNOTTS
| Peoples Choice Winner | Crash Test Drama Cronulla |
Written by Riley Marnell (Sydney, NSW) – Directed by Craig Bulmer (Cronulla, NSW)
– Please be advised this play, contains themes of suicide and violence. –
STARRING – Izzy Bland, Meredith Laverty and Michelle J Erickson
Addiction suicide drama, mother and daughter grieve.

7 SUPERSTAR
Written and directed by Jyotsna Jyoti (Milsons Point, Sydney)
ITC: Vividha Arts
STARRING – Neela Bhole, Archana Misra, Amruta Apte, Aditya Dave and Bobby Philips
Comedy arrives via Bad Acting chaos, just one actor is fully unable and unwilling, to take direction.

8 BILATERAL
Written by Ian McSorley (Sydney, NSW) – Directed by James Balian (Sydney, NSW)
STARRING – Ian McSorley
Beautifully constructed drama monologue, isolation by deafness, morphing into growth and connection.

9 LOST IN THE DESERT
Written by Carmen Sareelaht – Directed by Luke Dal Santo (Sydney, NSW)
STARRING – Zara Reddy (Stella), Kate Smytherman (Paula), Jonathon Nicola (Gordon), Josefin Glaadh (Stella)
and Luke Dal Santo (Michael)
This dialogue intensive drama, as Stella becomes missing/lost in a desert storm, and having lost her husband, she now is seeking safety with a young married couple.

10 KILL YOUR DARLINGS
Written and directed by Laurent Auclair
STARRING – Cam Ralph (Dave), Graham Yates (John) and Martin Cohen (Marco)
Characters in a play, test the playwright, to try to get their lines changed. Audience comedy favourite, at the opening night performance.

EXPECT – Some plays may contain “crude indecent” adult themes, and strong highly offensive profanities, offensive/coarse language, offensive foul material/themes, moderate alcohol usage, and issues relating to trauma. Recommended only for persons over the age of 18.

SHORT AND SWEET THEATRE – 2024 SYDNEY WEEK FOUR @ TURNER HALL THEATRE – – –

Thursday 7th March 2024 until Sunday 10th March 2024

SHORT + SWEET ‘The Biggest Little Festival in the World!’ –

TICKETS – https://www.tickettailor.com/events/shortsweetsydney/

WEBSITE – https://shortandsweet.org/festivals/shortsweet-sydney-theatre-festival-2024

FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/shortsweetsydney/

INSTAGRAM – https://www.instagram.com/shortsweetfest/

PROGRAMME – https://sydneyartsguide.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WEEK-4-SHORT-SWEET-SYDNEY-2024-PROGRAMME.pdf

This festival is proudly partnered with TAFE NSW

Multiple dates and times.
WHEN
Thursday 15th February 2024 until Sunday 5th May 2024
WHERE
TAFE building B – location is upstairs B1.04.HALL
Turner Hall
19 Mary Ann Street, Ultimo, NSW 2007
Near to the corner of Harris Street

SYDNEY NSW Australia

HANDICAPPED ACCESS and LIFT available at the ground floor – rear entrance to the building.

SYDNEY BUSES 501 from RAILWAY SQUARE, to Harris Street Bus Stop.

 

 

 

 

Published by Lynn Belvedere

Once we were old enough, my parents took the whole family to the Sydney CBD cinemas every week. Thus began a lifetime interest, in going to the cinema every week, and became a passionate cinephile by watching all those very heavily edited ''Australian Film Censorship Board'' true cinéaste versions of brand new release ''Cinematograph Films''. Greater Union always gave my father (who worked in Cinema Distribution Exhibition) guest double movie passes, to every first-night ''red carpet Opening Night'' at The State Theatre Cinema at 49 Market Street. Up until his death, my dad always received ''two house seats'' for every Opening Night performance events at the Theatre Royal SYDNEY and at Her Majesty's Theatre SYDNEY. As a child, when mum choose not to go, I often went with him, to those live performance events. As a young child, I remember being taken for each new show, at both The New Theatre at 60 Sussex Street, and the Phillip Street Theatre when located at 150 Elizabeth Street, and for classical music concerts at Sydney Town Hall. = = = ★★★★★ = = = Being happy is a choice, and I have always viewed my life, as material ready be made into a series of amazing tentpole movies. My New Years Resolution is kept every year: ''Get to see/review five new live theatre shows each week, and get to see/review six new cinema movies each week'', plus is one of the Australian Cinema Pioneers, and apparently have seen far too much already, but always wanting to experience more and more each year. I am also able to do almost everything that I enjoy doing. Yes, I do have a great daytime job in I.T. as ''Software Design Project Manager'', PLUS each evening until quite late - - - Australian Cinematograph Films historical censorship consultant - product-placement consultant - mystery-shopper consultant - playwright, writer, author, director, producer, photographer, cinematographer, color-grader, subtitles proofreader - arts/ drama/ music/ film critic and judge, journalist, member FIPRESCI & FCCA & AFCA, member AACTA accredited film reviewer-critic-writer, accredited IMDB.COM critic-reviewer-author, projectionist, plus an innovative iconoclast - - - ★★★★★ LYNN BELVEDERE ★★★★★ - - - [usr 5] - - -