Sunday, February 5, 2006

Short & Sweet 2006 Play Festival

Short & Sweet Play Festival

"The biggest little play festival in the world is set to explode on the Sydney theatre scene again later this month when around 150 new short plays (chosen from a record field of 1168 local and international entries) premiere at a five week season at two parallel venues.

Short & Sweet Sydney 2006 runs from Jan 31 through to March 5 at the Newtown Theatre and Feb 1 – 25 at the Seymour Centre Downstairs with 90 plays (each no longer than 10 minutes long) receiving full productions in a total of nine weekly programmes. Apart from this “Top 90”, another 50+ receiving one-off performances as part of the new “Wildcards” section.

The top ten plays from the season will then progress through to the final in the York Theatre of the Seymour Centre on Friday March 10th.

In addition, this year’s festival will also include its first ever “Pink Shorts” – a series of eight special performances of Gay and Lesbian themed plays as part of the 2006 Mardi Gras."

W: http://www.shortandsweet.org/