Lynn Belvedere

SHORT AND SWEET THEATRE- WEEK 3

The portrayal of dysfunctional relationship, played for either laughs or drama, is a prominent feature of this year's Short and Sweet Festival
The portrayal of dysfunctional relationship, played for either laughs or drama, is a prominent feature of this year’s Short and Sweet Festival. Pic Sylvi Soe

The third week of Short and Sweet Theatre Top 80 featured eleven theatre plays as created by eleven playwrights, with consistently believable scenarios as fleshed out by the actors’ performances throughout the night, with each play less than ten minutes.  A night of outstanding performances.

CRY FOR ME was the opening monologue performed by Alice Furze and written by Pete Malicki (S+S Festival Director) makes you think about the living and the dead, with very clever dialogue and perfect timing.

MUM’S ARMY with Sue Broberg is the strangest army recruitment ritual that you are ever likely to encounter.

THEATRE IN THE RED is a hilarious comedy about a malicious director wanting a young playwright to become the producer.

THE TREEHOUSE with an outstanding monologue delivered superbly by Lewis Scamozzi about deep secrets, and you will not realise where you really are until the last words of the play.

LOCK UP YOUR CHAPARONE is the drama standout of the night, with Claire Stewart-Moore as a very spirited Wendy and the strangest nanny (Newfoundland Dog) and events take a very twisted unexpected path.

WHERE YOU WOULD LEAST EXPECT clever comic twist with two fresh singles, at their first swingers party.

MOONAGE DAYDREAM a comedy about the alcohol-fuelled after effects of a David Bowie concert on a long marriage.

INAPPROPRIATE is an excellent volley of words and incriminations and happenstance and hidden domestic resentments, with impressive delivery by Sally Williams.

ELEMENTS INC a unique message piece that allows you to think more about saving this endangered planet.

UNVEILED is a message drama, set as a cross-cultural satire.

GUIDED BY VOICES the well rounded evening finished with a delightful witty comedy about the conflict with all our inner voices, with Nat Jobe as the standout inner voice.

Filled with great entertainment, this week is not to be missed.  Highly Recommended

Short and Sweet Week 3 plays the King Street Theatre, corner King and Bray Streets, Newtown until Sunday January 26 playing till Saturday at 7.30pm and Sunday at 5.15pm.

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] - - -