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SHORT+SWEET 2017 TOP 80 : WEEK FOUR @ THE DEPOT THEATRE

There are nine simply superb plays being performed live on stage this week, at Short and Sweet. Captivating, strange, unique, and laugh-out-loud entertainment galore, and one with live music.

(1) – Wish You Were Hair

ITC Presented by RAPA Inc

Written by Kaz Getts / Directed by Kaz Getts and Warren Bradley

Cast – Warren Bradley, Christine Engelheart

Wish you were here
Wish you were here

Comedy all about HAIR from first pubes, cut hair, shaving, nair, long hair wig, chemo. Warren Bradley and Christine Engelheart are endearing with their multiple characters through time, constant flow of costume changes, covering from teenagers to seniors.

(2) – Diary of a Breakup / Breakdown

ITC Presented by Alex Broun Company

Written By Alex Broun / Directed by Peter Whitehead

Cast – Claire Bird, Michael Booker.

Diary of a Breakup
Diary of a Breakup

Alex Broun, is one of the world’s leading ten-minute playwrights, and has written more than one hundred ten minute plays : http://www.alexbroun.com/  Dialogue intense dramatic delight, as Claire Bird and Michael Booker individually deconstruct each and every intense moment, day by day during the thirty days immediately after their relationship ended.

(3) – Brexit

ITC Presented by Budding Theatre Company

Written and directed by Kirsty Budding

Cast:  Kaivu Suvarna, Amelia Green, Michael Ubrihien and Rina Onorato

Brexit
Brexit

Excellent comedy message piece set on Thursday 23rd June, the voting day for the EU Referendum, four Brits at a bus stop agree to disagree on the vote discussing Cultural Imperialism and stereotyping, all lead along to the very unexpected twist.

(4) – The Story of Darling Brown

ITC Presented by The Monologue Project

Written and Directed by Pete Malicki

Cast – Katharine Babatzanis

The Story of Darling Brown
The Story of Darling Brown

Comedy monologue as Katharine Babatzanis plays Darling Brown. Discusses her identical twin sister Jesse, berates her parents (Claire and John) for their calling their first born twin “Darling”.  Darling pretending to be Jesse, ends up enjoying being completely different to her identical twin, all caused by her hating the name her parents assigned her at birth.

(5) – Tapping Out

Written by Maura Pierlot / Directed by Cecile Payet

Cast:  Kaiya Bartholomew, Brayden Harry, Ethan Mestroni and Anton Smilek

Tapping Out
Tapping Out

Winning dialogue drama and timpani musical piece, with the drummers’s tap tap tap of musical syncopation on assorted musical instruments in the percussion family. Private language created in tap, introvert versus extrovert, a war between Wes with Jay, then Jay with Declan. Wes is trapped in his mind palace, by reliving all the complex events that occurred twelve months ago.

(6) – Hidden Depths

Written by Pamela Western / Directed by Mark Fowler

Cast:  Christine Aldridge and James Sugrue

Hidden Depths
Hidden Depths

A beautifully costumed Pirate (Roger), arrives for his first job interview at the the Tax Office. Perfectly timed comedy with perfect cast, expertly directed, was a huge audience favourite on the Opening Night. Reliving the glory days of buccaneers and flogging, apparently this modern day pirate is a computer hacker. Perfectly chosen music with nautical sound effects, end the performance.

(7) – Still Alive

ITC Presented by Nautanki Theatre

Written and Directed by Dilbagh Singh

Cast:  Dilroop Khangura, Shanelle Sin and Dilbagh Singh

Still Alive
Still Alive

Tulip is the delusional girl, trapped in the hot hell of her one room limbo. The devil is dressed as a doctor. Dressed in white as a nurse, is the angel. This fine drama, is subject to many possible interpretations.

(8) – Arthur and Marilyn

ITC Presented by Half Boy Company

Written By Jasper-Lee Lindsay / Directed by Danen Young

Cast:  Meg Hyeronimus and Alec Ebert

Arthur and Marilyn
Arthur and Marilyn

Delicious fictionalised dialogue, as we learn exactly how Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller met. All that they talked about, with a smoky haze caused by the cast constantly smoking a seemingly infinite amount of herbal cigarettes.

(9) – One Night Stan

ITC Presented by Third Bite

Written by Adam Szudrich / Directed by Grant Wilson

Cast:  Gina Cohen, Ally O’Brien and Emma Caldwell

One Night Stan
One Night Stan

Back into the dating game, and always at the same restaurant, Stan is dating these three women, Rachel, Holly and Marie. Comedy dialogue flows as each woman has vastly different dating experiences with the same man. Delightful and well worthy of getting a standing ovation, and of course easily garnered the longest applause from the Opening Night audience.

SHORT AND SWEET THEATRE 2017 Top 80 Week Four is playing the Depot Theatre, 142 Addison Road, Marrickville, with on-site free parking, until Sunday 5th February 2017.

Featured photo from Hidden Depths. All photos by Robert Miniter. 

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