Another upcoming annual event at Noosa Arts Theatre is the very popular Shorts on Stage, featuring a combination of short plays all around the 10-minute mark to titillate the senses.
In this crop they have the following fabulous plays:
DTF – Destined to Fail written by Catherine McKernan Doris and featuring Maria Karambelas and Sheila Oliver. It is a story about two “mature” lady friends discussing online dating. Chris is flexing her adventurous muscles in the dating world after losing her husband and her sensible friend Jean tries to steer her away from the idea.
Exiting is written by Alex Broun and features Yvie Sommerville and Jannine Ritchie. Friday afternoon Marnie enters the lift already occupied by Stephanie. Marnie soon discovers that two people from her office are being exited. She’s determined to find out more before letting Stephanie exit. A woman explains how one ordinary day takes a turn for the worst and how she deals with it.
The 10 Minute Play Saga written by Bill Sheehy and starring Allison Johnstone, Tom Middleton and Lynda Canning. A couple are lamenting the dilapidated condition of their home even though it cost them nothing, when a surprise gift arrives. They are confused as to how to deal with this new development.
How’s your Back? is written, directed and performed by Jane Cullen. A back injury at work took Jane completely by surprise in 1989. Before she knew it chronic pain, physios, doctors, left her not only using her career, but her mind. This dark comedy shows how one simple decision can change the course of your life. Back pain happens to many in our community. It could happen to you!
Contact written by Katie Pollack and directed and performed by Anna McMahon. In this darkly poetic monologue a woman is forced to reconcile different parts of her life when a normal workday turns into something more shocking.
Father vs Unchartered Territory – Teenage Daughter written and directed by Tara Long with Glenn Miller Bodhi Nash, Tania Nash and Lane Hickmott in the cast. How does one parent successfully and with as little tears as possible? This is the question that single father William has been asking himself for years. When the concept of dating arises in both his and his daughter’s lives how does William navigate this new chapter especially with their overly flirtatious neighbour?
Maybe Next Year written and directed by Tania and Neil Nash. Set in a rugby change room where a coach is giving an impassioned speech to his team before they go out to play the final. The speech covers all things including the not so palatable life of the coach. What the audience thought was playing out might not be the case, as the coach soon realises that his dreams may be better off realised next year.
A Man’s Best Friend written by James Saunders and directed by Madeleine Johns. Taylah McLennan and Dominic Robert play a bride and groom are on the way to their honeymoon hotel by train. He is nervous – she is eating chocolates. In the bride’s own words – “It’s a funny time, isn’t it, this journey-time … between the wedding reception and the … honeymoon hotel. Between one life and another.”
There’s only three performances of these tasty bites of plays, 14 August at 2pm and 7.30pm and the final one on Sunday 15 August at 2pm. Get your tickets now.
Book online at noosaartstheatre.org.au or phone 5449 9343.
Box Office: Tuesday to Friday 10am to 2pm. Visit 163 Weyba Road, Noosaville.
