Noosa Arts Theatre are presenting one of their favourite annual festivals on 1 and 2 June, Shorts on Stage.
It’s a very popular festival as plays come from all around the Sunshine Coast and interstate and heavily promotes local acting, writing and directorial talent.
There’s a great variety including several youth plays. Sam Coward, local 91.1 Hot FM Breakfast Host is the adjudicator fresh from finishing up directing Noosa Arts previous sold out show Aria by David Williamson.
Sam will be presenting the Best of Anything and Best Director Awards on the Saturday night (1 June), then the famous Audience Choice Award will be announced after the final performance on Sunday afternoon (2 June).
Keeping up with tradition of Shorts on Stage, Noosa Arts Theatre will serve up pizza after the final performance while the votes are being tallied.
Here’s some teaser synopsis to whet your appetite:
– A boy and girl meet on a rooftop in Brisbane and circumstances indicate that not all is as it first seems. – Written and directed by Alison Venning.
– Put a uni student and her eccentric grandmother together, add some weird knitwear and anything can happen. – Written and directed by Di Thomson.
– Is acting an honourable profession? Well, Barry has to ask Cate Blanchett that question when she makes a special appearance! – Written by Alex Broun and directed by the Miranda’s Dressing Room team.
– “What happens when you say the words, “Oh, God!” and God actually appears in your apartment? God’s in a bit of a hurry because apparently people do this a lot. God’s Visit – by Little Seed , Directed by Johanna Wallace.
– Where does a hoarder’s stuff go when they die? Told through the eyes of the adult daughter of a hoarder, this poignant, sometimes humorous story reveals the secret shame of a hoarder’s existence.
I’m Not a Hoarder but… – written by Catherine Gamble.
– 46,000 children are currently in foster care across Australia. Every person deserves to feel love and be loved in return, but how do they comprehend the life that could have been without answers? Unknown from Strike Youth Theatre from North Lakes.
There are only three shows, two on 1 June, 2pm and 7.30pm and final performance on 2 June at 2pm.
Tickets are available online at noosaartstheatre.org.au or call the theatre Tuesday to Friday between 10am and 2pm on (07) 5449 9343.
