CASTROPHE TOP 100 scores 3rd place with audiences.
After the wonderful Week 5 of Short and Sweet (the biggest 10 minute play festival in the word!) competition was tough! A lot of time and energy goes into rehearsing and each performance night is different. There were dramas, absurd comedies and wonderfully written plays as well.
CATASTROPHE on at Newtown Theatre Top 100 in February.
Starring Tanya Ann Powell and Michael McCrann, directed by Con Nats.
Come and support the cast and crew in Short + Sweet 2010!
Performances Wed Feb 3 – Sat Feb 6 @ 8:15pm and Sun Feb 7 @ 5:15pm. Tickets from www.shortandsweet.org or on (02) 8507 3034.
Catastrophe is a comedy about a wife’s struggle with her husband’s obsession with his best friend.
The script won “Best Script” at Crash Test Drama in Sydney in June 2009, with writer Dona Parise winning a number of other awards for her writing.
Short + Sweet is the world’s largest 10minute play festival started in Sydney and now running in Melbourne, Singapore and Auckland
TWO PLAYS IN SYDNEY SHORT AND SWEET TOP 100 IN 2010
YES, it’s true! I now have two plays in the biggest 10 minute play festival in the world.
AFTERNOON TEA WITH SEX AND SCONES will be performed from 2nd to 6th JANUARY 2010 at Newtown Theatre and will be directed by Stephen Carnell.
CATASTROPHE will be performed from 2nd to 6th FEBRUARY 2010 at Newtown Theatre and will be directed by Con Nats.
Stay tuned and keep coming back for updates!
Afternoon Tea with Sex and Scones
Afternoon Tea with Sex and Scones, had it’s second run in Sydney in November 2009 . Directed by Stephen Carnell and starring Christine Greenough, Amelia Tranter and Chris Lewis.
SILENCE wins audience vote at Crash Test Drama in Melbourne 16th Nov 09
Gavin Williams and Amy Jenkins.
Dona’s first Melbourne Crash Test drama competition resulted in her play ‘SILENCE’ winning the audience vote and is now in the finals on 21st December 09. The cast: Elizabeth Semmel, Amy Jenkins and Gavin Williams did an outstanding job.
THE GIFT – Short film, selected to be screened in Darlinghurst.
Starring Luke Testoni and Jacinda Gugliemino
The Gift was a film I wrote and directed in 2007/2008 for Tropfest. Starring local people, filmed in my home town and had to beg and borrow (not steal) props. The film is about a workaholic husband who forgets his wife’s birthday and has to dash out to find her a present. He finds more than he realises.
It will be screened at the TAP Gallery in Darlinghurst on 3rd December 2009.
Starring Luke Testoni, Jacinda Gugliemino, Terry Moon and many others. Daniel Parise debuts as ‘Ferdinando’s’ son.
SHORT FILM – ‘THOUGHT I’D SAY HI’ SHOOTING COMMENCES JAN 2010
“Thought I’d say Hi!’ Short screenplay to commence shooting in January 2010.
How one woman deals with multiple personalities…
A short Sci-Fi screenplay set in 2060 about cloning. ‘The Real You’ will be performed at Writers Anonymous, Sydney on 24th November 2009.
Cast of three: Two Females, One Male.
Director: Stephen Carnell.
AFTERNOON TEA WITH SEX AND SCONES – Stage Rage, Sydney: 23rd November 09
Afternoon Tea with Sex and Scones will get another run (will be performed at Newtown Theatre for Crash Test Drama AND at Stage Rage, Cleveland Street Theatre, Sydney)
Cast of three
Two females, One Male
Diretor: Stephen Carnell.
A DAY AT THE OFFICE – Stage Rage, October 09
A day at the office was first produced in Griffith in ‘Fancy a quickie?’ 10 minute play festival. It was on at Stage Rage, Cleveland Street, Theatre, Sydney. It won Best Director – Gavin Williams, who also played Tom. Also won best Actress.
