A total of ten short plays were performed during our pilot season in 2015. The following are a selection of the best.
2015 Micro Theatre Plays
THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Tristram Baumber
Maurice Silver
Comedy
Anthony Howes, Trent Baines, Elliot Walker and Lucinda Regan
Best
Actor
Best
Production
Wisdom for one may not be wisdom for all. A cautionary tale where the Wisdom of Solomon made great sense, but then again it didn’t - with shades of Blackadder’s Prince Regent thrown in for good measure. Who can resist a play that contains the line; I am no lollipop – I am the King!
WHEELER DEALER
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Sally Davies
John Wood
Comedy
Harold Phipps, Belinda Hodgeson and Craig Lindeman
Best
New Script
A young man, with a habit of buying random items from strangers in pubs, meets his sister for a coffee. He needs cash for another of his indiscriminate purchases, and as his sister questions him over the details, the replies become more bizarre by the moment.
SECRETS
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Peter King
Claudia King
Drama
Theo Rule, Jarred Mainey, Alison Murphy and Kerryn Taylor
When a play starts with the line, ‘I didn’t mean to kill him,’ it can’t help but grab your attention. A powerful work that skillfully took the audience on the lifelong journey of a troubled family in 15 minutes as the central character, Tim, let the blame for his father’s death fall on his innocent brother.
THAT'S CONFIDENCE
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Tristram Baumber
Drew Pittman
Comedy
Luke Power, Alex Jacobs, Stephanie McDonald, David Gray, Hayley Doherty
Comic brilliance as a quiet man learns confidence – the hard way. The two great leads of Luke Power and Alexander Jacobs made it perfectly believable that the author of your self help tape would turn up at lunch to help you confidently charm the girl of your dreams – with one of the best closing lines of a short play we have ever heard.
THIS KISS
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Kylie Farrugia and Tracey Dwyer
John Wood
Comedy
Michael Byrne and Linda Read and Craig Lindeman
This Kiss took us on a journey through life one kiss at a time - from the first kissing misadventures of youth, though passion and betrayal, laugher and tears – all in 15 minutes.