Four short plays were performed each night at the three venues.
Twelve plays in total - scroll down to see all plays.
2016 Micro Theatre Plays
THE JO-JOE TWINS
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Debra Hely
Peter King
Comedy
Duncan Gordon, Stephanie McDonald and Corrine Lavis
What can a pair of wanna-be actors do when they can’t score decent roles even in amateur theatre? They can gate crash a theatre venue before the show. Meet the Jo-Joe Twins, cheeky and naïve, they just may pull it off.
FREE FALL
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Carl Caulfield
Claudia King
Drama
Theo Rule
HARRY likes to listen to the wind and the trees, but he knows that this sometimes gets him into trouble. He’s a young man in an extreme state of emotional free fall and he knows it’s time for him to seek help. A short monologue questioning how we deal with those who don’t conform.
SPECIAL PLACES
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Alex Giles
Jerry Ray
Comedy
Maike Strichow, Jerry Ray, Daniel Stoddart and Charlotte DeWitt
Do you remember that super-secret, special place that only you ever go to? Have you ever wondered if that place is also another person’s secret special place? Or a few dozen other peoples perhaps? After all what makes it Special doesn't make it yours.
INCOMING
Writers
Directors
Genre
Actors
Tracey Dwyer & Kylie Farrugia
Tracey Dwyer & Kylie Farrugia
Political Satire
Corrine Lavis, Patrick O'Brien, Zac Smith and Jared Mainey
Best
Production
Stan’s been at the same place for a long time - it seems like a lifetime. When workplace talk turns to new recruits, Stan is forced to examine his place in the hierarchy, and why he feels so threatened by change.
YOUTHINASIA
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Simon Tonkin
Amy Wilde
Dark Comedy
Kate Slowely, David Gray and Cooper McDonald
‘Youthinasia’ is a black comedy that toys with the notion that quite possibly, there is no limitation on what some constitute as ‘entertainment’. Alan has signed up to experience an action-packed last few moments on this earth. How far will The Producer go to ensure his project is a success?
STAR CROSSED
Writers
Director
Genre
Actors
Tracey Dwyer & Kylie Farrugia
John Wood
Comedy
Emily Daly and Michael Byrne
Best
Improvisation
Emily Daly
A single woman in a couple's world, Rosalie's taking matters into her own hands. What would you attempt in the pursuit of love? RSVP, eHarmony? Star-Crossed is a tongue-in-cheek look at the perils of speed-dating, your time starts now!
WORSE THINGS HAPPEN
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Tristram Baumber
Louise Johnson
Dark Comedy
Amy Wilde and David Owens
Best
Actor
Amy Wilde
Best
New Script
A weary and beaten down man is released from prison after serving 25 years for killing his wife. He seeks forgiveness from his daughter and is confronted with the harsh reality of her troubled life. Will his daughter ever forgive him? And will he ever forgive himself?
HAPPINESS
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Kirby Medway
John Wood
Comedy
Linda Read, Georgia Hicks-Jones
At the conclusion of a self-help seminar on happiness our ‘happiness guru’ encounters a very eager student. What follows is a veiled competition over who is, truly, the happiest and who really understands what it means to be happy.
DIGESTED
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Karen Eastwood
Pearl Nunn
Comedy
Ben Martin, Alex Jacobs and Lissy Shand
Grace and Frank are on a date at the Civic Picture Theatre in 1946, but they seem to have been mysteriously transported to a foreign land - or is it? The streets have the same layout... yet familiar landmarks have been replaced by buildings called ‘KFC’. Confused, they stumble into the nearest cafe to find out what has happened.
A GOOD EGG
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Mark Konik
Pearl Nunn
Comedy
Craig Lindeman, Louisa Newton and Jarrod Sansom
How far will you go to impress someone? What if your online date turned up in a chicken suit...? Lance is a deeply insecure man who has been looking for love in all the wrong places. Enter Kirsten, infatuated with her handsome work colleague, Rick. Can Lance turn things around? Can Kirstin look past the chicken suit?
PORTRAIT OF A WRITER
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Danielle Asquith
Drew Pittman
Thriller
Bree Cunningham and Jay Smith
If you came along to a cafe to have your portrait done for a local art competition would you expect to wind up dead? Susan is a successful local crime writer. Andy is an up and coming artist. Neither knows what impact they have made on the other – until now.
THE PAPYRUS VIRUS
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Peter Oliver
Maurice Silver
Futuristic Comedy
Anthony Howes, Trent Baines and Murrie Harris
The books are contaminated and government internet control is to blame.