With Micro Theatre - the Directors Cut asked three of our Directors to read through our back catalogue of short plays and choose four to be re-imagined for our best of season.
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Four short plays were performed each night at two venues.
Eight plays in total - scroll down to see the plays performed.
2018 Micro Theatre Plays
The Press Bookhouse
462 Hunter Street
Newcastle NSW 2300
FREEFALL
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Carl Caulfield
Maurice Silver
Drama
Anthony Howes
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.
SPACE COMMANDER VERSUS THE MUD MONSTERS
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Frank Leggett
Maurice Silver and Zac Smith
Drama
Ian Robinson and Joshua Hilton
Peter's fan letter to the Space Commander is the start of one final adventure for the ageing television star.
GRASS
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Carl Caulfield
Maurice Silver
Comic / Dramatic Monologue
Brent Traines
Tone has to sort out the problem of a whispering grass, but what if you know too much?
THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Tristram Baumber
Maurice Silver
Comedy
Anthony Howes, Brent Traines, Freya Montefiore, Jacinta Rose and Maurice Silver
Wisdom for one may not be wisdom for all. A cautionary tale where the Wisdom of Solomon makes great sense, but then again it doesn't.
Studio21
Artspace
21 Bennett Street
HAMILTON NSW 2303
DO NOT TOUCH
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Julia Lewis
Pearl Nunn
Black Comedy
Emma Wood
Senior Constable Delores recalls the night Venus de Milo was brought into the local police station.
WHEELER DEALER
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Sally Davies
Allison Van Gaal
Comedy
Stephanie Priest and Carl Gregory
A young man, with a habit of buying random items from strangers in pubs, meets his sister for a coffee.
SPECIAL PLACES
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Alex Giles
Amy Wilde
Comedy
Jan Hunt, Rachael Sales, Tim Turner and Mike Peters
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.
WORSE THINGS HAPPEN
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Tristram Baumber
Janet Nelson
Dark Comedy
Amy Wilde and Phil McGrath
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?