Four short plays were performed each night at the four venues.
Sixteen plays in total - scroll down to see the plays performed.
2017 Micro Theatre Plays
VENUES
Curve Gallery
The Press Bookhouse
Vinyl Café
Studio 21 Artspace
Curve Gallery
61 Hunter Street
Newcastle NSW 2300
Venue opens at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm show
Drinks available by donation.
1. THIS MORNING
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Debra Hely
Emily Daly
Drama
Jan Hunt, Phil McGrath, Natasha Steggles and Emily Daly
Four adults wake up with a strong feeling that this morning is different – little do they know how their lives will intersect.
2. DO NOT TOUCH
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Julia Lewis
Pearl Nunn
Black Comedy
Elissa Shand
Senior Constable Delores recalls the night Venus de Milo was brought into the local police station.
3. WOGS
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Willa Hogarth
Emily Daly
Monologue / Drama
Emily Daly
Everyone has a definite opinion about refugees but can something change their mind?
4. SPACEMAN AND EXECUTIONER
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Tristram Baumber
Allison Van Gaal
Comedy
Drew Holmes and Samantha Lambert
On a planet inhabited by women, an astro-man makes a crater-sized impact.
The Press Bookhouse
462 Hunter Street
Newcastle NSW 2300
Venue opens at 6.00pm for 7.00pm show. Coffee, drinks and cakes available at the venue. Please arrive in time to order prior to performance time. Food and drinks will not be served during the performance.
1. ELEMENTARY
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Kylie Farrugia and Tracey Dwyer
Oliver McFadyen
Comedy / Mystery
Lucy Scott and Lachlan Fairhall
The suspect is a member of The Press, but which one.
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Peter King
Nola Wallace
Drama
Cheryl Sovechles and Janet Gillam
Two seniors on their first date and the audience gets to decide if there will be a second date or not.
3. THE ALMIGHTY BANK HOME LOAN
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Simon Tonkin
Bree Cunningham
Black Comedy
Olivia March, Timo Sommer and Amelia Holmes
Westerners often view the promises of home ownership with a kind of religious adoration.
4. GRASS
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Carl Caulfield
Maurice Silver
Comic / Dramatic Monologue
Trent Baines
Tone has to sort out the problem of a whispering grass, but what if you know too much.
Vinyl Café
4 Perkins Street
Newcastle NSW 2300
Venue opens at 6.00pm. Meals, coffee and drinks available at the venue. Please arrive in time to order food prior to performance time. Last orders at 6.45pm. No meals served during the performance.
1. HISTORY LESSON
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Simon Tonkin
Louise Johnson
Romantic Comedy
Annalie Hamilton, Alastair Anderberg and Zac Smith
As any couple gets closer, eventually someone must broach that awkward subject: their dating history.
2. DINNER FOR TWO
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Danielle Asquith
Danielle Asquith
Drama
Thomas Hamilton and Maria Bardakos
An unexpected dinner guest provides Charlotte with some welcomed company and a young man with a new perspective on life.
3. SPACE COMMANDER VERSUS THE MUD MONSTERS
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Frank Leggett
Zac Smith
Drama
Nicholas Thoroughgood and Alastair Anderberg
Peter's fan letter to the Space Commander is the start of one final adventure for the ageing television star.
4. THE INTERVIEW
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Sally Davies
Geoffrey Munch
Comedy
Stewart McGowan and Micaela Phillips
An idealistic young lawyer endures a job interview unlike any other.
Studio21
Artspace
21 Bennett Street
HAMILTON NSW 2303
Venue opens at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm show
Drinks available by donation.
1. THE WATER'S EDGE
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Michael Lill
Daniel Cottier
Drama
Christopher Saunders and Janette Lacey
A play about finding light in dark places and how love can both restore and transcend memories.
2. LATE
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Helen Hopcroft
Lesley Coombes and Guilherme Noronha
Drama
Patrick Ryan and Kellie Taylor
The famous actress Millie Halloran performs her first one-woman show.
3. THE PITCH
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Tracey Dwyer and Kylie Farrugia
Genevieve Lawson
Comedy
Jamahla Barron, Jordan Warner and Cassie Hamilton
An aspiring scriptwriter gets more feedback than she bargained for.
4. HE SAID IT WAS AT 12
Writer
Director
Genre
Actors
Sheree Christoffersen
Lesley Coombes and Guilherme Noronha
Comedy/Drama
Mary Coombes, Carrie Manen, Giverny Chomiszak and Robert Comber
A mother-in-law from hell is visited by relatives beyond the grave, but it isn’t easy to get her to see the error of her ways.