SHORT+SWEET MERIMBULA 2013

Top Ten x 10 minute plays will be staged in 3 shows in Twyford Hall Merimbula will showcase new Australian theatre from the heart of regional South East NSW. The region covers a vast area, from Batemans Bay and Cooma in the North to Eden and Bombala in the south.

SHORT+SWEET MERIMBULA is part of the world's biggest little play festival.

• BORDER PATROL written and directed by David Stocker
  An elderly lady in her backyard works on issues of good governance.
• BULA RAT by Jamie Forbes directed by Howard Stanley
  A couple whose children have paid for their first trip overseas have doubts that they live up to their hotel's five star rating.
• CRUSHED by Rosslyn Thomas directed by Deb Foskey
  Following the school camp, HSC student Sarah shows outside interests that concern her mother.
• BUSTED by Sophie Campbell directed by Mahamati
  Technology is derailed as two teenagers uncover a kindred spirit at their local bus stop.
• HOP TO IT by Diana Harley, directed by Kerry Hynes
  Two kangaroo brothers share a bit about life on the road.
• HOT CHICK GOES OUT FOR A DUCK written and directed by Marna Smith
  A sex queen trying to save ducks runs into complications.
• JAMES EVANS VS THE CROWN by Brendan Ryan & Kevin Armstrong, directed by Brendan Ryan
  Communication between the classes is not always flash in early Colonial Australia. This sitting of the Bench of Magistrates' Court is downright confusing, for some.
• THE LABOUR by Chris Newens, directed by Patrick O'Halloran
  Two government workers are charged to censor films of pornographic content in some dark imagining of the future.
• ROUTE RECALCULATION by Mary Langdon, directed by Graham Brown
  Faye is delighted with the gift of a GPS from her partner, until it starts interfering with her personal life.
• TEN MINUTE LOVE STORY by Patrick O'Halloran, directed by Jane Gordon
  A love story spans 60 years.

3 shows at Twyford Hall, Beach Street Merimbula NSW

• 7.30pm Friday 13 September 2013
• 2.00pm Saturday 14 September 2013
• 7.30pm Saturday 14 September 2013

Please note this show is not suitable for children under 15 - coarse language and sexual references.