Footprint Theatre of Pambula and Theatre Onset of Bega are collaborating to bring local audiences a heartwarming season of four short plays and more, from August 20-30.
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Under the title ‘Shorts in Winter’, the season will include two plays by Footprint Theatre that are currently playing at the SHORT+SWEET Festival at the Canberra Theatre Centre.
‘The Waiting Room’ by Merimbula playwright Graham Brown is directed by Wilma Donovan. Sparks fly when rough-as-guts Shane (Michael Ubrihien) and well-to-do Prue (Kerry Hynes) are forced to wait together in the same room. It also features Jon Bignell as 'Vlad'.
‘Call Out’ is written and directed by Lis Shelley from Lochiel. Telephone technician Ray (Michael Ubrihien) has a bad habit of recording phone calls. Worried this is his last call out, Ray receives an offer he can't refuse from a mysterious caller (Jon Bignell).
Bega playwright Alex Nicol wrote his monologue ‘Barista’ during the write a play in a day event last year in Bega. It is directed by Diana Nicol and played by Niamh Nicol from Theatre Onset.
Lis Shelley is directing ‘Driving the Holden’ by Sydney playwright Gerry Greenland. A 1969 Holden Monaro GTS brings together street-smart Eddie and invalid Vietnam veteran George (played by Karl Auer).
Jamie Forbes of Theatre Onset will also entertain audiences with "poetry so bad it is great" by notorious Scottish poet William McGonagall.
Shorts in Winter opens at the Merimbula Wharf Restaurant with dinner shows starting at 6.30pm on Thursday, August 20, Friday, August 21 and Saturday, August 22. Tickets options $30-$60
The following week the show moves to the Thimble Theatre, in the grounds of Bega High School, with concert style shows at 7.30pm on Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29 and at 2pm on Sunday, August 30. Tickets $20/$15.
Bookings for dinner shows are essential. For more details call 02 6495 7160 or visit Footprint Theatre's website at www.footprint.org.au.