Gala Final Awards: Short+Sweet QLD

Brisbane + Gold Coast 2012

The Gala Award Winners have been announced for Short+Sweet 2012, Brisbane and the Gold Coast 2012.

Short+Sweet is an annual theatre festival (now franchised all over the world) where the main rule is that the piece needs to be under ten minutes in length.

The Short and Sweet Festival aims  to “promote emerging and professional Australian playwrights and help enhance emerging and professional actors and directors and put their stuff infront of industry professionals and an audience in a professional environment”, according to Festival Director, Sean Dennehy.

The Gala Award Winners are as follows:

Best Actor Female

Nominees:
Candice Davie (The Rental Company)
Georgia Cranstoun (Birgitte’s Story Time)
Emily pollard (The Pond)
Deanna Watt (Genevieve and the Bus Stop)
Carly Rees (Genevieve and the Bus Stop)
Francis Marrington (Half Of Nothing).
Winner:
Georgia Cranstoun

Best Actor Male

Nominees:
Sam Ryan (The Pond)
Ben Distledorf (The Rental Company)
Jacob Paint (Wilderness)
Wayne Basset (It Came From The Couch+From The Cradle to the Brave)
Winner:
Sam Ryan

Best Director

Nominees:
Keiran Brice (Wilderness)
Casey Woods (The Rental Company)
Lisa Smith (Genevieve and the Bus Stop)
Noel Sheridan (The Pond)
Joshua Mcann Thompson (On The Shelf)
Winner:
Casey Woods (The Rental Company)

Best Comedy

Nominations:
Birgitte’s Story Time
The Rental Company
Genevieve and the Bus Stop
Winner:
Birgitte’s Story Time by Georgia Cranstoun+Rio Holland, directed by Georgia Cranstoun+Rio Holland

Best Drama

Nominations:
The Pond (Con Nats)
Wilderness (James McLindon)
From The Cradle to the Brave (Angela Ready)
Winner:
The Pond by Con Nats, Directed by Noel Sheridan

Best Wildcard

Nominees:
Wilderness
It Came From The Couch
Copstitutes
Winner:
Wilderness by James McLindon, Directed by Kieran Brice

Best New Talent

Nominees:
Brea Robertson (On The Shelf)
David Trapp (Meet Cute)
Matt Crawford (The Rental Company)
Ben Distledorf (The Rental Company)
Winner:
Matt Crawford (The Rental Company)

Peoples Choice

Nominees:
It Came From The Couch
The Rental Company
Genevieve and the Bus Stop
Winner:
Genevieve and the Bus Stop (White Rabbit Theatre)

Best Independent Theatre Company

Nominees:
De Love la ( It’s All Very Hush Hush)
The Bare Bottomed Tea Fiends (My Bathroom Musical)
White Rabbit Theatre (Genevieve and the Bus Stop)
The Vertebras (The Theraputic Ex)
Winner:
De Love la ( It’s All Very Hush Hush) Allison Manson, Chiara Lagana, Jennifer Goulding

The Short+Sweet Award

Nominees:
The Pond (By Con Nats Directed by Noel Sheridan)
It’s All Very Hush Hush (De Love la, Allison Manson, Chiara Lagana, Jennifer Goulding)
The Rental Company (By Mark Cornell Directed by Casey Woods)
Winner:
The Rental Company (By Mark Cornell Directed by Casey Woods)

More Information: shortandsweet.org