The other day one of my students invited me to attend the ‘Short+Sweet’ Theatre festival she was participating in. I went along to the NCPA (National Centre for Performing Arts) at Nariman Point, Mumbai, to be introduced to a whole new world of plays.
The ‘Short+Sweet’ festivals have been running for about the last ten years. They started in Melbourne, Australia, with some new plays and inexperienced performers, putting 10 minute plays on stage. This idea, to introduce new writing, and showcase young performers, spread quickly, and now there are festivals all over the world, including: Sydney, Newcastle, Delhi and Singapore.
