‘Bridge’ – Short & Sweet

Bridge by Debbie Neilson

‘Bridge’ written and directed by Debbie Neilson
Short & Sweet Festival
Week 2, February 20 – 23, 2020
Tom Mann Theatre, Surry Hills
Pot Plant Productions

“The biggest little play festival in the world is now entering its 19th year in its hometown of Sydney and will be returning to the Tom Mann Theatre in Surry Hills from Feb 14 to April 19 2020.

We will be returning once again with a smorgasbord of 10-minute plays to delight your tastebuds, with hundreds of talented actors, writers and directors showcasing their skills and bringing you a wonderful season of short theatre.”
Short + Sweet Theatre Sydney 2020, read more


Reviews

“Bridge – Written and Directed by Debbie Neilson, Cast: Christine Firkin, Neil Modra, Greg Thornton, Katie Lees, Lloyd Darling, Olivia Tegart. If you have or haven’t been on the Sydney Bridge Climb you will enjoy this. It was very well, directed, written and performed. The Bridge climb leader, which I think was played by Olivia Tegart, was really strong, the warm up at the beginning was hilarious!”
Phillipa Bird, ‘Short and Sweet Week 2 -Review’

“Good fun play if a little anticlimactic. Christine Firkin as Sally leads a tourist climb over the Harbour Bridge, complete in bridge climb uniforms, with perfectly annoying high energy mirth. Greg Thornton in Brad and Katie Lees as Sam, the couple from out west argue their way to the pinnacle of their relationship. Good feisty banter with each other and their climb mates. Neil Modra as Charlie the German tourist provides palpable prior climb nerves. Lloyd Darling and Olivia Tegart are Paul and Peggy, Paul is every infuriatingly boisterous American tourist and Peggy his new to be Australian bride, if she can make it to the top. My chest grew tighter with every step she could barely take as the characters clash and collide. Distant sounds of the traffic below add to the apprehension, can anything else go wrong? Of course it can.”
Lee Sarich, Theatre Travels

Bridge. Written and directed by Debbie Neilson. Five guests and one climb leader, Christine Firkin as Sally, Neil Modra as Charlie, Greg Thornton as Brad, Katie Lees as Sam, Lloyd Darling as Paul and Olivia Tegart as Peggy head up the Bridge but get more than they bargained for. All does not go smoothly when relationships are put to the text and hidden stresses and desires are released.”
Maggy Franklin, Stage Whispers


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