The “Biggest Little Play Festival In The World”, the annual Short + Sweet Festival, proves that brevity remains the key to wit.

Now in its 15th year, the festival showcases the best of Australia’s theatrical and comedic talent, with bite-sized plays performed from January all the way through to March. A whopping 160 ten-minute plays will grace the stage at the Depot Theatre in Marrickville over the course of the event.Cue all sorts of ‘big things come in small packages’ jokes.

Excitingly, Short + Sweet will be running its parallel event, Short + Sweet Cabaret. The event will take place at the New Theatre in Newtown for the majority of January, and will provide a platform for up-and-coming cabaret artists to show off their unbridled talents.

A full lineup and further details about both the Short + Sweet Festival and Short + Sweet Cabaret can be found here.

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