Short+Sweet (originally known as Short & Sweet) is a multi-form arts platform presenting festivals in theatre, dance, music-theatre, comedy and cabaret across Australia and Asia. Short+Sweet’s vision statement is: a more creative world ten minutes at a time. The flagship festival is Short+Sweet Theatre Sydney, the largest ten-minute play festival in the world.

Short+Sweet Theatre was founded at the Newtown Theatre in Sydney, Australia in January 2002 by Mark Cleary, beginning with the first ever Short+Sweet Theatre festival.  Festivals are now held across the globe. Short+Sweet Theatre Sydney is now the largest ten-minute theatre festival in the world, with around 180 new plays being produced every season.

There are many unique elements to this festival, some of which are, a strict time-limit, limit of one play per playwright, one play per director and two plays per actor, people’s choice voting and the competitive aspect of the festival where plays are chosen from each week to progress to the Gala Finals.

Short+Sweet South India started as Short+Sweet Chennai in 2011. Since 2014, the festival has opened to entries from the four southern states in India. The jury members for the weeks are not known to the public, and consist of a good mix of connoisseurs from diverse fields.

The festival is presented in association with Blu Lotus Foundation and Alliance Francaise of Madras. The title sponsor for this edition was Mindscreen Film Institute. Studio Bas and Silkworm Boutique were Gala Finals Prize Sponsors; Amdavadi Restaurant and Mangala Rural Retreat were Prize Sponsors; and Zebronics was Sound Partner. Ticketing Partner was Eventjini.com.

In 2017, we had an overwhelming submission for directors and ITC’s.  Out of the 150 entries we received, we showcased 70 plays. The winner of this edition was a tie between “The History Boys”, directed by Mathivanan Rajendran and “Song of Love or a boy, a girl and a song”, directed by Sunil Vishnu K.