The Young Creatives' Festival of Awesome.

Because it was.

OK, over the last two nights (so, tonight and yesterday night), the inaugural Young Creatives Festival of Shorts was performed at the Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. It had seven short plays, a dance at the beginning and end, involved about 17/18 young people (including the writers), one great backstage manager, two amazing director/producer/everythingers, and was based on the theme of SPARK.

And it was awesome :D

Everybody did an absolutely amazing job. There wasn't a single actor on that stage that didn't put everything into it, and you could see it so well on the stage. The confidence level just soared through the roof, and the audience loved it, both nights. And, of course, as we actors love to do, as soon as we come off the stage, we're going on about how we mucked up this and missed that and this wasn't quite right - but every acting thing will have those, and the real mark of a good production is not whether they have mistakes and accidents, but how they recover from them, or even use them to make the show better. There was a great moment on the first night where one of the actors was pulling out a $20 note to entice the other character back onstage - "Twenty dollars! I'll give you twenty dollars!" And a coin dropped out as he pulled the note out. "And ten cents! - No, wait, five cents. Five cents!"

There's been a million great moments with this production, and it's so sad that it's all over now. I have to say a massive thanks to both of our directors, Nisrine and Randa - they put up with us through the good and the bad, helped us up when we needed a hand, gave us a word when we needed it, and basically just always knew what needed to happen.

Also, a big thanks to all the actors and writers that were involved - without you guys, there is nothing. You're all amazing actors/writers - but you've also become some great friends as well. And ones that I'm not planning to let go of any time soon. We'll be organising a get together before long, I'm sure ;)

And many thanks to Amelia, our backstage manager, as well! You might not have thought that you did much, but it's so important having that figure there to provide some form of assistance/organisation/reassurance.

Also, a big thanks to Riverside Theatres for giving us a place to show our performance, the various places we practiced in for letting us practice there, and the assisting directors for coming along and - well, assisting to direct!

And a massive thanks to our audiences on both nights, you guys are what make this so special for us!

A few of the best/most memorable moments:
Alem - "What, can't a guy have a drink? Sheesh!" (or something like that)
Anthony - that roar at the beginning, gets me every time, it's ridiculous...
Audrey - managing to pull off that performance, with so little notice. And not just pulling it off, but doing it really, really well.
Conor - the coat rack as a weapon. Yep. :D
Diana - Harry Potter. Need I say more? ;)
Esmeralda - those stairs. Which need a ramp alternative, most definitely.
Felicia - demonstrating fire safety has never been so hilarious - Stop, Drop, and Roll. XD
Jason - wearing that hair, and the nose. "I'm actually allergic to some plastics, are you sure this is....?" Gold.
John - the cake, always the cake. But particularly when it wasn't just the cake, but also the floor. XD
Jordan - being climbed while acting as a tree....yeah.
Kristen - when you managed to 'miss me by that much' with one of your legs swooshing past when you practiced.
Mariah - that drawing. And "See what?"
Monikka - I'm afraid it has to be the banana. Sorry!
Rachel - Booooooooooooyyyyyyyyys!!!

I'm going to miss you all so much :'( But, like I said, we'll catch up again soon :)