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Perfect

Performed at Newtown Theatre

"Perfect" was entered into Short and Sweet Melbourne (Dec '07) and was selected to be performed in the top 30 out of 1141 entrants. It went on the be performed in the top 90 out of 1500 entrants in Sydney's short and sweet (Jan '08).
In Sydney it was directed by James Winter of Brand X Productions. It was performed in the first week of the Short and Sweet Festival and awarded 1st place allowing it go straight to the Nudie Gala Final on February 22 and 23rd, where it was filmed for TV adaptation by the principal sponsor, Movie Extra.

Reviews from AUSSIETHEATER and AUSTRALIAN STAGE

"A couple split up to travel the world and look for the perfect partner. This graphic onstage illustration of romantic illusion is well conceived and written by Aaron Scully and performed with vigour and subtlety by David Bailiht and Katherine Halliday."

"Aaron Scully brought us a crowd-pleaser with Perfect, a witty little piece about two Aussies who go overseas searching for love only to meet up with each other after all. The actors did tremendously well (and were perhaps overlooked for awards), but the real star was the tight and imaginative direction, filled with lots of mime and stylised interaction, which very fairly netted James Winter the award for Best Direction."

"The play Perfect, is just that. It’s an energetic and polished piece featuring two love-lorn characters travelling the world in search of their ideal mates. James Winter's direction is well paced and irresistibly cute, with some nice snappy double actions that serve the script well."

Short and Sweet Awards

Aaron was awarded $2000 cash development courtesy of AFC to transfer his script from stage to film.

Short and Sweet also awarded James Winter "Best Director" for his direction of 'Perfect'.

Short & Sweet Sydney 2008 runs at the Newtown Theatre and at the Seymour Centre Downstairs with 90 plays (each no longer than 10 minutes long) receiving full productions in a total of nine weekly programmes. Apart from this “Top 90”, another 50+ receiving one-off performances as part of the new “Wildcards” section.

The top ten plays from the season will then progress through to the final in the York Theatre of the Seymour Centre.

www.shortandsweet.org/