AS FESTIVAL DIRECTOR of SHORT+SWEET 2009

It'll be remiss of me not to write about this time of my life when I took on the role of Festival Director of Short+Sweet 2009. To quote the young ones - it's awesome.



It began last year after the first S+S in KL - the festival director then was Nicole Stinton from Singapore and our team then was small and quite inexperienced - but to their credit - they pulled it off.

This year I was sure I wanted to arm myself with a strong team and I did! With Joe and Mark on one side, Sesha and Ashraf as Production Managers, Michelle as the SM, assisted by Avril, Reuben, Gabrielle, Akilah, Alia, Boy - the back stage tech, Shafie - the sound man and Mazlan - the lighting designer and operator - we pulled it off very well.So what's involved you might ask?


1. The Planning - dates, venues, theatre, dance and what else?
2. workshops
3. Call for entries from writers, choreographers,
4. Registration of directors, actors, dancers
5. Production team
6. Creative team
7. Sponsors
8. (Mind went blank!)
9. assessing scripts
10. Briefing Directors, choreographers
11. Selecting Dancers, Actors
12. Scheduling rehearsals
13. Directors' choice of scripts & actors
14. Timing, timing, timing
15. Scheduling Bump-in, bump-out,
16. Performances
17. ticket sales
18. daily judges
19. Gala judges
20. Closing!!