Hot Shorts UNESCO Creative Cities

Hot Shorts - Short Play Festival July 2016

With guests from the Unesco Cities of Literatre Norwich, Dublin, Iowa and Dunedin (NZ) 

Supported by the City of Heidelberg

Heidelberg

"We Eat Meat" by Alex David

"The Jump" by Ann-Kathrin Mannherz

"What a Mother!" by Anuschka Kopp

"Pork Pies" by Charlotte Caspers

"Coathanger Dialogues" by Franziska Kirchholtes

"Dance Fever" by Giulia Zipps

"Life's Crossroads" by Ithana Schnapp

"The Department of Abaddon" by Jeff Silence

"Stew" by Katrin Pfändler

"The Last Tape" by Kirsten Hertel

"Ella" by Laura Hopp

"Cooper & Jones" by Martin Weiffenbach

"A Glance Behind the Façade" by Melanie Leyrer

"Plane Talk" by Pia Schlotthauer

"Awakening" by Selin Beyhan

In July 2016, Heidelberg was host to the UNESCO World Literature Festival. The Schauspielgruppe hosted a short play festival featuring plays written by authors from Heidelberg, Dublin (IR), Dunedin (NZ), Norwich (UK), and Iowa City (USA).

Dublin

"The Forgotten One" by Jacinta Sheerin

"Good Fiona, Bad Fiona" by Tracy Martin

"A Workman's Tools" by Shane O'Reilly

Iowa City

"The Coyote Stratagem" by Lupe Flores

"Terrible Light" by Sam Collier

"Socialpaths" by Alysha Oravetz

Norwich

"Goggles" by Josie Dale-Jones and Gemma Barnett

Dunedin

"Close Stranger" by Kiri Bell

Poster for the International UNESCO Creative Cities Short Play Festival 2016, organized by Schauspielgruppe des. Features information about the festival, dates, locations, ticket prices, and reservation contacts, with a black-and-white photo of actors in costume.
  • Three women dressed in business attire posing together in black and white photo.
  • A woman and a man standing against a plain white wall. The woman has long dark hair, and is wearing a black top with a necklace. The man has dark hair, facial hair, and is dressed in a light-colored striped suit with a white shirt and dark tie.
  • A black and white photo of a woman and an older man sitting side by side on a striped sofa. The woman has curly hair, wears glasses, and a dark sweater. The man has glasses, a checked shirt, and a vest. They both look serious, with the woman looking to the side and the man directly at the camera.
  • Two young women lying on a chalkboard floor, surrounded by colorful chalk drawings, holding hands and smiling.
  • Close-up of a young woman in swimming gear, wearing a pink swim cap and goggles, looking directly at the camera against a neutral background.
  • A young man in U.S. Army camouflage uniform standing against a plain light-colored wall.
  • Two teenagers with headbands topped with paper bones, pretending to bite large, fake, red and orange plush bones, sitting in a room with white walls and benches.
  • Two men sitting at a table in a classroom or office setting, one with glasses and a black shirt, and the other with glasses and a white shirt. There are papers and books on the table, and posters and papers on the bulletin boards behind them.
  • Three young adults standing against a plain gray wall. A woman with long wavy hair and a necklace on the left, a man with curly hair in the middle, and another man with glasses and short hair on the right. All appear serious and focused.
  • A young woman with a serious facial expression reading a book, seated next to a young man with curly hair and headphones, smiling slightly, against a plain wall.
  • A young man and a young woman standing indoors, holding up black clothing items and smiling at each other.
  • Two women standing in front of a height measurement wall holding a sign that reads "Cooper and Jones".
  • A woman in glasses holding her head with a distressed expression, next to a man with glasses, a beard, and a bow tie, looking at her in concern, in a clothing store with hangers of clothes in the background.
  • Two men with glasses and beards are facing each other and talking against a plain wall.
  • A man pointing at a woman while talking inside an office, both dressed in formal attire.