Samoan Playwright Directs Award-Winning “Mandragora”

Auckland-based playwright Louise Tu’u is directing Mandragora in the 2010 international “Short + Sweet” festival in Auckland. Mandragora is a stunning work by Australian playwright David Sharpe which has already won several short play awards. It stages at the Herald Theatre in Auckland from Tuesday 26th till Saturday 30th January 2010. “Short + Sweet” is the biggest festival of ten-minute theatre in the world, each year featuring over 150 of the best ten minute plays from local and international writers. Tu’u is the author and director of Le Tauvaga (2004). She was the first New Zealand and Pacific Island playwright to be selected to participate in the 2005 Royal Court International Theatre Residency in London. She has also written and directed a number of short films. Her most most recent play Providence was presented exclusively to the homeless community in central Auckland. Tickets for Mandragora are only $25 from the Edge: www.the-edge.co.nz or 0800 BUY TICKETS.