THEATRE readers will already know that  Short+Sweet Theatre loves to play with the idea of being “Canberra’s biggest little festival”.

This of necessity means a change in location from The Courtyard Studio, where the venture has been running since 2009, to Smith’s Alternative, which Chilver is calling “Canberra’s biggest little venue”.

It’s a logical move. While it is possible to pretend that the Courtyard is a cabaret space, Smiths is a more organic performance venue, with a full service bar and café and the right intimate atmosphere for this specialised art form.

Chilver expects “Short+Sweet Cabaret” to present “the best cabaret performers from Canberra and the Capital Region” in 10 minute shots.

As with Short+Sweet Theatre, Chilver says, the only limits placed on entrants is that their performance must be 10 minutes or less.

Audience members will vote for their favourite performances, and the winners will be invited to reprise their performance later in the year as part of Short+Sweet Theatre,  which will continue at the Canberra Theatre Centre in 2017.

Short+Sweet Cabaret, Heat 1: 7pm, Friday, March 17; Heat 2: 7pm Saturday, March 18; Gala Final: 7pm Sunday, March 19.

Performers should visit shortandsweet.org/festivals/shortsweet-cabaret-canberra-2017 to pitch their entries for Short+Sweet Cabaret 2017.