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Amateur Night

An office bet, a cabaret in Soho, four rehearsals. With every rehearsal there is less costume left, and less of the woman she was before.

Episode 1: The Empty Stage

6 episodesTabooRomance

Episode 1 plays here for free. From episode 2 onwards you need a Dreamy Shorts membership.

What Amateur Night is about

Picture an accountant who barely registers at the office, grey cardigan, tea rather than coffee, always first at her desk. Then a bet after too many drinks at the Christmas party: she will perform at the amateur night of a Soho cabaret, in front of colleagues who do not believe she will go through with it. The stage manager has seen everything in thirty years and takes her seriously anyway, which frightens her more than mockery would.

Four weeks, four rehearsals on an empty stage, a costume she picks herself and which is still too much at the first fitting. At every rehearsal she takes off a piece of it. And a piece of what she thought she knew about herself. The stage manager corrects posture, pace, gaze, and for a long time stays nothing but an observer at the edge of the light. Until the dress rehearsal, when he is no longer that. Her colleagues only appear at the margins, as voices from the office, until the night of the show when they are sitting in the front row.

Amateur Night is a slow series about nerve, not skin. The six episodes are called The Empty Stage, Choosing the Costume, Third Rehearsal, Dress Rehearsal, Show Night and The Dressing Room After. The title of the last one tells you the real story starts after the applause. Episode 1 is the empty stage, the working light and a woman who does not yet know how to stand.

All episodes of Amateur Night

EpisodeTitleAccess
1The Empty StageFree
2Choosing the CostumeMembership
3Third RehearsalMembership
4Dress RehearsalMembership
5Show NightMembership
6The Dressing Room AfterMembership

Watch Amateur Night: episode 1 free on DreamyShorts

The first episode plays here in the player, no account and no app. For the five that follow you need the Dreamy Shorts membership: 19.99 USD a month or 119.88 USD a year, approx. £15 a month or £91 a year, converted, rate varies. Worked out per month, the annual plan is half the price. Signing up is free and takes a minute.

The series runs in the Taboo and Romance categories, because both are true. Six episodes in portrait format, each one to two minutes, English subtitles in the player. If you are drawn to stories where someone steps out of their comfort zone while exactly one person watches, start with episode 1 and decide after the dress rehearsal whether you want to see the performance. The Soho stage stays almost empty throughout, the light and the stage manager are all the set the series needs.

Why DreamyShorts?

  • Every episode runs one to two minutes. You do not need a free evening, a bus ride will do.
  • Episode 1 plays here with no account, no app and no credit card. Only once a series has hooked you is the next step worth taking.
  • The membership opens up every episode of every series, new series are added all the time, subtitles are included, and according to the provider you can cancel at any time.
  • Portrait format, built for the phone. It works just as well on a desktop.

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Questions about Amateur Night

Is Amateur Night on DreamyShorts a striptease series?

The occasion is an amateur night at a cabaret, but the series shows rehearsals, nerves and the relationship with the stage manager. Nudity is suggested, not displayed. The focus is on how the lead changes over four weeks and who is watching her do it.

Which episodes of Amateur Night are free?

Episode 1, The Empty Stage, plays here for free. Episode 2, Choosing the Costume, is locked here. From episode 2 you need the Dreamy Shorts membership, 19.99 USD a month or 119.88 USD a year, cancellable at any time according to the provider.

How long is an episode of Amateur Night?

One to two minutes. The whole six-episode series takes around ten minutes. It is made for your phone but plays just as well in a desktop browser, no download and no app. Produced by Dreamy Shorts, original English audio with subtitles in the player.