The full Festival line up for Short+Sweet Dubai at DUCTAC in the Mall of the Emirates from February 5th to 22nd, has been announced.
It's a fantastic programme featuring Dubai's top theatre companies as well as the city's best writers, actors and directors. The Festival also welcomes companies from all over the UAE - Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah - as well as visiting companies from Pakistan and even New York.
Over three action packed weeks Short+Sweet Dubai will present 62 plays by writers from all over the region and the globe - 10 from the USA, 5 from Australia, 4 from Abu Dhabi, 3 from Sharjah, 1 from Ras al-Khaimah, the UK, India and Pakistan and a stunning 36 by Dubai based writers.
Short+Sweet Dubai also includes work by Dubai's top local theatre groups, gathered together in one remarkable festival for the first time - Backstage, Dubai Drama Group, Third Half Theatre, Theatrics, American School of Dubai, Loom Ensemble and Theatrewallas Productions.
And for the first time the Festival will climax with the Red Carpet Gala Final – the biggest night of the year in Dubai theatre – where the stars of the local theatre scene will gather to perform the best ten plays of the Festival and present awards to Dubai’s top actors, directors, writers and Theatre Companies.
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The full festival for Short+Sweet Dubai 2014 is below:
SHORT+SWEET DUBAI
Festival Schedule
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Play ITC (if any) Writer State/Country Director
Top 30 Week 1 - Feb 5th, 6th and 7th at 8pm (11)
30 seconds of sight Jamil Artin Dubai Jamil Artin
50 Guns American School of Dubai Gemma Taylor
Her Story Theatrics Samarth Meherish Dubai Siddarth Sivaprakash
Khol Do Theatrewallas Productions Prakash Soni Sharjah Prakash Soni
Last Drinks Backstage Greg Gould Australia Rashmi Kotriwala
Mustachemaker drawFILM Meedo Taha Dubai Meedo Taha
Romeo and Juliet The Floozies Vikram Ahuja Dubai Salman Qureshi
somewhere between the sky and the sea Alex Broun Australia Vikram Ahuja
Spidermen Adam Szudrich Australia Marie Dullaghan
Stalemate House of Tigzirt Assyl Yacine Abu Dhabi Assyl Yacine
The Loop ASD Adult Theatre Craig Delahoy Australia Ahne Crawford-Ridley
Wildcards 1 - Saturday February 8th at 3pm AND 8pm (10)
A Charming Affair American School of Dubai Robert Scott USA Marcia Irving
Angelic Behaviour Silver Lining Theatre Kathryn Pepper Dubai Kathryn Pepper
Badke Bhaiya Third Half Theatre Nihal Parashar Dubai Sanjeev Dixit
Djinn and Tonic Iobel Andemicael Dubai Iobel Andemicael
Everything's Perfect Poonam Ganglani Dubai Adnan Bashir
Farewell, Francis George Mitton Dubai George Mitton
It's The Quiet Ones You Have To Watch Out For Chris Sims India Charlis Cunningham
Reedsong (3pm only) Loom Ensemble Sasha Bogdanowitsch and Michael Bauer USA Kate Hamilton
Sweet Sixteen Theatrics Jimish Thakkar Dubai Jimish Thakkar
Within Orb Drama Club (ODC) Sabiha Majgaonkar Dubai Sabiha Majgaonkar
Top 30 Week 2 - Feb 12th, 13th and 14th at 8pm (10)
Indignitas Jonathan Skinner UK Anita A. Ahiadormey
On the couch Hananah Zaheer Dubai Hananah Zaheer
Rumple Schumple Megan Gogerty USA Kris Morton
Sam's Friend Marie Dullaghan Dubai Rohit Prakash
Strangers in the Night StageWrite Winner - ASD Adult Theatre Iobel Andemicael Dubai Aida Laubach
Sure Thing Backstage David Ives USA Gautam Goenka
Taffe Tiffe Chris McDermott Dubai Chris McDermott
Tagged Dubai Drama Group Russell Bell Dubai Russell Bell
The Painter The Theatre Company Liz Hadaway Dubai Liz Hadaway
Valentine's Day Kamlesh Acharya Dubai Kamlesh Acharya
Wildcards 2 - Saturday February 15th at 3pm AND 8pm (9)
Davo and the International Conspiracy of Giant Reptiles Darren Menachemson Australia Chris DCotta
Dead Drunk Brendan McCann Dubai Brendan McCann
Death by Fast Food StageWrite Runner Up Mohamed Lamrad Abu Dhabi Tasnim Hindeyeh
Driving me Crazy RAKADS (Ras Al Khamimah Amateur Dramatic Society) David Jay RAK David Jay
Looking for Mr Right Sandra Margolese Dubai Sandra Margolese
The great Fuscilli Chai & Fai Jaidev Sanketi Dubai Jaidev Sanketi
Alice and the Tightrope Walker thejamjar Theatermaking Workshop Raphael Sacks Dubai Neva Cockrell
The Man Who Was Music Third Half Theatre Aishwarya Jha Mathur India Sanjeev Dixit
The Meticulous Woman Mina Kici Dubai Mina Kici
Top 30 Week 3 - Feb 19th, 20th and 21st at 8pm (11)
(un) Requited Mohamed Lamrad Abu Dhabi Taraash Mehrotra
Burning Fresh Loom Ensemble Neva Cockrell New York Raphael Sacks
DNA Frank Dullaghan Dubai Amit Kapur
Heart in the Ground Douglas Hill USA Michael Laibson
Here to serve you Barbara Lindsay USA Gargi Basu
Noreen Theatrics Akshay Gehi Dubai Akshay Gehi
Pool Deck Enzo Messina Dubai Enzo Messina
Shut up, Kitty! Theatrewallas Productions Shailesh Kumar Upadhyay Dubai Shailesh Kumar Upadhyay
It's all been done before Third Half Theatre Sanjeev Dixit Dubai Sanjeev Dixit
Trojan Bitches Resuscitation Theatre Abu Dhabi Maggie Hannan
Unveiled Backstage J.Thalia Cunningham USA Ankita Rao Manikantan
Wildcards 3 - Friday February 21st at 3pm ONLY (11)
Closet Happy Nandita Ramanathan Dubai Nandita Ramanathan
Controlling interest American School of Dubai Wayne S. Rawley USA Phil Ridley
Death takes the train NUST Dramatics Society Pakistan Waleed Chaudry Pakistan Waleed Chaudry
Enclosed Spaces Short+Sweet Acting group Cliff Single Dubai
Fancy This! Hussain Badri Dubai Hussain Badri
Hot Vanilla Chocolate Ancienne Majan Cinematographie Emma Mubarak Sharjah Emma Mubarak
Inqalab Zindabaad Arif Bhaldar Dubai Arif Bhaldar
Mou Sati Subhajit Rakshit Dubai Subhajit Rakshit
Right place, wrong time Frances McEwan Dubai Frances McEwan
Clown Camp Short+Sweet Acting group Dan Borengasser USA
The Stranger Caitriona McBride Dubai Caitriona McBride
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