SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR SHORT+SWEET DUBAI 2015
Congratulations to the following plays that have been shortlisted for Short+Sweet Dubai 2015:
Title Writer Country
A Date with Doris Jilly Gardiner UAE
A Day at the Beach Shina Ahmad UAE
A Good Deed For Mr Stinky Judith Duncan Australia
Black Coffee Deanna Ableser USA
Breaking News Ayreej Rahiman UAE
Captain Everything Pete Malicki Australia
Celebrity Cliff Single UAE
Cluster F Fiona Paterson UAE
Dance Partners Sarah Pritchard Australia
Dead-set Sicko Loser Bruno Starrs Australia
Dear Darlings Erika herbert UAE
Discovery in the Bathtub Christopher McDermott UAE
Dog Bites Man Cerise de Gelder Australia
Eggshells Georgia Williams Australia
End Point John McDermott UAE
Going Viral Brandon M.Crose USA
Good for Something Morteza Farzaneh UAE
Halloween Sabiha Majgaonkar UAE
Ho$tage Maha Zeibak and Osman Aboubakr UAE
Honeymoon Hani Yakan UAE
Hypnosia Osman Aboubakr and Maha Zeibak UAE
In Spenglic Niku Sharei UAE
Indicator Fiona Paterson UAE
Judgement Mohamed Awad UAE
Keeping Annabelle Rachel Welch UK
La Marie Vision Yasmina Khattar UAE
Late For School Iain Moss Malaysia
New Year's Eve David MacGregor USA
News To Me Graham Yates Australia
Next Jesse Macpherson UAE
Next Door Neighbours Marie Dullaghan UAE
Pain Vasanth Subramaniam India
Pick up your chair and walk Frank Dullaghan UAE
Put That Coffee Down! Toast D'Bechamel Australia
Questions Cliff Single UAE
Raghead Thomas Coash USA
Reservations Jeffrey Fischer-Smith USA
Snail Mail Peter Bloem Australia
Something To Tell You Ashleigh Stathakis Australia
Speaking Freely Jack Kelly Australia
Star Power Ted Wenskus USA
Take this job and shove it Peter Milner UAE
Taste of Mangoes Yasmina Khattar UAE
TBFK Fiona Paterson UAE
The Acid Test Soumiya Hussain UAE
The Asylum Frank Dullaghan UAE
The Babysitter Sadhana Natalikhan UAE
The Bird Fiona Paterson UAE
The Consultant Jordane Chedotal UAE
The End Frank Dullaghan UAE
The Journey Jaidev Sanketi UAE
The Kill Alex Broun UAE
The Literary Monogamist John Lombard Australia
The Messdeck Rosine Saad UAE
The Passport henry hall UAE
The perfect match Muhammad Sarim Irfan UAE
The perfect Meeting Kim Varnai UAE
The Second Wedding Baindu Dafina Kalokoh UAE
The Water's Edge Michael Lill Australia
Third Strike Charlie Cunningham UAE
Time's Up Cliff Single UAE
Trouble Mike Green UAE
Unpredictable Nikhat Rafiq Rafiq UAE
We have a problem with forgetting George Mitton UAE
We're Rolling! Sandra Margolese UAE
Wilde Fragmentations Nathan Finger Australia
Wish Bokkie Robertson Australia
Yeh Shaam Mastani Dilip Keshav Paranjape UAE
You're Driving Me Crazy Todd Wallinger USA
Congratulations to all our shortlisted writers!
These plays have now been offered out to our directors who will select which play they would like to direct at the festival. The complete list of plays selected to be performed at the Festival will be announced by mid-January 2015.
The following Independent Theatre Company productions (ITC) will also be presented at the Festival.
Title Writer/Director/ITC
Child Soldier Written by J.Thalia Cunningham (USA), Presented by Backstage,
Directed by Ankita Manikantan
Cold Feet Written and directed by Iobel Andemicael (UAE),
Presented by American School of Dubai Adult Drama Group
I love you two Written and directed by Pawan Manghnani (UAE),
Presented by Aish Outt Productions
It's All the Rage Written by Carl J. Sorheim (Australia), Presented by Backstage,
Directed by Gautam Goenka
It could happen to you/Shackles Written by Abhijit Baurah (UAE)
Mandate Written by Kelly Younger (USA), Presented by Backstage,
Directed by Arjun Burman
Moving Fast Written by Adam Gelin (Australia), Presented by Backstage,
Directed by Chandni Varma
Rub-a-dub-dub Written and directed by Liz Hadaway (UAE),
Presented by Inspire
TBC Directed by Priyanka Johri, Presented by Backstage
The Break Written and directed by Caroline Fernandez (UAE),
Presented by Backstage
The Bronx Budgie (Winner Summer Stage Write 2014),
Written and directed by Mike Green (UAE), Presented by Backstage
The Ithica Project (Runner up Summer Stage Write 2014), Written by Arjun Burman (UAE),
Presented by Backstage, Directed by Akshay Gehi
The King is Dead Written by David Jay (RAK),
Presented by RAKADS (Ras Al Khamimah Amateur Dramatic Society)
Untitled Written by Nirjhar Chakraborty (UAE),
Presented by Srijon
Walpurgisnacht Written by Bettina Schober and Nina Hein (UAE),
Presented by incorpore productions
The following ITCs will also present productions at the Festival: Third Half Theatre, American School of Dubai (ASD), ASD Adult Theatre Group, Dubai Drama Group, Loom Ensemble, Theatrewallas Productions and Star Too.
Thanks to all the wonderful writers and ITCs who submitted works. We’re looking forward to an amazing Festival.
Short+Sweet Dubai will be held at DUCTAC in the Mall of the Emirates on February 6 and 7, 13 and 14, 20 and 21 and (GALA FINAL) 27 and 28, 2015. Tickets will go on sale early in January 2015.
AUDITIONS
The auditions for Short+Sweet Dubai will be held between Noon to 6pm on Friday December 5th and 10am to Noon on Saturday December 6th. If you would still like to register for an audition or know anyone who would please simply email us at shortandsweetdubai@gmail.com to request an audition.
All the best, The Short+Sweet Dubai Team