The Ugly One
When the extent of his ugliness is revealed, Lette turns to a plastic surgeon for help – but when the bandages come off, Lette soon learns that there is such a thing as too beautiful ... The second day of [ ... ]
When the extent of his ugliness is revealed, Lette turns to a plastic surgeon for help – but when the bandages come off, Lette soon learns that there is such a thing as too beautiful ... The second day of [ ... ]
Second of two performances for Ahmed El Attar's Arabic version of a touching, funny, and uplifting play originally in English.
The final day of performances (at 2.30 and 7.30pm) for Marius von Mayenburg’s very dark comedy about beauty, identity and getting ahead in life “makes its points with the lightest of touches” (The Guardian).
Now this sounds a lot of fun: at Neverland Publishing, deadlines are chaos, the creatives are barely holding it together, and Managing Editor James Hook has some terrible news: Upper Management has sent in Sylvia, a brand-new AI robot, to [ ... ]
The second performance for writer/director Gaby Milky's satirical comedy: Neverland is actually Neverland Publishing, Hook is the Managing Editor, and Peter Pan is organising the workforce to counter the threat of a new AI robot brought in to “enhance workflow [ ... ]
The final performance for writer/director Gaby Milky's satirical comedy: Neverland is actually Neverland Publishing, Hook is the Managing Editor, and Peter Pan is organising the workforce to counter the threat of a new AI robot brought in to “enhance workflow [ ... ]
Eureka Day Elementary School is an institution that prides itself on ensuring every voice is heard, and every child is welcome — that is, until an outbreak of mumps forces people in the community to reconsider the school’s liberal vaccine [ ... ]
Second performance for this razor-sharp comedy that marks The Junction's tenth anniversary. An outbreak of mumps forces people in the community to reconsider the liberal vaccine policy operated by Eureka Day Elementary School; as cases rise, the school’s Executive Committee [ ... ]
The final performance for this razor-sharp comedy that marks The Junction's tenth anniversary. An outbreak of mumps forces people in the community to reconsider the liberal vaccine policy operated by Eureka Day Elementary School; as cases rise, the school’s Executive [ ... ]
Written and directed by Rasika Agashe, this magical look at the fate of Scheherazade, the narrator of the original ‘One Thousand and One Nights’, is back for one night only (it was at the Junction in March this year). Rasika [ ... ]
Peter and Debbie are a timorous suburban couple who are “dying of manners”. They can’t communicate with their teenage children, can’t stand their neighbour, and can’t believe they have agreed to host a brash American, Elsa, who was amusing company [ ... ]
A second performance for Steven Moffat's black comedy of manners, boundaries, and exquisitie embarassment. The final show is on 14 December.
The final performance for Steven Moffat's black comedy of manners, boundaries, and exquisitie embarassment. The final show is on 14 December.

Tolstoy’s epic novel has often resisted dramatisation as a one-off theatrical performance – it’s huge, after all, which is the classic BBC series from 1972 ran for fully 20 episodes and Sergei Bondarchuk's film adaptation from the 60s spanned seven [ ... ]
The second and final performance of the Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre adaptation of Tolstoy’s epic novel, by celebrated director Rimas Tuminas. Reviews suggest that most of the grandeur and complexity of Tolstoy’s work has been retained, with the Napoleonic Wars [ ... ]
A funny, clever, humane, and ultimately entertaining show, improvised by James Scarr and accompanied live by Paul Jones (who also wrote the music). “A stranger, completely created using audience suggestions, is imaginatively painted onto a mannequin. Then, I tell his [ ... ]
A second performance for this funny, clever, humane, and ultimately entertaining show, improvised by James Scarr and accompanied live by Paul Jones (who also wrote the music). “A stranger, completely created using audience suggestions, is imaginatively painted onto a mannequin. [ ... ]
A joyful lesson in theatre and a tribute to the theatrical talent of Italians for connecting to anyone, transcending language barriers. Set partly in English and partly in Italian (and without subtitles), the show ironically demolishes preconceived notions of the [ ... ]
Two blokes and a Foley artist deliver a high-energy shot-for-shot parody of the iconic 90s film Jurassic Park, playing all the key characters (including most of the dinosaurs). Token low-budget costumes combined with the actors’ slick physicality, vocal creativity and [ ... ]
An irreverent high-energy high-physicality parody of Lord of the Rings (the film rather than the novel, in fact). Intricate Foley work is matched by the sheer skill of the actors and the increasingly manic complexity of the situations – the [ ... ]

Now this sounds like a lot of fun – an immersive hi-tech retelling of the story of the Mahabharata epic hero Karn. Raised in a humble village, unaware of his noble birth, a stable boy among princes, Karn’s journey leads [ ... ]
The second performance for this joyful lesson in how theatre can transcend language barriers. An actress receives a student for a private drama lesson in her apartment; he is eager to learn the tricks of the trade, she is thrilled [ ... ]
The second performance for this irreverent high-energy high-physicality parody of Lord of the Rings (the film rather than the novel, in fact). Intricate Foley work is matched by the sheer skill of the actors and the increasingly manic complexity of [ ... ]
The second performance for this affectionate high-energy shot-for-shot parody of the iconic 90s film Jurassic Park, with two blokes and a Foley artist delivering all the key characters (including most of the dinosaurs). Token low-budget costumes combined with the actors’ [ ... ]
What exactly is 'art'? Yasmina Reza's cult comedy classic uses that as the starting point for a caustic examination of the potentially fragile architecture of friendship. One of the three friends has just bought a very expensive painting – it's [ ... ]
Yasmina Reza's cult comedy classic uses three friends' reactions to an expensive all-white painting to examine the dynamics of friendship. Spoiler alert: it's not really about art per se – the white painting is just the catalyst, but it does [ ... ]
Yasmina Reza's cult comedy classic uses three friends' reactions to an expensive all-white painting to examine the dynamics of friendship. Spoiler alert: it's not really about art per se – the white painting is just the catalyst, but it does [ ... ]
It looks as though the Junction has found another small gem – David Lindsay-Abaire's play, winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, is a deeply moving yet surprisingly funny story about a family navigating love, loss, and the search [ ... ]
A second performance for H72's production of David Lindsay-Abaire's play about a family navigating love, loss, and the possibility of finding light in unexpected places. The final show is on 8 February.
Culture Emulsion’s production (in French, of course) of the popular comedy by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière that premiered in 2010 and went on to become a successful film adaptation. It’s a story about names and family relationships; [ ... ]
Final performance for H72's production of David Lindsay-Abaire's play about a family navigating love, loss, and the possibility of finding light in unexpected places.

Reprise of a show commissioned by the NYUAD Arts Center and first performed there last summer, Metro Diaries invites audiences to step into a world that reflects the rhythm of daily metro rides through evocative performances that blend spoken word, [ ... ]
A francophone Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Culture Emulsion's main man Stéphane Brismontier and featuring CE's theatre school players – around a dozen of them, which should make for a fun show on the Junction's stage. It's described as "d'après [ ... ]
Metro Diaries invites audiences to step into a world that reflects the rhythm of daily metro rides through evocative performances that blend spoken word, dance, and live soundscapes; the experience unfolds in vignettes that capture fleeting connections, moments of solitude, [ ... ]
Second performance for this francophone Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Stéphane Brismontier and featuring Culture Emulsion's theatre school players. It's described as "d'après l'oeuvre de William Shakespeare", so we're expecting an adaptation that hopefully omits some of the duller jokes [ ... ]
Culture Emulsion’s production (in French, of course) of the popular comedy by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière that premiered in 2010 and went on to become a successful film adaptation. It’s a story about names and family relationships; [ ... ]
Second of four Junction performances for Culture Emulsion’s production (in French, of course) of the popular comedy by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière. Forty-something Vincent is about to become a father for the first time. Invited to dinner [ ... ]
Jake is a New York novelist with a troubled marriage; he can’t stop talking to other women in his life, some of whom are imaginary, in an attempt to gain some insight on the problem – his daughter Molly, his [ ... ]
A second performance for Neil Simon's comedy of relationships. Jake is a New York novelist with a troubled marriage; he can’t stop talking to other women in his life, some of whom are imaginary, in an attempt to gain some [ ... ]
Final performance for Neil Simon's comedy of relationships. Jake is a New York novelist with a troubled marriage; he can’t stop talking to other women in his life, some of whom are imaginary, in an attempt to gain some insight [ ... ]
Culture Emulsion’s production (in French, of course) of the popular comedy by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière that premiered in 2010 and went on to become a successful film adaptation. It’s a story about names and family relationships; [ ... ]
A second performance for Culture Emulsion’s production (in French, of course) of the popular comedy by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière. It’s a story about names and family relationships; 40-something Vincent is about to become a father for [ ... ]
One of two 10-minute play festivals running concurrently in Dubai on six successive weekends with a basically similar format. This one is probably the more familiar name; it's been running in Dubai for some years, latterly as a franchise but [ ... ]
One of two 10-minute play festivals running concurrently in Dubai on six successive weekends with a basically similar format. This one is the Junction's: each weekend features 10 to 11 original 10-minute plays, meaning audiences will get the chance to [ ... ]
One of two 10-minute play festivals running concurrently in Dubai on six successive weekends with a basically similar format. This one is probably the more familiar name; it's been running in Dubai for some years, latterly as a franchise but [ ... ]
Second day for opening weekend of the Junction's festival of short plays: each weekend features 10 to 11 original 10-minute plays, meaning audiences will get the chance to see a diverse lineup of stories, styles and performances in a single [ ... ]
Second weekend of the festival of 10-minute plays – each of the S+S Dubai weekends (9-10 May is a break) features afternoon and evening sessions for 10 plays, meaning you could see something around 80 microplays if you attended all [ ... ]
The second weekend for the Junction's short play festival: each weekend features 10 to 11 original 10-minute plays, meaning audiences will get the chance to see a diverse lineup of stories, styles and performances in a single evening. Essentially you [ ... ]
Second day of the second weekend of the festival of 10-minute plays – each of the S+S Dubai weekends (9-10 May is a break) features afternoon and evening sessions for 10 plays, meaning you could see something around 80 microplays [ ... ]
The second weekend for the Junction's short play festival: each weekend features 10 to 11 original 10-minute plays, meaning audiences will get the chance to see a diverse lineup of stories, styles and performances in a single evening. Essentially you [ ... ]
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