Architecture
50 To Follow
Here it is: the 2019 edition of magpie’s 50 To Follow. Like most retrospective lists, it’s intended as a conversation piece. We fully expect you to disagree with our inclusions, and with the (admittedly pretty […]
Theatre
Theatre
Why Gatz is so great
“No more than a glorified anecdote, and not too probable at that” wrote HL Mencken, doyen of 1920s literary critics, in his slightly sniffy 1925 review of The Great Gatsby. True, he liked the book’s […]
Theatre
NYUAD Arts Center season closer: riffing on love, identity, immigrants, Iraq and being a woman
The third season for The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi culminates in a strong, thought-provoking production of Heather Raffo’s widely acclaimed Noura. The Washington Post review of the play summarised it as “a restless, […]
Theatre
Abu Dhabi theatre collaboration: a weekend festival, not a merger
The two longstanding theatre companies in Abu Dhabi, Resuscitation Theatre and Beyond the Veil, have announced plans for their first collaborative project: a short festival of one-act plays, to be performed (probably) at the Emirates […]
Competition
Short+Sweet Theatre Festival is back in Dubai – bigger and better
Hard on the heels of the just-finished Short+Sweet Abu Dhabi, the better-established Dubai version of the 10-minute play festival is about to kick off. These days the Dubai festival is second in size only to […]
Performance
Short+Sweet Abu Dhabi: third time around
The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi is hosting the third running of the capital’s version of the Short+Sweet short play festival on 19 and 20 January; and if you’re in the area, you should […]
Theatre
How we depend on one another: 600 Highwaymen and The Fever
600 Highwaymen is one of the most talked-about companies to emerge in recent years from New York’s downtown theatre community. Hilton Als, the theatre critic of The New Yorker, is one observer who has heaped […]
Music
Music to make change? Finding more meaning in the Parable of the Sower
At its best, music can tell us where we are, where we’ve been, and even where we’re going. Or where we could be going, if we get things right. If you want a validation of […]
Theatre
Stage Write returns!
Stage Write, the 24-hour playwriting competition for 10-minute scripts, is back for its fifth year. Register for the competition – as an individual or a two-person team – by sending an email to info@thejunctiondubai.com before […]
Music
More space, more shows, more income from tickets: NYUAD Arts Center kicks off its third season
The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi has opened its third season with another serving of meaty information. There was a stunning opener last week in the form of Compagnie Käfig’s urban dance-plus-video fizzer PIXEL; […]
