Theatre

Festival

Theatre of war?

8 April 2026
It might not have escaped your notice that Dubai is about to witness two short play festivals. You might think the world of 10-minute theatre is a bit too circumscribed for this kind of arm-wrestling, but it is happening – [ … ]
Festival

Ten-minute showdown

21 January 2026
Just how many short play festivals does one town need? The answer may become clearer during April and May, when Short+Sweet Dubai goes head to head with X Fest DXB. The backstory is that The Junction in Alserkal Avenue, which [ … ]
Theatre

Why Shakespeare works

1 October 2025
One of the characteristics of Shakespeare’s plays, especially the tragedies, is the way their themes so easily cross boundaries of time and place. They can speak to us, even though the words as written are delivered by people we don’t [ … ]