{"id":68515,"date":"2026-04-14T21:43:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=68515"},"modified":"2026-04-14T21:51:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:51:25","slug":"shortsweet-dubai-2","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/shortsweet-dubai-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Short+Sweet Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/theatre-of-war\/\">One of two 10-minute play festivals<\/a> running concurrently in Dubai on six successive weekends with a basically similar format. This one is probably the more familiar name; it&#8217;s been running in Dubai for some years, latterly as a franchise but now under direct control from the Short+Sweet organisation (the principle of a festival of 10-minute plays is common enough, but S+S has put a lot of effort and experience into the format, the rules, the judging criteria, and everything else you need for a successful event). 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 weekend performances up to 16-17 May \u2013 the best return to compete for the top prizes on the Gala Weekend, 23-24 May.<\/p>\n<p>Times, dates, prices:<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">3.00-5.00pm <strong>19 April<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">AED 100<\/span><br \/>\n7.30-9.30pm 19<strong>\u00a0April<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">AED 120<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">3.00-5.00pm <strong>25 April<\/strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> AED 100<\/span><br \/>\n7.30-9.30pm 25<strong>\u00a0April<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">AED 120<\/span><br \/>\n3.00-5.00pm <strong>26 April<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">AED 100<\/span><br \/>\n7.30-9.30pm 26<strong>\u00a0April<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">AED 120<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">3.00-5.00pm <strong>2 May<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">AED 100<\/span><br \/>\n7.30-9.30pm 2 May <span style=\"color: #800000;\">AED 120<\/span><br \/>\n3.00-5.00pm <strong>3 May<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">AED 100<\/span><br \/>\n7.30-9.30pm 3 May<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> AED 120<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">3.00-5.00pm <strong>16 May<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">AED 150<\/span> People\u2019s Choice Semi-Final 1<br \/>\n7.30-9.30pm 16 May <span style=\"color: #800000;\">AED\u00a0150<\/span> People\u2019s Choice Semi-Final 2<br \/>\n3.00-5.00pm 17<strong>\u00a0May<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">AED 150<\/span> Judge\u2019s Choice Semi-Final 1<br \/>\n7.30-9.30pm 17 May <span style=\"color: #800000;\">AED 150<\/span> Judge\u2019s Choice Semi-Final 2<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">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&#8217;s been running in Dubai for some years, latterly as a franchise but <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/shortsweet-dubai-2\/\" title=\"Short+Sweet Dubai\"> [&#8230; more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[55],"class_list":["post-68515","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","tribe_events_cat-theatre","cat_theatre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/68515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/68515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68515"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=68515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}