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Shortlist announced for Short+Sweet Dubai 2015

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