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Short+Sweet Dubai 2016: People's Choice Final
Presented By The Junction
Friday, February 26th at 3:00pm GST
Online sale ends: 02/22/16 at 2:30pm GST
The Junction
25°08'32.6"N 55°13'27.6"E Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz
Dubai, ----
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Short+Sweet Dubai is back in 2016 for its fourth, biggest and most exciting year across two venues in Dubai with The Junction hosting and a grand final at The Madinat, Jumeirah. Calling all theatre companies, directors, actors and writers to be part of this - the biggest little theatre festival in the world. New talent very welcome too.


PEOPLE’S CHOICE FINAL:


ADAPTATION


(WILDCARDS OVERALL PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER)


Writer: Sam Murray (Dubai)


Directors: Zainab Sumaiyah Jalal and Peter George William Baker


Presented by the American University of Dubai


Cast: Rohan Healy (Bill), Dalia Sleiman (Mother), Sam Murray (Michelangelo), Rasheed Hattab (Leonard), Mira Kanj (Mona-Lisa)


While Shakespeare and Michelangelo collaborate on a Romeo and Juliet web series—and question the meaning of art itself—Leonard finds himself fascinated by a mysterious woman named Mona...


 


COMFORT ZONE


(PEOPLE'S CHOICE - TOP 40 WEEK 1)


Writer: Peri Desai (Dubai)


Director: Peri Desai


Cast: Jessica Avedikian (Fayrouz), Victoria Williams (Ruby)


When Two girls meet each other in a store's fitting room neither imagines how they see themselves will change in that chance encounter.


 


CORYBUNGUS  


(PEOPLE'S CHOICE - TOP 40 WEEK 2)


Writer: Stephen Bittrich(USA)


Director: Kailash Nair 


Cast: Siddarth Sivaprakash(Mr. Weiner), Kailash Nair (a bookstore returns clerk)


Theatre Group: Theatrics


A bookstore customer believes there is a word mistakenly excluded from the voluminous Oxford English Dictionary. Chaos ensues when the customer tries to return a supposedly defective dictionary back to the bookstore.


 


END OF THE TUNNEL


(PEOPLE'S CHOICE - TOP 40 WEEK 3)


Written by David S. Raine


Directed by Courtney Bennett and Phil Ridley


Presented by the American School of Dubai (ASD)


Cast: Paige Ardill (Elizabeth), Maia Macpherson (Nona), Marieke Bosman (Kris)


There is something different about this family relationship.


 


 I LOVED YOU TWO


(PEOPLE'S CHOICE - TOP 40 WEEK 3)


Writer: Jai Shewaramani


Director: Jannat Pawan Manghnani


Producer: Pawan Manghnani, AishOutt Productions


Cast: Pawan Manghnani (Aal), Hitesh Sukhnani (Lucky), Hiba Khan (Riya)


What if the person that you’d take a bullet for is behind the trigger?


Lucky & Aal reprise their roles in this dark sequel to the 2015 hit “I Love You Two”


 


IN SICKNESS AND IN WEALTH


(PEOPLE'S CHOICE - TOP 40 WEEK 1)


Writer: Sarim Irfan (Pakistan)


Directors: Sarim Irfan & Khayyam Khalid


Lighting: Ryan D'Sa


Cast:Deepak Venugopal (Ali), Svetlana Mishr (Sarah), Muffi Bootwala & Sabiha Majgaonkar (Ali’s parents), Chris McDermott (Narrator)


Its not a love marriage…Its a love plus arranged marriage and this is the first night they are going to be together…Alone!


 


MADAARI (HINDI)


(PEOPLE'S CHOICE - TOP 40 WEEK 2)


Writer: Jayant Pawar (India) 


Hindi Translation: Devendra Lawate (Dubai)


Director: Nilesh Deshpande (Dubai)


Cast: Devendra Lawate (Madaari), Nilesh Deshpande (Bear)


 ‘Madaari’ is a story of a struggle, a war, a battle between a human mind & animal mind. The character of the ‘Madaari’ represents a human mind whereas, the ‘Jamoora (the bear in the play) represents the animal mind inside a human.  It clearly highlights & underlines the fact that ‘it’s us – humans – who think of living in peace not by killing – but by letting to live.’


 


RAMBUNCTIOUS RIO


(WILDCARDS OVERALL PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER)


Writer: Rayna Felicia (Dubai)


Director: Rayna Felicia


Cast: Michal Żyliński (Victore Deville), Rithik Rahul Soni (Detective Walter), Robert Mardini (Detective Filk), Taylor Ré Lynn (Penelope Dhow), Rayna Felicia (Riona Marionette)


Rambunctious Rio is about a girl who will do whatever it takes to get what she wants. With detectives close on her tail, Rio manages to get her fiancé, Victore, into quite a few situations while she remains unscathed. A hilarious comedy that ends with a twist.


 


THE LUNAR ECLIPSE


(PEOPLE'S CHOICE - TOP 40 WEEK 4)

Writer: Pawan Manghnani, (Dubai, UAE)

Director: Pawan Manghnani

Producer: Jannat Manghnani, Aish Outt Productions

Cast: Rohit Menon (Ajay Malhotra), Jennifer Mauerhofer (Jade-Cooper Malhotra), Amlan Sengupta (Viraajmaan)


Friday 13th Feb 1963, An Indo-American couple move to a mansion in Bhilwara Village, India to sort out an impending inheritance battle & realize the secrets of the blood moon.


 


THINGS CHANGE


(PEOPLE'S CHOICE - TOP 40 WEEK 4)

Writer: Farheen Khan (Dubai, UAE)

Director: Shahbaaz Mazgaonkar

Assistant Director: Sabiha Majgaonkar

Production: Ryan D'Sa

Presented by Orb Theatricals

Cast: Kailash Nair (Kay) & Zerleena Khan (Mumtaz)


A story of a brother and a sister interspersed over three decades. A story of friendship, family, misunderstanding and sacrifice. Everything is not as simple as it seems ... besides things change.

Additional Information
Reserve your seat now! Call 04 3388525 or email angie@thejunctiondubai.com

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3:00pm to 5:30pm
Doors open at 3:00pm

General Admission: $27.00
Finals Pass (250 AED): $68.00

Age
All Ages

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