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Short+Sweet Dubai 2016: Wildcard's Final
Presented By The Junction
Saturday, February 27th at 7:30pm GST
Online sale ends: 02/22/16 at 6:30pm 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.

WILDCARDS FINAL:

BETWEEN US, MOTHER & DAUGHTER


(JUDGE'S CHOICE - WILDCARDS 2)


Writer: Purva Grover (Dubai, UAE)


Director: Purva Grover


Producer: Pawan Manghnani, AishOutt Productions


Cast: Sherry Dang Briet, Mandeep Walia


Let not a rape victim be just another headline. A girl narrates her tale hoping her voice will reach us, and we will join hands to fight this plague.


 
GOING HOME


(JUDGE'S CHOICE - WILDCARDS 4)

Writer: Frank Dullaghan (Ireland) 

Director: Michael Haigney

Cast: Ronan Dennehy (Joe), Donal Patterson (Daniel)


What would you do for your friends when they can't find it in themselves. These two Irish men have several things in common, their homeland their lives in Dubai and their friendships.


 


GREEK CIVIL (OUT OF) SERVICE (GREEK)


(JUDGE'S CHOICE - WILDCARDS 3)


Writer: Thespis Greek Theatre (Greece / Dubai)


Director: Thespis Greek Theatre


Cast: Anargiri Garavela (citizen), Vasilis Piperias (security guard), Christos Mamas (civil servant 1), Maria Tsekou (civil servant 2), Athina Simeonidou (civil servant 3)


A Greek citizen wants to inherent a property from her recently deceased mother and discovers that it may not be as easy and quick as she thought…


 


PANIC ATTACK


(JUDGE'S CHOICE - WILDCARDS 4)

Writer: Samuel M. Post, U.S.A.

Directors: Lisa Harter, Jean Candiotte

Cast: Aida Laubach (Psychiatrist), Barry Greenberg (husband), Panayiota Triantafyliou (wife)


Who is the one who requires help when life events takes a turn for the worst?


 


THE LAST SUPPER


(JUDGE'S CHOICE - WILDCARDS 1) 


Writer: Cerise de Gelder (Australia)


Director: Mufaddal Bootwala


Cast: Sabiha Majgaonkar (Louisa)


Louisa has sinned all her life with hardly any regrets until she commits her latest sin...this one she cannot live with. A confession is due


 


THE PERFECT INDEPENDENT FILM


(JUDGE'S CHOICE - WILDCARDS 1)


Writer: Trace Crawford (USA)


Director: Sikendar Hemani


Cast: Nisha Bajaria, Haseeb Ahmed, Lionel Mendonsa, Vaishali Balgu


A morning after a whopper office party, two colleagues wake up in their conference room, with vague recollections from the previous night. They find out that they were tailed by two writers hoping to get a story made for their very own independent film.


 


THERAPIST


(OVERALL PEOPLE'S CHOICE)

Writer: John Lombard (Australia)

Presented by the Short+Sweet Acting Group

Cast: Mary (Humera Sultana), Tom (Ian Halstead)


Lies, deception, lust and romance. The old story of boy meets girl, boy likes girl, girl becomes boy's 'therapist'? Will girl be able to help boy? Is there happy ever-after for these two?


 


THREE'S A CROWD


(JUDGE'S CHOICE - WILDCARDS 2)


Writer: Yasmina Hatem (Lebanese) 


Director: Ghadi Yaghi


Cast: Rossana Bou Absi (Grace) Gloria Abou Diwan (Soraya) Ghadi Yaghi (Chadi)


Three Lebanese from completely different walks of life find themselves sitting next to each other on a plane from Beirut to Dubai. A little comedic glance into the journey of an expat.


 


UGLY SABER


(JUDGE'S CHOICE - WILDCARDS 3)


Writer: Based on the book Ugly Saber by Iwona Taida Drozd, based on an Emirati folk tale


Director: Stephen Delano


Presented by Maplewood International School


Cast: The Ensemble: Ahmed Abdelaziz, Yaser Alkahlout, Osama El Mezayen, Safwan Khan, Asem Mahmoud, Moke Mowatt, Omar Wehbe,


Ugly Saber is presented by Maplewood International School, based on the children’s book which is available in book stores across the UAE.


 


WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING


(OVERALL PEOPLE'S CHOICE)


Writer: Alex Broun (Australia/Dubai)


Director: Muhammad Bilal


Cast: Rosey Nader (Kym), Dee Gee (Dave), Shannon Meehan (Jennifer), Sarah Potter (Ava)


Early morning at Kym's apartment; some unexpected guests show up with mysterious text messages they received from Kym.

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

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7:30pm to 10:00pm
Doors open at 7:30pm

General Admission: $27.00

Age
All Ages

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