THE KOLEKTIBOLS: Fresh & Unstaged Pocket Theatre Plays
THE KOLEKTIBOLS: Fresh & Unstaged Pocket Theatre Plays is the outcome of the first performance residency hosted this summer at Bayt AlMamzar, in collaboration with Off The Grid and 63KOLEKTIB.
Conceived and organised by 63Kolektib, the residency paired six emerging playwrights with six early to mid-career directors to develop six original 30-minute works through workshops, writing, direction and rehearsal.
Taking place on October 3 and 4, the programme moves through art and intimacy, friendship, gaming and music, family memory, marriage, migration and different ideas of home.
Dates: October 3 and 4
Venue: Bayt AlMamzar, House 2, 26 Street, Al Mamzar, Deira, Dubai
Tickets: Free entry. Each performance must be booked separately. Links below.
OCTOBER 3
6:00 - 6:30 pm
AN INDECENT ART EXHIBITION
Director: Rissy Mcgrath
Playwright: Raj Rangwani
A troubled couple confronts hidden fractures as an art exhibition blurs the line between public performance and private intimacy.
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7:00 - 7:30 pm
LIMN
Director: Gino Estole
Playwright: Jared Maxilom
Friendship. Gaming. Music.
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8:00 - 8:30 PM
HOME IS IN OUR PAST
Director: Trixie Danielle
Playwright: Ghazal Etehadi
A blind grandmother revisits her childhood home with her distant granddaughter. Through memories, music and pearls, they quietly find their
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OCTOBER 4
5:00 - 5:30 pm
CROWS, LEAVING HOME (A Stage Reading)
Director: Sahaj Oberoi
Playwright: Sreerag Jyothish
After colonialism, Sycorax and Caliban leave their dying island, confronting loss, inherited magic, and the cost of finding home anew.
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6:00 - 6:30 pm
AMERICAN KITCHEN
Director: Haneena P A
Playwright: Faiz Hassan
Guests gather at Layla and Saeed’s art studio, only to witness Layla reveal the fears, sacrifices, and buried truths behind their marriage.
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7:00 - 7.30PM
VEEDU (A Stage Reading)
Director: Gabriella Francesca Ciambrone
Playwright: Malavika Rajesh
After 35 years in the UAE, a couple confronts whether to sell their Kerala home—until a landslide destroys the house and their shared dream.
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8:00 - 8:30 pm
AMERICAN KITCHEN
Director: Haneena P A
Playwright: Faiz Hassan
Guests gather at Layla and Saeed’s art studio, only to witness Layla reveal the fears, sacrifices, and buried truths behind their marriage.
Book here.