Thread by @NYUADArtsCenter

“A significant event...in the development of UAE theatre.”Great interview with Al Raheel | Departure writer @rzreem and director @JoannaSettle in @magpieUAE. Commissioned by @NYUAbuDhabi and @abudhabicf. World premiere this Fri and Sat, Jan 24-25

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It’s certainly an interesting subject area, summarised by @activecultures as “the perspective of Emirati women who live in a world that toggles between English and Arabic, and who navigate expectations and opportunities in the dynamic and quickly changing world of the #UAE”.

Or as the playwright Reem Almenhali @rzreem says: “it’s about the experience of growing up in a world both traditional and universal...it turns home into a place to explore and the outside world into a place to inspect and find the relatable in.”

“I believe it is important to make local work that integrates the rapid development of this country into our growth narratives.” - @rzreem

For tix: nyuad-artscenter.org/en_US/events/2…

#Emirati #theater #theatre #performance @dctabudhabi @abudhabicf

“These questions of how nationhood is created and recreated have never been so present for me in a creative process. The textures of personal growth embedded in a globalising world directly translate to be the textures of the performance world.” - @JoannaSettle

“The Emirati women in their teens and 20’s whom I’ve come to know in Abu Dhabi – in this cast and in my classroom – are on the brink of inheriting a history woven into them in ways far deeper than our English word ‘respect’ can capture.” @JoannaSettle
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