In a new production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre and originally seen as a staged reading as part of Vibrant 2015 – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, the world premiere of Dubailand by Carmen Nasr runs at the Finborough Theatre, playing nine Sunday and Monday evenings and Tuesday matinees from Sunday, 5 February 2017
An oasis of free enterprise, no income taxes, no unions, no opposition parties. A paradise of consumption. A skyline on crack. Urban planning on steroids – Dubai.
On the 88th floor of an unfinished skyscraper in the Emirate’s glittering skyline, the life of a migrant labourer becomes fatefully intertwined with that of Jamie, a British expat with his eye on the big time.
Exploring the plight of Dubai’s migrant labour force, this urgent new play asks how much longer we can look the other way.
Dubailand won new playwright Carmen Nasr a 2017 Channel 4 Playwrights Scheme Playwright in Residence Bursary at the Finborough Theatre, supported by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation.
Dubailand Cast:
Nicholas Banks – Jamie
Aanya Chadha – Lali
Adi Chugh – Amar
Reena Lalbihari – Deena
Miztli Rose Neville – Clara
Varun Sharma – Tanveer
Belinda Stewart-Wilson – Amanda
Leon Williams – Tommie
