In Pictures: Plays from Short+Sweet in Dubai

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - May 12, 2012 - Sanjeev Dixit is the director of the play "Noises Off" by British playwright Michael Frayn that will be performed by the Third Half Theater company at Ductac in Dubai City, Dubai, May 12, 2012. (Photo by Jeff Topping/The National)

handout from Her Story, presented by Theatrics, part of Short and SweetCREDIT: Courtesy Short+Sweet

Nameeta Jamal and Taraash Mehrotra in Short+Sweet, 10 minute plays, Feb. 2014CREDIT: Courtesy Short+Sweet

Assem Kroma and Dana Dajani in Yeki Bood Yeki Na Bood at Short+Sweet Dubai, Feb. 2014CREDIT: Courtesy Short+Sweet

Theater director Alex BrounCREDIT: Courtesy Short+Sweet

Assyl Yacine appears in Stalemate at Short+Sweet Dubai 2014CREDIT: Courtesy Short+Sweet

handout photo of the cast of An Elegant Surprise: (left to right) Nameeta Jamal, Taraash Mehrotra, Kris Morton, Hani Yakan and Sally Greenland in Short+Sweet Dubai 2014CREDIT: Courtesy Short+Sweet

Associate Festival Director Liz Hadaway (seated right) works with the cast from a play that's part of Short+Sweet in Dubai. Feb. 2014CREDIT: Courtesy Short+Sweet