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Dubailand

  • Carmen Nasr
  • Full Length Play, Drama
  • 4M, 4F
  • ISBN: 9780573113826

"All the astronauts orbiting around the Earth, they'll look down out of their little round windows and they'll see me, standing on the top floor of Vision Towers, huge and glowing."

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

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 Emirates 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.

Premiere Production: Dubailand was first perfomed at the Finborough Theatre on Sunday, 5 February, 2017.
  • Casting: 4M, 4F

  • AMAR - Male, 30s, Indian
    CLARA - Female, 30s, Indian
    TANVEER - Male, 20s, Indian
    JAMIE - Male, 30s, British
    TOMMIE - Male, 40s, British
    DEENA - Female, 30s, Indian
    AMANDA - Female, early 50s, British
    LALI - Female, 8-years-old, Indian
    WAITER / TAXI DRIVER - played by the same actor playing AMAR or TANVEER
    AIRPORT OFFICIAL / CAMP OFFICIAL / GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL - played by the same actor playing TANVEER
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    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 Emirates 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.

    $24.95