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Collab in Convo
for creatives by creatives
Collab in Convo shines the spotlight on the creative and performing arts industries around the world. This is a space that is specifically curated for creatives by creatives where your views, news and reviews are always welcome. Do you have an idea for an interesting article? Perhaps you'd like to attend one of our arts journalism courses? Reach out - we'd love to collaborate!


Exciting, funny and unpredictable
"I arrived with time to spare and waited in anticipation in the opulent foyer of the Zabeel Theatre, wondering how it was going to be possible for three actors to perform 37 plays in 97 minutes. Having acted in a few Shakespearean plays myself over the years, I know first-hand how arduous and emotional just one plotline can become. And today the cast of West End Worldwide’s latest offering were going to traverse all of The Bard’s works in just one show?"
Mahmoud Basyoni
Jun 68 min read
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A Feast for the Eyes and Ears
"The actors had broken the fourth wall long ago and were handing out popcorn, offering to shine your shoes and it was within this smoky, night time vibe that the atmosphere set the scene for an audience about to enter a downtown New York of the yesteryear." - Hayley Smith, a guest writer for Collab Company's arts journalism initiative
Hayley Smith
May 245 min read
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Stepping Out Like Thespis
"Audrey has a way of finding poetry inside the phrases she uses. She creates captivating sentences that make you stop and think."
Lauren Noble
Mar 3010 min read
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Love of My Life
Love of my life, you've hurt me. You've broken my heart, and now you leave me. Love of my life, can't you see?"
Lauren Noble
Feb 1310 min read
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Find Another Reason Why
Rebecca Crookshank is a shaman of the highest order. Alchemical magic. Unyielding electric current. Iconic. Icon. Iconoclast.
Lauren Noble
Jan 2916 min read
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The Woman is Back
There is a singular moment of terror that has heretofore surpassed any jump scare I have experienced in my lived reality or imagination.
Lauren Noble
Nov 19, 202413 min read
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Project Performer 2024
"Project Performer is not just about talent, it's about empowering artists to become their own advocates and innovators." - Shylo Pereira
Lauren Noble
Oct 6, 202411 min read
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It's Their Time!
From that moment on, Emma knew her purpose in this world was enmeshed in the rush artists feel when they make others feel too.
Lauren Noble
Oct 26, 20237 min read
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No One Is Alone
An After the Final Shows interview special by Lauren Noble. The 'Everybody's Talking About MTDXB!' Edition
Lauren Noble
Jun 8, 20229 min read
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Hope - Scapegoat or Strategy?
A self-reflective article inspired by the virtual conversations of JOMBA! Khuluma by Sashin Kandhai
Sashin Kandhai
Sep 12, 20219 min read
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She Poems
A preview of 'She Poems' for JOMBA! Khuluma and #colabinconvo by Vicki Galloway-Place
Vicki Galloway-Place
Sep 5, 20214 min read
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A Curtain Up Collaboration
A collective reflection on opening night by the UAE co|laboratory cohort for JOMBA! Khuluma Writing Residency 2021
Lauren Noble
Aug 29, 202111 min read
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Listen
A conversational poem by Bibars Murad in response to the concept of hope as artistic defiance
Bibars Murad
Aug 24, 20214 min read
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Dance for the People
A guideline to the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Festival by Vicki Galloway-Place
Vicki Galloway-Place
Aug 24, 20214 min read
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A Rhapsody of Memory
"'Woman and Scarecrow' is a poetic introspection of a woman who is fully aware that her time on the earthly plane is almost at an end."
Lauren Noble
Jul 7, 202112 min read
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A Time Stone of a Different Kind
A review of Dubai Drama Group's theatrical performance of 'The Permanent Way' in May 2021.
Lauren Noble
Jun 4, 20219 min read
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The Magic of Sima
"When they were performing I only saw them as strangers, telling us their personal stories through contemporary dance." - Sasha Topic

Sasha Topic
May 1, 202111 min read
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Theatre Changes Lives
"West End Worldwide is proof that blending art forms not only works in collaborative practice but is the way of the future in our industry."
Lauren Noble
Mar 22, 202112 min read
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