In a new collaboration/partnership with Shubbak – London’s largest festival of contemporary Arab Culture – we present a programme of powerful voices from Arab theatre makers, based in the Arab region and the diaspora. Join us in July 2019 when the Gate will be home to a diverse range of ground-breaking artists, many of whose work has never been shown in the UK before.

Shubbak (meaning ‘window’ in Arabic) is the UK’s largest biennial festival of contemporary Arab culture. Shubbak takes place across London, and connects audiences and communities with the best of contemporary Arab culture through ambitious festival programmes of visual arts, film, music, theatre, dance, literature and debate.

Chronicles of Majnun Nayla | Mon 1 – Wed 3 July | 7pm 

Mette Loulou von Kohl & Dima Mikhayel Matta | Thu 4 July | 7pm

Ēvolvō + One Day & One Night Beirut | Fri 5 & Sat 6 July | 7pm

Ēvolvō: Family Performance | Fri 5 & Sat 6 July | 3pm

Jogging| Mon 8 – Wed 10 July | 7pm

Under a Low Sky | Mon 8 – Wed 10 July | 9pm

Working Method | Thu 11 – Sat 13 July | 7pm

Shubbak Playreadings | Sat 13 July | 12pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4:15pm