Step into the world of storytelling with this special table read activation, where scripts leap off the page and come alive through collective reading.

An open call will invite playwrights and screenwriters across the UAE to submit their speculative manuscripts, think speculative, future-focused, experimental, Sci-Fi, non-linear, or even absurdist works. From the submissions, one English-language manuscript will be selected to take center stage.

On Sunday, December 9, the public is invited to gather, sign up, assign roles, and bring the chosen script to life in a full table read, performed from start to finish. Whether you’re reading or listening, expect an evening that feels like stepping straight into a rehearsal room, playful, collaborative, and cinematic.

The session will run in English.

About the instructor:

Meral is a bilingual actress and director with vast production experience. Based in the UAE, she is the first and the only Iraqi female director there. Born and raised in Abu Dhabi, she discovered her passion for cinema over 10 years ago. Starting as a producer in 2012 in prominent films, she transitioned to acting in different accents and languages and later directing and still practicing both. She has collaborated with prominent entertainment giants and is an alumna of Arab Film Studios Imagenation. 

Meral directed the pilot short film "Hidden History" and the talk show "Swalif with Miral," set to return as a podcast show on a bigger scale very soon. Her career highlights include producing a groundbreaking TV show with the Make-A-Wish Foundation UAE and Imagenation 30 episodes and The brother drama series 116 episodes. acting in films on Netflix and Nayla Al Khaja’s works Nancy Patton “The Mountain Boy” etc, and recognition in campaigns like Vatika’s "The Dream" and Canon Middle East Women Empowerment. She founded MeLe Films to create various projects from commercials to films especially her own projects from films to documentaries.