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April 5, 2008 | Filed Under Main |

I found a community theatre.

The Kuwait Little Theatre is a local, amateur theatre that has open auditions and seems pretty active. It is located south of here is the town of Ahmadi. I don’t know where that is, how to get there or how long it would take. So my mission Friday was to gather my maps and take a drive – to go outside of the city for the first time. It looked pretty simple to get there (and, indeed, it was). Just drive south on the Fahaheel Expressway. By going out early on a Friday (roughly around noon), I was certain traffic would be minimal. This way, I could take my time and check out the terrain outside of city limits.

The expressway has two sides. The “water side” is pretty built. Lots of square, flat, orange buildings – some tall, some short. No attempt at design was made as far as I could see. Very utilitarian blocks, but populated. The other side of the highway was a different story. There were long stretches between buildings. You’d see a small cluster – then nothing. You’d see a group (10-15) half-built structures – then nothing. And when I say nothing, think right outside Vegas with less vegetation. Hard scrabble. Dusty. Barren. The other side of the highway was in a constant struggle with the desert.

So, of course, I made my turnoff into THIS side of the highway to get to Ahmadi. Imagine my surprise when I pulled into a very quaint, very green little town – which a cricket/recreation field that was well-maintained and flowers blooming all over the place! (This all may have something to do with the close proximity of oil refineries and being home to the headquarters of Kuwait National Petroleum.) I followed my map from the theatre website and came to where it should have been and pulled into one of the parking lots. I couldn’t see it. Got out of the car and walked back down the street to see if I missed a turnoff. Still didn’t see it.

As I’m walking back to the car, I looked to my left and saw a low, small green building. Barely visible through the trees was a small sign saying “Kuwait Little Theatre”. Ah, theatre people! Give us a shoe box and a flashlight and we can put on a show for you! It was closed, so I didn’t go in. For all I know, that was just a rehearsal space. But you never can tell. If you’d seen some of the places I performed…

Anyhow, it was a nice ride and I’ll have to go out next week – at night(!!!) – to check out a show.

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3 comments so far
  1. Patrick April 5, 2008 5:38 pm

    :>) Leave it to the actor to sniff out a theater in the desert. That’s a gift, for sure.

  2. terry April 5, 2008 6:17 pm

    Now that we need a picture of!

    What kind of plays do you think they put on at the Kuwait Little Theatre?

    We just had a dinner for the cub scouts and the entertainment was an improv comedy group from Yale http://www.yale.edu/vq/main.html
    They were really good. The kids loved em.

  3. mburma April 5, 2008 10:24 pm

    That was the first thing I looked for before I came! The troupe does your typical crowd-pleaser type shows. Drama is not on the menu.