By David Dunn for CNN, 22 April 2015
As a playwright whose work was once used to lift the spirits of trapped Chilean miners, the power of the spoken word certainly isn’t lost on Alex Broun.
Now the man recognized as probably the world’s most prolific writer of 10-minute plays is looking to get his adopted home more acquainted with the magic of professional theater.
The versatile Australian, once described as the “Shakespeare of short plays,” is in confident form having recently concluded the third and most successful edition of the Short+Sweet theater festival in Dubai.
Broun imported the initiative from Sydney where he helped to establish what has evolved into the world’s largest 10-minute theater festival.
He also has significant plans for performing arts in the Middle East metropolis where acting, script writing and theater direction aren’t currently recognized as professions for which an expat can secure a visa.
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