25/05/2026
What. A. Finale. 🎭🔥
X Fest DXB 2026 officially came to a close this weekend after 6 incredible weeks, 60+ original plays, packed audiences, standing ovations, and a completely SOLD OUT Gala Finals Night at The Junction.
With 10 judges joining us across the Finals weekend and hundreds of artists, theatre-makers, writers, actors, directors, volunteers, and audience members coming together — this truly felt like a celebration of the UAE’s growing homegrown theatre movement. ❤️
From comedy to drama, absurdism to multilingual storytelling, X Fest proved once again that powerful stories can absolutely be told in just 10 minutes.
🏆 X Fest DXB 2026 Winners
🎖️ Best Play
Is This A Good Time? — Scalambra
🥈 Best Play Runner Up
Unearthing (Marathi) — Zeroth Act
🎭 Best Actress
Tina Thomas — The Most Undateable Woman In The World
🎭 Best Actress Runner Up
Franchesca Bizzarri — Is This A Good Time?
🎭 Best Actor
Yash Daval — Unearthing
🎭 Best Actor Runner Up
Nicola Spadoni — Nightmare Of A Designer
🎬 Best Director
Salvatore Di Simone — Is This A Good Time?
🏛️ Best Theatre Company
Scalambra
✍️ Best Script
Aditi Nath — Na(Vase)Rasam – The Ninth Emotion
🌟 Sakshi Verkot New Talent Award
Sumaiya Siddiqui — The Most Undateable Woman In The World
🌟 Sakshi Verkot New Talent Award
Anton Galvez — Palitaw
❤️ Spirit Of X Fest Award
Farah
🎨 Best Poster
Reza Hosseinzadeb — For The Last Time
To every single participant who trusted a brand new homegrown festival in its very first year — thank you. You made this festival what it became.
And this is only the beginning.
See you at X Fest DXB 2027. 🚀🎭
Dates announced soon.