Twinge-SHJ urban festival raises its curtain
Nightly programme incorporates various art forms including literature, music and fashion
Sharjah: The Maraya Art Centre in Al Qasba will be hosting Twinge-SHJ an urban festival which starts on Saturday and runs until March 3 .
Twinge-SHJ is a nightly programme that incorporates various art forms including literature, music, fashion, film, comedy, poetry and drama. In addition there will also be a week-long exhibit of paintings and photographs by local artists as well as a mime artist and a caricaturists.
The word Twinge is a play on words between Twitter (symbolising social media) and Fringe (reference to the popular arts festivals around the world).
Giuseppe Moscatello, Maraya Art Centre Curator said: "We are very pleased to host a festival that has its roots in the UAE. The Twinge festival highlights the talent we have in this country, it is a festival which incorporates the whole community and encourages involvement from everyone from all spheres and backgrounds."
Community support
Sherif Abaza, Managing Partner of Sphere Events and founder of the Twinge festivals believes that the support of the community is essential to the success of the festival. He said that putting together a string of events, like this, is challenging.
"We cannot do it without the involvement of the local community to sustain the development, organisation and growth of the events."
