16 February 2025
All Day

Andrew Schneider: N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars)

The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

This immersive theatrical installation uses nearly 5,000 points of lights and hundreds of speakers (496-channel sound) to create an interactive theatrical cosmos where viewers become active explorers, discovering the traces of themselves in light, the universe, and those who have [ ... ]

Free, but pre-register

Swan Lake

Dubai Opera

The second pair of performances for the Hungarian National Ballet's Swan Lake is danced by a full company including Tatyjana Melnyik and Maria Yakovleva  sharing the Odette/Odile role; Prince Siegfried is danced by Gergő Ármin Balázsi and Louis Scrivener. Gábor [ ... ]

From AED 350

Chopin’s Best Works

Al Falak Ballroom Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, Dubai

Chopin favourites by candlelight, a recital for solo piano by Aldo Dotto. These concerts are "a series of classical music concerts aimed at democratising access to classical music by allowing people all over the world to enjoy live candlelit music [ ... ]

From AED 350

Summer Soliloquies: A Writers’ Soiree

421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi

421’s first Writer’s Soiree promises a chance to meet and connect with other writers in Abu Dhabi – "an evening of food, reading, and greeting".

Free but pre-register

Rosie Holt: The Woman’s Hour

Theatre by QE2 Queen Elizabeth 2, Port Rashid, Dubai

This should be interesting. Rosie Holt is a actress and writer who’s best known as a satirist with a massive Twitter presence for her roles as a parody Johnson-worshipping MP (surely not modelled on Nadine Dorries?). This show includes a [ ... ]

From AED 150