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Nowhere And Everywhere At The Same Time No.2

Berklee Abu Dhabi UAE Pavilion, Saadiyat ISland, Abu Dhabi

Now this is an unexpected offering from Berklee: the revised version of William Forsythe's Nowhere And Everywhere At The Same Time, a kind of DIY performance piece that encourages you to experience space, movement, other people, the absence of other [ ... ]

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Al Ain Book Festival 2023

Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Al Ain

The 14th edition of the former Al Ain Book Fair, organised by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre under the theme All Eyes on Al Ain, is open 9am to 10pm from 19 to 25 November. It celebrates literature with [ ... ]

Free

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

An open air exhibition of works on the theme of ‘Expressions for Sustainable Change’ has been selected from an open call; they join the DIFC galleries' late-evening opening on 23 and 24 November. It all makes for a pleasant amble, [ ... ]

Free

Tanweer Sacred Music Festival

Mleiha Archaeological Centre Sharjah

Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi’s latest initiative is a three day festival (24-26 November) that aims to rediscover and celebrate traditional sacred music. Envisioned as “a testament to tradition, wisdom, and the power of togetherness”, it “aims to bring people closer [ ... ]

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Focal Point 2023

FOCAL POINT 2023
Sharjah Art Foundation, Bait Obaid Al Shamsi Arts Square, Sharjah

The sixth edition of Sharjah Art Foundation’s Focal Point art book fair – the region’s only art book fair, we think – features local and international publishers with book launches, talks, workshops and musical performances during its run (24 to [ ... ]

Free, but pre-booking is required

Focal Point 2023

FOCAL POINT 2023
Sharjah Art Foundation, Bait Obaid Al Shamsi Arts Square, Sharjah

The sixth edition of Sharjah Art Foundation’s Focal Point art book fair – the region’s only art book fair, we think – features local and international publishers with book launches, talks, workshops and musical performances during its run (24 to [ ... ]

Free, but pre-booking is required

Boeing-Boeing

The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Marc Camoletti's farce, which first played in 1960, was a smash hit in his native country and (in the English translation by Beverly Cross and Francis Evans) on Broadway and the West End; it went to Hollywood too in 1965, [ ... ]

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Jethro Tull: Seven Decades

Dubai Opera

Dating all the way back to the late 1960s, the darlings of quirky prog rock are still on the road with the Seven Decades tour. As with many long-lived bands, Jethro Tull has gone through many changes in its roster; [ ... ]

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Laughter Factory: ‘The Good, the Bad and the Filthy’ Tour

Radisson DAMAC Hills Hessa Street Dubailand, Dubai

Last couple of gigs for the November standups – Kate Barron from Canada ("after a lifetime of being told she is too big, too loud and too vulgar, by everyone from strangers to teachers, she decided to step on stage [ ... ]

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