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Cirque Du Liban: Fontana

Yas Island Abu Dhabi

Cirque du Liban comes to Yas with "the first travelling water circus in the Middle East ... live entertainment, breathtaking artistic performances in a tailor-made aqua theatre, waterfalls cascading, artists diving and performing mind-blowing Aquatic experience". The previews look great, [ ... ]

From AED 100

LAST CHANCE Ana Mazzei: How to disappear

Green Art Gallery Dubai

The Brazilian artist has been given regular solo shows at Green Art Gallery every couple of years, and they're always interesting. Her widely (and sometimes wildly) experimental practice appropriates different materials, connecting to the environments in which she works; art, [ ... ]

Free

Omran Younis: Rise of the Cactus

Fann à Porter The Workshop, Villa 45, St. 23b, off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park), Jumeirah 2, Dubai

A new body of work in this solo exhibition from Syrian artist Orman Younis offers "a poignant social commentary on his surroundings, the human condition, and current state of political affairs in the region" that "combines ideas of post-Modernism with [ ... ]

Free

Torn

The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

A second day of performances (4pm, 7.30pm, 9.30pm) for this world premiere of a new play written and directed by the award-winning Australian writer/director Alex Broun, well known to Dubai audiences for the past 15 or so years (not least [ ... ]

From AED 100

Emirati Showcase

Roxy Cinemas Dubai Hills Dubai Hills Mall, Al Khail Road, Dubai

A selection of local standup talent from the UAE for this English-language Dubai Comedy Festival gig – Abdallah Alansari, aka the Emirati Puppet Master; Ali Saleh Awadh; Abdalla Al Qassab; Saif Almherie; and Obaid Ali Obaid.

From AED 150

Riaad Moosa: Live in Dubai

Roxy Cinemas Dubai Hills Dubai Hills Mall, Al Khail Road, Dubai

South Africa’s favourite doctor-turned-comedian, Riaad Moosa is back in town for a Dubai Comedy Festival gig. He’s very good on observational comedy and he’s not short of an opinion or two, based particularly on his experiences as a Muslim and [ ... ]

AED 180

Comedy Bizarre 7

Dubai Opera Studio Downtown Dubai, Dubai

This Dubai Comedy festival showcase provides nightly entertainment from an eclectic mix of (mostly local) standups at a pretty good price. Tonight it’s Joshua Dias, John Hague, Bronwyn Byrnes, Sadiq Saboowala, and Rami Salame, hosted by
 Yash Bhardwaj.

AED 75