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Youth Takeover 2025

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

The Jameel's annual Youth Takeover is the manifestation of the Assembly, an experimental learning programme designed to foster creative leaders aged 18 to 24 in the UAE, "inviting the creation and curation of projects reflective of their generation’s areas of [ ... ]

Free

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

Zabeel Theatre Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent, Dubai

The third performance for this four-day run of the West End hit – all 37 of the bard's plays, condensed into 97 minutes of fast-paced comedy, silliness, audience participation, and "just the right amount of innuendo". Look out for Othello [ ... ]

From AED 200

Carmina Burana

Dubai Opera

The final performances of this ballet reinterpretation of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana by the Ballet of the Slovene National Theatre Maribor, with choreography by Edward Clug The original is of course a 20th-century choral classic that draws inspiration from medieval [ ... ]

From AED 330

Guys and Dolls

Sunmarke School Jumeirah Village Triangle, Dubai

The final performances of MTDXB's production of the musical classic, with a cast of 50 and a 14-piece live band. There are shows at 2.30pm and 7.30pm; use the promocode 10guys at checkout to get 10% off tickets.

AED 150

LAST CHANCE Elias Sime: Through the Window

Lawrie Shabibi Unit 21, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

The first solo exhibition in the Middle East for the Addis Ababa artist showcases Sime’s distinctive practice of transforming colourful wires, circuit boards, and electronic components into intricate, layered compositions that blur the boundaries between technology, nature, and abstraction. The [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons: I Am Soil. My Tears Are Water

Efiɛ Gallery 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue, First Al Khail Street, Dubai

Efie Gallery is opening its new space in Alserkal Avenue with Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons’ debut solo exhibition in the Middle East. The exhibiiton, curated by Faridah Folawiyo, explores diaspora and interconnectedness through the flora and fauna of Latin America, the [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Maryam Hoseini: Swells

Green Art Gallery Dubai

The second solo exhibition at this gallery for the Iran-born, NY-based artist features new paintings that revels in transplanting elements within themselves. Hoseini says “the figures have moved from architecture to landscape"; so the flat figure expands and multiplies in [ ... ]

Free

MyLysses

XVA Gallery Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood, Bur Dubai, Dubai

How do contemporary artists grapple with the shifting role of text, literature and knowledge in an age of AI? This group exhibition curated by Tor Seidel tries to answer that question. As Seidel puts it, "Has access to texts and [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Mayar Obeido: Ever in Reform

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

While his previous work was embedded with themes of time, context, and the mutual influence of elements, Fann À Porter's second solo exhibition for Syrian artist Mayar Obeido introduces a focus towards place, location, and grounding. The artist navigates a [ ... ]

Free

The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club

Dukes The Palm Palm Dubai, Dubai

The final stop for this month's Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Aaron Butler engaging Belfast-born stand-up known for his high spirited stage presence Justin Panks observational comic with a genius for approaching seemingly everyday subjects from extraordinary angles. Roxy Yekta [ ... ]

AED 160