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Short+Sweet Dubai: weekend two

New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, Dubai

Second weekend of the festival of 10-minute plays – each of the S+S Dubai weekends (9-10 May is a break) features afternoon and evening sessions for 10 plays, meaning you could see something around 80 microplays if you attended all [ ... ]

AED 100 – AED 120

LAST CHANCE The Poetry of Birds

L'ÉCOLE Middle East, School of Jewelry Arts Building 10, Dubai Design District, Dubai

Following previous editions of this exhibition in Paris and Tokyo, L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts aims to offer a dialogue between 19th and 20th-century Western jewellery and Islamic arts, with poetry as the common thread. Jewels, precious objects, and gouaché [ ... ]

Free

Déjà Vu

Concrete Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Described as "the UAE’s first collaborative gallery exhibition", this 14-day selling show features more than 50 artists represented by 20 of the UAE’s leading contemporary art galleries. The intention is to provide a commercial opportunity for the galleries, which have [ ... ]

Free

Young Picasso: dir Phil Grabsky (2019)

Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

Documentarist Phil Grabsky has carved a niche for himself by concentrating for the most part on films about artists – composers first, then more recently painters; Young Picasso is both typical of this work and one the best examples of [ ... ]

Free, but pre-register

X Fest DXB: weekend 2

The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

The second weekend for the Junction's short play festival: each weekend features 10 to 11 original 10-minute plays, meaning audiences will get the chance to see a diverse lineup of stories, styles and performances in a single evening. Essentially you [ ... ]

AED 120

Joke Hub

Canopy by Hilton Dubai Al Seef Al Seef Street, Umm Hurair 1, Dubai

A regular Mad Cat Comedy night – "Dubai's wildest comedy show on Saturday" at "the first purpose built comedy room in the country". The cover charge of AED 99 includes two F&B coupons.

AED 99