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Short+Sweet Dubai: weekend two

New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, Dubai

Second day of the 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 [ ... ]

AED 100 – AED 120

LAST CHANCE Rays, Ripples, Residue

421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi

This major exhibition marks the ten-year anniversary of 421 Arts Campus and offers a chance to reflect on emergent artistic practices in the UAE, their possibilities, and challenges for the future. Featuring video, performance, installation, and multimedia works, it invites [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Image Keepers

Sharjah Art Foundation Photography Gallery Al Manakh, Sharjah

For its inaugural exhibition, SAF's Photography Gallery presents a panorama of artistic experimentation and engagement drawn from the Sharjah Art Foundation Collection of photography. Says the Foundation: "the works navigate the sociopolitical terrain of the last six decades against a [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Memoryscape: Contemporary Visions Across the Arab Diaspora

Artbooth Gallery Centro Capital Center, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street, Abu Dhabi

A group show for six contemporary artists of Arab descent: Gilbert Halaby, Hanibal Srouji, Hussein Baalbaki, Richard Hearns, Sarah Alagroobi, and Soraya Abu Naba’a. Says the gallery: "At the heart of Memoryscape lies a shared inquiry into how our surroundings [ ... ]

Free

Noor Al Suwaidi: The Sky Forgets, the Heart Remembers

Maraya Art Centre Al Qasba, Sharjah

In this exhibition of a new body of work, curated by Cima Azzam, Noor Al Suwaidi approaches colour as a field of sensation where form appears and dissolves within shifting tonalities – "figures hover at the edge of abstraction; colour [ ... ]

Free

Salmah Al Mansoori: Who I Become

Maraya Art Centre Al Qasba, Sharjah

Curated by Cima Azzam and featuring artworks loaned by Firetti Contemporary, this exhibition reflects an ongoing exploration of memory, material, and place by Salmah Al Mansoori, an Emirati artist from Abu Dhabi. Her practice begins with acts of noticing: fragments, [ ... ]

Free

Salman ZQ and Friends

Bocasu Specialty Coffee Dubai

A Mad Cat Comedy Sunday night regular, featuring the group's main man and mates in "a night of ridiculous stand up comedy" at one of Al Quoz's hidden gems (no alcohol, but good mocktails and t brilliant shots). The cover [ ... ]

AED 99

Sunday Night Comedy Prom

Social Distrikt The Pointe, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai

Dubomedy's highly successful Sunday gig at Hushh in Social Distrikt gets a bit of a makeover to celebrate its 18 years of comic activity in Dubai. We're promised "a night of laughs, fits, and unforgettable vibes" with Stand-Up Comedy Game [ ... ]

Free, but min spend of one item

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