The fifth edition of the Al Sidr Environmental Film Festival, presented with Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, is themed Mend, or رَمِّم in Arabic. In this context, the word considers environmental restoration, from habitat and species recovery to water stewardship [... more]
“What is the ultimate goal of a city?” asks architect/artist Hamad Almuzaini: “Governance and the streamlining of lived experience – an impossible task – or something more open, broken, and constantly reinvented?” The exhibition looks at placemaking within the context of [... more]
An exhibition dedicated to the natural maturity, abundance, and fullness of autumn, including works by Rimma Gagloeva, Javlon Umarbekov, Timur Akhmedov, and Vera Nechaeva. Because each artist approaches the theme of autumn in their own way, discovering a personal language [... more]
Sara Masinaei’s solo show explores how urban spaces shape memory, movement and lived experience: "through walking, collecting found objects and recording traces of overlooked surfaces, she treats the city’s ground as an active part of how we experience and navigate [... more]
The AD’Art artist collective with an exhibition celebrating the Sorbonne’s 20th anniversary – new works exploring heritage, knowledge transmission, and cultural dialogue, through "diverse and personal artistic perspectives".
The original, and possibly the best, of the Star Wars mega-franchise. Written and directed by George Lucas, and featuring one of the most dramatic intros ever, this unmissable adventure introduced a galaxy of cleverly drawn characters – Princess Leia (Carrie [... more]
A sensitive portrait of an American family and an emotional drama about finding kindred spirits in unexpected places. Bill (David Strathairn, excellent) is a pillar of his Southern community: a business owner, a veteran, and the proud patriarch of an [... more]
We must've missed the preliminaries, but here we are with what are described as "the best UAE-based comedians together for one hilarious Finale — 60 minutes of fast, fearless and seriously funny comedy". They each get five minutes to win [... more]
A variant of this interactive live dating comedy show for Dubai Comedy Festival: as the audience arrives, they fill out confession cards with their dating and relationship stories; host Akkaoui reads the confession cards, using the stories to spark jokes, [... more]
The Mad Cat team does the rather cool Moon Bar at the Sana Restaurant in Mina Al Salam – a great venue: quite intimate, few distractions. Featuring surprise drop-ins, fresh material, and “the kind of intimate room where sitting in the [... more]
The 38-year-old comedian and content creator coined the term ‘goofy guy’ to capture his mix of lighthearted crowdwork, musical performance, and playful irreverence. He works hard at the job, though; he obviously takes show preparation seriously, and as a result [... more]
Known for his ability to navigate between different worlds – street and stage, hip-hop and postmodernism, personal and political – Mohamed Toukabri has a new solo work where movement becomes both excavation and rebellion. Says SAF: "This piece pulses with [... more]
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