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Sharjah Film Platform 9

[various Sharjah locations]

Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual celebration of indie/experimental cinema returns for its ninth edition with a 10-day lineup of films (26 of them) plus talks and artist development programmes. Screenings and events will take place at Mirage City Cinema, SAF’s open-air [... more]

Per screening: AED 15

Dubai Design Week

d3

Dubai Design Week goes from strength to strength as the region's design festival and establishing Dubai's position as the design capital of the Middle East. This time there's a very busy, very programme around d3 includes installations, new commissions, exhibitions, [... more]

Free (mostly)

Recreating Gesture: Crafting a Gold Necklace from The Iron Age

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

Following showings in Paris, Lyon, Seoul and Shanghai, this exhibition – "a strategic research project for L'ÉCOLE, at the crossroads of archaeology and the history of techniques, and goldsmithing craftsmanship" – demonstrates the skills and techniques in reproducing a Celtic [... more]

Free

Ioannis Potamousis, Elizabeth Han, Yizhuo Meng, and Stanford Yu: Fire, Fantasy, & Dance 

The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

A spectacular demonstration of musicianship: two grand pianos, eight hands playing simultaneously, a programme of exciting rhythms and orchestral delights reworked for the keyboard. The programme: Charles Gounodx: Waltz from Faust Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 Saint-Saëns: [... more]

SOLD OUT but there may be returns

The Comedy Lab

Radisson Red Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai

Mad Cat Comedy's regular Thursday stop in Silicon Oasis promises "insane laughs every week".  The door price of AED 99 includes one drink and popcorn.

AED 99

Cocktails and Comedy

Bondz Unit 156 Level POD, Emirates Financial Tower, DIFC, Dubai

“Dubai’s hottest comedy night” (aka the Mad Cat team) come to the moodily-lit speakeasy style bar in DIFC for a regular Thursday gig. The door price includes one drink.

AED 99