Comedy

A standup open mic where fresh and regular comics take the stage; newbies are getting three minutes, the more established comics get six. There's a minimum spend of AED 70.

... not when you have three comedians on the stage, eager and willing to hear your problems and turn them into funny scenes and stories on the fly. Fully improvised, totally interactive. The first runout for this show a couple [... more]

Improv "where anything can happen and the audience becomes part of the show". Which is sort of how improv is defined, though in this case the title suggests there may be an extra element of ray guns and Star Wars [... more]

The Comedy Kix team does The H Dubai ("your Saturday is now sorted"). There's a AED 75 minimum spend.

Classy comedy with Abz Ali, featuring Luca Cupani and Obeid. Hosted by Roxy Yekta.

Yet another strong-looking bill for this month's Laughter Factory tour: Marlon Davis – one of the UK’s rising comedy talents, breezily confident and good at observational comedy George Zach – standup whose credits extend beyond the comedy club circuit to [... 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]

With Amin and Obaid. "Two comedians take turns on the stage, and by the end of the night you’ll still be trying to figure out how these two ended up on the same bill ..."

Mad Cat Comedy’s only open mic night: comedians test new jokes, new performers take the stage, and dog lovers are welcome to come along for a fun evening in JVC. Only 20 seats available. Free entry!

Mad Cat’s standup team at their regular stop at the Easy Tiger bar in Abu Dhabi’s Al Ain Palace. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks …

A Comedy Kix gig with a strong bill – Imail Abdi, Valentina Danubio, Ahmad Kasidcomedy, Saeed Alnahdy and Enoud Metaweaa. Note that is a non-smoking room, and there’s no FnB – but you can bring your own booze (!) and [... more]

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.

A week of this interactive live dating comedy show for Dubai Comedy Festival "where we laugh about your worst dates, talk relationships, and give you the chance to pitch your single friends. Help them find true love, and help yourself [... more]

Yet another strong-looking bill for this month's Laughter Factory tour: Marlon Davis – one of the UK’s rising comedy talents, breezily confident and good at observational comedy George Zach – standup whose credits extend beyond the comedy club circuit to [... more]

The UAE’s next generation of comedians? Standups aged 12 to 18 compete for the title of Short + Sweet Comedy Junior Champion 2026.

Yet another strong-looking bill for this month's Laughter Factory tour: Marlon Davis – one of the UK’s rising comedy talents, breezily confident and good at observational comedy George Zach – standup whose credits extend beyond the comedy club circuit to [... more]

A second run of this interactive live dating comedy show for Dubai Comedy Festival "where we laugh about your worst dates, talk relationships, and give you the chance to pitch your single friends. Help them find true love, and help [... more]

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.

The final gig for this month's Laughter Factory tour. On the bill: Marlon Davis – one of the UK’s rising comedy talents, breezily confident and good at observational comedy George Zach – standup whose credits extend beyond the comedy club [... more]

A second set for Ahmed Ahmed plus Brandon Johnson, Sean Fawaz, Barney Rivera and UAE-based comedians Amr El Assal and Noha. A Dubai Comedy festival gig.

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]

An 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, conversations, and interactions [... more]

A week of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), mostly featuring familiar faces from the local circuit (and none the worse for that). Tonight Anand Raman hosts Denise, Emaad, Sundeep, and Luca.

An 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, conversations, and interactions [... more]

Mad Cat’s standup team at their regular stop at the Easy Tiger bar in Abu Dhabi’s Al Ain Palace. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks …

Second night of a week of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), mostly featuring familiar faces from the local circuit (and none the worse for that). Tonight looks particularly good: Imah hosts, the bill [... more]

The third session of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), mostly featuring familiar faces from the local circuit (and none the worse for that). Tonight Anand Raman hosts a bill featuring Valentina, Denise, Luca, [... more]

An 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, conversations, and interactions [... more]

A week of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), mostly featuring familiar faces from the local circuit (and none the worse for that). Tonight features Imah hosting plus Abz Ali and Tudor with the [... more]

Tabarak hosts this session of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), tonightfeaturing Daniel, Abz Ali, Laurie, Reem, and Dinara.

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.

Pepperoni Comedy Club is celebrating its first anniversary with a big-name star in Redouane Bougheraba (in French) supported by some of Dubai’s finest – Kris Fade (in English) and Nino Arial (probably in French), with Abz Ali and Noha Bashir hosting. [... more]

The penultimate night of a week of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), mostly featuring familiar faces from the local circuit (and none the worse for that). Tonight Denise hosts a bill featuring Tudor, [... 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]

Dubomedy's highly successful comedy gig at Hushh in Social Distrikt. We're promised "an evening of big laughs and great vibes with your favorite comedy tribe"; and indeed much of that seems to be the case ... It's free, but there's [... more]

The final night in this week of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival. Tonight should be good: Denise hosts, and all three visiting headliners are on the bill (Reem Edan, Laurie Douglas, Dinara Kerey) along with Tudor and Anand Raman.

Mad Cat’s standup team at their regular stop at the Easy Tiger bar in Abu Dhabi’s Al Ain Palace. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks …

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.

The Pepp's regular early-evening showcase of Dubai’s local comedy talent, always with four standups on stage.

From the awkward moments of everyday life to the unexpected twists that everyone can relate to, John Ague delivers an energetic performance packed with great storytelling and clever punchlines.

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.

Comedy from two very sharp standups who work really well together. From first dates to ghosting, situationships to heartbreak stories, Noha Bashir and Denise Alexe address the struggles of dating life via sharp humour, relatable stories, and a brilliant chemistry [... more]