12 September 2024

Chicago

Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

The longest running American musical in Broadway history – and “the most exciting musical of its generation” (The Times) – is coming to Yas for a decent run from 12-22 September 2024. First seen in 1975 and still an all-round [ ... ]

From AED 185

Randa Maddah: Hanging Gardens

Tabari Artspace Gate Village Level 2, DIFC, Dubai

The inaugural solo exhibition of the Syrian visual artist whose practice spans painting, drawing, sculpture, video, and installation. In this recent work, Maddah repurposes the vocabulary of traditional miniature paintings to depict "dream-like scenes that negotiate themes of belonging, resilience, [ ... ]

Free

Chicago

Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

The longest running American musical in Broadway history – and “the most exciting musical of its generation” (The Times) – is coming to Yas for a decent run from 12-22 September 2024. First seen in 1975 and still an all-round [ ... ]

From AED 185

Aida

Dubai Opera

"Back by popular demand", says Dubai Opera. Verdi's masterpiece is a suitable opener for the 2024-2025 season, performed by the Polish National Opera Orchestra, Choir and Soloists under the baton of conductor Patrick Fournillier and the direction of Roberto Laganà [ ... ]

From AED 380

Chicago

Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

The longest running American musical in Broadway history – and “the most exciting musical of its generation” (The Times) – is coming to Yas for a decent run from 12-22 September 2024. First seen in 1975 and still an all-round [ ... ]

From AED 185

Aida

Dubai Opera

Verdi's masterpiece is delivered by the Polish National Opera Orchestra, Choir and Soloists under the baton of conductor Patrick Fournillier and the direction of Roberto Laganà Manoli. This is the second evening of three; the final performances is on 15 [ ... ]

From AED 380

Chicago

Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

The longest running American musical in Broadway history – and “the most exciting musical of its generation” (The Times) – is coming to Yas for a decent run from 12-22 September 2024. First seen in 1975 and still an all-round [ ... ]

From AED 185

Aida

Dubai Opera

The final performance of Verdi's masterpiece as delivered by the Polish National Opera Orchestra, Choir and Soloists under the baton of conductor Patrick Fournillier and the direction of Roberto Laganà Manoli.

From AED 380

Comedy at Melrose

Melrose Paramount Midtown, Al Mustaqbal Street, Dubai

Dubomedy's occasional Sunday evening gig is back after a summer break, featuring a mash-up of stand-up and improv ("a killer line-up ready for you" and "you never know who will pop in"). It's free, though you do have to pre-register [ ... ]

Free, but pre-register

Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro

Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Exactly what it says: a regular Monday evening of scenes, stories and narrative improvisation influenced by audience suggestions and featuring the Courtyard Playhouse's most experienced improv performers plus guests. Classic Courtyard improv. It's free, but you need to put your [ ... ]

Free but donations welcome

LAST CHANCE Susan Doe: Entwined

NYUAD Project Space NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

The first Project Space exhibition of the new season features a series of paintings, sculptures, and installations through which Susan Doe explores ideas of intersectionality, rooted in her own bicultural upbringing. Says the gallery: "Reflecting on her Chinese American background, [ ... ]

Alia Ahmad: Aspects [مظاهر]

Lawrie Shabibi Unit 21, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

The first solo exhibition in the UAE for the Saudi Arabian artist presents a new body of paintings and watercolours that seeks to "peel back the layers in order to expose her personal vocabulary". Her point of departure is the [ ... ]

Free

Armin Najib: -continuum

Aisha Alabbar Gallery Warehouse C19, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Najib is a multidisciplinary artist from Iran whose practice includes painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and art jewellery but primarily revolves around kinetic mechanisms and magnetic fields. His fascination with magnetism, ergonomic placement elements, and environmental sensing has led him to [ ... ]

Free

Istoria: A Retrospective Reimagining Middle Eastern Feminism with Leila Nseir

Ayyam Gallery B11, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

This retrospective for the late Syrian artist honours Leila Nseir’s legacy and celebrates her contributions to art and feminism. Nseir’s art was rooted in humanist concerns and feminist thought, addressing themes of conflict, inequality, and poverty; her career was impacted [ ... ]

Free

Kaikhan Salakhov: Astral Space Exploration ‐ The Cosmic Renaissance

Firetti Contemporary Unit 29, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Salakhov's work is “a profound exploration of the intersection between science, art, and spirituality, using sacred geometry to illuminate deep cosmic truths”. On show are 36 “meticulously crafted” acrylic paintings that reimagine Renaissance art through a modern lens, blending classical aesthetics [ ... ]

Free

I Kept The Night Vigil …

Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Subtitled ‘Exploring Women’s Voices Across and Beyond the Middle East’, this exhibition – curated by Behrang Samadzadegan – is inspired by the evocative poetry of al-Khansa, who eloquently conveyed the nuances of grief, strength, and transformation. Says the gallery: “the exhibition resonates [ ... ]

Free

Sumayyah Samaha: Lines and Forms

Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A range of works from the Lebanese-born NYC-based artist that are rooted in spontaneity and the intuitive interplay between forms and lines. The exhibition continues an exploration of form, line, and colour in a series that began in 2014 and continues [ ... ]

Free

Maria Jose Benvenuto: Nature’s Pulse

Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A series of vibrant abstracts inspired by the landscape of North Head National Park in Manly, Australia, the area where Benvenuto works. The series is guided by intuition and emerges directly from the subconscious, drawing on the deep reservoirs of [ ... ]

Free

Bound: Textiles Between Loss and Repair

Green Art Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The last in a series of exhibitions investigating contemporary approaches to fibre art curated by Murtaza Vali, this group show builds on notions of nurture and care long associated with cloth – which envelopes our bodies from our first breath [ ... ]

Free
Event Series Giselle

Giselle

Dubai Opera

The ultimate tragic/romantic ballet – beautiful young peasant girl fall in loves with a disguised nobleman but goes mad and dies of heartbreak when his true identity is revealed by a rival; she then becomes a ghost, one of a [ ... ]

From AED 432

Lucerne Festival Quintet with Alexander Malofeev

Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

A chamber concert featuring the acclaimed young Russian virtuoso pianist and composer Alexander Malofeev, joined by four musicians from the Lucerne Festival Orchestra to give us Schubert’s Trout Quintet, Fauré’s Piano Quartet No.1, and Brahms’ Piano Quartet No.3. There's a [ ... ]

From AED 100

Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro

Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The Courtyard's regular evening of elimination improv. Ten actors converge for a night of scenes, songs and games based on audience suggestions. After each round you score the players on a scale of 1 to 5, and the one with [ ... ]

Free but donations welcome

Chicago

Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

The second weekend of performances for “the most exciting musical of its generation” (The Times). First seen in 1975 and still an all-round stunner, it is based on a 1926 play by one-time reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins and is built [ ... ]

From AED 185

Sarah Alagroobi: Slanted Dreamscape

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

Alagroobi’s evocative, highly textured landscapes provide a glimpse into “a world where reality and imagination intersect”. Her practice celebrates the physical and metaphysical, using layers of acrylic to sculpt imagined landscapes that blur the boundaries between the tangible and the [ ... ]

Free

Gaye Su Akyol | TootArd

The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Classic Arts Center programming for this End of Summer Dance Party in the Black Box theatre – a genre-defying concert that puts two very different kinds of artist in each half. From Gaye Su Akyol you get an innovative mix [ ... ]

AED 105

Lucerne Festival Quintet with Alexander Malofeev

Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

A second performance of this Abu Dhabi Classics chamber concert featuring the acclaimed young Russian virtuoso pianist Alexander Malofeev with musicians from the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. The programme includes Schubert’s Trout Quintet, Fauré’s Piano Quartet No.1, and Brahms’ Piano Quartet [ ... ]

From AED 100

The UAE Classical Talents: A Night with Vivaldi

Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The fifth season of the UAE Classical Talents, a programme of chamber music concerts aimed at promoting local artists, opens with a programme of Vivaldi's Four Seasons and his 'La Folia' (Vivaldi take on the well-known folk tune was written [ ... ]

AED 130
Event Series Giselle

Giselle

Dubai Opera

Second performance for the Polish National Ballet and Orchestra’s take on the ultimate tragic/romantic ballet – beautiful young peasant girl fall in loves with a disguised nobleman but goes mad and dies of heartbreak when his true identity is revealed [ ... ]

From AED 432

LAST CHANCE Carpets of Eden, Gardens of Fantasy

Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

This exhibition of carpets designed by artists and curated by Behrang Samadzadegan is described by the gallery as "a territory where artists navigate unbridled fantasies ... Like architects of dreams, they go beyond the surface, delving into the unseen, weaving [ ... ]

Free

Chicago

Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

The second weekend of performances for “the most exciting musical of its generation” (The Times). First seen in 1975 and still an all-round stunner, it is based on a 1926 play by one-time reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins and is built [ ... ]

From AED 185
Event Series Giselle

Giselle

Dubai Opera

A third performance for the Polish National Ballet and Orchestra’s take on the ultimate tragic/romantic ballet – beautiful young peasant girl fall in loves with a disguised nobleman but goes mad and dies of heartbreak when his true identity is [ ... ]

From AED 432

TootArd | Gaye Su Akyol

The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

A second evening of the End of Summer Dance Party in the Black Box theatre – a genre-defying concert that puts two very different kinds of artist in each half. From Gaye Su Akyol you get an innovative mix of [ ... ]

AED 105

Giselle

Dubai Opera

Final performances (at 2pm and 7pm) for the Polish National Ballet and Orchestra’s take on the ultimate tragic/romantic ballet – beautiful young peasant girl fall in loves with a disguised nobleman but goes mad and dies of heartbreak when his [ ... ]

From AED 432

Chicago

Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

The second weekend of performances for “the most exciting musical of its generation” (The Times). First seen in 1975 and still an all-round stunner, it is based on a 1926 play by one-time reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins and is built [ ... ]

From AED 185

Majd Kurdieh: Butterflies

Fann à Porter The Workshop, Villa 45, St. 23b, off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park), Jumeirah 2, Dubai

A solo show for the Aleppo-born Lebanese-based artist with a very distinctive practice – he paints with cartoon-like characters to talk about the current state of the world, usually a boy (Fasoon) and a girl (Fasooneh) who are always smiling [ ... ]

Free

Chicago

Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

The second weekend of performances for “the most exciting musical of its generation” (The Times). First seen in 1975 and still an all-round stunner, it is based on a 1926 play by one-time reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins and is built [ ... ]

From AED 185

Way of the Forest

421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

This travelling edition of the Colomboscope arts festival features work by 19 artists from South Asia and Africa. Taking over Galleries 1 and 2 inside 421 Arts Campus, it focuses on interdependence, custodianship, and restorative practices across rainforests, wilderness, mountain [ ... ]

Free

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

Dubai Opera

It's 200 years since Betthoven's Ninth premiered, and this performance by the Polish National Opera Orchestra with the Dubai Festival Choir under the baton of Patrick Fournillier should provide a suitable tribute to what is undoubtedly a masterpiece of Western [ ... ]

From AED 260

Comedy Mix-Tape

Melrose Paramount Midtown, Al Mustaqbal Street, Dubai

Dubomedy's improv evening is back with "a hilarious mash-up of stand-up and improv ... You never know who will pop in". It's free but fills up fast, so RSVP to get a seat.

Free, but pre-register

Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro

Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Exactly what it says: a regular Monday evening of scenes, stories and narrative improvisation influenced by audience suggestions and featuring the Courtyard Playhouse's most experienced improv performers plus guests. Classic Courtyard improv. It's free, but you need to put your [ ... ]

Free but donations welcome

Ökozid | Ecocide: dir Andres Veiel (2020)

Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates

It is the year 2034: drought and flooding are destroying the livelihoods of millions of people. The International Court of Justice has had to evacuate from The Hague to Berlin, where the climate catastrophe becomes the subject of legal proceedings. [ ... ]

Free

Putting the Record Straight: The Lost Women of Art History

Society Dubai Jumeirah Street, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The second in this seven-part lecture series by art historian Rose Balston on female artists from the 16th through to the 18th century – “women who have not only been side-lined, but literally (and shockingly) blocked out of history”, mainly [ ... ]

AED 250

Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro

Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The Courtyard's regular evening of elimination improv. Ten actors converge for a night of scenes, songs and games based on audience suggestions. After each round you score the players on a scale of 1 to 5, and the one with [ ... ]

Free but donations welcome

Candice Lin: Night Stone

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

The Los Angeles-based artist’s first solo exhibition in West Asia. Through ceramics, liquids and organic materials, Lin spotlights histories of trade, colonialism and extraction in this new central installation. It's co-commissioned with the Biennale of Sydney and Monash University Museum [ ... ]

Free

Magnus Gjoen: The Future of The Past

Mestaria Gallery Unit 35, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Gjoen invites the viewer to explore the delicate balance between history and modernity, as envisioned through a distinctive style that fuses street art influences with pop culture and fine art – symbols and themes from the Renaissance and Baroque are [ ... ]

PowerPointless Networking Night

Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

One of the most consistently funny of the Courtyard's classic improv gigs is back after a couple of months' hiatus: the speakers have to give a presentation on a slide deck they’ve never seen before, with the topic determined at [ ... ]

Free, but donations welcome

William Kentridge: A Shadow of a Shadow

Bait Al Serkal Arts Square, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

A master draughtsman, illustrator, filmmaker and sculptor, William Kentridge is also a prolific theatre-maker who has collaborated with local theatre groups and world-renowned opera houses. This is the first exhibition to focus solely on Kentridge’s theatre practice and surveys 23 [ ... ]

Free