For the Love of Palestine
RAW Coffee Company 7A Street, Al Quoz, DubaiMusicians, comedians and poets take to the stage for an evening of art and solidarity. Opens at 7pm for artisan stalls "and solidarity".
Free, like Palestine should be
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LAST CHANCE Through the Seasons with Eric Carle
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiFor the first time in the region, the work of the noted illustrator and children’s book author (more than 70 titles to his name, including of course The Very Hungry Caterpillar) is celebrated through Carle’s brilliant imagery of the seasons, [ ... ]
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The Mummy: dir Stephen Sommers (1999)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesFormulaic but neatly done. Adventurer Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) teams up with librarian Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and a motley archaeological crew to conquer the vengeful reincarnation of Egyptian priest Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) for 124 minutes of non-stop action with some [ ... ]
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The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
The Club Al Mina, Abu DhabiAn Abu Dhbai visit for this month's Laughter Factory tour (looks like The Club will be a regular stop now): John Fothergill "Everything he says is funny ... He looks like he was born onstage, under a follow spot, with [ ... ]
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Cirque Dreams: Elysion
Al Ain Square Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates“A breathtaking journey through a land of pure imagination and wonder … an extraordinary adventure into a world of fantasy and awe” promises the blurb, adding “the audience is transported to an ethereal garden atmosphere, alive with animated creatures that [ ... ]
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The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Radisson DAMAC Hills Hessa Street Dubailand, DubaiThe last weekend for this month's Laughter Factory tour (looks like one of the best). On the bill: John Fothergill "Everything he says is funny ... He looks like he was born onstage, under a follow spot, with a mic [ ... ]
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Cirque Dreams: Elysion
Al Ain Square Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates“A breathtaking journey through a land of pure imagination and wonder … an extraordinary adventure into a world of fantasy and awe” promises the blurb, adding “the audience is transported to an ethereal garden atmosphere, alive with animated creatures that [ ... ]
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The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Dukes The Palm Palm Dubai, DubaiLast date for this month's Laughter Factory tour. On the bill: John Fothergill "Everything he says is funny ... He looks like he was born onstage, under a follow spot, with a mic in his hand" said the Guardian A [ ... ]
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LAST CHANCE Mona Ayyash: The Clock Doesn’t Care
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesIn her first solo exhibition, Mona Ayyash presents a collaborative video piece with a group of actors, dancers, and performance artists, focusing on small body movements. Selected through an open call, the artist’s collaborators committed to a long-term creative process [ ... ]
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LAST CHANCE On a Timeline: 2024 MFA Graduate Show
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesMarking the third year of collaboration and an expanded partnership between 421 Arts Campus and NYUAD, the exhibition of work by students completing the two-year Master of Fine Arts in Art and Media at NYUAD showcases research and experimentation by [ ... ]
Free
Cirque Dreams: Elysion
Al Ain Square Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates“A breathtaking journey through a land of pure imagination and wonder … an extraordinary adventure into a world of fantasy and awe” promises the blurb, adding “the audience is transported to an ethereal garden atmosphere, alive with animated creatures that [ ... ]
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Closing Program: Spring 2024 Exhibitions
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesMost exhibitions open with a bang and close with much less fanfare, so 421 is to be commended for marking the end of its current shows – Mona Ayyash: The Clock Doesn’t Care and On a Timeline: 2024 MFA Graduate [ ... ]
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The Sound of Music: dir Robert Wise (1965)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesOne of the best loved films of its time, this sumptuous adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway show gets renewed punch from a newly restored print of the film. Julie Andrews is of course Maria, the spirited young governess [ ... ]
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Dubomedy’s Stand-up Showcase 1
Melrose Paramount Midtown, Al Mustaqbal Street, DubaiGraduates of Dubomedy's Summer Stand-up Intensive course take the stage to perform their best new material. Always good, and always a chance to spot the next big standup star ... It's free, though there's a minimum order of one drink [ ... ]
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Dubomedy’s Stand-up Showcase 2
Melrose Paramount Midtown, Al Mustaqbal Street, DubaiA second tranche of graduates of Dubomedy's Summer Stand-up Intensive course take the stage to perform their best new material (the first group were on at 6pm). Always good, and always a chance to spot the next big standup star [ ... ]
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The Old Oak: dir Ken Loach (2023)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSometimes Ken Loach films can seem a bit of a constant battering of messages about social incohesion and unfairness. At their best, though, they are suffused with empathy and idealism along with the anger and the black-and-white morality; and The [ ... ]
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The Fugitive: dir Andrew Davis (1993)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesHarrison Ford is on top form as the Chicago surgeon framed for the murder of his wife who aims to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers (led by Tommy Lee Jones, playing Tommy Lee Jones) to the man who [ ... ]
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Cirque Dreams: Elysion
Al Ain Square Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates“A breathtaking journey through a land of pure imagination and wonder … an extraordinary adventure into a world of fantasy and awe” promises the blurb, adding “the audience is transported to an ethereal garden atmosphere, alive with animated creatures that [ ... ]
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Cirque Dreams: Elysion
Al Ain Square Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates“A breathtaking journey through a land of pure imagination and wonder … an extraordinary adventure into a world of fantasy and awe” promises the blurb, adding “the audience is transported to an ethereal garden atmosphere, alive with animated creatures that [ ... ]
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Tom Alban: Validation
Zabeel Theatre Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent, DubaiAn opportunity to see one of the rising stars of British stand-up before he really gets famous (he's also an actor, so he has two chances). Expect clever storytelling and relatable anecdotes, infectious humour, and really good crowd work ... [ ... ]
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Candlelight: Beethoven’s Best Works
Emirates Palace Abu DhabiA second candlelit performance this evening for pianist Aldo Dotto, who did Chopin at 7pm. This programme of Beethoven favourites lasts around 65 minutes: ♦ 'Für Elise' (Bagatelle no.25 in A minor) ♦ Piano Sonata No.21 (Waldstein) – 1st movement [ ... ]
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LAST CHANCE Hussein Sharif: Re-framing Reality
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiA major survey of four decades of the artist’s work across painting, drawing, collage and sculpture that should further demonstrate why Sharif – one of 'the five' – is such an important figure in the development of UAE postmodernism. The [ ... ]
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LAST CHANCE Native: Plants in the UAE
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiA group exhibition that showcases the UAE’s native flora, exploring the life conditions of plants indigenous to the country’s landscape and examining how the surrounding atmosphere both affects their growth and results in unique variations of colour, texture, size and [ ... ]
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LAST CHANCE Hussein Sharif: Re-framing Reality
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiThe Culture Foundation's big summer show is a major survey of four decades of work showcasing the multidisciplinary practice across painting, drawing, collage and sculpture of an artist acknoweldged as one of the UAE’s key postmodernists (he was one of [ ... ]
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LAST CHANCE Native: Plants in the UAE
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiAn exhibition that explores the plants indigenous to the UAE, looking at the surrounding atmosphere that affects its growth and gives it its unique variations of colour, texture, size and behaviour. "From the iconic Ghaf tree to the resilient desert [ ... ]
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Cirque Dreams: Elysion
Al Ain Square Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates“A breathtaking journey through a land of pure imagination and wonder … an extraordinary adventure into a world of fantasy and awe” promises the blurb, adding “the audience is transported to an ethereal garden atmosphere, alive with animated creatures that [ ... ]
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Always Growing
Foundry Downtown Boulevard Crescent, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard, DubaiSubtitled “look into the history of contemporary digital art in China” and curated by Jing She, this exhibition features works from 10 artists or collectives from the contemporary digital art scene in China that showcase AI, generative art, 3D imaging, [ ... ]
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The Lost King: dir Stephen Frears (2022)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesBased on a true story – the discovery of the remains of Richard III under a Leicester car park in 2021 – this is the story of amateur historian Philippa Langley (Sally Hawkins at her best), whose passion and research [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA new season of this 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 stuff. It's free, but you need to put your [ ... ]
Free but donations welcome
Cie Hervé Koubi: Sol Invictus
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe new NYUAD Arts Center season opens with a spectacular new show from the returning Compagnie Hervé Koubi. Koubi is building a reputation for stunning choreography that blends contemporary dance and kinetic urban moves; this piece features no fewer than [ ... ]
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Mamma Roma: dir Pier Paolo Pasolini (1962)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesPasolini's audacious second feature is a tale of doomed maternal love set against a stark backdrop of ancient ruins and prefab apartment blocks on the desolate outskirts of Rome. Anna Magnani is superb as a middle-aged streetwalker who attempts to [ ... ]
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Ayesha Sultana: Fragility and Resilience
Ishara Art Foundation Alserkal Avenue, DubaiThe first major solo show in the GCC for the Bangladesh-born US-based artist. Her practice spans drawing, painting and sculpture, "exploring the material and conceptual possibilities of form and medium ... Sultana proposes that fragility can be a form of [ ... ]
Cirque Dreams: Elysion
Al Ain Square Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates“A breathtaking journey through a land of pure imagination and wonder … an extraordinary adventure into a world of fantasy and awe” promises the blurb, adding “the audience is transported to an ethereal garden atmosphere, alive with animated creatures that [ ... ]
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The 7 Sins
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesWe’re always happy to promote local talent, and this series of playlets is written by three Dubai-based playwrights (Dee Gee, Edwige Narbey, Alex Broun) Dee Gee directs; they are set in Dubai on New Year’s fireworks time, and the show [ ... ]
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Cie Hervé Koubi: Sol Invictus
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe second and last performance for this spectacular season opener at the NYUAD Arts Center. This new show from the returning Compagnie Hervé Koubi features no fewer than 17 male and female dancers who perform as a cohesive unit, emphasising [ ... ]
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Layla Kaylif
Zabeel Theatre Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent, DubaiThe British-Emirati singer-songwriter (and occasional filmmaker) Layla Kaylif celebrates the 25th anniversary of her hit single Shakespeare in Love with this one-night-only gig. (Hopefully it will include her very cool Arabic version of Hallelujah as well.) Joining her will be [ ... ]
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LAST CHANCE backbone
Carbon 12 Dubai, United Arab Emiratesstudio salasil has curated this group show of six artists "who engage in risk and interruption within their practices", structuring the exhibition around the effective concept of the backbone – "a central, internal structure of strength that binds and connects [ ... ]
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Emily Karaka: Ka Awatea, A New Dawn
Al Mureijah Art Spaces Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesA survey of the work and practice of Emily Karaka. A largely self-taught painter, she is an abstract expressionist, a colourist and (occasionally) an assemblage artist. Her work is personal, passionate and anchored in the politics of the culture clash [ ... ]
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Bouchra Khalili: Between Circles and Constellations
Al Mureijah Art Spaces Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesAmplifying the voices of migrant and disenfranchised communities, Khalili makes manifest micro-histories erased by the nation-state. Featuring a selection of her most significant projects over the last two decades, including the regional premiere of The Public Storyteller (2024), the exhibition [ ... ]
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Cirque Dreams: Elysion
Al Ain Square Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates“A breathtaking journey through a land of pure imagination and wonder … an extraordinary adventure into a world of fantasy and awe” promises the blurb, adding “the audience is transported to an ethereal garden atmosphere, alive with animated creatures that [ ... ]
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Ghizlane Agzenaï: Kaleidoscope
Volery Gallery Maze Tower - 5201, Dubai International Financial Center, DubaiThe Moroccan artist's debut Middle East exhibition is described by the gallery as "a milestone event that offers a unique opportunity to experience Agzenaï’s vibrant and dynamic art in person". On show is a collection of Agzenaï’s signature totems and [ ... ]
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The 7 Sins
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesSecond performance for this series of playlets. They are written by three Dubai-based playwrights (Dee Gee, Edwige Narbey, Alex Broun) and directed by Dee Gee; set in Dubai on New Year’s fireworks time, they feature cast and crew drawn from [ ... ]
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Same Same, but Different: A Sit Down with Shawn and Friends
VOX Mercato Mercato Mall, Jumeirah Beach Rd, DubaiThe latest edition of Shawn Chidiac's now-monthly chat-plus-comedy evening at VOX Cinemas Mercato Mall. For the September edition, Shawn will be joined by stand-up comedians Sundeep Fernandes and Anand Raman.
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Cirque Dreams: Elysion
Al Ain Square Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates“A breathtaking journey through a land of pure imagination and wonder … an extraordinary adventure into a world of fantasy and awe” promises the blurb, adding “the audience is transported to an ethereal garden atmosphere, alive with animated creatures that [ ... ]
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The World of Us: dir Yoon Ga-eun (2016)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesYoon’s confident debut feature picked up numerous nominations and awards both in his native South Korea and abroad. An award-winning coming of age tale, with simple, unadorned storytelling that immerses us in the world of two primary school girls. Their [ ... ]
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Candlelight: Mozart’s Masterpieces
Al Nojoom Ballroom, Shangri-La Dubai Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAldo Dotto plays a recital of what does indeed look like a top selection of the composer's works, all lit by candlelight. The programme: ♦ Symphony 40, 1st movement (arranged for piano) ♦ Sonata no.5 KV 283 in G Major: [ ... ]
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Nataly Aukar
Zabeel Theatre Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent, DubaiLebanese-born and raised, NYC based, combining sharp city wit with anecdotes of a strict upbringing amid a civil war, described by her mum as "really pretty when she makes an effort" and by her friends as "great when you get [ ... ]
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The 7 Sins
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesLast chance to see this series of Dubai-set playlets. They are written by three Dubai-based playwrights (Dee Gee, Edwige Narbey, Alex Broun) and directed by Dee Gee; cast and crew are drawn from 11 different nationalities – which is about [ ... ]
AED 100
Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesExactly 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 Timur D’Vatz: Arcadian Dreams
Andakulova Gallery Unit 18, P4 Level Damac Park Towers, DIFC , Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA summer-long exhibition of work from one of the gallery’s stalwarts, Timur D'Vatz, featuring his signature mix of stylised figures and symbolic settings that owe something to mediaeval European tapestry, something to Byzantine decoration. The title refers to the dawn [ ... ]
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