Events
Aida
Dubai OperaThe 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 380Comedy at Melrose
Melrose Paramount Midtown, Al Mustaqbal Street, DubaiDubomedy'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-registerMonday 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 welcomeLAST CHANCE Susan Doe: Entwined
NYUAD Project Space NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiThe 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, [ ... ]
Sébastien Labrunie: Brèche
kanvas Dubai Unit 1, Al Khayat Art Avenue, 19th Street Al Quoz 1, Dubai"An organic dive through matter, light and memory," says the blurb. "This hybrid narrative sculpture blurs the line between macro and micro perspectives while connecting moments and places of the past." Labrunie’s first large-scale immersive installation (first seen back in [ ... ]
FreeAlia Ahmad: Aspects [مظاهر]
Lawrie Shabibi Unit 21, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiThe 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 [ ... ]
FreeArmin Najib: -continuum
Aisha Alabbar Gallery Warehouse C19, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiNajib 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 [ ... ]
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Sarah Almehairi and Bernhard Buhmann: The Errantries of Sarah Almehairi and Bernhard Buhmann
Carbon 12 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAn exhibition of recent paintings by the two artists that feature “unexpected protrusions and punctures … that are, as the philosopher Édouard Glissant describes it, ‘a poetics of errantry’, both adventurous wanderings and rebellious misdirections. Referencing forms and motifs from [ ... ]
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Istoria: A Retrospective Reimagining Middle Eastern Feminism with Leila Nseir
Ayyam Gallery B11, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThis 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 [ ... ]
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Kaikhan Salakhov: Astral Space Exploration ‐ The Cosmic Renaissance
Firetti Contemporary Unit 29, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiSalakhov'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 [ ... ]
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I Kept The Night Vigil …
Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab EmiratesSubtitled ‘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 [ ... ]
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Sumayyah Samaha: Lines and Forms
Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA 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 [ ... ]
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Maria Jose Benvenuto: Nature’s Pulse
Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA 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 [ ... ]
FreeBound: Textiles Between Loss and Repair
Green Art Gallery Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe 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 [ ... ]
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Lucerne Festival Quintet with Alexander Malofeev
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA 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 100Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe 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 welcomeSarah Alagroobi: Slanted Dreamscape
Artbooth Gallery Centro Capital Center, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street, Abu DhabiAlagroobi’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 [ ... ]
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Gaye Su Akyol | TootArd
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesClassic 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 105Lucerne Festival Quintet with Alexander Malofeev
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA 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 100The UAE Classical Talents: A Night with Vivaldi
Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe 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 130LAST CHANCE Carpets of Eden, Gardens of Fantasy
Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThis 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 [ ... ]
FreeArt Here 2024
Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiLouvre Abu Dhabi’s Art Here 2024, now in its fourth edition, has rapidly become a significant entry in the Middle East’s art exhibition calendar – a regional competition for 3D work that benefits from sponsorship by luxe watchmaker Richard Mille [ ... ]
AED 60
Andy Warhol, The Glam Factory
Foundry Downtown Boulevard Crescent, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard, DubaiA collection of more than 100 of Warhol’s works, curated by Nada Ghandour, which aims to trace Warhol's rise from his modest beginnings in commercial illustration to his status as the Pope of Pop Art via screenprints, photos, and magazines [ ... ]
AED 100
Cineolio’s Cinenights
Mohammed Bin Rashid Library Al Jaddaf, DubaiAn evening of five short films, all subtitled in both Arabic and English: 12 Drawings a Day: dir Denis Chapon (Denmark, 2011: 5 mins) Experimental animation created on the reverse of used A4 sheets. Each day for three years drew [ ... ]
FreeGo Back for Murder
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAgatha Christie wrote more than a dozen plays as well as the novels that made her name, and this is one -- written in 1960, an adaptation of her story Five Little Pigs with Hercule Poirot removed from the story. [ ... ]
AED 120
TootArd | Gaye Su Akyol
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA 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 105The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Mövenpick Hotel JBR Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThis month's Laughter Factory tour kicks off at the Mövenpick as usual. The acts: Kate Barron a return to the UAE for the award-winning Canadian comic, sharp, witty and unfiltered Farhan Solo a Gulf debut for the "eccentric millennial Muslim" [ ... ]
AED 160Majd Kurdieh: Butterflies
Fann à Porter The Workshop, Villa 45, St. 23b, off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park), Jumeirah 2, DubaiA 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 [ ... ]
FreeThe Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Al Habtoor Polo Resort Al Safa 5, Emirates Road 611, DubaiThis month's Laughter Factory tour drops in at Al Habtoor with the usual standup gig followed by a no-sitting afterparty with the chance to mingle with the acts (though not for long, they're booked at the Mövenpick at 8.30pm). On [ ... ]
AED 160Go Back for Murder
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesSecond performance of this Agatha Christie play. There's an unusual twist on the traditional murder mystery , the action moving from past to present and illuminating the danger of relying on personal testimony warped by time, prejudice and perception. Carla [ ... ]
AED 120The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Mövenpick Hotel JBR Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThis month's Laughter Factory tour gets a second show at the Mövenpick as usual. The acts: Kate Barron a return to the UAE for the award-winning Canadian comic, sharp, witty and unfiltered Farhan Solo a Gulf debut for the "eccentric [ ... ]
AED 160
Way of the Forest
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThis 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 [ ... ]
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Mary Poppins: dir Robert Stevenson (1964)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA newly restored print of the multiple Academy Award winner, starring Julie Andrews as the magical nanny and Dick Van Dyke as a most unlikely chimney sweep. Fantastical adventures follow as the spirited nanny turns every chore into a game [ ... ]
FreeGo Back for Murder
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe final performance for this Agatha Christie play. There's an unusual twist on the traditional murder mystery , the action moving from past to present and illuminating the danger of relying on personal testimony warped by time, prejudice and perception. [ ... ]
AED 120
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Dubai OperaIt'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 260Comedy Mix-Tape
Melrose Paramount Midtown, Al Mustaqbal Street, DubaiDubomedy'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-registerComedy Mix-Tape
Paramount Hotel Midtown Al Mustaqbal Street, Business Bay, DubaiDubomedy's improv evening is back with graduates of Dubomedy's workshops plus special guests in "a hilarious mash-up of stand-up and improv". This is a double-header, with shows at 6pm and 8.30pm; they're free (with a minimum spend of one drink [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
Armageddon Time: dir James Gray (2022)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesJames Gray’s deeply personal coming-of-age tale, set in 1980s New York, boasts fine performances from Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong as the parents and Anthony Hopkins dispensing twinkly grandfatherly wisdom – and, as a sixth-grader making his way through school [ ... ]
FreeMonday 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
Ökozid | Ecocide: dir Andres Veiel (2020)
Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab EmiratesIt 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. [ ... ]
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