• DCFxPPC Comedy Showcase

    Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, Dubai

    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.

    AED 125
  • 100 Years of Paul Guiragossian

    Bassam Freiha Art Foundation Cultural District Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

    A landmark retrospective for one of the key modernist painters to emerge from the Levant in the twentieth century. Alongside significant works drawn primarily from the artist’s estate, many travelling outside Lebanon for the very first time, the exhibition – [... more]

    Free
  • Roots Before Petals

    Bassam Freiha Art Foundation Cultural District Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

    An exhibition that brings contemporary UAE-based artist Lana Khayat into dialogue with Lebanese modernists Etel Adnan and Helen Khal, linking distinct practices across generations of Lebanese artists. Says the gallery: "Their work differs in scale and sensibility, yet each built [... more]

    Free
  • Alfred Basbous: Sculpting the Line

    Bassam Freiha Art Foundation Cultural District Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

    A selection of work by a pioneering figure of modern sculpture in Lebanon, presented in collaboration with the Alfred Basbous Foundation. Basbous worked across stone, marble, wood and bronze, responding closely to the particular qualities of each material rather than [... more]

    Free
  • Laputa – Castle in the Sky: dir Hayao Miyazaki (1986)

    Cultural Foundation Qasr al Hosn, Abu Dhabi

    Miyazaki's soaring adventure is a timeless story of friendship, courage and the perils of unchecked power as Sheeta and Pazu are pursued by sky pirates and government agents seeking the crystal that unlocks the legendary floating city Laputa. In Japanese, [... more]

    AED 35
  • Anime Memories

    Cultural Foundation Qasr al Hosn, Abu Dhabi

    "Both a celebration and a tribute to Japan’s globally cherished anime culture ..." The Japanese trio A (violin, cello, piano) will be joined by singer Noristry to deliver top tunes from Japanese animation – Miyazaki classics, Demon Slayer, and more.

    From AED 130
  • Joke Hub

    Canopy by Hilton Dubai Al Seef Al Seef Street, Umm Hurair 1, Dubai

    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.

    AED 99
  • One Year of Pepperoni Live

    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]

    From AED 175
  • DCFxPPC Comedy Showcase

    Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, Dubai

    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]

    AED 125
  • CLOSING TODAY MONOCHROMA 2

    Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    You don’t see enough ceramic art outside the interiors business, and then it just tends to be bowls; so this show by Double J Collective (“the first project based in Dubai exclusively dedicated to exhibit, promote and sell fine craft [... more]

    Free
  • Kiki’s Delivery Service: dir Hayao Miyazaki (1986)

    Cultural Foundation Qasr al Hosn, Abu Dhabi

    A warm coming-of-age story about independence and believing in yourself, from Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli: 13-year-old witch leaves home with her talking cat to spend a year training in a seaside town, where she starts a flying delivery service [... more]

    AED 35
  • One Piece Film – Red: dir Gorō Taniguchi (2022)

    Cultural Foundation Qasr al Hosn, Abu Dhabi

    The 15th feature in the One Piece Film series, based on the manga series of the same name. A new adventure begins for Luffy and his crew when mysterious pop superstar Uta unveils her identity — and launches a misguided [... more]

    AED 35
  • Comedy at the Speakeasy

    Moon Bar Mina Al Salam, Madinat Jumeriah, Dubai

    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]

    AED 99
  • Sunday Night Comedy

    Social Distrikt The Pointe, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai

    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]

    Free, but min spend of one item
  • Nathan Ellis: work.txt

    Poetry House Al Arouba St, Sharjah

    This is a participative play about a person in an unnamed city who has stopped working; the audience must work together to figure out why. Performed entirely by the audience, work.txt – a sell-out show staged in nine countries in [... more]

    Free, but pre-register
  • DCFxPPC Comedy Showcase

    Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, Dubai

    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.

    AED 125
  • Cineolio’s Cinenights

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

    Founded by Emirati filmmaker and curator Nawaf Al Janahi in 2020, Cineolio exists to promote short films and expand their audience reach internationally. Its Cinenights screening series presents a diverse selection of short films on the big screen, celebrating cinematic [... more]

    AED 31.50
  • Fridge Concert Series 50: Salalem | Wetgrass

    The Fridge Warehouse Warehouse 5, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

    Salalem have been part of Egypt’s independent music scene for 20 years; the Fridge says "their music sits somewhere between poetic songwriting and the direct emotional honesty of a conversation with friends". Wetgrass moves between indie, pop and rock ...  Advance [... more]

    AED 100
  • The Comedy Lab @ Easy Tiger

    Al Ain Palace Hotel Corniche Road, Abu Dhabi

    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 …

    AED 99
  • SCHLiNGEL Abu Dhabi: day one

    Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

    SCHLiNGEL is an international film festival for children that has been running since 1996 in Chemnitz, Germany, showcasing the most exciting new productions for young people. This year's Abu Dhabi edition, the third, runs on 21, 23 and 24 October. The [... more]

    AED 25
  • Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro

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

    The Courtyard’s popular 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 [... more]

    Free
  • Sharjah Animation and Comics Conference

    Aljada Sharjah

    The fourth edition of SACC returns to Aljada from 22-25 October with more than 150 activities – masterclasses, workshops, seminars, talks and “hands-on experiences”. There are separate programmes for Animation and Comics, which rather begs the question of why the [... more]

    AED 450
  • UAENO: Romantic Masters

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

    The UAE National Orchestra continues its active schedule with a good-looking programme of contrasting music from three great Romantic composers – lively melodies from Rossini in the overture to The Barber of Seville, technical virtuosity and expressive range in Mendelssohn's [... more]

    From AED 100
  • Un Air de Famille

    The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Dubai's long-established bastion of Francophone theatre, Culture Emulsion, looks like it has picked another winner with this French comedy – the play by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri was a great success in 1994, and it was made into an [... more]

    AED 160
  • 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
  • SCHLiNGEL Abu Dhabi: day two

    Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

    SCHLiNGEL is an international film festival for children that has been running since 1996 in Chemnitz, Germany, showcasing the most exciting new productions for young people. The  film for 23 Oct is a reprise: A Butterfly's Heart dir Inesa Kurklietytė [... more]

    AED 25
  • Joke Jam

    Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, Dubai

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

    From AED 125
  • Un Air de Famille

    The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Second performance of this Francophone comedy by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri . Every Friday the Mesnards gather at the family café before going to dinner; but for this night the unspoken tensions and buried frustrations are revealed ... SOLD [... more]

    AED 160
  • Rhythms of Africa: Djembe & Kora

    Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    "An evening of music, rhythm and discovery" – a live performance featuring the harp-like djembe and the kora drum, traditional instruments of West Africa. We haven't been told who will be playing, but the price does include a preliminary aperitif [... more]

    AED 65 – AED 80
  • Politically Incorrect Comedy

    Xandros Singature 1 Hotel, Barsha Heights, Dubai

    Mad Cat Comedy’s regular standup night at Xandros in Signature 1 Hotel, TECOM. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.

    AED 80
  • Johnague Show

    Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, Dubai

    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.

    From AED 160
  • SCHLiNGEL Abu Dhabi: day three

    Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

    SCHLiNGEL is an international film festival for children that has been running since 1996 in Germany, showcasing the most exciting new productions for young people. This is the main event of SCHLiNGEL Abu Dhabi, a day of screenings each of [... more]

    AED 25
  • CLOSING TODAY Private World

    Green Art Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    A group show for Lulua Alyahya, Rami Farook, Sohrab Hura, and Khaled Jarada that promises to take the viewer into “intimate, elusive worlds … Modest in scale, invite a form of looking that is closer and more inward, creating encounters [... more]

    Free
  • Moulin Rouge! Le Musical

    The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Inspired by Baz Luhrmann’s film, the musical brings 1900s Montmartre to the stage, blending a tragic love story with a modern pop soundtrack and all the theatrical energy you could hope for ... The Culture Emulsion team promise "the glamour, [... more]

    AED 110
  • Joke Hub

    Canopy by Hilton Dubai Al Seef Al Seef Street, Umm Hurair 1, Dubai

    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.

    AED 99
  • The Dating Show by Noha & Denise

    Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, Dubai

    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]

    From AED 160
  • Carte Blanche

    La Galerie, Alliance Française Dubai Alliance Française Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    A group exhibition organised with Feminin Pluriel, featuring the work of a selection of contemporary female artists. Participating artists were given carte blanche to explore their own creative perspectives; the result is seen in photography, painting, sculpture, 3D and mixed [... more]

    Free
  • Dubai Bibliophiles: Poetry Session – Vote for Your Favorites

    The Coffee Club Times Square Center, 4B Street, Dubai

    Discuss the top seven poems (from a list of 50) that have received the most votes by members. As with any such list, it's highly debatable – way too many US poets, way too few from MENASA (including the UAE, [... more]

    Free
  • Joke Jam

    Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, Dubai

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

    From AED 125
  • Comedy at the Speakeasy

    Moon Bar Mina Al Salam, Madinat Jumeriah, Dubai

    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]

    AED 99
  • Moulin Rouge! Le Musical

    The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Second performance of Culture Emulsion's Francophone take on the Baz Luhrmann film, bringing 1900s Montmartre to the stage for a tragic love story with a modern pop soundtrack.

    AED 110
  • Mallika Taneja: Do You Know This Song?

    Sharjah Performing Arts Academy Sharjah

    Surrounded by toys and objects from her childhood, Mallika Taneja uses a harmonium and a microphone to look for what she has lost – a singer and her songs. As she moves between this tale of searching, singing and grief, [... more]

    Free, but pre-register
  • The Matter of Light

    Dom Art Projects Al Khayat Avenue, Dubai

    A group show curated by Eugenia Kikodze, this exhibition brings together a multigenerational group of artists from across the Arab world and Eastern Europe, bound by a shared interest in metaphysics and its representation within art. The artists include Zaha [... more]

    Free
  • The Comedy Lab @ Easy Tiger

    Al Ain Palace Hotel Corniche Road, Abu Dhabi

    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 …

    AED 99
  • MAWASIM: 20 Years of Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art

    The Abu Dhabi Edition Al Bateen Marina, Abu Dhabi

    Christie’s first live auction of fine art in Abu Dhabi takes place on 1 November, preceded by two viewing days open to all. There will be more than 70 works from six decades of museum-quality art that traces the evolution [... more]

    Free
  • CLOSING TODAY Talal Moualla: The Table of Absence

    K Gallery Al Barari, Seventh Heaven, Dubai

    For more than five decades, the Syrian artist, poet, and critic Talal Moualla has approached the image not simply as representation, but (says the gallery) “as a form of thought ... Moving between painting, criticism, poetry and research, his practice [... more]

    Free
  • Joke Jam

    Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, Dubai

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

    From AED 125
  • 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
  • CLOSING TODAY Hisham Sharif: Allusive Veil

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

    Sharif’s first solo exhibition in the UAE presents an autobiographical and very personal series of works about the struggles of private and artist life in a closed society – "a vulnerable, nuanced presentation of life”. The Bahraini artist uses colour [... more]

    Free
  • Joke Jam

    Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, Dubai

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

    From AED 125