City of Stars
Aspiring actress and young jazz musician find love in Los Angeles. Yes, it's the plot of La-La Land, and City of Stars ∼ which also happens to be one of the better songs from the soundtrack – is an adaptation [ ... ]
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Events
- The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Show Me on the Map: dir Marie-Helene Cousineau (2010)
Al Hamra Cinema Al Arouba Street, SharjahThe first of two films by the Canadian documentary maker gives voice to first nation citizens concerned about the environmental and cultural impact of unprecedented mining industry developments on Aboriginal lands. This is a Sharjah Biennial 15 Film Programme screening.
Free, but pre-register
Rhapsody of Memories
Theatre of Digital Arts Souk Madinat Jumeriah, Dubai"Modern classics that speak to your heart ... Relive the most precious moments of your life" with virtuoso pianist Fyodor Biryuchev, who promises to revive "memories that truly matter. First love. Heartbreak. The joy of reunion. The moments of profound [ ... ]
From AED 180Still Dancing – a True Story of a Parkinson’s Hero
Emirates Theatre, Jumeirah Emirates International School, Umm Al Sheif, DubaiA second and final show for this reprise of the Third Half Theatre and Movement Mantra dance-theatre production that aims to raise awareness about Parkinson’s Disease. Movement Mantra ‘s founder, movement coach Vonita Singh, has been championing the Parkinson’s cause [ ... ]
AED 80Sol: dir Marie-Helene Cousineau (2014)
Al Hamra Cinema Al Arouba Street, SharjahThe second of two films by Cousineau explores the death of a young Inuk man, Solomon Tapatiaq Uyarasuk, who is found dead in a remote Inuit community. The locals suspect murder, but the police suggest suicide. As the film investigates [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
Aziza Brahim Tabal Quartet: Live In Sharjah
Africa Hall Al Manakh, SharjahSharjah Art Foundation presents the Queen of Western Sahara Desert Blues Aziza Brahim and her Tabal Quartet live in Sharjah as part of the Sharjah Biennial 15 Music Programme. Born and raised in the Saharawi refugee camps on the frontier [ ... ]
AED 100City of Stars
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesMatinee and evening performances (2pm and 7.30pm) for this musical adaptation of La-La Land by Yasseen Ashri, who also directs The Greenroom youth theatre group.
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CineMAS – Under the Fig Tree: dir Erige Sehiri (2022)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesIn northwest Tunisia, young women work the summer harvest. Largely improvised and set on a single day, this film by Erige Sehiri (who is perhaps better known as a documentary maker) packs argument, gossip, romance and social criticism into a [ ... ]
AED 30Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesExactly what it says: an evening of scenes, stories and narrative improvisation influenced by audience suggestions and featuring the Courtyard Playhouse's most experienced improv performers. Classic Courtyard stuff. It's free, but you need to put your name on the guestlist [ ... ]
Free but donations welcome
CineMAS – Without Her / The Dam
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates7pm Without Her|Bi Roya dir Arian Vazirdaftari (2023) Just two weeks before Roya is set to emigrate from Iran to Denmark, she encounters a quiet young girl who appears to be lost and doesn’t remember anything. Roya takes her in, [ ... ]
AED 30
Press Print!
Aisha Alabbar Gallery Warehouse 101, Al Quoz 2, DubaiA group show that celebrates printmaking practices in the UAE, especially "the inherent experimental potential and various techniques available to artists working today". From the gallery's press release: Dubai-based illustrator and printmaker Azim Al Ghussein experiments with image making methods [ ... ]
Free
CineMAS – Foragers / Tara
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates7pm Foragers dir Jumana Manna (2022) Shot in the Golan Heights, the Galilee and Jerusalem, the film employs fiction, documentary and archival footage to capture the joy and knowledge embodied in the traditions of foraging for wild edible plants alongside the [ ... ]
AED 30
Monty Python’s Spamalot
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesYou probably won't have more fun in the theatre this year: based on ("ripped off from") the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, this highly irreverent musical parody of Arthurian legend has lyrics and book by Python's Eric [ ... ]
AED 130Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesTen 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 the lowest score is eliminated. Eventually only [ ... ]
Free but donations welcome
Ever-Present
Efiɛ Gallery 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue, First Al Khail Street, DubaiA group show by six African artists presenting “a captivating and thought-provoking collection of artworks that highlight the diverse landscapes and thematic intersections of African art across generations … The exhibition offers a glimpse into the complex histories, traditions, and [ ... ]
FreeTalal Al Najjar, Ziad Al Najjar: Symbiotic Hyperreal
NYUAD Project Space NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiThis exhibition marks the first duo show for Emirati brothers Talal Al Najjar and Ziad Al Najjar. They each maintain a distinct individual artistic practice, but developed in close proximity to one another; and both draw upon their relationship to [ ... ]
Free
Connecting Minds Book Club: Ben Okri
Terra Auditorium Terra – The Sustainability Pavilion, Expo City, Dubai“Books alone can’t save the world,” says the blurb for this new book club. “But passionate readers can.” At the opening event of what we’re told will be a regular LitFest-style session with “renowned authors from around the world”, the [ ... ]
AED 50
CineMAS – 19B / White Building
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates7pm 19B dir Ahmad Abdalla (2022) The richly-layered narrative centres on the elderly caretaker of an abandoned Cairo villa known as 19B. The owners have been absent for so long that no one even knows how to contact them, and the [ ... ]
AED 30Monty Python’s Spamalot
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA second performance of this highly irreverent musical parody of Arthurian legend, based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail with lyrics and book by Python's Eric Idle and a score by Idle and John Du Prez. [ ... ]
AED 130The Addams Family – A New Musical
Sunmarke School Jumeirah Village Triangle, DubaiMTDXB (Musical Theatre Dubai) is – as far as we know – the first and only adult theatre group in Dubai to specialise in musicals. Formed in 2021, they have done four performances to date, and they tend to be [ ... ]
AED 150
Sleeping Beauty
Dubai OperaTchaikovsky’s all-time crowdpleaser is danced by the Moscow Ballet “La Classique”. Expect ballet mastery, lavish costumes, and magnificent stage sets; "La Classique" specialises in sumptuous, unashamedly traditional touring productions of which this must be one of the most classic ... [ ... ]
From AED250
The Jazz Garden: Chanda Rule
The Arena, Montgomerie Gulf Club Al Thanayah Fourth - 10 7th Street, DubaiSuperb soul and gospel, and purveyor of one of the best Nina Simone tributes (one of her ten albums). Her voice is sensational; "I could listen to this lady all day" said a Jazz Weekly reviewer. She sings with the [ ... ]
From AED 125
CineMAS – A Letter From Al Barzakh / All of Our Heartbeats Are Connected Through Exploding Stars / Fragments From Heaven
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates7pm A Letter From Al Barzakh dir Waleed Al Madani (2019) Al Barzakh is a period of time where the dead live between the moment they die and their judgement day. In this short experimental documentary, Al Madani takes the [ ... ]
AED 30Monty Python’s Spamalot
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe third of four days of performances for this highly irreverent musical parody of Arthurian legend based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It's funny and clever, and it's brought to us by the Abu Dhabi Choral Group, the [ ... ]
AED 130The Addams Family – A New Musical
Sunmarke School Jumeirah Village Triangle, DubaiA second performance for this musical sequel to the original Addams Family story by MTDXB. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family– a [ ... ]
AED 150Monty Python’s Spamalot
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe final two performances (thyere are shows at 2pm and 7.30pm) for this irreverent musical parody of Arthurian legend, based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It's funny and clever, and it's brought to us by [ ... ]
AED 130Sleeping Beauty
Dubai OperaA second and final performance for Tchaikovsky’s all-time crowdpleaser as danced by the Moscow Ballet “La Classique”. Expect ballet mastery, lavish costumes, and magnificent stage sets; "La Classique" specialises in sumptuous, unashamedly traditional touring productions.
From AED250The Addams Family – A New Musical
Sunmarke School Jumeirah Village Triangle, DubaiThe final performances (shows at 2.30 and 7.30pm) for this musical sequel to the original Addams Family story by MTDXB. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man [ ... ]
AED 150
CineMAS – Bayn al Khaleej
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesGulf Shorts – Past and Present A program of short films from the Gulf region by filmmakers looking at the past through personal and cultural histories. 3pm Clouds dir Muzna Alumusafer (2020) 15 mins A journey inside a tribal society [ ... ]
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CineMAS Love Is Not An Orange / Super 8 Years / Silences of the Palace
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates3pm Love Is Not An Orange dir Otilia Babara (2022) In the early 1990s, women left Moldova in large numbers to provide for their families. Unable to return home, they found a peculiar way to stay in touch: sending large [ ... ]
AED 30Monday 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. Classic Courtyard stuff. It's free, but you need to put your name on [ ... ]
Free but donations welcome
Abu Dhabi Classics 2023: Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
Emirates Palace Abu DhabiThe celebrated cellist is accompanied on piano by his long-time friend and collaborator Kathryn Stott. We don’t know what the programme will be, but their pandemic album Songs of Comfort and Hope had 21 tracks ranging across modern arrangements of [ ... ]
From AED 100Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesTen 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 the lowest score is eliminated. Eventually only [ ... ]
Free but donations welcome
Jameel Prize: Poetry to Politics
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiFounded in 2009, the Jameel Prize is a collaboration between the V&A and Art Jameel; it is the world’s leading award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition. This sixth edition, the first to have a focus on [ ... ]
Free
Sara Sadik: Ils finiront dans des ravins (They will end up in ravines) / Le nez de ma mère (My Mother’s Nose)
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiCo-commissioned with the Lyon Biennale, this filmic installation by Sara Sadik uses video games, science fiction, everyday life and French rap music to write coming-of-age stories. Accompanying it is a continuously-running programme of French-language cinema titled Le nez de ma [ ... ]
FreeThe Jazz Garden: Ronald Baker
The Arena, Montgomerie Gulf Club Al Thanayah Fourth - 10 7th Street, DubaiTop trumpet player and very fine singer of jazz and blues (Baker's voice draws comparison with Al Jarreau's) performs with the regular resident jazz band, the Alexey Cheremizov Quartet. Should be a good night. Doors open at 7pm, Baker is [ ... ]
From AED 125The Story of Princess Aurora
Dubai OperaTurning Pointe Youth Ballet – a dance school that consistently delivers very good showcases – presents its adaptation of the well-loved fairy tale of a young girl bewitched at birth but rescued by the fairies and brought up in the [ ... ]
From AED 145Jazz to Jive
The Club Al Mina, Abu DhabiTwo nights of fun music (10 and 11 June) from the best of Abu Dhabi's musical talent: a cappella groups Blue Fever and Voices of Harmony (both well established, both excellent) with two local big bands, the British School al [ ... ]
AED 140
Gypsies Go To Heaven
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiAn exhilarating musical and dance extravaganza by the Slovak Dance Theatre with the Gypsy Devils orchestra, created by noted Slovak director and choreographer Ján Ďurovčík. Packed with wild virtuoso dancing and thrilling gypsy songs, the show is based on a [ ... ]
From AED 100Nature Namur: film shorts and photography
Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe International Nature Namur Festival (FINN) claims to be "the must-attend event for nature and beautiful image enthusiasts", attracting over 35,000 spectators and visitors to the Belgian city each year for its three international image competitions – photos, amateur films, [ ... ]
FreeStorytelling Sunday with Suzy Sikorski
Aisha Alabbar Gallery Warehouse 101, Al Quoz 2, DubaiAs part of the programme for Press Print!, the gallery's current show, Aisha Alabar is hosting a session with Suzy Sikorski of Mid East Art, "a digital storytelling platform of art and culture of the Middle East region that focuses [ ... ]
FreeNational Youth Orchestra Gala
Dubai OperaA Gala Performance with the National Youth Orchestra to celebrate its five-year anniversary. The largest and most prestigious youth orchestra in the region, the NYO currently has more than 120 young musicians aged 5-18; this concert features the NYO Concerto [ ... ]
From AED 150Jazz to Jive
The Club Al Mina, Abu DhabiA second night of fun music from the best of Abu Dhabi's musical talent: a cappella groups Blue Fever and Voices of Harmony (both well established, both excellent) with two local big bands, the British School al Khubairat Jazz Band [ ... ]
AED 140Monday 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. Classic Courtyard stuff. It's free, but you need to put your name on [ ... ]
Free but donations welcomeTalk: Brian Gonzales – International Print Community
Aisha Alabbar Gallery Warehouse 101, Al Quoz 2, DubaiAs part of the programme for Press Print!, the gallery's current show, Brian Gonzales – printmaker, art collector, lecturer at the University of Sharjah and one of the participating artists – explores cultural influences and the power of print to [ ... ]
FreeWednesday Night Impro: Maestro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesTen 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 the lowest score is eliminated. Eventually only [ ... ]
Free but donations welcome
Timur Akhmedov: Kaleidoscope
Andakulova Gallery Unit 18, P4 Level Damac Park Towers, DIFC , Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA solo exhibition for the respected Uzbek artist with new works alongside some that have already been seen. Akhmedov's style is a surreal symbolism that is almost fairytale-like and frequently depicts the artist (and others) as characters in a story, [ ... ]
FreeThe Jazz Garden: Bruce Johnson
The Arena, Montgomerie Gulf Club Al Thanayah Fourth - 10 7th Street, DubaiTalented soul and R&B singer, originally from Indianapolis but with a style honed in France. He performs with the regular resident jazz band, the Alexey Cheremizov Quartet. Should be another good night for this end-of-season gig. Doors open at 7pm, [ ... ]
From AED 125Rooftop Rhythms #99 Grand Slam Finale Competition / Season Closing
Marketplace, NYUAD Campus Abu DhabiThe Middle East’s best (and longest-running) poetry and performance open mic night winds up its 11th season with original material from spoken word artists, poets, and musicians. Rooftop Rhythms is hosted by founder Dorian Paul Rogers, with opening and closing [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register online
