Laughter Lounge
A Callback Comedy night promising "raw, unfiltered comedy" from six good local standups plus host.
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Events
- New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, Dubai
Song of the Sea: dir Tomm Moore (2014)
SAF Photography Gallery Al Manakh, SharjahThis engaging animated feature takes inspiration from the Selkies of Irish folklore, who live as seals in the sea but become humans on land. 10-year-old Ben and his mute little sister Saoirse, the last Seal-child, embark on a fantastic journey [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerThe Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
The Club Al Mina, Abu DhabiThe July Laughter Factory tour looks like a good one, the usual mix of international visitors and a local star but with the bar set high for all of them: Josh Baulf – British stand-up comedian hotly tipped for success: [ ... ]
AED 140The Comedy Lab @ Easy Tiger
Al Ain Palace Hotel Corniche Road, Abu DhabiMad 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 99Tangerine Dreams
Ayyam Gallery B11, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAyyam Gallery's summer collective exhibition focuses on the colour orange: "occupying a unique space between intensity and comfort, orange embodies both vitality and reflection. Associated with sunlight, fire, ripened fruit, and shifting horizons, the colour carries a rich spectrum of [ ... ]
FreeGrüße vom Mars | Greetings from Mars: dir Sarah Winkenstette (2024)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesTom is ten and different from other children: changes unsettle him, loud noises overwhelm him, and he feels most at home in his world of outer space — often dressed in his astronaut suit. When his mother unexpectedly has to [ ... ]
FreeIn Transit
Artbooth Gallery Centro Capital Center, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street, Abu DhabiA group exhibition featuring works by Wadeei Khaled, Ahmad El Badawi, Bahram Hajou, Hanibal Srouji, Jamal Bassiouni, Rania Amoudi and Yervant Hawarian – an introduction to artists who will be featured in upcoming exhibitions throughout the year, alongside others whose [ ... ]
FreeCity Circles: Architecture beyond walls – the role of landscaping in urban placemaking
Natural History Museum Jacques Chirac St, Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiPart of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi’s ongoing City Circles programme exploring the connections between architecture, the environment, and urban life, this conversation explores how culture is shaped not only inside museums and galleries but also in the public spaces and gardens where [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerA Writing Practice: Penmanship as Friendship
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates"A welcoming space to write alongside others and find your voice on the page" in the form of a writing seminar led by Sarah Afaneh designed for writers at any stage of their practice. It comprises six sessions held across [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerThe Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Bla Bla Dubai The Beach, DubaiThe July Laughter Factory tour looks like a good one, the usual mix of international visitors and a local star but with the bar set high for all of them: Josh Baulf – British stand-up comedian hotly tipped for success: [ ... ]
AED 140Politically Incorrect Comedy
Xandros Singature 1 Hotel, Barsha Heights, DubaiMad Cat Comedy's regular standup night at Xandros in Signature 1 Hotel, TECOM. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
AED 80The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Bla Bla Dubai The Beach, DubaiThe July Laughter Factory tour looks like a good one, the usual mix of international visitors and a local star but with the bar set high for all of them: Josh Baulf – British stand-up comedian hotly tipped for success: [ ... ]
AED 140Bookends Book Club: Yellowface
Bookends A3 building, Dubai Silicon Oasis, DubaiRF Kuang's 2023 satire of racial diversity, cultural appropriation and plagiarism in the publishing industry garnered some mixed reviews; the Washington Post was particularly critical of the main character (lacked depth) and the depictions of publishing (perfunctory). Our own view [ ... ]
FreeThe Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Radisson DAMAC Hills Hessa Street Dubailand, DubaiThe July Laughter Factory tour looks like a good one, the usual mix of international visitors and a local star but with the bar set high for all of them. This final pair of dates are both on 11 July, [ ... ]
AED 140Karak After Dark Vol 2
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe first iteration of this improv comedy night at the Junction was sold out and well liked, so Tall Tales Productions and The Junction are coming back with a second. As before, it's a show created on the fly from [ ... ]
AED 89The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Dukes The Palm Palm Dubai, DubaiThe final stop on the July Laughter Factory tour looks like a good one, the usual mix of international visitors and a local star but with the bar set high for all of them. Josh Baulf – British stand-up comedian [ ... ]
AED 140Sirocco and The Kingdom of the Winds: dir Benoît Chieux (2023)
SAF Photography Gallery Al Manakh, SharjahThis slightly trippy animation features two intrepid sisters, four-year-old Juliette and eight-year-old Carmen, who discover a passage into the extraordinary world of their favourite book, Kingdom of the Air Streams. Transformed into cats and separated from each other, the girls [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerDubai Bibliophiles: Giovanni’s Room
The Coffee Club Times Square Center, 4B Street, DubaiHis publishers rejected Giovanni's Room as a failure, telling James Baldwin the novel would damage his reputation. Knopf claimed the judgement was nothing to do with the book’s content, but Baldwin was convinced that the publisher didn't want "a story [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Made in the UAE
JD Malat Gallery ACT 2 Tower, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Blvd 13A ,Downtown Dubai, DubaiA group exhibition for seven UAE-based artists – Ahmed Emad (UAE/Egypt), Anila Ashraf (Pakistan), Camelia Mohebi (UAE), Elizaveta Pugacheva (Russia), Samo Shalaby (Egypt/Palestine), Sasan Nasernia (Iran) and Yousif Albadi (Sudan) – chosen from more than 300 submissions received through an [ ... ]
FreeThe Comedy Lab @ Easy Tiger
Al Ain Palace Hotel Corniche Road, Abu DhabiMad 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 99LAST CHANCE Farshid Shafiey, Atieh Sohrab, Baran Shafiey: All in the Family
Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA group show for three artists whose work here explores the dialogue that emerges between generations of artists, revealing how personal histories, cultural memory, and individual artistic languages intersect. Through painting and illustration, the artists reflect on themes of identity, [ ... ]
FreeThe Curator and the Artist
Dubai Mall DubaiWhat makes a meaningful artist–curator relationship? Curator and artist Nadine Khoury talks with 𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐛 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐰𝐲, founder of artist collective Studio Thirteen DXB, about curation, collaboration, and navigating today’s contemporary art landscape. This features in the month-long Duette Studio / Public.ae ‘cultural clubhouse’ [ ... ]
FreeSafar Book Group: Free – A Child and a Country at the End of History
Ciao Bella Restaurant Media One Hotel, Falak Street, Media City, DubaiLea Ypi's colourful, hectic coming-of-age story through the end Communism in the Balkans, published in 1922, has won several awards, made the shortlist for many more, and features on several 'Best Book of the Year' lists. The shock felt by [ ... ]
FreeA Writing Practice: The Writers’ Workshop
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe second of six sessions for this writing seminar led by Sarah Afaneh designed for writers at any stage of their practice. It comprises six sessions held across three months, alternating between guided teaching and communal workshops. In this workshop [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerSahab x Kutubna Documenting War
House 436 Al Shindagha, DubaiThe Sahab Collective writing group is getting together to produce written materials for possible inclusion in Kutubna’s Documenting Culture in the Gulf in a Time of War exhibition (opens 3 September). The exhibition asks "what does it mean to be [ ... ]
FreePolitically Incorrect Comedy
Xandros Singature 1 Hotel, Barsha Heights, DubaiMad Cat Comedy's regular standup night at Xandros in Signature 1 Hotel, TECOM. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
AED 80Afterlives: dir Kevin Lee (2025)
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiA desktop documentary that critically engages with the historical and digital traces of extremist propaganda, questioning how images of violence circulate, mutate, and persist. The film moves between virtual investigations and real-world encounters with artists, activists, and researchers who seek [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerREDEMPTION: A Night of Rock Anthems
Theatre of Digital Arts Souk Madinat Jumeriah, DubaiIconic rock anthems delivered with raw energy and emotional intensity by powerhouse vocalist Rina Olis and her band – with the backdrop of ToDA’s immersive 360o background visuals.
From AED 180Mirai: dir Mamoru Hosoda (2018)
SAF Photography Gallery Al Manakh, SharjahAnimated feature with a story that has a surprising and affecting emotional depth. Four-year-old Kun becomes jealous of his new baby sister Mirai; one day, he storms off into the garden, where he encounters people from the past and future [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerNight at the Movies
Theatre of Digital Arts Souk Madinat Jumeriah, DubaiBritish pianist Ryan Gibb with "an intimate evening of iconic movie love songs, bringing Hollywood's most memorable soundtracks to life through voice and piano” and ToDA’s dramatic 360o background visuals.
From AED 180Latin String Quartet Night
Theatre of Digital Arts Souk Madinat Jumeriah, DubaiClassical strings meet the rhythms of Latin America – tango, bossa nova, Cuban and Spanish-inspired favourites – with the backdrop of ToDA’s immersive 360o background visuals.
From AED 160The Comedy Lab @ Easy Tiger
Al Ain Palace Hotel Corniche Road, Abu DhabiMad 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 99La Ferme des Bertrand (The Bertrand’s Farm): dir Gilles Perret (2023)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesReflective, slightly elegiac documentary on rural French farming life via three visits over 50 years to a family farm in Haute-Savoie. In 1972, the Bertrand dairy farm — run by three brothers and home to a hundred animals — is [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Charlie Koolhaas: AFTER THE IMAGE
XVA Gallery Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood, Bur Dubai, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesDeveloped in relation to the UAE Modern Architectural Heritage Grant, AFTER THE IMAGE transforms a gallery presentation and a room of the XVA Art Hotel into an immersive archive of Dubai’s modern architectural heritage. Through photography, sculpture, textiles, and garments, [ ... ]
FreeFeeling Good: Soul, R&B & Jazz with AJAY
Theatre of Digital Arts Souk Madinat Jumeriah, DubaiSoul, R&B and jazz classics, reimagined by multi-instrumentalist AJAY and his band, supported by ToDA’s immersive 360o visuals.
From AED 180Politically Incorrect Comedy
Xandros Singature 1 Hotel, Barsha Heights, DubaiMad Cat Comedy's regular standup night at Xandros in Signature 1 Hotel, TECOM. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
AED 80Bookends Book Club: Tuesdays with Morrie
Bookends A3 building, Dubai Silicon Oasis, DubaiSubtitled 'An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson, this 1997 memoir by the award-winning sports columnist Mitch Albom is based on a series of Tuesday visits he made to his former sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz, as Schwartz [ ... ]
FreeA Cosmic Voyage: dir Vasilij Zuravlëv (1936)
SAF Photography Gallery Al Manakh, SharjahThis Soviet-era silent film was one of the earliest to represent a realistic spaceflight, including weightlessness. It's pitched in the year 1946, with Professor Sedikh, who is planning to lead the first crewed exploration to the Moon, denounced by a [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerBook Cellar Dubai: The Elephant in the Brain
Le Brasserie sur le Boulevard Kempinski The Boulevard, Mohammed Bin Rashid Blvd, DubaiAnother really interesting pick by Book Cellar. The authors – software engineer and writer Kevin Simler and economics professor Robin Hanson – start from the premise that we are often unaware of the real reasons for our behaviours: they go [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Supermarket
Foundry Downtown Boulevard Crescent, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard, DubaiA great idea from Foundry Downtown – a group exhibition featuring artists based in the UAE who are not (currently) represented by galleries. The organisers describe it as “for the first time, a selling exhibition structured around accessibility, discovery, and [ ... ]
FreeThe Comedy Lab @ Easy Tiger
Al Ain Palace Hotel Corniche Road, Abu DhabiMad 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 ...
LAST CHANCE Noor Al Suwaidi: The Sky Forgets, the Heart Remembers
Maraya Art Centre Al Qasba, SharjahIn this exhibition of a new body of work, curated by Cima Azzam, Noor Al Suwaidi approaches colour as a field of sensation where form appears and dissolves within shifting tonalities – "figures hover at the edge of abstraction; colour [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Salmah Al Mansoori: Who I Become
Maraya Art Centre Al Qasba, SharjahRooted in her surroundings, the work of Salmah Al Mansoori, an Emirati artist from Abu Dhabi, begins with acts of noticing: fragments, residues, and overlooked materials drawn from everyday life. These are reworked into new forms that carry both personal [ ... ]
FreeSpirit of the East: The Art of Oriental Fusion
Theatre of Digital Arts Souk Madinat Jumeriah, Dubai“A journey of ancient tradition and modern innovation” delivered by oud maestro and composer Hooman Shirali, tabla master Sandu, and Kadir on saxophone – with the backdrop of ToDA’s immersive 360o background visuals.
From AED 180Politically Incorrect Comedy
Xandros Singature 1 Hotel, Barsha Heights, DubaiMad Cat Comedy's regular standup night at Xandros in Signature 1 Hotel, TECOM. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
AED 80Candlelight: From Mozart to Chopin
Al Nojoom Ballroom, Shangri-La Dubai Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesStanislav Fedyuk plays a 60-minute programme of classical piano favourites by the gentle glow of candlelight. The programme: Mozart: Rondo alla Turca from Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K 331 Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, [ ... ]
From AED 150Do You Love Me? dir Lana Daher (2025)
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiA love letter to Beirut in the form of a playful and personal journey through Lebanon’s audiovisual memory – 70 years of film, TV, home videos, and photography, exploring the collective Lebanese psyche and marked by joy and intimacy, destruction [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerJourney to The Moon (Rihla Ila Alqamar): dir Hamada Abdelwahab (1959)
SAF Photography Gallery Al Manakh, SharjahAn Egyptian space travel adventure-comedy, complete with dance numbers, drinking games, and a cardboard robot called Otto. In Cairo, eccentric German scientist Mr Sharfin is about to launch the first rocket to the moon. Astronomer Ahmed Rushdy is on site [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerImmersive Tango Night
Theatre of Digital Arts Souk Madinat Jumeriah, DubaiBack by popular demand, this theatrical, humorous, and wildly romantic tango concert stars powerhouse vocalist LaRudche with live piano and violin accompaniment, plus dancers who blur the lines between elegance and fire – with the backdrop of ToDA’s immersive 360o [ ... ]
From AED 180LAST CHANCE Juma Al Haj: Interoception
Iris Projects Studio 20, Madar 39, MiZa, Port Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesCentred on the concept of 'interoception', the body’s ability to sense and process its internal state, this exhibition examines how moments of crisis are internalised and transformed into material expression. Developed in response to the first missile attacks reported in [ ... ]
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