Dreams of Rumi
An evening of music, poetry and Dervish dancing in tribute to the poetic wisdom of Rumi, delivered by a small ensemble within ToDA’s 360° impressive immersive visuals.
From AED 200
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Events
Theatre of Digital Arts Souk Madinat Jumeriah, DubaiTalk: Maha Alsharif – Collecting Prints
Aisha Alabbar Gallery Warehouse 101, Al Quoz 2, DubaiMaha Alsharif from the MA in Art Business faculty at ZU talks about the nuances of the print market and the value and significance of limited edition prints regionally and internationally. This talk is part of the programme for Press [ ... ]
Free
Omar Kamal
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiWith influences ranging from Sinatra’s jazz and swing to Arab idols like Mohammed Abdel Wahab and Fairuz, Omar Kamal’s broad repertoire and emotional delivery promise to make for an enchanting evening. Kamal’s vocals have been described as powerful, emotive, and [ ... ]
From AED 300
Siwon Ghim: The Sense of Living
Korean Cultural Center, Yas Yas Creative Hub P2, Yas Island, Abu DhabiAbstract paintings by the Seoul-bawed artist, a Slade graduate who has “consistently expressed her determination to define her identity through her artwork". Said Siwon Ghim: "For The Sense of Living, I have carefully selected paintings that exemplify my ever-changing internal [ ... ]
FreeSAF Book Club: Readings on diaspora and migration
Al Mureijah Square SharjahThis SAF Book Club meeting begins with a tour of the current Al Mureijah Art Spaces exhibition, the rather good In the Heart of Another Country. The show is about diaspora and migration, and that's the theme of the book [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
Victor Sitali: African Hues
Le Meridien Fairway Al Garhoud Road, DubaiAn exhibition for the Zambian (but Dubai-based) artist in the hotel's lobby (why don't more hotels do this?) that promises "a wide range of bold artistic styles, mediums, and themes". Sitali says he takes inspiration from" the colourful nature of [ ... ]
FreeWomen Expressions
Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery Al Khayat Art Avenue, Al Quoz, DubaiA group show that "celebrates the unifying spirit of art, showcasing how these talented artists from different parts of the world have found common ground through their creativity and unique expressions" ... which sounds like a somewhat vaporous theme. Hopefully [ ... ]
FreeSohni Mahiwal
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAn award winning treatment by Yusra Irfan of an epic love story, timed for the Independence Day weekend of India and Pakistan, and set in Punjab (which is part of both). Sohni Mahiwal (or Suhni Mehar) is a established tragic [ ... ]
AED 100Sohni Mahiwal
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe second and final performance of this epic love story, timed for the Independence Day weekend of India and Pakistan. Sohni Mahiwal (or Suhni Mehar) is a long-established tragic romance from Sindh and Punjab, dating back to the 10th century [ ... ]
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Bill Burr
Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu DhabiThe Emmy-nominated US comedian gets a big stage for his quick wit, dark humour, and unrivalled storytelling with rants about relationship advice, sports and the Illuminati ...
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Star Wars: A New Hope dir George Lucas (1977)
Cinema Akil Warehouse 68, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiThe first, and arguably the best – if only because of the impact of the opening titles. Universally acknowledged as a landmark in action films and featuring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher in their prime (plus Alec Guinness [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerCandlelight: Beethoven’s Best Works
Raffles The Palm West Crescent, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe title of this concert certainly sets the bar high, though it seems a pretty good selection of the composer's works for piano. The pianist is Magdalena Wajdzik, and the other plus is the way these recitals are lit by [ ... ]
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Aftersun: dir Charlotte Wells (2022)
Cinema Akil Warehouse 68, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiCharlotte Wells’ stunning feature debut movingly portrays a father-daughter relationship. Calum (Paul Mescal) and Sophie (Frankie Corio) are on a week’s holiday in Turkey; it’s a chance for the two to re-bond, and they do. Twenty years later, Sophie's tender [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerSummer Editions 23
Mestaria Gallery Unit 35, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiA curated exhibition of work from six artists -- energetic street and pop art fusion from Mr Brainwash, capturing iconic cultural moments; Dan Pearce's innovative mixed-media explosions; intricate hyperrealistic paintings of figures by Craig Alan; textured tales of city life [ ... ]
Candlelight Concert: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Raffles The Palm West Crescent, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesOne of the most successful productions in the Candlelight Concerts series of "classical music concerts aimed at democratising access to classical music by allowing people all over the world to enjoy live music candlelit performances". The Vivaldi favourite was written [ ... ]
From AED200Bellissima | Beautiful: dir Luchino Visconti (1951)
Cinema Akil Warehouse 68, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiA newly restored print of this black-and-white classic. It’s a pointed satire on the film industry; Maddalena (Anna Magnani) is a screenstruck mother convinced of the star potential of her daughter Maria (Tina Apicella) and desperate to escape of everyday [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
Sudarshan Shetty: Only Life, Myriad Places
Ishara Art Foundation Alserkal Avenue, DubaiThis major solo exhibition for Sudarshan Shetty celebrates the global premiere of the artist’s latest film One Life Many with the first-ever survey of Shetty’s moving image works, including rarely seen videos, multimedia installations and sculptures. A key motif is [ ... ]
Free
Deep Blue: Man + Machine
Theatre of Digital Arts Souk Madinat Jumeriah, Dubai“An immersive showcase that delves into the profound relationship between human creativity and cutting-edge artificial intelligence,” says the press blurb. “This extraordinary event is set to captivate audiences with a fusion of art, technology, and innovation.” Effectively it’s a three-hour [ ... ]
AED 280Summer Palette: An Artist Soiree
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesFood, music, and art as 421's Artistic Development Program cohort for 2022/2023 – Asma Belhamar, Mahshid Rafiei and Nasir Nasrallah – present their work and process. Asma Belhamar’s practice confronts the visual memory of local landscapes, and offers insight into their [ ... ]
Free but pre-registerDeep Blue: Man + Machine
Theatre of Digital Arts Souk Madinat Jumeriah, DubaiA second pair of shows for this "immersive showcase that delves into the profound relationship between human creativity and cutting-edge artificial intelligence". Effectively it’s a three-hour mini-festival of technology as art that also provides a networking opportunity for practitioners, would-be [ ... ]
AED 280VIP Classical: Julia Kociuban and Sanaz Sotoudeh
Dubai Opera Studio Downtown Dubai, DubaiA piano recital in SAMIT Group's VIP Classical series presented as two halves: the Polish pianist Julia Kociuban starts with Chopin, the Ballade No.3 Op.47 followed by Mazurkas, Op.24; the three Polonaises Op.71; and finally the Andante spianato et grande [ ... ]
AED 500Brídín Clements Cotton and Michael Shiloh: Your Message Could Not Be Delivered
NYUAD Project Space NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiWorks by artist, engineer, and NYUAD Associate Professor of Practice of Interactive Media Michael Shiloh; and artist, performing arts manager, and NYUAD Arts Instructor of Stage and Project Management Brídín Clements Cotton. What systems do we rely on daily? How does [ ... ]
Free
Andrew Schneider: N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars)
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThis immersive theatrical installation uses nearly 5,000 points of lights and hundreds of speakers (496-channel sound) to create an interactive theatrical cosmos where viewers become active explorers, discovering the traces of themselves in light, the universe, and those who have [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerCandlelight Abu Dhabi: Best of Chopin
Emirates Palace Abu DhabiFever brings its candlelight classical music recitals to Abu Dhabi again – "a series of classical music concerts aimed at democratising access to classical music by allowing people all over the world to enjoy live candlelit music performances ... by [ ... ]
From AED 250Robert Santoré: Timeless
Firetti Contemporary Unit 29, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiAn exhibition that traces the Californian artist's evolution as a painter and printmaker, from early years of study in New York to his pursuit of new techniques and expressive styles with works that emphasise a bold colour palette and the [ ... ]
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Joanne McNally
The Agenda Abdullah Omran Taryam St, Media City, DubaiMcNally was a big hit with Vogue Williams in their Dubai Comedy Festival show My Therapist Ghosted Me; but she's genuinely funny on her own, too – described by The Sunday Times as "a truly gifted stand-up", and now capable [ ... ]
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Gerda Carina: Gold Codes
Le Meridien Fairway Al Garhoud Road, DubaiA series of abstract acrylics by photographer-turned-painter Gerda Carina that contain ‘codes’ to attract what you most need in life. This is Dubai, so most feature gold paint or gold leaf “because Gerda believes it holds a very special kind [ ... ]
FreeAndrew Schneider: N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars)
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThis immersive theatrical installation uses nearly 5,000 points of lights and hundreds of speakers (496-channel sound) to create an interactive theatrical cosmos where viewers become active explorers, discovering the traces of themselves in light, the universe, and those who have [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerJosh Rowell: Moral Codes
Firetti Contemporary Unit 29, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiRowell’s first solo exhibition in the Middle East, curated by Celine Azem, invites viewers to contemplate the moral codes that shape our society. At the heart of the exhibition lies an installation of Rowell's Painting Language series, interpretations of Aesop's [ ... ]
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Betsayda Machado and La Parranda el Clavo
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesBuilding on their participation in The Arts Center’s virtual online season in 2021 with the world premiere of their documentary Las Cantoras, Betsayada Machado leads her group in close harmonies, polyphonic melodies and call and response – a spirit-shaking celebration [ ... ]
AED 105Swan Lake
Dubai OperaThe second pair of performances for the Hungarian National Ballet's Swan Lake is danced by a full company including Tatyjana Melnyik and Maria Yakovleva sharing the Odette/Odile role; Prince Siegfried is danced by Gergő Ármin Balázsi and Louis Scrivener. Gábor [ ... ]
From AED 350
Chopin’s Best Works
Al Falak Ballroom Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, DubaiChopin favourites by candlelight, a recital for solo piano by Aldo Dotto. These concerts are "a series of classical music concerts aimed at democratising access to classical music by allowing people all over the world to enjoy live candlelit music [ ... ]
From AED 350Summer Soliloquies: A Writers’ Soiree
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates421’s first Writer’s Soiree promises a chance to meet and connect with other writers in Abu Dhabi – "an evening of food, reading, and greeting".
Free but pre-register
Rosie Holt: The Woman’s Hour
Theatre by QE2 Queen Elizabeth 2, Port Rashid, DubaiThis should be interesting. Rosie Holt is a actress and writer who’s best known as a satirist with a massive Twitter presence for her roles as a parody Johnson-worshipping MP (surely not modelled on Nadine Dorries?). This show includes a [ ... ]
From AED 150Swan Lake
Dubai OperaThe final pair of performances for the Hungarian National Ballet's Swan Lake is danced by a full company including Tatyjana Melnyik and Maria Yakovleva sharing the Odette/Odile role; Prince Siegfried is danced by Gergő Ármin Balázsi and Louis Scrivener. Gábor [ ... ]
From AED 350Sawsan Al Bahar: 33 Songs, 99 Words
Maraya Art Centre Al Qasba, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesThe Dubai-based Syrian artist presents a large-scale multimedia installation with 330 printed sheets representing songs inherited from her father over the past 33 years. The songs are an obscure and highly personal collection; the patterns only reveal visual poetry and [ ... ]
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Tagreed Darghouth: Gardens & Jungles
The title of Tagreed Darghouth’s solo show references controversial remarks made by Josep Borrell, the outspoken foreign policy chief of the European Union; he described Europe as an idyllic garden of prosperity, contrasting it with the rest of the world [ ... ]
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Madama Butterfly
Dubai OperaThe Hungarian State Opera/Ballet company’s second show for its Dubai sojourn is Puccini’s tragic opera, and we’re promised that “elegance meets artistry for an unforgettable evening of beauty and grace”. In turn-of-the-century Nagasaki, the dashing American naval officer Pinkerton (Boldizsár [ ... ]
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Letters of Light
Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiHeld in partnership with Bibliothèque nationale de France and France Muséums, this exhibition will spotlight the Holy Books of the three Abrahamic religions – the Quran, the Christian Bible, and the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) – exploring the historical context in [ ... ]
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Najat Makki: The Scent of Memories
Aisha Alabbar Gallery Warehouse C19, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiThe second solo exhibition with this gallery for a pioneering figure within the local art community investigates the relationship between colour and the memories associated with specific places. In this new body of work, Makki layers colours on top of [ ... ]
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Connecting Minds Book Club: Sandra Piesik
Terra Auditorium Terra – The Sustainability Pavilion, Expo City, DubaiThe second outing for this now-regular LitFest-style session with “renowned authors from around the world” features the award-winning architect, author and scientist Sandra Piesik in conversation with urbanists and curators Ahmed and Rashid bin Shabib. The conversation will centre on [ ... ]
AED 50Madama Butterfly
Dubai OperaA second performance of the Hungarian State Opera’s version of Puccini’s tragic opera. Boldizsár László is Pinkerton, Csilla Boross is the tragic Cio-Cio-san; the production is directed by director Miklós Gábor Kerényi, with János Kovács conducting the Hungarian State Opera [ ... ]
From AED 425Andrew Schoultz: Quantum Storm Rainbow
Volery Gallery Maze Tower - 5201, Dubai International Financial Center, DubaiSet against the backdrop of Dubai's vibrant art scene, Schoultz's solo exhibition delves into the intricate interplay of weather, technology, and societal dynamics, refracted through a rich spectrum of tones and colours. Says the gallery: "The title itself encapsulates the [ ... ]
FreeDocumenting a Performing Arts History
NYUAD Campus, Conference Centre NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe Arts Center at NYUAD has produced a commemorative five-volume bilingual book The Arts Center – Building a performing arts community on Saadiyat Island to mark its development from before its official beginning in 2015 to its current position as [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register1 MINUTE TO KILLIT: The Launch!
Melrose Paramount Midtown, Al Mustaqbal Street, DubaiAnother Dubomedy comedy night with alumni of its stand-up courses – they each get just one minute to make you laugh, there will be prizes, there's an after party, and it's free with no minimum spend (you need to pre-register, [ ... ]
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A Century of Iconic Arab Music
Majlis Madinat Jumeirah DubaiThe Candlelight concerts experience – music with illumination provided by thousands of candles -- is applied to Arabic music by the Fusion Al Arab Group, presenting works such as Tehaddoh El bashar by Rashed Al-Majed, Umm Kulthum's Ana Fi Intizarak. [ ... ]
From AED 150
Art & Sustainability with Sawsan Al Bahar
CB2 Level 2, Mall of The Emirates, DubaiIn this artist's talk Sawsan Al Bahar discusses the connection between art and sustainability, offering insights into her creative process and her work. The talk is at CB2, the high-end furniture and interiors store when Firetti is showing some of [ ... ]
FreeSelfdrive Laughter Factory: The ‘Sweety Darling’ Tour
Mövenpick Hotel JBR Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThree good standups (two British, one American) for the latest Laughter Factory tour: Jack Gleadow – energetic and quirky performances that feature a mix of physical comedy, witty storytelling, and audience interaction (“if you like Lee Evans you will love [ ... ]
AED 160Candlelight: Beethoven’s Best Works
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAldo Dotto plays a recital of what does indeed look like 1 pretty good selection of the composer's works for piano, all lit by candlelight. The programme: ♦ Piano Sonata op.13 'Pathetique' – 1st movement ♦ "Für Elise" (Bagatelle no.25 [ ... ]
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