Politically Incorrect Comedy
MadCat Comedy's regular standup night at Xandros in Signature 1 Hotel, TECOM. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
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- Xandros Singature 1 Hotel, Barsha Heights, Dubai
Nazilya Nagimova: Follow the Snail
NIKA Project Space Unit 11 Al Khayat Avenue, 19th Street Road — Al Quoz 1, DubaiThe first solo exhibition in the Emirates for the Münster-based Tatar artist Nazilya Nagimova brings together new works created specifically for her solo project at NIKA Project Space, plus selections from earlier projects. Nagimova explores memory, migration, and the search [ ... ]
Free
63Kolektib: Metro Diaries
Sima Performing Arts Warehouse 38, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReprise of a show commissioned by the NYUAD Arts Center and first performed there last summer, Metro Diaries invites audiences to step into a world that reflects the rhythm of daily metro rides through evocative performances that blend spoken word, [ ... ]
AED 130Family Day at 421
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA day full of gallery adventures, stories, and hands-on activities for families. It begins with a collective exploration of the idea of 'ripples', riffing on the current 421 exhibition Rays, Ripples, Residue; the tour concludes with a reading of Colorful [ ... ]
FreeWorkshop: Lasting Petal
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiThis hands-on workshop centres on the emotional significance of giving, inviting participants to think about the significance of floral gestures and craft enduring flower offerings. Inspired by the ongoing exhibition Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook: The Bouquet and the Wreath, it begins with [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerWorkshop: Imagined Selves – Writing Identity Through Absence, Objects & Memory
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiThis two-hour writing workshop engages directly with Bady Dalloul’s ongoing exhibition Self-Portrait with a Cat I don’t have, inviting participants to explore how objects, the concept of home and experiences of migration inform personal and cultural identity. It includes guided writing [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
Stuart Little: dir Rob Minkoff (1999)
BEEAH Headquarters nterchange 8, Al Dhaid Rd, Rodhat Al Sidir, SharjahLive action animated comedy featuring a mouse that gets adopted by a (human) family. A fun family film, with a great cast (Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie as the parents, Michael J Fox voicing Stuart). Part of the Movies Under the [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
Costa Brava, Lebanon: dir Mounia Akl (2021)
BEEAH Headquarters nterchange 8, Al Dhaid Rd, Rodhat Al Sidir, SharjahLeaving the disorder and pollution of Beirut, Soraya and Walid have built an idyllic life in the mountains for the family. All seems to be going well until a supposedly ecological landfill is constructed right next to their property ... [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerRoundtable: The Bouquet and the Wreath
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiA roundtable conversation reflecting on the work and legacy of pioneering Thai artist Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, subject of the ongoing exhibition The Bouquet and the Wreath (ends 6 March). The discussion, which ranges over curatorial, artistic, and critical perspectives on Rasdjarmrearnsook's practice [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerKavan
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe second performance (of three) for this interesting collaboration between the Mumbai-based music and street theatre group Yalgaar Sanskrutik Manch and the Nalanda Arts Studio from Bangalore. Kavan is described as an ‘Ambedkarite Opera' – Ambedkarism being the set of anti-caste [ ... ]
AED 105UAENO: Russian Classics
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA UAE National Orchestra concert featuring three classic Russian works that speak of emotion, imagination and human resilience. The programme looks nicely balanced: Shostakovich Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
From AED 250Valentine’s Special: First Kiss
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesSecond of three consecutive nights of improvised anecdotes that follow real stories from the audience about relationships shaped by one kiss and everything that follows. "It’s funny, tender, and sharply observant about the choices we make in love" says the [ ... ]
FreeLe Songe d’une nuit d’été
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA francophone Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Culture Emulsion's main man Stéphane Brismontier and featuring CE's theatre school players – around a dozen of them, which should make for a fun show on the Junction's stage. It's described as "d'après [ ... ]
AED 110The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Dukes The Palm Palm Dubai, DubaiThe final stop for the February Laughter Factory tour: Paul Tonkinson Terrific live performer with an effervescent style and some great caricatures in his repertoire. A former (double winner) Time Out Comedian of the Year Pierre Hollins Another circuit favourite, [ ... ]
AED 175Joke Hub
Canopy by Hilton Dubai Al Seef Al Seef Street, Umm Hurair 1, DubaiA regular MadCat Comedy night – "Dubai's wildest comedy show on Saturday" at "the first purpose built comedy room in the country" (whatever that means). The content might just be influenced by the fact that it's Valentine's Day ... The [ ... ]
AED 99LAST CHANCE RUSTING ECHOES
NYUAD Arts Centre Project SpaceWorks by Yoshi (Aisha Al Ali), Ammar Al Banna, Ahmed Al Kuwaiti and Shaikha Al Shamsi. The theme is time as both a material and emotional presence, expressed through processes of transformation, memory, repetition, and decay – so time not [ ... ]
Free63Kolektib: Metro Diaries
Sima Performing Arts Warehouse 38, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesMetro Diaries invites audiences to step into a world that reflects the rhythm of daily metro rides through evocative performances that blend spoken word, dance, and live soundscapes; the experience unfolds in vignettes that capture fleeting connections, moments of solitude, [ ... ]
AED 130Kavan
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe final performance of this interesting collaboration between the Mumbai-based music and street theatre group Yalgaar Sanskrutik Manch and the Nalanda Arts Studio from Bangalore. Kavan is described as an ‘Ambedkarite Opera' – Ambedkarism being the set of anti-caste ideas associated [ ... ]
AED 105Workshop: “The euphoria felt while thinking, writing or painting is such a contrast to what comes afterwards” – Storytelling with art
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiThis workshop on subjective storytelling invites participants to experiment with a range of approaches to speaking, writing, or otherwise responding to artworks, by way of the ongoing exhibition (and newly published monograph) Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook: The Bouquet and the Wreath (ends [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerDubomedy’s Stand-up Showcase 1
Social Distrikt The Pointe, Palm Jumeirah, DubaiFirst of two stand-up sessions by Dubomedy's finest – graduates of Dubomedy's Fall Stand-up Workshops plus special guests perform fresh new material. Free, but (a) pre-register because spaces are limited and go fast; and (b) there's a minimum spend of [ ... ]
FreeDubai Bibliophiles: Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
The Coffee Club Times Square Center, 4B Street, DubaiAnyone who has read Kurt Vonnegut’s powerful SF-infused semi-autobiographical anti-war satire is free to join this Dubai Bibliophiles Book Club meetup. Centring on the infamous WWII firebombing of Dresden, this darkly humorous American cult classic still feels relevant and profoundly [ ... ]
FreeLe Songe d’une nuit d’été
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesSecond performance for this francophone Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Stéphane Brismontier and featuring Culture Emulsion's theatre school players. It's described as "d'après l'oeuvre de William Shakespeare", so we're expecting an adaptation that hopefully omits some of the duller jokes [ ... ]
AED 110Dubomedy’s Stand-up Showcase 2
Social Distrikt The Pointe, Palm Jumeirah, DubaiSecond of two stand-up sessions this evening by Dubomedy's finest – graduates of Dubomedy's Fall Stand-up Workshops plus special guests perform fresh new material. Free, but (a) pre-register because spaces are limited and go fast; and (b) there's a minimum [ ... ]
FreeThe Comedy Lab @ Easy Tiger
Al Ain Palace Hotel Corniche Road, Abu DhabiMadCat’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 99Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe 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 [ ... ]
FreeStupid Funny
Fanzone Mileo The Pam Hotel, West Beach, Palm Jumeirah, DubaiMadcat brings "Dubai's wildest comedy night" to the Fanzone Sports Bar on Palm Jumeirah– "insane laughs" are promised. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks ...
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The Story of Art: Impressionism – The Power of Light
Bassam Freiha Art Foundation Cultural District Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiBassam Freiha Art Foundation continues its monthly lecture series led by Dr Michaela Watrelot, BFAF Curator and Director of Exhibitions. This time the focus is on one of the most transformative movements in modern art, using works of Monet, Renoir, Degas, [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerThe Comedy Lab
Radisson Red Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, DubaiMadCat Comedy's regular stop in Silicon Oasis promises "insane laughs every week", with a Ramadan-friendly later-than-usual start. The door price of AED 99 includes one drink and popcorn.
AED 99Friday Night Comedy and Suhoor | Abu Dhabi
Nalu Surf Abu Dhabi, Al Hudayriyat Island, Abu DhabiDubomedy's Friday Night Comedy format on Al Hudayriyat. "Audiences can expect big laughs, rotating killer line-ups, and a weekly comedy experience done right ..."
Free, but min spend of one itemPolitically Incorrect Comedy
Xandros Singature 1 Hotel, Barsha Heights, DubaiMadCat Comedy's regular standup night at Xandros in Signature 1 Hotel, TECOM. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
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Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny
Dubai OperaThe marmite comedian is back in town with his latest touring show (a stop between dates in Europe and Australia). It's his trademark up-yours to civility – if he hasn't amended the setlist for Dubai you should expect a flurry [ ... ]
From AED250
Joseph & Le Petit Orchestre
Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab EmiratesJoseph is Joseph Terterian, purveyor of 'popera' – classics delivered with his operatically powerful voice; Le Petit Orchestre is just what is says, a variable-sized but always compact band of strings, drums, double bass and backing vocals. They really are [ ... ]
AED 150LAST CHANCE Bady Dalloul: Self-portrait with a Cat I Don’t Have
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiAn extended solo exhibition for the Syrian-French artist, curated by Art Jameel’s Lucas Morin. Self-portrait with a cat I don’t have is Bady Dalloul’s first institutional solo exhibition in the United Arab Emirates. Blending autobiographical anecdotes with stories of individuals [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE And After
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiA group exhibition with 15 Arab artists that explores the element of air and its various states through the lens of Arabic terminology, specifically Sukoon, Hawaa, Naseem and Riyah. The exhibition, curated by Dirwaza Curatorial Lab, invites audiences to reconnect [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim: Two Clouds in the Night Sky
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiA solo show celebrating the work of Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, a massively influential figure in the development of contemporary art in the UAE. He was part of the UAE's first generation of contemporary artists from the late 1980s, an avant-garde [ ... ]
FreeSunday Night Comedy and Suhoor
Social Distrikt The Pointe, Palm Jumeirah, DubaiDubomedy's highly successful comedy gig at Hushh in Social Distrikt, later than usual because of Ramadan. "Fantastic lineups, big laughs, and great vibes ... Come hungry, leave happy."
Free, but min spend of one itemThe Comedy Lab @ Easy Tiger
Al Ain Palace Hotel Corniche Road, Abu DhabiMadCat’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 99Dubai Collection Nights: In Attunement
Al Safa Art & Design Library Al Safa Park, Jumeriah 3, DubaiThis exhibition of works from the Dubai Collection features artists whose art reimagines landscape and invites a slower, more attentive way of seeing. To 8 March. The fourth edition of Dubai Collection Nights will take place during the second week [ ... ]
FreeStories of Home, Memory, and Shared Humanity
Abrahamic Family House Jacques Chirac Street, Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiThis Ramadan Suhoor talk, hosted by NYU Abu Dhabi in partnership with the Abrahamic Family House as part of the AFH Dialogue | Ramadan Edition, will explore themes of belonging, resilience, and the power of literature to foster shared humanity [ ... ]
LAST CHANCE Ludmilla Radchenko: Wings of Power
Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery Al Khayat Art Avenue, Al Quoz, DubaiWorks resulting from a year of profound transformation initiated by the artist’s journey to Nepal, "where inner awareness and self-observation became central to her practice". Radchenko’s visual language combines painting, collage, symbolism, and layered cultural references, creating compositions that are [ ... ]
FreeWednesday Night Impro: Maestro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe 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 [ ... ]
Free
UAENO: Echoes of Time – Ibn Arabi
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe UAE National Orchestra continues its inaugural season with a concert inspired by the words of Ibn Arabi, the Arab scholar, Sufi mystic, poet, and Muslim philosopher from 12th and 13th century al-Andalus. This is the world premiere of a [ ... ]
AED 150
Surabhi Sharma with Reena Mohan, Bina Paul: A Room of Our Own
NYUAD Arts Centre Project SpaceMore than 50 women graduates have contributed their stories and photographs to this oral history project exploring the experiences of women film graduates in India and the “unremembered” stories of women’s labour in film. Surabhi Sharma, NYUAD Associate Dean for [ ... ]
FreeBig Bad Wolf Book Sale
Dubai Studio City DubaiThe self-styled "World’s Biggest Book Sale” is returning to Sound Stages, Dubai Studio City, from 26 February to 8 March, open daily 10am to midnight with something like two million titles in various genres on sale with prices from AED [ ... ]
FreePowerPointless Networking Night
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesBack for a new season, it’s one of the most consistently funny of the Courtyard's classic improv gigs: the speakers have to give a presentation on a slide deck they’ve never seen before, with the topic determined at random by [ ... ]
Free
The Reading Village: February
Batliwala & Co DoubleTree by Hilton Business Bay, Bay Square, DubaiFebruary's Reading Village selection is a beefy one – Kiran Desai's The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, described by the organisers as "sprawling, layered, and unapologetically thick" and shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize. Meet at the excellent Batliwala & [ ... ]
FreeComedy Lounge
The Coterie Level 2, Ibn Battuta Mall, Jebel Ali, DubaiWe came late to Yash Bhardwaj's Flamingo Live comedy club, which we now regret: the man himself is a mainstay of the Dubai comedy scene (appearing this month with the Laughter factory tour), the acts are generally good, and this [ ... ]
AED 70The Comedy Lab
Radisson Red Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, DubaiMadCat Comedy's regular stop in Silicon Oasis promises "insane laughs every week", with a Ramadan-friendly later-than-usual start. The door price of AED 99 includes one drink and popcorn.
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Cineolio’s Cinenights
Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab EmiratesFounded by Emirati filmmaker and curator Nawaf Al Janahi in 2020, Cineolio‘s mission is focused on promoting short films and expanding their audience reach internationally. Its Cinenights screening series presents a diverse selection of short films on the big screen, [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerRamadan Showcase with Mercedes-Benz Brand Center Dubai
Mercedes-Benz Brand Center Dubai Design District, DubaiPost-iftar comedy with the MadCat crew – which in this case means Luca Capani, Roxy Yekta, Denise Alexe, Ahmed Kasid and MadCat's main man Miqdaad D. The AED 75 per person door price is redeemable on F&B at AMG Kaffeehaus. [ ... ]
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