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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260613
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260614
DTSTAMP:20260420T220332
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Urdu Worlds
DESCRIPTION:A contemporary art exhibition dedicated to the Urdu language: according to Ishara\, “the show explores how language provides the tools with which we create and shape our internal ‘worlds’. Words\, rather than simply describing our surroundings\, give rise to our private lived experiences and shared cultural understandings”. \nCurated by Hammad Nasar\, the exhibition is a visual conversation around language between Ali Kazim and Zarina (it’s also the first comprehensive presentation of Kazim’s works in the GCC). Born in Aligarh\, India\, Zarina weaves Urdu script\, proverbs and poetry into her delicate print works; Ali Kazim\, a multimedia artist based in Lahore\, Pakistan\, grounds his ‘Urdu world’ in a sense of place while exhibiting an eclecticism of influences that reflects the composite and layered history of the language.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-urdu-worlds/
LOCATION:Ishara Art Foundation\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260615T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260615T220000
DTSTAMP:20260420T220332
CREATED:20260401T095932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T100111Z
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SUMMARY:Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro / Film Noir Improvised
DESCRIPTION:A two-act evening of spontaneous scenes and songs based on audience suggestions\, by some of our most experienced players and guests. After warming up with some fun games and scenes\, the improvisers bring the 1950’s Film Noir genre to life on stage using audience suggestions in an improvised murder mystery. “Heroes with blackened hearts and dames with revenge on their mind … everything is completely improvised each week\, and no two stories are the same. Join us amongst the murky underworlds where crime and passion cross swords and you’re never far from a man in a hat”. \nIt’s free\, but you need to put your name on the guestlist (via the website) – it’s first-come first-served\, so get there early enough to grab a seat.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/monday-night-comedy-this-is-impro-film-noir-improvised-3/
LOCATION:Courtyard Playhouse\, Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Improv
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260617T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260617T220000
DTSTAMP:20260420T220332
CREATED:20260401T094614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T094614Z
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro
DESCRIPTION: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 the lowest score is knocked out. Eventually only one remains\, to be crowned the Maestro. “Fast-paced\, unpredictable\, and hilarious” says the promo\, and you couldn’t argue with that. As with all Courtyard improv evenings it’s free\, but you need to put your name on the guestlist (via the website); and it’s first-come first-served\, so get there early to grab a seat. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/wednesday-night-impro-maestro-69/
LOCATION:Courtyard Playhouse\, Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Improv
GEO:25.177696;55.2504958
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260619
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260620
DTSTAMP:20260420T220332
CREATED:20260414T180929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T180929Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Samar Hejazi: In Circulation
DESCRIPTION:For her first solo exhibition in the UAE\, curated by Nadine Khoury\, Samar Hejazi presents a body of work that explores how forms shift\, unravel\, and reassemble over time. Working across textile\, printmaking\, and spatial intervention\, her practice suggests that meaning is something continuously in flux; the exhibition unfolds through a series of open-ended questions around stability\, resilience\, and transformation. “Hejazi’s works carry traces of memory and labour\, where making becomes inseparable from thinking\, and material itself operates as a system of knowledge …”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-samar-hejazi-in-circulation/
LOCATION:Aisha Alabbar Gallery\, Warehouse C19\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1196663;55.217749
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260622T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260622T220000
DTSTAMP:20260420T220332
CREATED:20260401T100032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T100107Z
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SUMMARY:Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro / Film Noir Improvised
DESCRIPTION:A two-act evening of spontaneous scenes and songs based on audience suggestions\, by some of our most experienced players and guests. After warming up with some fun games and scenes\, the improvisers bring the 1950’s Film Noir genre to life on stage using audience suggestions in an improvised murder mystery. “Heroes with blackened hearts and dames with revenge on their mind … everything is completely improvised each week\, and no two stories are the same. Join us amongst the murky underworlds where crime and passion cross swords and you’re never far from a man in a hat”. \nIt’s free\, but you need to put your name on the guestlist (via the website) – it’s first-come first-served\, so get there early enough to grab a seat.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/monday-night-comedy-this-is-impro-film-noir-improvised-4/
LOCATION:Courtyard Playhouse\, Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Improv
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260624T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260624T220000
DTSTAMP:20260420T220332
CREATED:20260401T094701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T094701Z
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro
DESCRIPTION: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 the lowest score is knocked out. Eventually only one remains\, to be crowned the Maestro. “Fast-paced\, unpredictable\, and hilarious” says the promo\, and you couldn’t argue with that. As with all Courtyard improv evenings it’s free\, but you need to put your name on the guestlist (via the website); and it’s first-come first-served\, so get there early to grab a seat. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/wednesday-night-impro-maestro-70/
LOCATION:Courtyard Playhouse\, Street 4B\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Improv
GEO:25.177696;55.2504958
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260629
DTSTAMP:20260420T220332
CREATED:20260113T092721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T092721Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Jumana Emil Abboud: The Storyteller and the Obedient Tide
DESCRIPTION:Jumana Emil Abboud’s first solo exhibition in the Emirates draws on the lineage of Palestinian folktales and their continued resonance in the present – how stories inhabit landscapes\, shape personal histories and collective memory\, and create an enchanted relationship to the landscape. \nThe works in this show are like traces and fragments left by the tide’s ebb and flow; “they drift across time and geography\, fact and mythology\, and are grounded in the context of the Palestinian struggle for liberation and return” says the gallery. “Mirroring the exhibition’s title\, the tide’s devotion to the moon’s pull and the storyteller’s slow telling prompt the central question of the exhibition: how do we carry light\, across oceans\, across ruins\, across silence\, without letting it be extinguished?”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-jumana-emil-abboud-the-storyteller-and-the-obedient-tide/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260701
DTSTAMP:20260420T220332
CREATED:20260401T115753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T115812Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Elusive Territories
DESCRIPTION:Elusive Territories is group show for 15 prominent Palestinian artists whose work examines the relationship between exile\, memory\, and homeland – three dynamics that constantly engage with one another\, especially at this critical time. Says the gallery: “Throughout the exhibition\, elusive yet persistent glimpses of an absent homeland emerge from between the cracks of the abstraction. For these artists\, abstraction becomes a tool for piecing together fragments of Palestine\, in an ongoing process of identity formation journey …” \nParticipating artists: \nYazan Abu Salameh|\nNabil Anani\nTayseer Barakat\nKamal Boullata\nBenji Boyadgian\nSamia Halaby\nKhaled Hourani\nMohammed Joha\nBashir Makhoul\nSliman Mansour\nHosni Radwan\nRana Samara\nRuba Salameh\nSamir Salameh\nVera Tamari
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-elusive-territories/
LOCATION:Zawyeh Gallery\, Warehouse 27\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260708
DTSTAMP:20260420T220332
CREATED:20260420T154541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T154620Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Supermarket
DESCRIPTION:A 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 dialogue. The project seeks to encourage a broader public to engage with contemporary art with greater confidence and curiosity\, while offering artists an opportunity to present their work in a context that is both visible and commercially supportive …” \nIn that context\, the title represents a quite deliberate borrowing from retail – though the curators are keen to emphasise that doesn’t mean crudely reducing art to merchandise rather than “critically asking what it means to ‘shop’ for art at a moment when value is shaped not only by artistic quality\, but also by visibility\, narrative\, and systems of legitimacy”. Still\, it is a selling exhibition\, with works at “an accessible price point” …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-supermarket/
LOCATION:Foundry Downtown\, Boulevard Crescent\, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1914041;55.2704724
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTSTAMP:20260420T220332
CREATED:20260407T134814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T140543Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Shezad Dawood: Skin of Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Shezad Dawood’s 25-year career spans painting\, textiles\, sculpture\, ceramics\, film\, performance and digital media. Fascinated by ecologies and architecture\, his work connects art\, science\, music\, environmentalism and technology to explore both alternative histories and futures\, through a process of continuous world-building expressed as an explosion of colour and multi-layered narratives; and that should make this first mid-career retrospective of the artist a must-visit. The exhibition\, which is curated by Jessica Cerasi\, features more than 40 works including painting\, sculpture\, monumental film installations\, and interactive virtual reality experiences.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chnace-shezad-dawood-skin-of-dreams/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260925T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260925T220000
DTSTAMP:20260420T220332
CREATED:20260203T095712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260314T095654Z
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SUMMARY:Father Ted
DESCRIPTION:How could this stage adaptation of the near legendary Graham Linehan / Arthur Mathews TV series not be seriously funny? Dubai Drama Group says “the show captures everything fans adore about the cult classic: razor-sharp dialogue\, joyfully absurd situations\, and characters who tumble headlong into chaos with divine enthusiasm …” \nCraggy Island is lovingly brought to life for just three performances – one tonight (Friday)\, two tomorrow (at 3pm and 8pm).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/father-ted/
LOCATION:Theatre by QE2\, Queen Elizabeth 2\, Port Rashid\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Theatre
GEO:25.2621669;55.2810185
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260927
DTSTAMP:20260420T220332
CREATED:20260203T095837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260314T095707Z
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SUMMARY:Father Ted
DESCRIPTION:Two further performances for this stage adaptation of the near legendary Graham Linehan / Arthur Mathews TV series. Dubai Drama Group says “the show captures everything fans adore about the cult classic: razor-sharp dialogue\, joyfully absurd situations\, and characters who tumble headlong into chaos with divine enthusiasm …” There are shows at 3pm and 8pm.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/father-ted-2/
LOCATION:Theatre by QE2\, Queen Elizabeth 2\, Port Rashid\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Theatre
GEO:25.2621669;55.2810185
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTSTAMP:20260420T220332
CREATED:20260403T134712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T134810Z
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SUMMARY:Global Positioning System
DESCRIPTION:A group exhibition dedicated to mapping and navigation systems\, “telling stories of fast cars and donkeys\, spinning globes and street barricades\, cosmic highways and broken bridges …” Curated by Indranjan Banerjee and Lucas Morin\, the exhibition presents a wide range of practices\, from research-based critical engagements with infrastructure projects to conceptual works that question the very perception of distance. It’s in two parts\, reflecting Art Jameel’s specific geographic footprint at two extremities of the Arabian Peninsula: at the Jameel in Dubai\, the show centres on navigation systems and mobility networks; at Hayy Jameel in Jeddah the exhibition (which runs to 17 October) focuses on cartography and mapping.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/global-positioning-system-3/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTSTAMP:20260420T220332
CREATED:20260204T101924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T101924Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Artists’ Rooms: Kamruzzaman Shahdin
DESCRIPTION:A monumental one-room installation that restages the Bangladeshi artist’s The River Remembers. Originally commissioned by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation and created in 2023\, this large-scale textile work has handcrafted threads mapping the colour of the water of the Teesta and the Brahmaputra\, two rivers flowing through the Bengal delta. Engraved brass disks convey the memories and migration stories of two women in the artist’s life whose own lives were strongly marked by the river.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-artists-rooms-kamruzzaman-shahdin/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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