On the occasion of International Archives Week (when "all around the world, archival community professionals join together to explain to the world at large why supporting archives and the profession is so important") NYUAD's al Mawrid Arab Center for the [ ... ]
A second evening for graduates of Dubomedy's Spring Stand-up Workshops to take the stage to perform new stand-up material. It's free, though you do have to buy a drink or something to eat (but you were probably going to do [ ... ]
An incredible, emotional and inspiring true story, one that resonates in our time as we grapple with war, refugee crises, and growing hatred around the world. Anthony Hopkins stars as Nicholas Winton, a British stockbroker who helped rescue more than [ ... ]
Exactly 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 plus guests. Classic Courtyard stuff. It's free, but you need to put your [ ... ]
For the sixth in the new NYUAD Art Gallery Curators Talk series, Munira Al Sayegh will explore the role of a curator as "sociopolitical ambassador". Delving into the various complexities of representing cultures and nations outside their usual contexts, Al [ ... ]
A family concert by Abu Dhabi's Youth Orchestra. And that's as much as we know, except to note that the standard of the orchestra is commendably high and the playing is impressively reliable ...
Just how did a group of humble factory workers become a phenomenal sports success story and the pride of an entire nation? Julien Faraut's technically innovative and visually stunning documentary tells the tale of the Japanese women's volleyball team's journey [ ... ]
The second of three exhibitions showcasing contemporary approaches to textile and fibre art curated for Green Art Gallery by Murtaza Vali. It brings together work by four contemporary artists – M’barek Bouhchichi, Sayan Chanda, Himali Singh Soin, and Swapnaa Tamhane [ ... ]
studio salasil has curated this group show of six artists "who engage in risk and interruption within their practices", structuring the exhibition around the effective concept of the backbone – "a central, internal structure of strength that binds and connects [ ... ]
A documentary about the impacts of climate change on the Republic of the Marshall Islands and its people. The Marshall Islands comprises more than a thousand individual islands and islets, most of them less than 5.9 feet above sea level. [ ... ]
The classic 1950s-based musical with all the songs (and moves) from the 1978 John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John movie, delivered in some style by a cast of 47 and a professional 10-piece band. It's directed by Julia Ripple, with Adam [ ... ]
The UK-based Lebanese-American comedian won plenty of 'best newcomer' awards when she started gigging five years ago, and Man'oushe – her second full-length solo show, first seen at Edinburgh in 2023 and now touring – has been winning lots more [ ... ]
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 eliminated. Eventually only [ ... ]
The intelligent networking session for creative peers is back after a lengthy hiatus ("we have been busy with the ongoing application to become an official non-profit social club ... We are thrilled to finally be making progress, and we hope [ ... ]
Second performance for the classic 1950s-based musical with all the songs (and moves) from the 1978 John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John movie, delivered in some style by a cast of 47 and a professional 10-piece band. It's directed for MTDXB [ ... ]
Kencut's first solo show in the Middle East explores personal challenge and transformation, described by the gallery as "a pivotal moment in Kencut's artistic journey— a deliberate pivot from external inspirations to an introspective examination of the struggles that define [ ... ]
A programme of music by film composer Ludovico Einaudi, performed by the Kazakh chamber ensemble Tynda.Music.
A third night for the classic 1950s-based musical with all the songs (and moves) from the 1978 John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John movie, delivered in some style by a cast of 47 and a professional 10-piece band. It's directed for [ ... ]
The final performances of this classic 1950s-based musical with all the songs (and moves) from the 1978 John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John movie, delivered in some style by a cast of 47 and a professional 10-piece band. It's directed for [ ... ]
Solo exhibition for An Hoang, her debut show in the Middle East. In these new paintings, Hoang explores a delicate balance between abstraction and figuration through "expressive, colourful compositions that capture moments of immersion in nature ... With the use [ ... ]
The Global Notes series of recitals from Encore Performing Arts, Dubai Opera and the Royal Grammar School Guildford Dubai continues with the international acclaimed (and still very young) South Korean pianist, known for captivating performances that bring audiences to their [ ... ]
Vikram Divecha’s exhibition covers the Dubai-based artist’s practice since 2013, showcasing his playful and poetic site-specific works, public art, installations, videos, photography and drawings. In particular, Divecha has long had an in-depth interest in the invisible structures of planning, construction, [ ... ]
Sharjah Art Foundation presents the first major museum exhibition of works of the Casablanca Art School, whose revolutionary approach following Morocco’s independence in 1956 proposed a bold new visual culture. This landmark exhibition, first seen at Tate St Ives, brings [ ... ]
With more than 100 works, many on view for the first time, this exhibition is the largest solo presentation by telsem artist Henok Melkamzer. Traditionally termed a healing or talisman art, telsem is a distinctive Ethiopian art form that incorporates [ ... ]
The first major survey of the late artist, feminist organiser and pedagogue Lala Rukh brings together more than 50 drawings, prints, photographs, videos and animation works from across her three-decade practice. The artist captured the diverse rhythms of lunar movements, [ ... ]
Alessandra Toni plays works by Zimmer, Chryssomallis, Einaudi and more, plus her own original repertoire, all accompanied by ToDA's 360° visuals.
Exactly 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 plus guests. Classic Courtyard stuff. It's free, but you need to put your [ ... ]
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 eliminated. Eventually only [ ... ]
As the New York Post put it, “Once in a blue moon, a show comes out blazing and restores your faith in broadway. Matilda the Musical is that show”. The multi-award-winning musical (it has won more than 99 international awards) [ ... ]
Lucy Kirkwood's feminist twist on Twelve Angry Men, with the courtroom made up of bickering, bantering women who must decide the outcome of a heinous crime in rural Suffolk in 1759. Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for murder but [ ... ]
This month's Laughter Factory tour looks a good mix – two hardworking and reliable stalwarts of the British standup scene, plus Dubai's funniest Filipina: Paul Tonkinson winner of the 1992 Time Out New Act of the Year Award and Time [ ... ]
A group show by five artists from Sierra Leone – Hawa-Jane Bangura, Hickmatu Leigh, Julius Parker, Felix Rhodes, Zahra Fakih Zato.
A collaboration with the historic Czech glassmaking firm Moser that promises "a stunning fusion of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary art, celebrating over 160 years of Moser's unparalleled expertise". On show will be a limited edition of glass works featuring Salmah [ ... ]
A second performance (of three) for Lucy Kirkwood's feminist twist on Twelve Angry Men, with the courtroom made up of bickering, bantering women who must decide the outcome of a heinous crime in rural Suffolk in 1759. Sally Poppy is [ ... ]
ToDA transforms into a jazz venue for live performance accompanied by a 360° immersive show: this time it's Lady J & her trio in a 90-minute set. "Expect a sparkling arrangement of the Grooviest Classics together with jazzed-up Radio Hits [ ... ]
A second night at the Mövenpick JBR for this month's Laughter Factory tour: Paul Tonkinson winner of the 1992 Time Out New Act of the Year Award and Time Out's Stand Up Comic of the Year in 1997. A circuit [ ... ]
Last chance to see this performance of Lucy Kirkwood's feminist twist on Twelve Angry Men, with the courtroom made up of bickering, bantering women who must decide the outcome of a heinous crime in rural Suffolk in 1759. Sally Poppy [ ... ]
The Farjam Foundation isn’t a particularly activity gallery, but it does have access to an excellent private collection that spans early Islam to present-day artistic practice across regional geographies and beyond. So when it puts on a show of selected [ ... ]
Exactly 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 plus guests. Classic Courtyard stuff. It's free, but you need to put your [ ... ]
A solo show for the artist’s recent work − which aims to depict “the unseen, the felt, and the omnipresent”. Akil creates his compositions through dozens of thin layers, creating depth while avoiding impasto; “the drying process presents and provokes [ ... ]
The regular Alliance Française ciné-apéro evening (a glass of wine and canapés before the screening) this month features a drama of restorative justice with a strong storyline and a good cast. Victims of violent crime and perpetrators meet up on [ ... ]
This month's Laughter Factory tour features two hardworking and reliable stalwarts of the British standup scene, plus Dubai's funniest Filipina: Paul Tonkinson winner of the 1992 Time Out New Act of the Year Award and Time Out's Stand Up Comic [ ... ]
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 eliminated. Eventually only [ ... ]
A new season opens for the Courtyard's regular Wednesday evening of scenes, songs and games based on audience suggestions. After each round you score the ten players on a scale of 1 to 5, and the one with the lowest [ ... ]
Yassin explores the implications of Roland Barthes' concept of "the return of the dead" in photography, playing on the tension between memory and ghostliness by utilising old black and white photographs to evoke loss and the fleeting nature of memory. [ ... ]
The book designer’s job is not only to come up with the outstanding jacket of a book, but also to carefully choose the papers and the fonts, and layout them to create the unique physical book. This documentary on 75-year-old [ ... ]
Lovably impulsive oldsters Ella and John (Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren) infuriate their uptight children by heading off in their cranky old Winnebago for a last road trip in the sunset of their lives. They are cheerful, gutsy, secretly scared [ ... ]
Improvised PowerPoint presentations. The speakers face a live audience, presenting slides they’ve never seen before, on a topic determined at random by the ‘Wheel of Destiny’. Virtually guaranteed to be funny ... Afterwards there's a chance to mingle with presenters [ ... ]
Ebtekar's exhibition, is presented as "one work in seven chapters", each composed of one to four doorway-sized panels that combine multi-wavelength photographic processes with the artist's distinctive cloud-making brushstrokes. Inspired by Farid ud-Din Attar's Sufi poem Conference of the Birds, [ ... ]
Jauffer is an artist who deals in the metaphoric potential of everyday objects, find the ironies in his everyday surroundings ad teasing out the spatial, poetic relationships between his subjects and their frangible correlation to human beings. "Discarded objects and [ ... ]
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