An exhibition inspired by French philosopher Gaston Bachelard’s comment on 'reverie' – "Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul", a space where imagination and memory intertwine [ ... ]
Thomas Lélu’s practice interweaves photography, installation art, and textual elements, frequently featuring the appropriation and recontextualisation of imagery from popular culture and media to interrogate themes of contemporary society, consumerism, and media representation. His methodology of exploration, archiving, and contextualization [ ... ]
Ahmad Kasha’s complete War Series (2018–2025) is presented here for the first time in association with Fann à Porter. Influenced by various traditions of war art, the series reflects on the psychological toll of violence on people, animals, nature, and [ ... ]
A two-day masterclass with Chafa Ghaddar on the fresco technique. Through a blend of theoretical discussion and practical hands-on exercises, this two-part programme invites you to examine how bodies and elements are held within and around surfaces, and to experiment [ ... ]
Subtitled 'Objects as Anchors: Material, Narrative, and Memory', this panel discussion riffs on the recently-opened Layered Medium: We Are in Open Circuits exhibition at this venue (runs to 30 June and is well worth seeing). As the blurb puts it: [ ... ]
The second weekend for this month's Laughter Factory tour starts in Abu Dhabi. The acts: Marlon Davis effortlessly confident stand-up who began performing on the UK’s black comedy circuit and quickly graduated to a wider audience, including several Edinburgh Festival [ ... ]
A second UAE date for the noted guitarist, accompanied by Fethi Nadjem (violin, mandole), Dan Minchom (bass), Matt Sellick (guitar), and either Matais Recharte or Marito Marques (drums, cajón, percussion) – and there's a special guest star, top oud soloist [ ... ]
Another Mad Cat Comedy night – "Dubai's wildest comedy show on Saturday" (sic). The cover charge of AED 99 includes two drinks.
The second stop for this month's Laughter Factory tour has another good crop of stand-ups. The acts: Marlon Davis effortlessly confident stand-up who began performing on the UK’s black comedy circuit and quickly graduated to a wider audience, including several [ ... ]
An exhibition showcasing the artistic journey of the Emirati artist known for his ability to capture maritime heritage and coastal landscapes through the interplay between nature and time; he characteristically incorporates elements of rust, waves, and the textures of the [ ... ]
The second solo exhibition by Nima Nabavi at the gallery features new works that mark a significant evolution in the artist's practice, reflecting a deepened commitment to introspection, geometry, and modes of making that embrace technology alongside traditional tools. Created [ ... ]
The first solo exhibition at Gallery Isabelle for the UAE-based Indian artist. Her practice spans drawing, performance, object-making, food interventions, and assemblage; says the gallery, "inviting us to engage with liminality, her work challenges the normative categories that shape our [ ... ]
Artist duo Bik Van der Pol (Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol) engage in collaborative projects on how art constructs public spaces for speculative thought and collective creativity. The poem that jumps the fence features weekly performances on Abu [ ... ]
Second and last of two shows by Abu Dhabi's long-standing (since 2008) and always excellent a capella group. This time the show features "iconic songs from the silver screen" with "delicious movie theatre dishes" on offer too. Note the early [ ... ]
A Mad Cat Comedy night, which usually means a good one, in a new venue. The cover charge of AED 99 includes one drink.
A comedykix standup gig, as usual promising "Dubai’s finest comedians" – and "don’t forget to come with an open mind". The door price is redeemable on F&B.
Zhou Song's solo show echoes traditional Chinese landscape painting but employs symbolic imagery to explore relationships between nature, technology, and faith. The 'anthropomorphic tree' is central, serving as a metaphor for nature’s alienation by technology – "these trees retain natural [ ... ]
The fourth film from veteran actor Vincent Perez is set in 1887 Paris, when illegal duals were common practice. The drama follows the blood feud that slowly develops between fencing master Clément Lacaze (Roschdy Zem), desperate to dissuade his nephew [ ... ]
Superfast comedy – comics get one minute at the mic, the audience votes, one winner takes it all. Fast, raw, unpredictable: what more could you want from a Tuesday evening in Abu Dhabi?
Ayyam Gallery’s summer group show celebrates and questions the current siutation in Syria with works by Kais Salman, Khaled Takreti, Tammam Azzam, Abdalla Al Omari, Othman Moussa, Safwan Dahoul, Thaier Helal, Elias Izoli, Abdul-Karim Majd Al-Beik, Mohannad Orabi, Nihad Al-Turk, [ ... ]
The Courtyard's most peopular 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 [ ... ]
A writers’ group intended for writers to practice their craft without the pressures of producing a final outcome, designed to provide a supportive environment for writers to write alone yet in a group. You're invited to polish your writing skills [ ... ]
The new body of work in this solo exhibition marks a turning point in Ihab Ahmad’s practice – "a move toward instinct, spontaneity, and emotional exploration" as the gallery puts it. Smiling faces populate the canvases, each a reflection of [ ... ]
Another in the series of panel discussions based around the Layered Medium: We Are in Open Circuits exhibition at this venue (runs to 30 June and is well worth seeing). Artist Minouk Lim talks with Wael Al Awar, Principal architect [ ... ]
Much-awarded poetic and emotional feature from Lesotho, a vivid, beautifully crafted reflection on identity, community and the tension between respecting age-old traditions and accepting the seemingly unstoppable march of progress. When her village is threatened with forced resettlement due to [ ... ]
Mad Cat Comedy returns to the Clavichord in TECOM with "Dubai's wildest comedy night ... raw, unfiltered, hilarious". The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
Mad Cat Comedy comes to Abu Dhabi's Al Ain Palace with "Dubai's top comedy night ... a crowdwork show where you are the joke". The cover charge of AED 99 includes two drinks.
The final Dubai stops for this month's Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Marlon Davis effortlessly confident stand-up who began performing on the UK’s black comedy circuit and quickly graduated to a wider audience, including several Edinburgh Festival Fringes, the winner's [ ... ]
Commissioned by The Arts Center, Metro 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 [ ... ]
Another Mad Cat Comedy night – "Dubai's wildest comedy show on Saturday" (sic). The cover charge of AED 99 includes two drinks.
The final gig for this month's Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Marlon Davis effortlessly confident stand-up who began performing on the UK’s black comedy circuit and quickly graduated to a wider audience, including several Edinburgh Festival Fringes, the winner's place [ ... ]
Last chance to see the show commissioned by The Arts Center. Metro 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 [ ... ]
Artist duo Bik Van der Pol (Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol) engage in collaborative projects on how art constructs public spaces for speculative thought and collective creativity. The poem that jumps the fence features weekly performances on Abu [ ... ]
Mad Cat's Business Bay comedy night. The cover charge of AED 99 includes one drink.
An absolutely stunning low-budget (and largely handmade) antidote to Disneyification – a wordless animated fable about a cat reluctantly making friends with a dog, a ring-tailed lemur, a capybara and a secretary bird in a post-apocalyptic world. There's a message, [ ... ]
Feel-good family feature film based on Michele Ziolkowski's award-winning children’s book The Boy Who Knew the Mountains. Suhail, a lad with autism, flees to the mountains when his father shuns him. With his new friend Barakah, an Arabian Saluki, Suhail makes [ ... ]
Crime comedy featuring four distinguished figures from Polish culture at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries – novelist Joseph Conrad, translator Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski and painter and writer Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz. Their hangovers headaches are killing [ ... ]
Does exactly what it says on the tin: the Queen of the Dubai comedy scene in "a fantastic evening of comedy and music with some special guests".
Mad Cat brings its standup crew to Abu Dhabi's Easy Tiger bar in the Al Ain Palace. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks ...
Much-awarded family movie that follows friends Dylan and Youssef, who are connected by their passion for football. But then Dylan is paralysed following an accident: his dad and former coach wants him to accept his disability, but though Dylan has [ ... ]
Inspired in part by the real experiences of the director's own aunt, this drama stars Natascha McElhone as Carmen, a Maltese spinster who has spent her adult life serving as a caretaker for her brother, a Catholic priest; as she [ ... ]
Newly legitimised with a licence to call itself "Dubai’s first and only non-profit social club for independent creatives", KAC is effectively relaunching with a social night at an undisclosed location in Al Barsha (seems Karama was too awkward to get [ ... ]
A heist comedy set in East Germany and based in part on a true story. It's the final hot summer before reunification in 1990; free-spirited Maren, her partner Robert and friend Volker happen upon millions of soon-to-be-worthless East German banknotes [ ... ]
The Saturday Night Live alumnus brings his characteristic mix of irreverence and vulnerability to the region for the first time, as part of Abu Dhabi Comedy Season.
The first institutional solo exhibition of Mohammad Alfaraj brings together installations, photography, video works and site-specific commissions that respond to the gardens and outdoor spaces of the Jameel. Central to Alfaraj’s practice is his use of storytelling, both in written [ ... ]
The Middle East solo debut for the LA-based artist, known for layered, poetic paintings that explore the intersection of memory, identity, and place. Says the gallery: "Yamazaki constructs atmospheric compositions where domestic interiors dissolve into natural landscapes. Veil-like layers of [ ... ]
Family-friendly animation about a 12-year-old boy who faces bullying because of his weight. He decides to take charge of his life by adopting a healthier lifestyle and wining the heart of the girl he admires. Through his journey, he learns [ ... ]
A former martial artist hired to train three wealthy Jordanian sisters finds her dream job become something else, something unsettling: the isolated young women are under constant surveillance and show no interest in the sport. Why was she really hired? [ ... ]
Comedy-drama about a unique concert – Astrid (Valérie Donzelli) attempts to realise a family dream by bringing together four violin virtuosos. Rehearsals quickly turn into a disaster because of the conflict of egos, so Astrid calls on a retired composer [ ... ]
Lebanese-born NYC-based conic, a regular at Gotham Comedy Club and Union Hall shows in Brooklyn. The prices seem a bit steep, but she really is a classy, clever comedian with a self-deprecatingly confessional line in talking about he life, her [ ... ]
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