Politically Incorrect Comedy
Mad Cat 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
Come and Sing Handel’s Messiah
Christ Church, Jebel Ali DubaiDoes exactly what it says in the title – Dubai Singers are rehearsing selected choruses and solos from the Messiah and are inviting anyone to come and join in (for the choruses, at least). Rehearsals take place at Christ Church, [ ... ]
Non members AED 150
Memories of Princess Mumbi: dir Damien Hauser (2025)
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiDamien Hauser's story has filmmaker Kuve travelling to Umata in 2093 to document the aftermath of a war that revived ancient kingdoms. He meets Mumbi there, and she challenges him to make his film without AI. As Kuve searches for [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerJoke Hub
Canopy by Hilton Dubai Al Seef Al Seef Street, Umm Hurair 1, DubaiA regular Mad Cat Comedy night – "Dubai's wildest comedy show on Saturday" at "the first purpose built comedy room in the country". The cover charge of AED 99 includes two F&B coupons.
AED 99LAST CHANCE 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 [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Shalabia Ibrahim: Fields of Memory
Artbooth Gallery Centro Capital Center, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street, Abu DhabiA solo exhibition curated by Randa Sadaka, promising “a rare and intimate journey into a visual language shaped by the intersections of Egyptian and Syrian modernities”. Born in Egypt and long based in Syria, Ibrahim’s practice is informed by the [ ... ]
FreeAhmad AlAttar: Human in the Loop
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesHuman in the Loop is a sound-based interactive installation that takes the form of a game of hide-and-seek between visitors and an unseen algorithm. Hanging ropes are suspended from the ceiling and visitors are invited to pull on them; each [ ... ]
FreeFête de la Musique
Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe Alliance Française organisation runs an annual Fête de la Musique in most of its locations around the world, with the local management getting to choose the music – almost always Francophone performers, of course, but none the worse for [ ... ]
FreeDubai Bibliophiles: Susan Choi, Flashlight
The Coffee Club Times Square Center, 4B Street, DubaiA monumental 2025 novel from the National Book Award winner, Flashlight spans decades and continents in a spellbinding investigation of family, loss, memory, and the ways in which we are shaped by what we cannot see. Powerful stuff: "domestically sprawling, [ ... ]
FreeScheherazade
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiThe UAE National Orchestra tackles the Rimsky-Korsakov classic, with its vivid storytelling and shimmering orchestration of an orchestral work inspired by the stories of One Thousand and One Nights. Expect exotic instrumental combinations and dazzling solos that showcase every section [ ... ]
From AED 100A Night at the Musicals
Meyana Theatre Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Street, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesMusical Theatre Dubai (MTDXB) is promising "entertainment at its most electric, most joyful, and most unmissable" in form of a greatest-hits celebration of the world's most celebrated musicals, delivered by one of Dubai's most decorated performance companies. "Expect powerhouse vocals, [ ... ]
From AED 110Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro / Film Noir Improvised
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA 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 [ ... ]
FreeThe Power of Jewelry
L'ÉCOLE Middle East, School of Jewelry Arts Building 10, Dubai Design District, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesOne in a series of talks exploring the history and symbolism of gemstones and jewellery across the world. Speakers are art historians May El Hage andDavid Usieto Cabrera, both lecturers at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts. Above: Armband with Herakles [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerThe Comedy Lab @ Easy Tiger
Al Ain Palace Hotel Corniche Road, Abu DhabiMad Cat’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 99La vita da grandi | Siblings: dir Greta Scarano (2025)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesIrene is happy enough in Rome when her mother asks her to return for a few days to Rimini, the city where she was brought up and from which she fled, to take care of her older brother Omar. He's [ ... ]
FreeNew Material Night
Tania's Teahouse 779A Jumeira Road, DubaiStandups with new material only. Inevitably this means it's going to be variable, but it’s always fun to see comedians try out their latest work ... Seats are limited, so DM @funeralhomecomedy to get one.
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 [ ... ]
FreeUAENO Season One Finale: Rhythm Without Borders
Dubai OperaThe UAE National Orchestra has selected a terrific-looking programme for its Season One Finale under the baton of Ahmed Farag – colour, rhythm, and energy, "a vibrant celebration of diversity through music" as the blurb puts it – that includes [ ... ]
From AED 240A Night at the Musicals
Meyana Theatre Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Street, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA second performance for this greatest-hits compilation from the world's most celebrated musicals, delivered by Musical Theatre Dubai. We're promised "entertainment at its most electric, most joyful, and most unmissable ... Expect powerhouse vocals, showstopping performances, and moments that will [ ... ]
From AED 110UAENO Season One Finale: Rhythm Without Borders
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThis second and last performance of the UAE National Orchestra's Season One Finale programme promises "a vibrant celebration of diversity through music" under the baton of Ahmed Farag . It includes exciting contributions from the Western canon alongside compositions from [ ... ]
From AED 150The Comedy Lab
Radisson Red Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, DubaiMad Cat Comedy's regular Thursday stop in Silicon Oasis promises "insane laughs every week". The door price of AED 99 includes one drink and popcorn.
AED 99Funny People at Hive
Basement, HIVE Jumeriah Village Circle, DubaiThe Comedy Kix crew is back at the Basement with ("among others") Andrea Brooks Karan Sampat, Sean Dcousta and Yara Abou Dalha. Note that is a non-smoking room, and there's no FnB – but you can bring your own booze (!) [ ... ]
AED 57LAST CHANCE Moza Al Falasi: Unfolding
Tashkeel Alserkal Avenue Warehouse 58, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiThis first solo exhibition by the Emirati artist explores memory, loss, and the passing of time, inviting reflection on how personal and inherited experiences leave their mark on who we are. She uses photography as her primary means of documentation, [ ... ]
FreeL’amore che ho: dir Paolo Licata (2025)
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiA classic rags-to-riches story of a fierce, gifted woman who rose against overwhelming odds from gruelling labour in the fields of Sicily to the most prestigious stages and huge audiences. In 1990, the near-legendary Sicilian folk singer Rosa Balistreri was [ ... ]
AED 25Ali Al Sayed: Ali is Unperfect
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiThe king of Dubai's live standup scene has a brand-new show – "a comedy journey through the perfectly imperfect realities of modern life, relationships, culture, success, failure, and everything in between ... his most personal and ambitious show yet". Always [ ... ]
From AED 175Baarah
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA "gripping" Hindi adaptation of Reginald Rose's classic courtroom drama film 12 Angry Men, reimagined for contemporary India. Twelve jurors have to decide the fate of a young man accused of a brutal crime: inside the jury room, personal biases, [ ... ]
AED 120Politically Incorrect Comedy
Xandros Singature 1 Hotel, Barsha Heights, DubaiMad Cat Comedy's regular standup night at Xandros in Signature 1 Hotel, TECOM. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
AED 80Anna: dir Monica Guerritore (2025)
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiAn emotional biopic about the famed Italian actress Anna Magnani. In 1956, Magnani was in the running for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role; waiting for the news to arrive, she spends the night wandering the [ ... ]
AED 25Baarah
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe second performance for Gautam Goenka's "gripping" Hindi adaptation of Reginald Rose's classic courtroom drama film 12 Angry Men, reimagined for contemporary India. Twelve jurors have to decide the fate of a young man accused of a brutal crime: inside [ ... ]
AED 120Joke Hub
Canopy by Hilton Dubai Al Seef Al Seef Street, Umm Hurair 1, DubaiA regular Mad Cat Comedy night – "Dubai's wildest comedy show on Saturday" at "the first purpose built comedy room in the country". The cover charge of AED 99 includes two F&B coupons.
AED 99LAST CHANCE Jumana Emil Abboud: The Storyteller and the Obedient Tide
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiJumana 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 [ ... ]
FreeBookends Book Club: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Bookends A3 building, Dubai Silicon Oasis, DubaiExistential humour and comic absurdity from the Douglas Adams classic. A fun discussion seems guaranteed ...
FreeMaktaba: A Speculative Thought Circle – Sound
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesMaktaba is 421's monthly gathering dedicated to collective reading, viewing, and discussion across disciplines. For its final iteration this season, researcher and sonic practitioner Safeyya Alblooshi will guide the conversation around sound, soundscapes, and interventions within sound cultures; texts shared [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerBaarah
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesFinal performance of Gautam Goenka's "gripping" adaptation of Reginald Rose's classic courtroom drama film 12 Angry Men, reimagined for contemporary India. In Hindi, with English subtitles.
AED 120Book Cellar Dubai: Bartleby, the Scrivener
Le Brasserie sur le Boulevard Kempinski The Boulevard, Mohammed Bin Rashid Blvd, DubaiYou can't really go wrong with a classic like Herman Melville's quizzical short story. What exactly is going on here? Of course you could always take refuge in The New York Times summary of "a quintessential New York book" that [ ... ]
FreeComedy at the Speakeasy
Moon Bar Mina Al Salam, Madinat Jumeriah, DubaiThe Mad Cat team does the rather cool Moon Bar at the Sana Restaurant in Mina Al Salam. The door price includes one drink.
AED 99Berklee Abu Dhabi’s Jazz Night
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiThe second edition of this "celebration of musical dialogue, artistic collaboration, and contemporary reinterpretation". Headliner is the Syrian singer-songwriter Faia Younan, known for her cinematic sound and poetic approach to Arabic music and her presenting a special set of her [ ... ]
AED 120LAST CHANCE Elusive Territories
Zawyeh Gallery Warehouse 27, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiElusive 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, [ ... ]
FreeThe Comedy Lab @ Easy Tiger
Al Ain Palace Hotel Corniche Road, Abu DhabiMad Cat’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 99Musing x Anti-Rot: Staying Creative When It Becomes a Business
M39 Al Rutam Street, Mina Zayed, Abu DhabiThree creative practitioners to talk about what it takes to stay creative when work becomes a business with clients, deadlines, and repetition. The programme: 5-6pm Networking 6-6.30pm Mouza Al Hemrani (illustrator and multimedia artist) What I Do on Purpose to [ ... ]
FreeThe Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Jumeirah Golf Estates – Earth Terrace DubaiThe July Laughter Factory tour looks like a good one, the usual mix of international visitors and a local star but with the bar set high for all of them: Josh Baulf – British stand-up comedian hotly tipped for success: [ ... ]
AED 140Politically Incorrect Comedy
Xandros Singature 1 Hotel, Barsha Heights, DubaiMad Cat Comedy's regular standup night at Xandros in Signature 1 Hotel, TECOM. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
AED 80LAST CHANCE Safwan Dahoul – The Eye: An Aperture Into the Soul
Ayyam Gallery B11, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesSafwan Dahoul’s most recent body of work continues his Dream series – an ongoing body of work investigating the dream state that he began back in the late 1980s, exploring "the physical and psychological effects of alienation, solitude, and longing [ ... ]
FreeOne Day Choir DXB presents ‘Africa’
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesJoin a room full of people from different backgrounds and different age groups to learn, rehearse and perform Toto's anthemic Africa in a single day – no auditions, no commitments: just a great song, and the chance to meet and [ ... ]
AED 150John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office: dir Michael Almereyda & Courtney Stephens (2025)
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiJohn Lilly (1915-2001) was a scientist whose adventurous research played out against the backdrops of 1950s Cold War military science, the drug-infused counterculture of the 60s, and the environmental push of the 70s. Narrated by Chloë Sevigny, the documentary tells [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerThe Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Studio One Hotel Dubai Studio City, DubaiThe July Laughter Factory tour looks like a good one, the usual mix of international visitors and a local star but with the bar set high for all of them: Josh Baulf – British stand-up comedian hotly tipped for success: [ ... ]
AED 140Laughter Lounge
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiA Callback Comedy night promising "raw, unfiltered comedy" from six good local standups plus host.
AED 150Song of the Sea: dir Tomm Moore (2014)
SAF Photography Gallery Al Manakh, SharjahThis engaging animated feature takes inspiration from the Selkies of Irish folklore, who live as seals in the sea but become humans on land. 10-year-old Ben and his mute little sister Saoirse, the last Seal-child, embark on a fantastic journey [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerThe Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
The Club Al Mina, Abu DhabiThe July Laughter Factory tour looks like a good one, the usual mix of international visitors and a local star but with the bar set high for all of them: Josh Baulf – British stand-up comedian hotly tipped for success: [ ... ]
AED 140The Comedy Lab @ Easy Tiger
Al Ain Palace Hotel Corniche Road, Abu DhabiMad Cat’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 ...
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