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
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Father Ted
Theatre by QE2 Queen Elizabeth 2, Port Rashid, DubaiTwo 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 [... more]
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Eman Al Hashemi: The Horizon We Inherit
Iris Projects Studio 20, Madar 39, MiZa, Port Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAl Hashemi’s practice examines what it means to remain human within increasingly automated systems of production and consumption – especiallyy seen through urban life in the Emirates. Al Hashemi works across ceramics, printmaking and painting, “investigating the systems through which [... more]
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Bernar Venet: Sculptures, Furniture and Works on Paper
Waddington Custot Dubai, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA survey of works by the French artist, "one of the most restless practitioners of his generation" as the gallery has it. Since the early 1960s Venet unusually broad range of media has included tar poured on to canvas and [... more]
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Barcelona Flamenco Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiBarcelona Flamenco Ballet does exactly what the name says – applies the style of flamenco in dance and music to create spectacular and passionate performances, typically by reinterpreting iconic works. This one is described as BFB's "most ambitious and revolutionary [... more]
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Joke 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.
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CLOSING TODAY Nothing Worth Mentioning
Kutubna Cultural Center Madina Avenues 17, Nadd Al Hamar, DubaiAn exhibition featuring more than 40 works by 16 photographers (of different nationalities, but all based in the UAE) that seek to find beauty and meaning in the small moments of everyday life, personal rituals, routines, brief encounters, simple gestures [... more]
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Mozart’s Greatest
Dubai OperaYou can't fault the UAENO's ambition in naming this programme – the title almost precludes discussion. It includes three admittedly classic works, but there must surely have been a strong case for others (we'd have gone for the Symphony No.41 [... more]
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Ali Al Sayed
Social Distrikt The Pointe, Palm Jumeirah, DubaiDubomedy’s main man is always good value, though the ticket price here does reflect his growing stature. Expect an evening of probably inappropriate jokes, lots of banter with the audience, and a general feel-good vibe. All seats must be pre-booked [... more]
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Barcelona Flamenco Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiA Dubai date to follow its Abu Dhabi opener for the exciting Barcelona Flamenco Ballet – the iconic Prokofiev ballet reinterpreted as flamenco. This show is described as BFB’s “most ambitious and revolutionary project” to date, addressing universal themes like [... more]
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Heritage and Horizons
Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi Reem Island, Abu DhabiThe AD’Art artist collective with an exhibition celebrating the Sorbonne’s 20th anniversary – new works exploring heritage, knowledge transmission, and cultural dialogue, through "diverse and personal artistic perspectives". The collective : Anne-Caroline Schoeller Anne-Marie Lacroix Raffy Annunziata Tricarico Camille Lamelliere [... more]
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Cotton Queen: dir Suzannah Mirghani (2025)
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesIn a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of British colonisers. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa becomes the centre of a power [... more]
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Blue Heron (Egy nyár emléke): dir Sophy Romvari (2025)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA deeply personal portrait of childhood, family fractures, and the fragility of recollection from award-winning filmmaker Sophy Romvari, who drew on her own experiences for her feature debut – a deeply personal portrait of childhood, family fractures, and the fragility [... more]
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Abstractions: A Journey Between Islamic and Contemporary Art
Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiGuggenheim Abu Dhabi is preparing the local audience for its 11 December opening with a series of events “for the public to engage with artists, ideas and conversations that are shaping the new museum”. The mini-package closes with artist Rachid [... more]
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object for body / Body as an Object: A Laboratory of Transformation
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA performance workshop with Youness Atbane in advance of the UAE premiere of his work Untitled 14km on 1 and 2 October: "through collective experimentation, participants will explore how everyday objects can be displaced from their usual functions to generate [... more]
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The 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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Fabian Philandrianos and Pascal Navarro: Beyond the Gaze
La Galerie, Alliance Française Dubai Alliance Française Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates"An exhibition exploring the perception and relationship between the viewer and the artwork ... an invitation to discover what may appear when we take the time to look beyond the surface." The two French artists offer a dialogue between the [... more]
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Comedy Night
Rush Bar W Abu Dhabi, Yas Island, Abu DhabiFuneral Home Comedy, a newish name on the standup circuit, has added to the comedy options in Abu Dhabi – well, on Yas – with a a full night of laughs from top names (Roxy, Obaid, Ash Ahmed and Luca) [... more]
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CLOSING TODAY Mohamed Monaiseer: 85 Seconds To Midnight
Tabari Artspace Gate Village Level 2, DIFC, DubaiMonaiseer’s solo show examines history through cycles, repetition and flows, while testing the unstable boundary between imagination and reality. The title references the current status of the Doomsday Clock and its measurement of humanity’s proximity to catastrophe; notions of war, [... more]
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Youness Atbane: Untitled 14km
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe UAE premiere of a multidisciplinary work by the Moroccan artist Youness Atbane that combines dance theatre, performance, and installation in a satirical examination of how contemporary art engages with questions of identity – particularly what is framed as “Arab [... more]
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An Evening of Mohamed Abdelwahab
Cultural Foundation Qasr al Hosn, Abu DhabiMohamed Abdelwahab was one of the voices who helped shape the musical heritage of the Arab world, a pioneering composer who blended traditional Arabic melodies with Western influences and so helped to redefine the sound of Arabic music today. This [... more]
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You Think You Can Joke?
Champions Sports Bar Four Points By Sheraton, Dubai Production City, DubaiA standup open mic where fresh and regular comics take the stage; newbies are getting three minutes, the more established comics get six. There's a minimum spend of AED 70.
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CLOSING TODAY Habeeb Abu-Futtaim: The Ongoing Performance of Melancholia and Songs in Solitude
Bayt AlMamzar House 2, 26 Street, Al Mamzar, Deira, DubaiTwo interconnected exhibitions, both curated by Mo Reda and supported by the Department of Painting and Printmaking at VCUarts Qatar. Together, The Ongoing Performance of Melancholia and Songs in Solitude mark the culmination of a two-month residency at Bayt AlMamzar; [... more]
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showCACE
Zayed University DubaiThe projects exhibition for seniors of Zayed University's College of Arts and Creative Enterprises – usually among the best student/grad work you see in the UAE. Covers animation, graphic design, interior design and visual arts. To 8 October.
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Youness Atbane: Untitled 14km
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe second evening for this work that combines dance theatre, performance, and installation in a satirical examination of how contemporary art engages with questions of identity – particularly what is framed as “Arab identity”. Atbane constructs an imagined exhibition at [... more]
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You Don’t Need a Therapist
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates... not when you have three comedians on the stage, eager and willing to hear your problems and turn them into funny scenes and stories on the fly. Fully improvised, totally interactive. The first runout for this show a couple [... more]
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A Way Through: Archive of Resilience
Kutubna Cultural Center Madina Avenues 17, Nadd Al Hamar, DubaiAn exhibition born out of the question: how will this time be remembered and who will tell the stories of the people who live here? It's one of the outcomes of Kutubna’s initiative Documenting Culture in the Gulf in a [... more]
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The Kolektibols
Bayt AlMamzar House 2, 26 Street, Al Mamzar, DubaiA series of brand new and unstaged plays, the public outcome of the first performance residency hosted at Bayt AlMamzar; run by theatre group 63Kolektib, the residency paired six emerging playwrights with six early- to mid-career directors to develop six [... more]
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Anywhere, Everywhere
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiA series of conversations around the Global Positioning System exhibition: artists and researchers will discuss cartography and navigation as instruments of power that enable transport and trade, shape worldviews, annotate belonging and transformation. Speakers include Fatma Al Ali, Vikram Divecha, [... more]
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Scream If You Know What I Did Last Friday The 13th on Elm Street
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesImprov with a twist (probably of the knife in the heart). "Our Sinister plans are coming to fruition. For one night only, we will turn your Smile into consent, as we host an Insidious night of improvisation for the Psycho [... more]
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Laughter Lounge by 3albaraka: Pew! Pew!
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiImprov "where anything can happen and the audience becomes part of the show". Which is sort of how improv is defined, though in this case the title suggests there may be an extra element of ray guns and Star Wars [... more]
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HAHAHA Comedy night
H Bar The H Dubai Hotel, 1 Sheikh Zayed Road, DubaiThe Comedy Kix team does The H Dubai ("your Saturday is now sorted"). There's a AED 75 minimum spend.
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Comedy ColABZ with Abz Ali
Reunion DXB Signature Tower 3, Business Bay, DubaiClassy comedy with Abz Ali, featuring Luca Cupani and Obeid. Hosted by Roxy Yekta.
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CLOSING TODAY Global Positioning System
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiAn ambitious large-scale 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 ... delves into topographies, transit lines and simulated landscapes to engage critically [... more]
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CLOSING TODAY Phenomenological Alphabet
NYUAD Arts Centre Project SpaceA group exhibition for six artists – Aya Afaneh, Sarah Afaneh, Sarah Brahim, Amir Hazim, Yoonsik Chico Park, and Andrew Riad – exploring how language is formed through the body, voice, gesture, and mark making practices. Each contributes a distinct [... more]
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Juma Alhaj: Revelation
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe first institutional solo exhibition by Emirati artist Juma Alhaj is the culmination of his participation in 421 Arts Campus' Artistic Development Program. Grounded in reading, journaling, and philosophical inquiry, it explores themes of reflection, solitude, and self-discovery; the exhibition [... more]
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Archipelago of Whispers
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA group show curated by Deniz Kirkali and Elham Puriya Mehr that brings together works in video, sound installations, and performance that explore “alternative infrastructures for knowledge-making such as whispers, murmurs, hums, gossip, and storytelling”. The artists include Aliaskar Abarkas, [... more]
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Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory: dir Mel Stuart (1971)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA beautiful restoration of this family classic for its 55th anniversary, based on the Roald Dahl book and staring Gene Wilder having a lot of fun with his role as the magical maker of scrumptious sweets. Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), [... more]
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Rocco and His Brothers (Rocco e i Suoi Fratelli): dir Luchino Visconti (1960)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThis epic study of family, love, and betrayal is one of Visconti’s most revered works; it's also one of the defining films of a new realism in Italian cinema, unafraid to confront the hypocrisies of the ruling class, the squalor [... more]
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Music and Sound Club: Session #2 AI and Music Technology
SAF Photography Gallery Al Manakh, SharjahSharjah Art Foundation’s Music and Sound Club is a series of fortnightly hands-on workshops and meetup sessions form anyone interested in music and sonic arts. This second workshop is a two-parter – on 4 and 18 October – that introduces [... more]
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The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
The Club Al Mina, Abu DhabiYet another strong-looking bill for this month's Laughter Factory tour: Marlon Davis – one of the UK’s rising comedy talents, breezily confident and good at observational comedy George Zach – standup whose credits extend beyond the comedy club circuit to [... more]
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Comedy 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 – a great venue: quite intimate, few distractions. Featuring surprise drop-ins, fresh material, and “the kind of intimate room where sitting in the [... more]
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An Evening of Mohamed Abdelwahab
University of the Arts University City, SharjahThe UAENO's tribute to a pioneering composer who blended traditional Arabic melodies with Western influences comes to Sharjah with a concert that invites audiences to rediscover familiar works in a new symphonic setting.
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Same Same But Different
Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, DubaiWith Amin and Obaid. "Two comedians take turns on the stage, and by the end of the night you’ll still be trying to figure out how these two ended up on the same bill ..."
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My Father’s Shadow: dir Akinola Davies Jr (2025)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAnother fine Cinema Space choice: winner of a Caméra d’Or Special Mention at Cannes and the 2026 BAFTA award for Outstanding Debut Feature, My Father’s Shadow is a stunning debut for the British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davis Jr. Set in 1993 [... more]
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Very Furry – Open Mic Joke Jam
PrinBella Cafe Assel Blvd, Jumeirah Village Circle, DubaiMad Cat Comedy’s only open mic night: comedians test new jokes, new performers take the stage, and dog lovers are welcome to come along for a fun evening in JVC. Only 20 seats available. Free entry!
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Fridge Concert Series 50: PeachPuffs | The Draft
The Fridge Warehouse Warehouse 5, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiA grunge-ish evening for the opener of the Fridge Concert Series, though headliners PeachPuffs are closer to a UK-style indie band with their sharp songwriting, good melodies and stage presence. They can play, too, and they have a new single [... more]
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The 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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Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial
Calligraphy Square – Sharjah Art Museum SharjahThis 12th edition of the Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial has the theme 'Balance' and features 297 works by 145 artists from around the world. It's always an interesting visit because of the range of styles and techniques on show, covering traditional [... more]
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Club Ocha: the Last Laughs of Summer
Basement, HIVE Jumeriah Village Circle, DubaiA Comedy Kix gig with a strong bill – Imail Abdi, Valentina Danubio, Ahmad Kasidcomedy, Saeed Alnahdy and Enoud Metaweaa. Note that is a non-smoking room, and there’s no FnB – but you can bring your own booze (!) and [... more]
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