Soiree Stand-Up Parisien
A second evening of top Francophone comedy with Nassim Mellah, Benito, and Malcolm & Syphax. There's drinks and nibbles at 6.30pm, the show starts at 7pm. AF members pay AED 100, the rest of us AED 125.
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- Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Natalie Perez and Ina Charuashvili
Dubai Opera Studio Downtown Dubai, DubaiThe elegant French mezzo-soprano is joined on piano by Ina Charuashvili for the latest in this series of recitals for the Global Notes series, a programme curated by Amira Fouad that features young stars from around the world with a [ ... ]
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Aurie Styla: The Aurator Tour
Theatre by QE2 Queen Elizabeth 2, Port Rashid, DubaiAward-winning comedian, actor and writer from London with a load of style, a Spirit of the (Edinburgh) Fringe Award for 2022, a distinctive voice (he's the worldwide voice of Pintrest, among others), and a neat line in wit for tech [ ... ]
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Live in Concert
Dubai OperaDubai Opera's Film Music Week continues with a screening of the first instalment of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, accompanied by live music from the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and Dubai Festival Chorus, conducted by Anthony Gabriele. Hans Zimmer's [ ... ]
From AED 275Rana AlMutawa: Everyday Life in the Spectacular City
Kutubna Cultural Center Madina Avenues 17, Nadd Al Hamar, DubaiDubai’s newest independent bookstore and cultural centre, Kutubna Cultural Center, is opening with Dr Rana AlMutawa’s first solo exhibition in Dubai – an exhibition of images from her book Everyday Life in the Spectacular City: Making home in Dubai. It’s [ ... ]
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Circa: Duck Pond
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe final Abu Dhabi performance for this exuberant take on Swan Lake (with a hint of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling) that mixes the enchantment of the ballet with the thrill of the circus. Australia's Circa Contemporary Circus is [ ... ]
AED 155Alserkal Community Lane Takeover
Alserkal Avenue Al Quoz 1, DubaiThe second evening of Alserkal Avenue's pop up food festival involving the Avenue's own F&B outlets and a mass of invited incomers. Should be fun, with DJ music including The Flip Side’s Shadi Megallaa.
FreeDubai Bibliophiles Book Club – Toni Morrison’s Beloved
21grams Urban Balkan Bistro Meyan Mall, Al Thanyah St, Umm Suqeim 2, DubaiThe book group discusses what is arguably Morrison's finest literary work, a multi-layered attempt to give voice to the collective memory of African Americans that also explores notions of family, trauma, the repression of memory, and of course the restoration [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerSoiree Stand-Up Parisien
Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThird evening (of three) for this top gig of Francophone comedy with Nassim Mellah, Benito, and Malcolm & Syphax. There's drinks and nibbles at 6.30pm, the show starts at 7pm. AF members pay AED 100, the rest of us AED [ ... ]
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Maysoon Zayid: Bint Balad
Zabeel Theatre Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent, DubaiThe distinctive stand-up style of America's first Muslim female comedian (probably) and (definitely) the funniest. Comedian, writer, actress, tap dancer, and disability advocate Maysoon Zayid delivers a humorous and heartwarming tale of beating the odds in so many ways ... [ ... ]
From AED 125Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesExactly 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 [ ... ]
Free but donations welcomeCharlie Chaplin’s The Kid live in Concert
Dubai OperaA celebration of Charlie Chaplin's Day today in the form of a live cine-concert, the last in Dubai Opera's Film Week series: Chaplin's silent movie classic from 1921 is accompanied by the full Armenian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Timothy Brock. [ ... ]
From AED 275Fridge Concert Series season 43: TalkinToys | Sreeja Chakra
The Fridge Warehouse Warehouse 5, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiThe Fridge Concert Series has always been A Good Thing – typically new(ish) and local(ish) artists given a decent set in a well-equipped space with a supportive audience. Here's pop and indie band Talkintoys, formed in 2018 in the UAE [ ... ]
AED 80LAST CHANCE Salomé Chatriot: If That Glass Breaks Humanity is Doomed
Volery Gallery Maze Tower - 5201, Dubai International Financial Center, DubaiA solo exhibition show for a magpie favourite. Salomé Chatriot's work merges technology with organic elements to suggest a harmony between human and machine, advocating for a future where technology and humanity coexist. There's no pessimism about technological progress, just [ ... ]
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NYU Keys for Two
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThis should be an impressive performance in The Arts Center's Red Theater: two virtuosos of the piano – Eteri Andjaparidze (Professor of Piano at NYUNY) and Ioannis Potamousis (NYUAD Professor of Piano) – come together for recital programme featuring solo [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerWednesday Night Impro: Maestro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesTen 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 [ ... ]
Free but donations welcomeLAST CHANCE Elena Butko and Jasbir Saggu
ME Dubai The Opus by Omniyat, Al Amal Street, Business Bay, DubaiThe chance to exhibit in an undeniable architectural icon designed by a starchitect (and priced to attract HNIs) doesn't come along every day. ME Dubai's Cultural Connections programme for the spring features vivid abstracts by Elena Butko and "multidimensional landscapes [ ... ]
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Mona Ayyash: The Clock Doesn’t Care
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesFor her first solo exhibition, the culmination of the artist's participation in the 2024 cycle of the 421 Artistic Development Program, Ayyash presents a collaborative video piece focusing on small body movements. Created with a group of actors, dancers, and [ ... ]
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On a Timeline: 2024 MFA Graduate Show
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesMarking the third year of collaboration and an expanded partnership between 421 Arts Campus and NYUAD, this exhibition of work by students completing the two-year Master of Fine Arts in Art and Media at NYUAD showcases research and experimentation by [ ... ]
FreeArnaud Rivieren: Steel Life
Waddington Custot Dubai, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesRivieren's second solo show at Custot is a continuation of his previous exhibition, Natural Sublime, featuring new organic forms and new production processes On show are 14 new and existing works; "through recognisable and nostalgic organic shapes, we find ourselves [ ... ]
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Suanjaya Kencut: Re-Charge
Volery Gallery Maze Tower - 5201, Dubai International Financial Center, DubaiKencut'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 [ ... ]
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DuoCalva
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA rare chance to catch the Swiss 'cellocomedy' duo outside Europe. Alain Schudel and Daniel Schaerer are excellent cellists in their own right, but on the stage with pieces by the likes of Mozart, Strauss, Holst and David Bowie (ok, [ ... ]
AED 50Art Expression Workshop
BFAF Culture District, Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiThis workshop, led by the Guatemalan artist and art therapist Emilie Dubois, promises "a transformative journey towards self-discovery and emotional expression" based on colour mapping – participants assign vibrant colours to elements that bring them joy, "visually mapping their sources [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerLAST CHANCE Féminin Pluriel: Beyond the City – Chapter 2
Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates"A most exotic dreamlike journey" promises the blurb for this successor to the first Beyond the City show last November. Art collective Féminin Pluriel returns with work by Bénédicte Gimonnet; collective memebrs Alison Ladegaillerie, Agnès Sheikh, Alexandra Raynaud, Bénédicte Joland-Chazelle, [ ... ]
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Nika Neelova: Beghost
NIKA Project Space Unit 11 Al Khayat Avenue, 19th Street Road — Al Quoz 1, DubaiA solo exhibition for the London-based artist that draws inspiration from Buhais Geology Park and Jebel Buhais archaeological site in Al Madam. Neelova's sculptures, crafted from a variety of materials including glass, clay, and fossilized shark teeth, offer a speculative [ ... ]
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Les Triplettes de Belleville: dir Sylvain Chomet (2003)
Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi Reem Island, Abu DhabiA quite brilliant full-length animated comedy, largely dialogue-free (though this version is in French with English subtitles: it was released in the UK as Belleville Rendezvous) about an elderly woman on a quest to rescue her grandson, a Tour de [ ... ]
FreeBlue Fever meets Motown
The Club Al Mina, Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi's very own a cappella group take on Motown with the aid of The Retromaniacs Band and a buffet dinner. Should be good ... Tickets are AED 200 for members, AED 220 for the rest of us; they're available [ ... ]
Non-members AED 220Othello
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesYou can't fault the Junction's resident H72 theatre company for lack of ambition; Othello is an expansive play, full of big characters and demanding powerful acting to deliver Shakespeare's tale of jealousy, interpersonal politics and social commentary. We know little [ ... ]
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Modern and Contemporary Art Dubai
Christie’s Dubai DIFC, Gate Village, Building 5, DubaiThis online-only Christie’s sale takes place 9-23 May but includes a selection of the works in an exhibition at its DIFC base between 18 and 23 May (10am to 7pm each day). We don't know exactly what will be on [ ... ]
FreeThe Comedy Breakfast Club: Yolks and Jokes!
Table Top Tavern 114 Khalifa Bin Zayed The First Street, Abu DhabiLove this idea – breakfast coffee with a side of family-friendly comedy and games. This Abu Dhabi Comedy Week gig will be hosted by fan-favourite Adi Thomas and features stand-up with Nadim and Josh, musical comedy with Valentina, and “comedy [ ... ]
Free with purchaseUntamed Pages II
Alserkal Arts Foundation Warehouse 50/51, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiThe second in a series of playwriting workshop for writers, artists and performers. Playwright and artist Rebecca Crookshank invites participants to create a scene structured around the rituals of a dinner; "through playful experimentation building on the shared celebration of [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerImprov Comedy Workshop
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesImprovisation is the art of thinking on your feet, and while it’s an essential tool for performers who get involved with audience interaction it’s useful more generally for verbal and physical communication and team collaboration. This workshop, billed as part [ ... ]
AED 50Blue Fever meets Motown
The Club Al Mina, Abu DhabiA second fun evening for entertainment from Abu Dhabi's very own a cappella group with The Retromaniacs Band plus a buffet dinner. Tickets are AED 200 for members, AED 220 for the rest of us; they're available at The Club [ ... ]
Non-members AED 220Othello
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesYou can't fault the Junction's resident H72 theatre company for lack of ambition; Othello is an expansive play, full of big characters and demanding powerful acting to deliver Shakespeare's tale of jealousy, interpersonal politics and social commentary. We know little [ ... ]
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Aziz Ansari
Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu DhabiThe award-winning actor, director, writer, and comedian is so much more than the Parks and Recreation character he shed nearly ten years ago; much more indicative of his current style is the Netflix series Master of None (2015–2021) that he [ ... ]
From AED 250Exclusive Live Comedy Podcast: Ali Al Sayed
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates“Raw, real and hilarious” live podcasts, hosted by top local comedian Ali Al Sayed with guests as a contribution to Abu Dhabi Comedy Week. Free to attend, but you need to pre-register (if you can’t get into this one there [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerOthello
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesYou can't fault the Junction's resident H72 theatre company for lack of ambition; Othello is an expansive play, full of big characters and demanding powerful acting to deliver Shakespeare's tale of jealousy, interpersonal politics and social commentary. We know little [ ... ]
AED 120Mame Khan
Zabeel Theatre Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent, DubaiBollywood Sufi from the pride of Rajasthan and his ensemble. Featuring “the finest musicians on an assortment of traditional instruments such as the dholak, harmonium, kartal, kamaycha, sarangi, morchang, bhapang, matka, tambura, bansuri as well as keyboard and saxophone”, we’re [ ... ]
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Tommy Tiernan, Kevin Bridges, Joanne McNally
Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu DhabiTwo of Britain’s best standups share this Abu Dhabi Comedy Week with a "special guest". The men are both established, both very funny, and both get less attention than they deserve; Tiernan is everything you want from a droll Irish [ ... ]
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Ahmed Al-Kadri
Jazz and Fizz Bar, Sofitel Abu Dhabi Corniche Corniche Road East, Capital Plaza Complex, Abu DhabiThe Yemeni/American standup is coming to Abu Dhabi for Comedy Week. He’s good, and though his improv and TikTok and Instagram shorts have been a viral hit he deserves a wider audience for his way with anecdotes and “jokes about [ ... ]
AED 150Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesExactly 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 [ ... ]
Free but donations welcomeNew York Legends at Broadway Theater, Emirates Palace
Emirates Palace Auditorium Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe Emirates Palace’s Auditorium has been repurposed as a Broadway theatre for this “unmissable comedy lineup” as the blurb puts it. It’s an Abu Dhabi Comedy Week evening with five standups (“legends”? Well, maybe) that come from or have a [ ... ]
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Seven Winters in Tehran: dir Steffi Niederzoll (2023)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAn important documentary: Reyhaneh Jabbari was a female student in Tehran who was hanged for murder, but she had acted in self-defence against a rapist. She would have received a pardon and a short jail term if she had retracted [ ... ]
AED 30Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee: Bad Friends
Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu DhabiComedians Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee are touring their hit podcast Bad Friends, which showcases the dynamic and sometimes “contentious” relationship between the two. This gig is part of Abu Dhabi Comedy Week.
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John Achkar: Shou Zakeh?!
Saadiyat Rotana Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiThe popular Lebanese comic stops off in Abu Dhabi for a one-night-only special in Abu Dhabi Comedy Week as part of a world tour. The show’s in Arabic (specifically Lebanese Arabic).
From AED 150New York Legends at Broadway Theater, Emirates Palace
Emirates Palace Auditorium Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA second chance to catch this “unmissable comedy lineup” as the blurb puts it. It’s an Abu Dhabi Comedy Week evening with five standups (“legends”? Well, maybe) that come from or have a connection with New York City – so [ ... ]
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Behind The Mountains: dir Mohamed ben Attia (2023)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesIn this quite surprising supernatural drama, a man fed up with the chains of his humdrum life lashes out only to discover he possesses a logic-defying gift – the power to fly. The film departs from the director’s previous social [ ... ]
AED 30Library Circles: Azza Aboualam
Jameel Library Jameel Arts Centre, DubaiThe Jameel's Library Circles is a series of research, talks, and experimental interventions by UAE practitioners that offers alternative research methodologies with a focus on 'thinking in public'. For this iteration, Azza Aboualam – an Assistant Professor at Zayed University [ ... ]
FreeDéserts: dir Faouzi Bensaïdi (2023)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA road buddy comedy with a twist or two, wry humour throughout, gorgeous camerawork, and an all-pervading good sense of humanity and absurdity. Two petty crooks, Mehdi and Hamid, drive around the villages of southern Morocco, trying to recover a [ ... ]
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Andrew Schulz
Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu DhabiNew York native and internationally touring stand-up comic and podcaster, Schulz is known for his raw and irreverent comedy. He claims nothing is off limits, so this should make for an interesting gig as part of Abu Dhabi Comedy Week.
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