Redouane Bougheraba
French comedy icon Redouane Bougheraba is back in Dubai, headlining a Dubai Opera show for the Dubai Comedy festival. French comedy doesn't get much better than this ...
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Dubai Opera
The Teachers’ Lounge: dir İlker Çatak (2023)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesCarla Nowak (Leonie Benesch) is an idealistic new high-school teacher. She seems to have connected with her Year 8 students, who are engaged and eager to learn in her maths class. But something is bubbling underneath the surface, and she’s [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerMonday Night Comedy: This Is Impro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesExactly what it says: an 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 improv. It's free, but you need to put your name on [ ... ]
FreeThe Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Aura Skypool Palm Tower 50th floor, Palm Jumeirah, DubaiThe October Laughter Factory tour looks a good one. The acts: Jimmy McGhie Gold-plated comedy from a UK standup who's performed all round the world (he's been a hit in Dubai too). Highly recommended Karen Bayley Well-established (over a decade [ ... ]
AED 250
Slava’s Snowshow
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiIt might be a bit early for Christmas, but this really is one of the best seasonal shows around – a whimsical blur of laughter, awe, and magic that has already been seen by more than 12 million theatregoers in80 [ ... ]
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Happy Holidays: dir Scandar Copti (2024)
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesStudying away from home has given Fifi (Manar Shehab) a new sense of autonomy, but waking up in a hospital room after minor car accident in Jerusalem and surrounded by her family she will have to decide how much of her [ ... ]
AED 30Slava’s Snowshow
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiIt might be a bit early for Christmas, but this really is one of the best seasonal shows around – a whimsical blur of laughter, awe, and magic that has already been seen by more than 12 million theatregoers in80 [ ... ]
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Silvio Porzionato and Laurence Jenkell: Sweet Faces
Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery Al Khayat Art Avenue, Al Quoz, DubaiItalian painter Silvio Porzionato offers monumental oil portraits, "transforming everyday faces into universal icons of humanity" as the gallery has it. French sculptor Laurence Jenkell brings a colourful and dynamic style, her 3D works suggesting "playful symbols of memory and [ ... ]
Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe 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 [ ... ]
FreeThe Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
The Strand Palm Wesy Views, Palm Jumeirah, DubaiThe October Laughter Factory tour looks a good one, and this looks an interesting gig for them – "the world’s first-ever, dog-friendly, live stand-up comedy event". Yep, bring your dog. Thendoor price includes a drink. The acts: Jimmy McGhie Gold-plated [ ... ]
AED 185LAST CHANCE Ranim AlHalaky: Of Liminal Threads
Tashkeel Studio and Gallery Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesTashkeel reopens its Nad Al Sheba Gallery with this solo exhibition by Syrian-Lebanese artist and designer Ranim AlHalaky, the culmination of a year-long journey of research, mentorship, and production as part of Tashkeel's Critical Practice Programme.
FreeSlava’s Snowshow
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiIt might be a bit early for Christmas, but this really is one of the best seasonal shows around – a whimsical blur of laughter, awe, and magic that has already been seen by more than 12 million theatregoers in80 [ ... ]
From AED 225The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
The Bay, Al Hamra Golf Club Al Hamra, Ras Al KhaimahThe October Laughter Factory tour looks a good one. The acts: Jimmy McGhie Gold-plated comedy from a UK standup who's performed all round the world (he's been a hit in Dubai too). Highly recommended Karen Bayley Well-established (over a decade [ ... ]
AED 160
Prix Pictet: Storm
Ishara Art Foundation Alserkal Avenue, DubaiPrix Pictet, founded in 2008 by the Pictet Group, is the world’s leading award for photography that draws attention to issues of global sustainability; this exhibition showcases work by 12 photographers who have been shortlisted for the eleventh cycle of [ ... ]
FreeSlava’s Snowshow
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiIt might be a bit early for Christmas, but this really is one of the best seasonal shows around – a whimsical blur of laughter, awe, and magic that has already been seen by more than 12 million theatregoers in80 [ ... ]
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Of Land and Water: Works from the Sharjah Art Foundation Collection
Kalba Ice Factory Al Gurm, Kalba, SharjahHow do borders and ideologies attempt to contain open stretches of land and water, and segregate those who inhabit them? What ties us to a place, and what severs us from it? Which ways of living and knowledge can move [ ... ]
FreeFriday Night Spotlight – Month of Magic Edition
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe Courtyard's community theatre night, described as "a celebration of creativity, experimentation, and theatrical wizardry" with community members and in-house performers taking the stage to try out fresh ideas and showcase their talents. The first half features performances from the [ ... ]
FreeThe Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Radisson DAMAC Hills Hessa Street Dubailand, DubaiThe October Laughter Factory tour looks a good one. The acts: Jimmy McGhie Gold-plated comedy from a UK standup who's performed all round the world (he's been a hit in Dubai too). Highly recommended Karen Bayley Well-established (over a decade [ ... ]
AED 160Slava’s Snowshow
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiIt might be a bit early for Christmas, but this really is one of the best seasonal shows around – a whimsical blur of laughter, awe, and magic that has already been seen by more than 12 million theatregoers in80 [ ... ]
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World Stage Design
[various Sharjah locations]The international festival of design for performance, held every four years, is coming to the UAE for its 2025 edition. It features exhibitions, performances, workshops, talks and panels where professionals share ideas and mingle with the consumers; read our preview [ ... ]
Day pass AED 50The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Dukes The Palm Palm Dubai, DubaiThe final gig for the October Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Jimmy McGhie Gold-plated comedy from a UK standup who's performed all round the world (he's been a hit in Dubai too). Highly recommended Karen Bayley Well-established (over a decade [ ... ]
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Sugar Sammy
Zabeel Theatre Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent, DubaiA welcome visit from the Canadian comic known to his mum as Samir Khullar, a veteran of the international stand-up circuit whose comedy still comes across as fresh and fearless "with a talent for provoking both laughter and outrage” (New [ ... ]
From AED 190Shakespeare for Kidz: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiFirst staged to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival in the late 1990s, Shakespeare 4 Kidz’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a lively, funny and accessible musical retelling of Shakespeare’s timeless classic. The comed follows the Duke of Athens as [ ... ]
From AED 135Slava’s Snowshow
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiIt might be a bit early for Christmas, but this really is one of the best seasonal shows around – a whimsical blur of laughter, awe, and magic that has already been seen by more than 12 million theatregoers in80 [ ... ]
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The Wanted 18: dir Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan (2014)
Maraya Art Centre Al Qasba, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesAs part of its current SILA: All That Is Left To You exhibition, Maraya Art Centre is hosting two film screenings that extend the exhibition's exploration of Palestinian memory, resistance, and cultural legacy. The Wanted 18 is a film about [ ... ]
FreeMina and Friends Go Pink
Social Distrikt The Pointe, Palm Jumeirah, DubaiDubomedy's 15th annual gig in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month promises "a STELLAR ensemble of performing artists" curated and hosted by Mina Liccione. They include poet Nathalia Khawand, singer La Rudche, Beatbox Ray with Shilpa Ananth, and Dubomedy's own Funny [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registration recommendedSugar Sammy
Zabeel Theatre Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent, DubaiA second show by the Canadian comic, a veteran of the international stand-up circuit whose comedy still comes across as fresh and fearless "with a talent for provoking both laughter and outrage” (New York Times) – his crowdwork is especially [ ... ]
From AED 190Shakespeare for Kidz: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiTwo more performances of Shakespeare 4 Kidz' lively, funny and accessible musical retelling of Shakespeare’s timeless classic There are performances at 9am-10.30am and 11.45am-1.15pm, with two more tomorrow (21 October) at the same time.
From AED 135Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro & Sing It! feat. Andrew Gentilli
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA two-act evening of improvised spells, scenes, and songs, entirely based on audience suggestions and featuring the Courtyard Playhouse's most experienced improv performers plus guest performer and improv instructor Andrew Gentilli from the UK. It's free, but you need to [ ... ]
FreeShakespeare for Kidz: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiTwo final performances for Shakespeare 4 Kidz' lively, funny and accessible musical retelling of Shakespeare’s classic. There are shows at 9 – 10.30am and 11.45am – 1.15pm
From AED 135LAST CHANCE Sebastian Hosu: Transmission
Volery Gallery Maze Tower - 5201, Dubai International Financial Center, DubaiThe debut solo exhibition in Dubai by the German Romanian artist introduces a new body of work that captures human presence in flux figures that dissolve into their surroundings. Known for his monumental canvases and emotionally charged brushwork, Hosu invites [ ... ]
Free
Slava’s Snowshow
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiThe second week for one of the best seasonal shows around – a whimsical blur of laughter, awe, and magic that has already been seen by more than 12 million theatregoers in80 countries around the world, including a near sellout [ ... ]
From AED 200Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe 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 [ ... ]
FreeSlava’s Snowshow
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiThe second week for one of the best seasonal shows around – a whimsical blur of laughter, awe, and magic that has already been seen by more than 12 million theatregoers in80 countries around the world, including a near sellout [ ... ]
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Thomas Dillon: The Raw and the Cooked
Opera Gallery DIFC, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThis is Dillon's first solo exhibition in Dubai; and it is claimed to be a milestone in the artist’s career, featuring a body of work conceived and created specifically for this show. In Claude Lévi-Strauss’s influential text of the same [ ... ]
FreePowerPointless Networking Night
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesBack for a new season, it’s one of the most consistently funny of the Courtyard's classic improv gigs: the speakers have to give a presentation on a slide deck they’ve never seen before, with the topic determined at random by [ ... ]
FreeComedy Night @ Ting Irie Abu Dhabi
Ting Irie, Mamsga al Saadiyat Mamsha Al Saadiyat, Cultural District, Abu DhabiThe return of Ting Irie's standup gigs, with great Jamaican vibes and up-and-coming local comedians including Saaniya Abbas, Anand Raman, Maher Barwany and Roxy. The entrance price includes one free drink, which you were probably going to buy anyway ...
AED 95LAST CHANCE Talal Al Najjar: Mesh & Mayhem
Tabari Artspace Gate Village Level 2, DIFC, DubaiTalal Al Najjar’s works feel very contemporary, not just in his use of materials and technologuy but also in his concerns and ambitions. He produces sculpture, video, sound, CGI animation, painting, and installation, in addition to writing and curation; his [ ... ]
Slava’s Snowshow
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiThe second week for one of the best seasonal shows around – a whimsical blur of laughter, awe, and magic that has already been seen by more than 12 million theatregoers in80 countries around the world, including a near sellout [ ... ]
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Nja Mahdaoui: the Choreographer of Letters
Bassam Freiha Art Foundation Cultural District Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiThis focused retrospective surveys over six decades of practice by the Tunisian multimedia artist Nja Mahdaoui, an influential figures in Arab modern art who repurposed Arabic calligraphy into a visual and abstract contemporary art form. This show, o-curated by Michaela [ ... ]
Constructing the Orient: Fragments of a Western Dream
Bassam Freiha Art Foundation Cultural District Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiDrawn from the private collection of Bassam Said Freiha plus key loans from the Ary Jan Gallery, this exhibition of Orientalist works unfolds across five thematic sections, each focusing on a central motif within Orientalist visual language and examining how [ ... ]
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SCHLiNGEL Abu Dhabi: day one
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiAfter a successful debut in 2024, SCHLiNGEL returns to Abu Dhabi. It's an international film festival for children that has been running since 1996 in Chemnitz, Germany, showcasing the most exciting new productions for young people. The Abu Dhabi edition [ ... ]
AED 25The Ugly One
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesWhen the extent of his ugliness is revealed, Lette turns to a plastic surgeon for help – but when the bandages come off, Lette soon learns that there is such a thing as too beautiful ... Translated from the original [ ... ]
AED 130The Greatest Magic Show Ever
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesClassic Courtyard improv with a twist: the evening begins with a round of playful improv – quick-fire games and spontaneous scenework fuelled by audience suggestions but thenmagician and stand-up comedian Annanya George teams up with Courtyard regular Rushdi Rafeek to [ ... ]
FreeThe Greatest Magic Show Ever
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesOf course it is. The evening begins with a round of playful improv fuelled by audience suggestions. Then the spotlight shifts to "something truly magical" as magician and stand-up comedian Annanya George teams up with Rushdi Rafeek to blend illusion, [ ... ]
Free
Every Brilliant Thing
Shajar car park, Aljada SharjahAs his mother battles chronic depression, a child creates a list of every thing they can think of that makes life worth living. As the child grows, so does the list. Looking back on a life of ups and downs, [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerThe Ugly One
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesWhen the extent of his ugliness is revealed, Lette turns to a plastic surgeon for help – but when the bandages come off, Lette soon learns that there is such a thing as too beautiful ... The second day of [ ... ]
AED 130Slava’s Snowshow
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiThe second week for one of the best seasonal shows around – a whimsical blur of laughter, awe, and magic that has already been seen by more than 12 million theatregoers in80 countries around the world, including a near sellout [ ... ]
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SCHLiNGEL Abu Dhabi: day two
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiSCHLiNGEL Abu Dhabi's return continues with a full day of films for the young, taken from the international film festival for children that has been running since 1996 in Germany. All films with dialogue have English subtitles. There are three [ ... ]
AED 25Every Brilliant Thing
Shajar car park, Aljada SharjahSecond of two performances for Ahmed El Attar's Arabic version of a touching, funny, and uplifting play originally in English.
Free, but pre-register
