Opera Under the Dome by Firdaus Orchestra
Opera Under the Dome returns to Al Wasl Plaza, with the Firdaus Orchestra introducing a fresh repertoire that we're promised "captures the depth, passion and drama of opera".
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- Al Wasl Plaza Expo City, Dubai
UAENO: From Screen to Stage
Ras Al Khaimah Cultural Center Al Nakheel, Ras Al KhaimahThe UAE National Orchestra plays orchestral arrangements of the music that accompanies several Emirati film productions – including Ishhafan, Khalil Fi Mahab Al Reeh, Freej, Khiyanat Watan, and Al Kameen.
From AED 100The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Dukes The Palm Palm Dubai, DubaiThe final stop the Laughter Factory's April tour. On the bill: Robby Collins winner of multiple Comics Choice Awards. Expect razor-sharp storytelling and laid-back swagger from the South African standup Valentina Danubio Dubai favourite, mines her real world experience of [ ... ]
AED 175Short+Sweet Dubai
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiOne of two 10-minute play festivals running concurrently in Dubai on six successive weekends with a basically similar format. This one is probably the more familiar name; it's been running in Dubai for some years, latterly as a franchise but [ ... ]
AED 100 – AED 120Alserkal Art Month: weekend 1
Alserkal Avenue Al Quoz 1, DubaiHere’s the schedule for the first Sunday of Alserkal Avenue's Art Month (18 April to 19 May): 3-4pm Project Space KIDS' WORKSHOP Animal Comic Creations Participants (aged 7+) design their own comic-style story, inspired by an animal of their choice [ ... ]
Free
Dreams of Rumi
Theatre of Digital Arts Souk Madinat Jumeriah, Dubai"An authentic fusion of drama, choreography and music" – specifically, an evening of music, poetry and Dervish dancing in tribute to the poetic wisdom of Rumi, delivered by a small ensemble within ToDA’s 360° impressive immersive visuals.
From AED 200X Fest DXB
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesSecond day for opening weekend of the Junction's festival of short plays: each weekend features 10 to 11 original 10-minute plays, meaning audiences will get the chance to see a diverse lineup of stories, styles and performances in a single [ ... ]
AED 120Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro / Jane Austen 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 (Tim Orr this time). After warming up with some fun games and scenes, the improvisers will entertain you with [ ... ]
FreeBehind the Scenes of Museums: From Conservation to Communication
Bassam Freiha Art Foundation Cultural District Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiA lecture by Elsie El Deek Bou Jaoude, art historian and Director of the USEK Archaeological Museum, that promises “a rare glimpse into the unseen work of museums, exploring how conservation, research, and collaboration shape collections beyond what is visible to [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerWednesday 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 [ ... ]
FreeShort+Sweet Dubai: weekend two
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiSecond weekend of the festival of 10-minute plays – each of the S+S Dubai weekends (9-10 May is a break) features afternoon and evening sessions for 10 plays, meaning you could see something around 80 microplays if you attended all [ ... ]
AED 100 – AED 120LAST CHANCE The Poetry of Birds
L'ÉCOLE Middle East, School of Jewelry Arts Building 10, Dubai Design District, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesFollowing previous editions of this exhibition in Paris and Tokyo, L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts aims to offer a dialogue between 19th and 20th-century Western jewellery and Islamic arts, with poetry as the common thread. Jewels, precious objects, and gouaché [ ... ]
Free
Young Picasso: dir Phil Grabsky (2019)
Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiDocumentarist Phil Grabsky has carved a niche for himself by concentrating for the most part on films about artists – composers first, then more recently painters; Young Picasso is both typical of this work and one the best examples of [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerX Fest DXB: weekend 2
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe second weekend for the Junction's short play festival: each weekend features 10 to 11 original 10-minute plays, meaning audiences will get the chance to see a diverse lineup of stories, styles and performances in a single evening. Essentially you [ ... ]
AED 120Short+Sweet Dubai: weekend two
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiSecond day of the second weekend of the festival of 10-minute plays – each of the S+S Dubai weekends (9-10 May is a break) features afternoon and evening sessions for 10 plays, meaning you could see something around 80 microplays [ ... ]
AED 100 – AED 120LAST CHANCE Rays, Ripples, Residue
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThis major exhibition marks the ten-year anniversary of 421 Arts Campus and offers a chance to reflect on emergent artistic practices in the UAE, their possibilities, and challenges for the future. Featuring video, performance, installation, and multimedia works, it invites [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Image Keepers
Sharjah Art Foundation Photography Gallery Al Manakh, SharjahFor its inaugural exhibition, SAF's Photography Gallery presents a panorama of artistic experimentation and engagement drawn from the Sharjah Art Foundation Collection of photography. Says the Foundation: "the works navigate the sociopolitical terrain of the last six decades against a [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Memoryscape: Contemporary Visions Across the Arab Diaspora
Artbooth Gallery Centro Capital Center, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street, Abu DhabiA group show for six contemporary artists of Arab descent: Gilbert Halaby, Hanibal Srouji, Hussein Baalbaki, Richard Hearns, Sarah Alagroobi, and Soraya Abu Naba’a. Says the gallery: "At the heart of Memoryscape lies a shared inquiry into how our surroundings [ ... ]
FreeSunday Night Comedy Prom
Social Distrikt The Pointe, Palm Jumeirah, DubaiDubomedy's highly successful Sunday gig at Hushh in Social Distrikt gets a bit of a makeover to celebrate its 18 years of comic activity in Dubai. We're promised "a night of laughs, fits, and unforgettable vibes" with Stand-Up Comedy Game [ ... ]
Free, but min spend of one itemX Fest DXB: weekend 2
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe second weekend for the Junction's short play festival: each weekend features 10 to 11 original 10-minute plays, meaning audiences will get the chance to see a diverse lineup of stories, styles and performances in a single evening. Essentially you [ ... ]
AED 120Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro / Jane Austen 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 will entertain you with an evening of high [ ... ]
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 [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Shamsa Al Omaira: Hard Like Tears, Soft Like Glass
Iris Projects Studio 20, Madar 39, MiZa, Port Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA solo exhibition for Shamsa Al Omaira, an Abu Dhabi based multidisciplinary artist and designer. Evocations of duality occupy a prominent position in her work; childhood bedding and memories of jelly desserts morph into soft-looking sculptures laced with hidden or overt [ ... ]
FreeShort+Sweet Dubai: weekend three
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiThird weekend of the festival of 10-minute plays – each of the S+S Dubai weekends (9-10 May is a break) features afternoon and evening sessions for 10 plays, meaning you could see something around 80 microplays if you attended all [ ... ]
AED 100 – AED 120X Fest DXB: weekend 3
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe third weekend for the Junction's short play festival: each weekend features 10 to 11 original 10-minute plays, meaning audiences will get the chance to see a diverse lineup of stories, styles and performances in a single evening. This weekend [ ... ]
AED 120
Enrico Macias
Dubai OperaClassics from an icon of Francophone music, whose songs from a career of six decades seem filled with warmth, nostalgia, and humanity ... This performance may be one of his last international appearances, too.
From AED 295Short+Sweet Dubai: weekend three
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiSecond day of the third weekend of the festival of 10-minute plays – each of the S+S Dubai weekends (9-10 May is a break) features afternoon and evening sessions for 10 plays, meaning you could see something around 80 microplays [ ... ]
AED 100 – AED 120LAST CHANCE Ahaad Alamoudi: Sunkissed
Al Mureijah Square SharjahAlamoudi’s snapshots of contemporary Khaleeji aesthetics playfully capture the give-and-take between developmental goals and their real-world manifestation. Viral memes, talking falcons, automated toy cars and insect light traps all function as tools to process accelerating change; together, these works explore [ ... ]
FreeX Fest DXB: weekend 3
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe third weekend for the Junction's short play festival: each weekend features 10 to 11 original 10-minute plays, meaning audiences will get the chance to see a diverse lineup of stories, styles and performances in a single evening. This weekend [ ... ]
AED 120
Denis Matsuev
Dubai OperaOne of the outstanding pianists of the 21st century is back in Dubai with a concert that is sure to showcase his virtuosity (the orchestra gets second billing, for instance – it's the Academy of Russian Music Symphony Orchestra under [ ... ]
From AED 350LAST CHANCE Douglas White: The Great Wave
Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThroughout his practice, White approaches sculpture as a kind of material alchemy – discarded substances are reworked forms that appear uncannily animate: industrial debris becomes wave, tree, or cosmic surface, revealing unexpected continuities between natural forces and technological systems. Two [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Mulhaq: On Annexed Architecture and Peripheral Typologies
Bayt AlMamzar House 2, 26 Street, Al Mamzar, DubaiThis exhibition explores the quiet logic of annexed spaces and the peripheral architectures that shape everyday life across the Gulf. Through documentation, case studies, and spatial narratives, it reflects on how these overlooked structures mediate between privacy, family, and urban [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Aïda Muluneh: This Bloom I Borrow
Efiɛ Gallery 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue, First Al Khail Street, DubaiA new series of images by the Ethiopian art photographer, her second solo exhibition at the gallery. The show includes 10 works that have never been seen before. Muluneh has been a distinctive voice in contemporary photography throughout her 25-year [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Nihad Al Turk: Creatures of Hope
Ayyam Gallery B11, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesWithout formal art schooling, Nihad Al Turk has developed a distinctive visual language that blends colours, forms, and patterns, "preserving his naïve sensibility while conveying his philosophical outlook and artistic vision". His paintings typically feature anthropomorphic shapes and figures, a [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Unfixed ground
Lawrie Shabibi Unit 21, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiA group exhibition that approaches 'ground' as "something continuously produced: fractured, inscribed, and held in tension between erasure and persistence ..." The first of two spaces has works by Mandy El Sayegh, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Omar El Gurg, and Rand [ ... ]
FreeX Fest DXB: weekend 4
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe fourth weekend for the Junction's short play festival: each weekend features 10 to 11 original 10-minute plays, meaning audiences will get the chance to see a diverse lineup of stories, styles and performances in a single evening. Overall you [ ... ]
AED 150Season Special: Mini Maestro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesYoung performers take the stage for a mini version of Keith Johnstone’s competitive improv format with scenes, songs, and games inspired by audience suggestions. Performers are rated on a scale of 1 to 5 after each round; the player with [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Khozema Al-Aaed: We Walk on Stories
Firetti Contemporary Unit 29, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiKhozema Al‑Aaed's solo exhibition reimagines cartographies, reminding us that land absorbs our movements, our wounds, our hopes, "becoming a living archive of human presence" as the gallery puts it. "The compositions resemble traces of cities once inhabited, imagined, or departed. [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Robert Powers: The City in Its Details – The Past and Future in Dubai’s Architecture
Kutubna Cultural Center Madina Avenues 17, Nadd Al Hamar, DubaiA close look at Dubai’s urban fabric through the lens of architect and photographer Robert Powers. The exhibition traces the patterns and repetitions in architecture, streetscapes, industry, and infrastructure that shapes the character of a city; taken between 2013 and [ ... ]
FreeX Fest DXB: weekend 4
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe fourth weekend for the Junction's short play festival: each weekend features 10 to 11 original 10-minute plays, meaning audiences will get the chance to see a diverse lineup of stories, styles and performances in a single evening. Overall you [ ... ]
AED 150Wednesday 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 [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE All at Once
JD Malat Gallery ACT 2 Tower, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Blvd 13A ,Downtown Dubai, DubaiA group exhibition that reflects on continuity, resilience, and quiet optimism at a time when the world can feel uncertain. Says the gallery: "All at Once speaks to the coexistence of multiple realities – personal and shared, fleeting and enduring, [ ... ]
FreeShort+Sweet Dubai: People’s Choice Semi-Finals
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiThe semi finals weekend of the festival of 10-minute plays, today being for the People's Choices. The best playlets will return to compete for the top prizes on the Gala Weekend, 23-24 May. Times, dates, prices: 3.00-5.00pm 16 May AED [ ... ]
AED 150Short+Sweet Dubai: Judge’s Choice Semi-Finals
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiThe semi finals weekend of the festival of 10-minute plays, today being for the Judge's Choices. The best playlets will return to compete for the top prizes on the Gala Weekend, 23-24 May. Times, dates, prices: 3.00-5.00pm 17 May AED 150 [ ... ]
AED 150LAST CHANCE Maggie Otieno: Sojourner – The Difference Is the Same
Efiɛ Gallery 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue, First Al Khail Street, DubaiOtieno’s first solo presentation with Efie centres on her signature transformation of reclaimed and distressed materials. Working across wood, metal, and mixed media, her semi-abstract forms explore layered narratives of history, memory, human interaction, and environmental survival.
FreeX Fest DXB: weekend 4
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe penultimate weekend for the Junction's short play festival: if you've been attending all performances, you could have seen something like 70 original 10-minute plays by now ... The strongest return to the stage to compete for the top honours [ ... ]
AED 150X Fest DXB: weekend 4
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe penultimate weekend for the Junction's short play festival: if you've been attending all performances, you could have seen something like 70 original 10-minute plays by now ... The strongest return to the stage to compete for the top honours [ ... ]
AED 150LAST CHANCE Collector’s Entry Point
Fann à Porter The Workshop, Villa 45, St. 23b, off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park), Jumeirah 2, DubaiA group show of works by emerging, mid-career and established artists priced at $3,000 and below, conceived as an accessible entry into collecting "whether you’re just starting or looking to expand your collection with thoughtful additions". The artists: Ahmad Kasha [ ... ]
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 [ ... ]
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