Comedy Night
Funeral 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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Rush Bar W Abu Dhabi, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
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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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Sounds of Other Shores: The Musical Poetics of Identity on Kenya’s Swahili Coast
NYUAD Institute Building Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiAndrew Eisenberg, Associate Professor of Music at NYUAD and Head of the Music Program there, combines oral history, ethnography, and musical analysis to explore how musicians in twentieth-century Mombasa used Arab and Indian musical influences to navigate questions of identity, [... more]
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Artist Talks: Moza Al Mazrouei – For Purposes Other than Intended
NYUAD Art Gallery Reading Room أبو ظبي, أبو ظبي, United Arab EmiratesA conversation moderated by Sarah Almehairi exploring Moza Al Mazrouei's artistic practice across sculpture, film, mixed media, writing, and curation. Moving between research and fiction, observation and participation, the discussion touches on authorship, selfhood, and the structures of power that [... more]
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Wednesday 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 [... more]
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Fellow Travellers
Tabari Artspace Gate Village Level 2, DIFC, DubaiAn exhibition conceived and curated by Prof Omar Kholeif, featuring Sonia Balassanian, Jai Chuhan, Luísa Correia Pereira, Lalitha Lajmi, Irene Scheinmann and Omar Kholeif himself. Developed from nearly two decades of Kholeif’s research, writing and relationships with artists, the exhibition [... more]
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Talal Moualla: The Table of Absence
K Gallery Al Barari, Seventh Heaven, DubaiFor more than five decades, the Syrian artist, poet, and critic Talal Moualla has approached the image not simply as representation, but (says the gallery) “as a form of thought ... Moving between painting, criticism, poetry and research, his practice [... more]
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CLOSING TODAY 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.
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Music and Sound Club: Session #3: Contextualising Tape Loops 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. Bridging the analogue and the digital, this session encourages you to craft hybrid musical works [... more]
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From Istanbul to Cairo – A Thousand Ways of Being Modern: dir Ilana Navaro (2025)
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesIn conjunction with the NYUAD Art Gallery's current exhibition All Manner of Experiments, the Gallery has organised a special screening of Ilana Navaro's well-regarded documentary exploring how late 19th- and 20th-century artists from the region developed alternative modernities. The film [... more]
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The Amy Winehouse Band
Dubai OperaIt’s 20 years since Back to Black was released, so there’s a reasonable hook for this performance by “the original musicians who performed alongside Amy on stages around the world and helped shape her distinctive sound both live and in [... more]
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The 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.
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Al Sidr Environmental Film Festival
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe fifth edition of the Al Sidr Environmental Film Festival, presented with Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, is themed Mend, or رَمِّم in Arabic. In this context, the word considers environmental restoration, from habitat and species recovery to water stewardship [... more]
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Cineolio’s Cinenights
Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab EmiratesFounded by Emirati filmmaker and curator Nawaf Al Janahi in 2020, Cineolio‘s mission is focused on promoting short films and expanding their audience reach internationally. Its Cinenights screening series presents a diverse selection of short films on the big screen, [... more]
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Pitch Them Perfect: Pitches + Confessions
Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, DubaiA week of this interactive live dating comedy show for Dubai Comedy Festival "where we laugh about your worst dates, talk relationships, and give you the chance to pitch your single friends. Help them find true love, and help yourself [... more]
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Naïssam Jalal and Hazem Shaheen
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA concert with flautist Naïssam Jalal and oudist Hazem Shaheen that brings together modern jazz and the classical Arabic tradition of improvised taqsim. Jalal has a storied career in collaborations across a variety of musical styles, primarily in contemporary jazz [... more]
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Politically 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.
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The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Radisson DAMAC Hills Hessa Street Dubailand, DubaiYet 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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Heritage Symphonic Orchestra: Nagham
Space 42 Arena Al Raha St, Abu DhabiAn evening of Arab music reworked with sweeping orchestral arrangements, celebrating the richness of the region’s musical heritage and blending authenticity with contemporary orchestral performance. The Yemeni Heritage Symphonic Orchestra is conducted by its founder, the Yemeni composer and conductor [... more]
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