LAST CHANCE Bygones
What does it mean to come from a home that does not exist today? The artworks in this exhibition examine the idea of true foreigners – whose left-behind homes exist not only in a different place, but also in a [ ... ]
Free
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Events
- NYUAD Project Space NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi
The Fridge Concert Series Season 45: Arqam | Vahimiti
The Fridge Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe Fridge's series of showcase concerts closes with Emirati soul singer Arqam – six hit singles to date. Support comes in the form of Polynesian from Vahimiti, debuting two tracks from her upcoming album.
AED 100Potted Potter
Theatre by QE2 Queen Elizabeth 2, Port Rashid, DubaiVery silly, very funny: all seven Harry Potter books (and a game of Quidditch) condensed into 70 minutes, with all the main Harry Potter characters, endless costumes, brilliant songs, ridiculous props, and a special appearance from a fire-breathing dragon ... [ ... ]
From AED 120Wednesday 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 [ ... ]
Free but donations welcomePotted Potter
Theatre by QE2 Queen Elizabeth 2, Port Rashid, DubaiTwo more performances (at 3pm and 7pm) of this very silly, very funny show: all seven Harry Potter books (and a game of Quidditch) condensed into 70 minutes, with all the main Harry Potter characters, endless costumes, brilliant songs, ridiculous [ ... ]
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Sabrina: dir Billy Wilder (1954)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA newly-restored print of one of Hollywood's classics – romantic, witty, a great director, and full of stars: Humphrey Bogart, William Holden and Audrey Hepburn lead in this Cinderella story of a gauche girl who returns from a trip to [ ... ]
FreeAlmost, Maine
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA rare non-improv evening at the Courtyard, and a perfect Valentine's treat: John Cariani’s play is made up of a series of interconnected vignettes that explore love and loss in a remote, mythical New England town called Almost. A charming [ ... ]
FreePotted Potter
Theatre by QE2 Queen Elizabeth 2, Port Rashid, DubaiThe final Dubai performances (at 3pm and 7pm) of this very silly, very funny show: all seven Harry Potter books (and a game of Quidditch) condensed into 70 minutes, with all the main Harry Potter characters, endless costumes, brilliant songs, [ ... ]
From AED 120Block Barty
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates"Better than the art afterparty" claims 421. "We’re ramping up the art season with pop-up vendors, independent brands, eclectic workshops, diverse entertainment, neighbourhood walks, and obviously, more art ... Block Barty is for the 'art' people, the non-art art people, [ ... ]
Free
L’ÉCOLE Festival
L'ÉCOLE Middle East, School of Jewelry Arts Building 10, Dubai Design District, Dubai, United Arab Emirates“An immersive celebration of jewellery arts” with “an exciting lineup of engaging experiences” that showcase the school’s expertise across its three pillars: art history, 'savoir-faire', and gemology. The jewellery school’s director, Sophie Claudel, describes it as “a celebration of everything [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
Romeo and Juliet
Theatre by QE2 Queen Elizabeth 2, Port Rashid, DubaiNow this looks a lot of fun: a version of the Shakespeare play (pretty faithful to the original, apparently) woven together with Queen music, a five-piece band and choir, dancing, and lots of swordfighting. Says the blurb: “Imagine Shakespeare’s classic [ ... ]
From AED 120Almost, Maine
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA second performance of John Cariani’s play, a series of interconnected vignettes that explore love and loss in a remote, mythical New England town called Almost. A charming exploration of love's many facets, filled with wit, warmth, and unexpected surprises, [ ... ]
FreeRomeo and Juliet
Theatre by QE2 Queen Elizabeth 2, Port Rashid, DubaiTwo further performances (at 2.30 and 7.30pm) for this version of the Shakespeare play featuring a five-piece band, songs by Queen, dancing, and lots of swordfighting. Says the blurb: “Imagine Shakespeare’s classic envisioned by Freddie Mercury, blending elements of Zeffirelli, [ ... ]
From AED 120
Jamal A. Rahim: The Art behind the Stars
Kutubna Cultural Center Madina Avenues 17, Nadd Al Hamar, Dubai"An exhibition that bridges the glamour of international stars from cinema and music and the depth of fine art portraiture" – a total of 22 portraits by Bahraini artist Jamal A. Rahim of figures from Hollywood and the Arab world, [ ... ]
FreeSolimar Miller: Symphony of the Wetlands
XVA Gallery Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood, Bur Dubai, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThis solo show by the Dubai-based artist/designer celebrates the Gulf’s mangroves, celebrating their vital role in protecting wildlife, the coastline, and the balance of nature, "celebrating their inherent tranquillity and the intricate tapestry of endangered wildlife thriving within their protective [ ... ]
FreeL’ÉCOLE Festival
L'ÉCOLE Middle East, School of Jewelry Arts Building 10, Dubai Design District, Dubai, United Arab Emirates“An immersive celebration of jewellery arts” with “an exciting lineup of engaging experiences” that showcase the school’s expertise across its three pillars: art history, 'savoir-faire', and gemology. The jewellery school’s director, Sophie Claudel, describes it as “a celebration of everything [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerBook Launch: Short Circuits by Vikram Divecha
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiA conversation between Vikram Divecha and writer Robert Kilroy about the publication developed after Divecha’s 2024 solo exhibition at the Jameel, exploring his concept of “found processes”, where he observes how people navigate, adapt and disrupt systems. Recommended.
FreePublic Art Abu Dhabi Biennial: FLEX* by Load na Dito
FLEX* is a talking and listening game created by Manila-based curatorial and research initiative Load na Dito; participants explore the meaning of words based on personal experiences while moulding clay. Inspired by the city’s ubiquitous gift shops, the accompanying installation will [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
Boiler Room Six
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesNow this should be an impressive piece of theatre: Boiler Room Six tells the almost impossible but true survival story of Frederick Barrett, lead firemen in one of the boiler rooms on the Titanic. Barrett’s story is one of the [ ... ]
AED 120Almost, Maine
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe penultimate Courtyard performance of John Cariani’s play, a series of interconnected vignettes that explore love and loss in a remote, mythical New England town called Almost. A charming exploration of love's many facets, filled with wit, warmth, and unexpected [ ... ]
Free
Omar Lye-Fook Live at Jazz Avenue
Jass Lounge DIFC – Gate 2, DubaiTop British soul talent who has had a long and storied career, much peer approval and an MBE but still deserves wider recognition. A two-night residency at this intimate venue and a knowledgeable audience should suit him, though. Recommended.
AED 175Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial: Bik Van der Pol’s The poem that jumps the fence
Abu Dhabi Beach Al Hisn Street, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesArtist duo Bik Van der Pol (Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol) engage in collaborative projects on how art constructs public spaces for speculative thought and collective creativity. The poem that jumps the fence features weekly performances on Abu [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerRemote Abu Dhabi by Rimini Protokoll
Rimini Protokoll pushes the boundaries of conventional theatre. During this performance walk within the collective’s ‘Remote X’ series (2013–ongoing), you are invited to explore the growing presence of artificial intelligence in future cities; for this tour, designed specifically for Abu [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerDubai Bibliophiles: The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years
21grams Urban Balkan Bistro Meyan Mall, Al Thanyah St, Umm Suqeim 2, DubaiAnyone who has read The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years by Chingiz Aitmatov is free to take part in this book club meetup – attendees will each get the chance to express their impressions, then a moderator will [ ... ]
FreeBoiler Room Six
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe second (and final) performance of Tom Foreman's account of the almost impossible but true survival story of Frederick Barrett, lead firemen in one of the boiler rooms on the Titanic. Barrett’s story is one of the most devastating accounts [ ... ]
AED 120Romeo and Juliet
Theatre by QE2 Queen Elizabeth 2, Port Rashid, DubaiThe final performance for this version of the Shakespeare play – featuring a five-piece band, songs by Queen, dancing, and lots of swordfighting. Says the blurb: “Imagine Shakespeare’s classic envisioned by Freddie Mercury, blending elements of Zeffirelli, Baz Luhrmann, Jamie [ ... ]
From AED 120Almost, Maine
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe final Courtyard performance of John Cariani’s play, a series of interconnected vignettes that explore love and loss in a remote, mythical New England town called Almost. A charming exploration of love's many facets, filled with wit, warmth, and unexpected [ ... ]
FreeOmar Lye-Fook Live at Jazz Avenue
Jass Lounge DIFC – Gate 2, DubaiSecond of two nights at this superb jazz lounge for a top British soul talent who has had a long and storied career, much peer approval and an MBE but still deserves wider recognition.
AED 175Cosmopolitan Imagination: Cultural Reflections from the 21st Century
NYUAD Campus, Conference Centre NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesWhat does it mean to be a citizen of the world? How do literature, culture, and identity shape our understanding of belonging and difference? These are the kinds of profound questions that Werner Sollors, one of our time's most celebrated [ ... ]
FreeMonday 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 improv. It's free, but you need to put your [ ... ]
Free but donations welcome
Bente Christensen-Ernst: Under Cover.
Urbanist Art Gallery Box Park, Al Wasl Road, DubaiA sadly short show of new works from the Danish painter of vivid, hyperrealistic works (mainly portraits) in oil. To 28 February.
Free
Young Maestro: Exploring Mood & Emotions
Dubai Opera Studio Downtown Dubai, DubaiA classical music concert for families with children the combines storytelling with live performance of the pieces by Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart and Tchaikovsky to explore the composer's palette of emotions. It's performed by the Baldaquin Ensemble, featuring cellist Petr Gladysh, a [ ... ]
AED 250She Chef: dir Melanie Liebheit & Gereon Wetzel (2022)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe remarkable journey of aspiring Austrian chef Agnes Karrasch as she journeys through exceptional restaurants and diverse culinary cultures to become the first and only woman to win the 2018 culinary world cup. Screens as part of the NAAS She-Reel [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerWednesday 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 [ ... ]
Free but donations welcome
Nada Baraka and Esraa Elfeky: Across A Velvet Horizon
Tabari Artspace Gate Village Level 2, DIFC, DubaiA collaborative presentation of Egyptian artists Nada Baraka and Esraa Elfeky that plays on "a sense of incompleteness ... Here, history is unfixed and left open to question. Viewers are invited to sit with uncertainty, to embrace the search even [ ... ]
Free
Mobius Design Studio: Crystal No.6
NYUAD Arts Centre Project SpaceThis exhibition celebrates the historic Dubai neighbourhood of Freej Al Murar (on the Deira side of Dubai Creek) as a living archive of artistry, community, and resilience. In this research project, Sharjah-based Mobius Design Studio – led by Hadeyeh Badri, [ ... ]
Free
Pencil In
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA writers’ group intended for writers to practice their craft without the pressures of producing a final outcome, designed to provide a supportive environment for writers to write alone yet in a group. You're invited to polish your writing skills [ ... ]
Free
A Real Pain: dir Jesse Eisenberg (2024)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesJesse Eisenberg wrote, directed and stars in this whip-sharp comedy of two Jewish American cousins touring Poland in honour of their grandmother. The fun comes from the verbal sparring between uptight, neurotic David (Eisenberg) and his outgoing, unpredictable cousin Benji [ ... ]
FreeThe Laughter Factory
The Club Al Mina, Abu DhabiA very good Laughter Factory tour this month, with a headliner who deserves to be massive on the comedy circuit (he's pretty big now, but catch him while you can still get a ticket at a reasonable price). The acts: [ ... ]
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La grande vadrouille: dir Gérard Oury (1966)
Germaine Tillion Garden, SUAD Campus Abu DhabiMassively popular French-British comedy about the crew of a RAF bomber shot down over Paris in 1942 making their way through German-occupied France to safety with the aid of a motley group of civilians. La Grande Vadrouille remained the most [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerPotted Potter
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiA very silly, very funny show: all seven Harry Potter books (and a game of Quidditch) condensed into 70 minutes, with all the main Harry Potter characters, endless costumes, brilliant songs, ridiculous props, and a special appearance from a fire-breathing [ ... ]
From AED 120The Laughter Factory
Radisson DAMAC Hills Hessa Street Dubailand, DubaiA very good Laughter Factory tour this month, with a headliner who deserves to be massive on the comedy circuit (he's pretty big now, but catch him while you can still get a ticket at a reasonable price). The acts: [ ... ]
AED 160Potted Potter
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiThe two final performances (at 2.30pm and 7.30pm) for this very silly, very funny show: all seven Harry Potter books (and a game of Quidditch) condensed into 70 minutes, with all the main Harry Potter characters, endless costumes, brilliant songs, [ ... ]
From AED 120Hold the Mushrooms
Live@Play by Hive 24b Street, Al Quoz 4, DubaiThe dynamic of a close-knit family of three is altered when the daughter introduces her boyfriend into their world: the father doesn't think the boy is good enough, arguments and ruptures follow, and all those involved have different perspectives ... [ ... ]
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Hady Boraey: Migrants to the North
Fann à Porter The Workshop, Villa 45, St. 23b, off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park), Jumeirah 2, DubaiThe second solo show at this gallery for the Egyptian artist, featuring new works with themes of memory, nostalgia, and childhood. Inspired by ancient Egyptian and Coptic art, Boraey heavily depends on metaphors, "taking his audience on a dramatic journey [ ... ]
FreePublic Art Abu Dhabi Biennial: FLEX* by Load na Dito
FLEX* is a talking and listening game created by Manila-based curatorial and research initiative Load na Dito; participants explore the meaning of words based on personal experiences while moulding clay. Inspired by the city’s ubiquitous gift shops, the accompanying installation will [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerDaughters of Dissidents Need Not Apply: Book Launch with Nadina Ronc
Kutubna Cultural Center Madina Avenues 17, Nadd Al Hamar, DubaiNadina Ronc’s powerful memoir Daughters of Dissidents Need Not Apply chronicles her journey from fleeing war-torn Bosnia as a child to becoming an internationally recognized journalist and political analyst, touching on the long-lasting impacts of displacement and the challenges of [ ... ]
Free
Francesca Dego
Dubai Opera Studio Downtown Dubai, DubaiCelebrated both as a recitalist and as a concerto performer, the virtuoso Italian American violinist Francesca Dego will be playing Brahms' Violin Sonata No.2 and his Scherzo from the collaborative F-A-E Sonata. And after the interval we'll get Beethoven's Violin [ ... ]
AED500The Laughter Factory
Dukes The Palm Palm Dubai, DubaiThe final stop for this month's rather good Laughter Factory tour, with a headliner who deserves to be massive on the comedy circuit (he's pretty big now, but catch him while you can still get a ticket at a reasonable [ ... ]
AED 160
