Every Brilliant Thing
As 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, [ ... ]
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Events
- Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai
Macbeth
Dubai Opera Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard, DubaiA new production of Shakespeare’s tragedy by ETT (English Touring Theatre), now touring after it opened a few weeks ago at Shakespeare North Playhouse in Britain. Directed by ETT’s Artistic Director, Richard Twyman, the play speaks to a world we [ ... ]
From AED 200Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Vasily Petrenko & Timothy Chooi
Emirates Palace Auditorium Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe RPO, under the baton of its recently appointed musical director, Vasily Petrenko, plays a programme that includes Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 in E minor. For Erich Korngold’s Violin Concerto, the orchestra will be joined by the young Canadian Timothy Chooi, [ ... ]
From AED 150Macbeth
Dubai Opera Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard, DubaiA second outing for ETT's new production of Shakespeare’s tragedy. Directed by ETT’s Artistic Director, Richard Twyman, the play speaks to a world we find ourselves living in now, asking why Macbeth has haunted our fears and nightmares for centuries [ ... ]
From AED 200Authentic Flamenco Abu Dhabi
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiA second evening of performances for this showcase production created by the award-winning dancer and choreographer Amador Rojas for the Royal Opera of Madrid – claimed to be "the most important performing arts institution in Spain". The compilation of traditional [ ... ]
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Candlelight: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
The WB Abu Dhabi Yas Island, Abu DhabiOne of the most successful productions in the Candlelight Concerts series – "classical music concerts aimed at democratising access to classical music by allowing people all over the world to enjoy live music candlelit performances". The Vivaldi favourite was written [ ... ]
From AED150Playing Ouds: Oud in the Hands of Women Musicians from Around the World
Sharjah Performing Arts Academy SharjahOrganised by Sharjah Art Foundation in collaboration with Kamilya Jubran’s platform Zamkana, this participatory public seminar explores the way the oud is used and played by women artists from around the world. Five renowned oud players from different geographic, historical [ ... ]
Berklee Abu Dhabi Music Summit
Berklee Abu Dhabi UAE Pavilion, Saadiyat ISland, Abu DhabiTwo days of participatory performance, workshops, panel sessions and networking aimed at "music professionals, artists and enthusiasts" and focussing on the music business for independent artists – it "aims to inspire the next generation of composers, songwriters, performers, and music [ ... ]
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Boogie Box Festival
The Dunes Camping & Safari Ras Al KhaimahBoogie Box – the longest running House and Techno party series in the UAE, probably the wider Gulf region, and quite possibly in the whole Middle East – is celebrating its 13th birthday with a European-style all nighter. Hassan from [ ... ]
From AED 125Every Brilliant Thing
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiSecond and final performance for his highly recommended one-hander, directed and performed by the Junction's Gautam Goenka. As his mother battles chronic depression, a child creates a list of every thing they can think of that makes life worth living. [ ... ]
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The Soul Groove with Lina Ammor
Theatre of Digital Arts Souk Madinat Jumeriah, DubaiAn immersive evening at the Theatre of Digital Art – Lina Ammor and her band deliver a "360° soul and rhythm & blues journey to the essence of love and life". She's actually very good, with that soul-singer's ability to [ ... ]
AED 170Macbeth
Dubai Opera Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard, DubaiLast chance to catch ETT's new production of Shakespeare’s tragedy. Directed by ETT’s Artistic Director, Richard Twyman, the play speaks to a world we find ourselves living in now, asking why Macbeth has haunted our fears and nightmares for centuries [ ... ]
From AED 200Mohit Takalkar: Hunkaro
Sharjah Art Foundation -- Calligraphy Square SharjahA second performance of this piece, co-presented by Ishara Art Foundation, which invites the audience to practise the precious gift of attention through active, participatory listening. It interweaves three stories of human trials and tribulations, tied together by the vital [ ... ]
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 stuff. It's free, but you need to put your [ ... ]
Free but donations welcome
Art & Music Night
Theatre of Digital Arts Souk Madinat Jumeriah, DubaiAn immersive evening at the Theatre of Digital Art – digitised projected art ("the masterpieces of the greatest artists of the 20th century") is accompanied live by Soren Lyng Hansen on cello, double bass and piano. He is very good, [ ... ]
AED 150Rushdi’s Comedy Souk
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA regular monthly evening of improv and stand-up hosted by Rushdi.
Free, but pre-register
Noura Ali-Al Ramahi: Sustainable Art Awareness Project
Four Seasons Hotel Abu Dhabi Al Maryah Island, Abu DhabiThe Lebanese-born Emirati artist has a number of works showing in the public areas of the Four Seasons in a collaboration between the hotel and her gallery, ArtBooth. Noura Al Ramahi has long been commited to eco-friendly art; her reflective [ ... ]
FreeNowhere And Everywhere At The Same Time No.2
Berklee Abu Dhabi UAE Pavilion, Saadiyat ISland, Abu DhabiNow this is an unexpected offering from Berklee: the revised version of William Forsythe's Nowhere And Everywhere At The Same Time, a kind of DIY performance piece that encourages you to experience space, movement, other people, the absence of other [ ... ]
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The Abbasid Caliph and His People: A View From the Centre
NYUAD Campus, Conference Centre NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThis talk explores the conventional representations of the Abbasid dynasty, highlighting its perceived trajectory from its rise in the mid-eighth century to its decline in the tenth century. Letizia Osti, Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature a the University [ ... ]
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 welcome
Janet Bellotto: Salted Edges #islandparadise
NYUAD Project Space NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiJanet Bellotto – artist and Professor of Visual Arts at ZU's College of Arts and Creative Enterprises– has been studying islands as both geography and metaphor for more than a decade. In Salted Edges #islandparadise she explores the concept of [ ... ]
Free
Cveto Marsič: An art night
Slovenian artist Cveto Marsič talks about his creative process and “the profound influence of color, music, and the diverse landscapes he has encountered throughout his artistic journey”. His fascination with the cultures and landscapes of Southern Europe, particularly regions like [ ... ]
Authentic Flamenco
Zabeel Theatre Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent, DubaiAfter recording success in different cities around the world (including hopefully a couple of nights in Abu Dhabi), this showcase production created by the award-winning dancer and choreographer Amador Rojas for the Royal Opera of Madrid – claimed to be [ ... ]
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Candlelight Premium: Beethoven’s Best Works
Emirates Palace Abu DhabiThe title of this concert certainly sets the bar high, though it seems a pretty good selection of the composer's works for piano. The pianist is Magdalena Wajdzik, and the other plus is the way these recitals are lit by [ ... ]
From AED 200Gentle Steps, Guided Words
Emirates Literature Foundation Dar Al Adaab, Al Shindagha, DubaiA meditative walk followed by a writing workshop, organised by the Emirates Literature Foundation and dedicated to Emirates Red Crescent's Tarahum – for Gaza campaign. The start and end point is the ELF office in Al Shindagha; sign up for [ ... ]
Emirates Community Symphonic Orchestra
Lycée Français Jean Mermoz de Dubai Al Quoz 1, DubaiThe first of two Autumn concerts by the explicitly named and highly commendable Emirates Community Symphonic Orchestra under the baton of Jonathon Grover. The programme includes pieces by Bizet, Delius, Schubert and George Butterworth. The latter is an English composer [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerAuthentic Flamenco
Zabeel Theatre Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent, DubaiTwo final performances for this showcase production created by the award-winning dancer and choreographer Amador Rojas for the Royal Opera of Madrid. This compilation of traditional flamenco features Paula Rodríguez, a noted artist with a complete education in classical, contemporary [ ... ]
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Wissam Shawkat: Black & White
Mestaria Gallery Unit 35, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiMonochrome works at reduced scale from one of the masters of modern calligraphic art. In this show there are 111 in total, all in his characteristic calligraphy styles including Al Wissam and Calligraforms. "It feels to me a universal truth [ ... ]
Free
Global Notes: Laura Mekhail & Amira Fouad
Dubai Opera Studio Downtown Dubai, DubaiThe Egyptian soprano Laura Mekhail, the first Arab recipient of the Andrea Bocelli Foundation / Community Jameel Scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music, is accompanied for this Global Notes evening by Amira Fouad on piano in a [ ... ]
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Ali Sethi
Dubai OperaBlending traditional South Asian melodies with global beats, Sethi’s soulful voice and adept performance style promises “a musical journey that transcends borders and resonates with the heart”. Time magazine has praised him for showing that “differences of culture, language, religion, [ ... ]
From AED 185Emirates Community Symphonic Orchestra
Dwight School Dubai Dubai Sports City, DubaiThe second of two Autumn concerts by the Emirates Community Symphonic Orchestra under the baton of Jonathon Grover. The programme includes pieces by Bizet, Delius, Schubert and George Butterworth. Entrance is free, but you need to prebook a seat by [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerDiwali Special: Bollywood Improvised
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesImprov with a Bollywood twist – "a spicy mix of star-crossed lovers, angry parents, long-lost relatives and villainous siblings, all created on the spot by our improvisors and starring a member of the audience". As usual it's free, but you [ ... ]
Free but donations welcomeDiwali Special: Bollywood Improvised
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesImprov with a Bollywood twist – "a spicy mix of star-crossed lovers, angry parents, long-lost relatives and villainous siblings, all created on the spot by our improvisors and starring a member of the audience". As usual it's free, but you [ ... ]
Free but donations welcome
Philip Mueller: The Black Flags of Medea
CARBON 12 17th Street, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAnother excursion through the worlds of one of Carbon 12's stars. It's a gathering of old and new people from paintings past, featuring the Black Flamingo Sad Boys and the Naxos Racing Team; the work marks a fundamental stage in [ ... ]
FreeAfra Al Dhaheri: Give Your Weight to the Ground
Green Art Gallery Dubai, United Arab EmiratesWorking across various mediums including mixed media, sculpture, drawing, painting, installation, photography, and printmaking, Afra Al Dhaheri draws out notions of time and adaptation, rigour and fragility. Born in Abu Dhabi, where she still lives and works, Al Dhaheri has [ ... ]
Free
Roshanak Aminelahi: Faces of Resilience
Ayyam Gallery B11, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe second solo exhibition for Roshanak Aminelahi at Ayyam Gallery (the first was way back in 2017) illuminates the stories of women who navigated a male-dominated society and persevered through adversity. The selected women come from diverse backgrounds, spanning different [ ... ]
Free
Lubna Chowdhary: Disjunctions
Gallery Isabelle Unit 17, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA solo exhibition from an always interesting artist that foregrounds her distinctive disruption of material, of tradition, of expectations. Clay and ceramics constitute her principal media, but she uses them to explore tensions between the handmade and the industrial, the [ ... ]
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Nima Nabavi and Jason Seife: Duality
The Third Line Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesNew works by two artists working together in symbiosis – pairings of canvases that are mixed and matched (the precise dimensions of each canvas are the same) but not exact: the works are cousins, not siblings. Geometry was the common [ ... ]
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I Can No Longer Produce the Limits of My Own Body
NIKA Project Space Unit 11 Al Khayat Avenue, 19th Street Road — Al Quoz 1, DubaiThe fourth exhibition at NIKA Project Space is a group show for seven artists highlighting ecofeminist perspectives, curated by Nadine Khalil and featuring work by Liane Al Ghusain, Lilia Ziamou, Dalia Khalife, Sara Niroobakhsh, Mirna Bamieh with Isaac Sullivan, and [ ... ]
Cartier, Islamic Inspiration and Modern Design
Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiThis exhibition highlights the influence of the Islamic arts on design at the luxury goods brand from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Co-curated by Évelyne Possémé, Former Chief Curator of Ancient and Modern Jewellery at the [ ... ]
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Abdulrahim Salim: Muheera & I
Aisha Alabbar Gallery Warehouse C19, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiAbdulrahim Salim’s first solo exhibition with the gallery presents a collection that spans two decades of his career, including figurative drawings, paper collages, and abstract paintings. Central to his artistic vision is the enduring influence of folklore and the character [ ... ]
Wednesday 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 welcome
Walid Siti: Fragile Construct
Meem Gallery Umm Suqeim Rd, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesTwo towers loom large in Walid Siti’s artwork, one manmade – the 9th century Malwiya minaret of Samarra, encompassing both the hubris of political power and the genius of an unknown architect; and the mountains of his native Kurdistan, formed [ ... ]
FreeMiwa Matreyek: This World Made Itself / I Infinitely Yours
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesTwo works featuring Miwa Matreyek's signature projected animations and shadow silhouettes, both combining surreal and poetic narratives to depict the conflict between humans and nature. Matreyek is an animator, designer, and performer who creates live, staged performances where she interacts [ ... ]
AED 105The Fridge Open Mic
The Fridge Warehouse Warehouse 5, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiOpen to all singers, musicians, instrumentalists and performers -- register from 6.30pm on the night, and it's first come first served. We thinks it's free for performers and audience ...
FreeBeyond the city – Chapter 1
kanvas Dubai Unit 1, Al Khayat Art Avenue, 19th Street Al Quoz 1, DubaiAn “unseen collaboration” between local art gallery/consultancy kanvas and the French female artist collective Féminin Pluriel, where “the physical artworks of 10 artists will be immersed into the digital world of kanvas” to offer "a vision of opposition between the [ ... ]
FreeMiwa Matreyek: This World Made Itself / I Infinitely Yours
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA second performance of these two works featuring Miwa Matreyek's signature projected animations and shadow silhouettes, both combining surreal and poetic narratives to depict the conflict between humans and nature. Matreyek is an animator, designer, and performer who creates live, [ ... ]
Coulrophobia (Fear of Clowns)
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesGaby Milky writes and directs this "musical-ish satire", first seen back in 2017. The king of Blinktonasia is imposing a strict regime that requires eradication of the clowns, the threat to his monarchy; so he orders the Professor to devise [ ... ]
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Crossbones Trombones Ensemble
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiNow this should be a lot of fun. The ensemble (usually five trombones, generally unaccompanied) are a group of young and driven Belgian musicians whose repertoire mixes classical and jazz styles infused with cinematic and pop elements. The short gig, [ ... ]
AED 75Rooftop Rhythms: The Sustainability Edition – Open Mic Night
Marketplace, NYUAD Campus Abu DhabiThe Middle East’s longest-running poetry (and other performance) open mic event always features culturally-diverse voices with a lineup that includes spoken word artists, poets, and musicians presenting original material, typically on a first-come first-served basis (sign up by emailing info@rooftoprhythms.org) [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
