Ahmed Ahmed & Friends
A second set for Ahmed Ahmed plus Brandon Johnson, Sean Fawaz, Barney Rivera and UAE-based comedians Amr El Assal and Noha. A Dubai Comedy festival gig.
A second set for Ahmed Ahmed plus Brandon Johnson, Sean Fawaz, Barney Rivera and UAE-based comedians Amr El Assal and Noha. A Dubai Comedy festival gig.
“What is the ultimate goal of a city?” asks architect/artist Hamad Almuzaini: “Governance and the streamlining of lived experience – an impossible task – or something more open, broken, and constantly reinvented?” The exhibition looks at placemaking within the context of [... more]
An exhibition dedicated to the natural maturity, abundance, and fullness of autumn, including works by Rimma Gagloeva, Javlon Umarbekov, Timur Akhmedov, and Vera Nechaeva. Because each artist approaches the theme of autumn in their own way, discovering a personal language [... more]
Sara Masinaei’s solo show explores how urban spaces shape memory, movement and lived experience: "through walking, collecting found objects and recording traces of overlooked surfaces, she treats the city’s ground as an active part of how we experience and navigate [... more]
The AD’Art artist collective with an exhibition celebrating the Sorbonne’s 20th anniversary – new works exploring heritage, knowledge transmission, and cultural dialogue, through "diverse and personal artistic perspectives".
The original, and possibly the best, of the Star Wars mega-franchise. Written and directed by George Lucas, and featuring one of the most dramatic intros ever, this unmissable adventure introduced a galaxy of cleverly drawn characters – Princess Leia (Carrie [... more]
A sensitive portrait of an American family and an emotional drama about finding kindred spirits in unexpected places. Bill (David Strathairn, excellent) is a pillar of his Southern community: a business owner, a veteran, and the proud patriarch of an [... more]
We must've missed the preliminaries, but here we are with what are described as "the best UAE-based comedians together for one hilarious Finale — 60 minutes of fast, fearless and seriously funny comedy". They each get five minutes to win [... more]
A variant of this interactive live dating comedy show for Dubai Comedy Festival: as the audience arrives, they fill out confession cards with their dating and relationship stories; host Akkaoui reads the confession cards, using the stories to spark jokes, [... more]
The 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]
The 38-year-old comedian and content creator coined the term ‘goofy guy’ to capture his mix of lighthearted crowdwork, musical performance, and playful irreverence. He works hard at the job, though; he obviously takes show preparation seriously, and as a result [... more]
Known for his ability to navigate between different worlds – street and stage, hip-hop and postmodernism, personal and political – Mohamed Toukabri has a new solo work where movement becomes both excavation and rebellion. Says SAF: "This piece pulses with [... more]
Multi-award-winning British comedian Mo Gilligan is stopping off at the Dubai Comedy Festival with his new show, 90 minutes of solid material delivered with characteristic high-energy delivery. He's moved seamlessly from viral one-minute internet sketches to sold-out hour-plus arena shows [... more]
An interactive live dating comedy show for Dubai Comedy Festival: as the audience arrives, they fill out confession cards with their dating and relationship stories; host Akkaoui reads the confession cards, using the stories to spark jokes, conversations, and interactions [... more]
Sharp, bright, quick-witted, award-winning and very funny, especially about her own life. One of the safer bets in this year's Dubai Comedy Festival.
A week of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), mostly featuring familiar faces from the local circuit (and none the worse for that). Tonight Anand Raman hosts Denise, Emaad, Sundeep, and Luca.
An interactive live dating comedy show for Dubai Comedy Festival: as the audience arrives, they fill out confession cards with their dating and relationship stories; host Akkaoui reads the confession cards, using the stories to spark jokes, conversations, and interactions [... more]
The UAE really is building a good ecosystem of indie bands. Following PeachPuffs last week, the headliners this time are That’s Julian – a four-piece from the UAE who do a kind of West-Coastish indie-folk with top-notch melodies and good [... more]
Mad 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 …
Second night of a week of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), mostly featuring familiar faces from the local circuit (and none the worse for that). Tonight looks particularly good: Imah hosts, the bill [... more]
An exhibition of the works created by the first cohort of residents from Fann à Porter’s Summer 2026 artist residency in Dubai – Lynn Issa, Yang Lan and Yara Chaalan. Working across sculpture, painting, collage, and charcoal drawings on paper, [... more]
"An exhibition exploring the perception and relationship between the viewer and the artwork ... an invitation to discover what may appear when we take the time to look beyond the surface." The two French artists offer a dialogue between the [... more]
This spectacular exhibition follows a thousand years of maritime history and culture, charting the routes that connected the civilisations of Africa, Asia, and beyond. It documents the evolution of navigation and the techniques that enabled adventurous sailors to explore the [... more]
A Studio Ghibli / Hayao Miyazaki classic, and an Academy Award winner – 10-year-old girl wanders into a mysterious world where a witch rules, and those who disobey her are turned into animals. A magical fable about courage, resilience and [... more]
The 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]
The third session of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), mostly featuring familiar faces from the local circuit (and none the worse for that). Tonight Anand Raman hosts a bill featuring Valentina, Denise, Luca, [... more]
Abu Dhabi is getting a new “curatorial platform dedicated to showcasing emerging artistic practices and cultivating new collector communities”, which in practice means opportunities for both early-stage artists to show work and “a new generation of collectors” to buy it. [... more]
Animated martial arts fantasy adventure, the twentieth in the Dragon Ball franchise. Goku and Vegeta come face to face with Broly, a Saiyan of overwhelming and untamed power; the three warriors collide in one of the franchise's most explosive battles. [... more]
An interactive live dating comedy show for Dubai Comedy Festival: as the audience arrives, they fill out confession cards with their dating and relationship stories; host Akkaoui reads the confession cards, using the stories to spark jokes, conversations, and interactions [... more]
A week of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), mostly featuring familiar faces from the local circuit (and none the worse for that). Tonight features Imah hosting plus Abz Ali and Tudor with the [... more]
Another Studio Ghibli / Hayao Miyazaki classic, a tender, dazzlingly animated tale of friendship and wonder with a magical goldfish princess (Ponyo) who befriends a five-year-old boy on the seashore. Her wish to become human sends her world out of balance [... more]
The epic finale of the Attack on Titan anime action saga arrives on the big screen for the first time. Eren Yeager unleashes Titans’ power and leads the Colossal Titans toward Marley; former comrades and enemies must unite in a [... more]
The Northern Irish comic (and radio presenter, actor and podcaster) is back in Dubai performing a brand-new stand-up show as part of Dubai Comedy Festival. Expect razor-sharp storytelling and a characteristic inability to take himself seriously ...
The outspoken Indian-American comedian offers raid-fire wit, sharp storytelling and laugh-out-loud observations on family, culture and modern life. She's returning to the Dubai Comedy Festival with her new show.
Mad Cat Comedy’s regular standup night at Xandros in Signature 1 Hotel, TECOM. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
A concert that suggests one of the reasons for the UAE National Orchestra's formation – the conversation between Arabic and Western musical traditions, delivered through classic Arabic and Western orchestral formations. It features the world premiere of Richard Dubugnon’s Double [... more]
Tabarak hosts this session of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), tonightfeaturing Daniel, Abz Ali, Laurie, Reem, and Dinara.
A landmark retrospective for one of the key modernist painters to emerge from the Levant in the twentieth century. Alongside significant works drawn primarily from the artist’s estate, many travelling outside Lebanon for the very first time, the exhibition – [... more]
An exhibition that brings contemporary UAE-based artist Lana Khayat into dialogue with Lebanese modernists Etel Adnan and Helen Khal, linking distinct practices across generations of Lebanese artists. Says the gallery: "Their work differs in scale and sensibility, yet each built [... more]
A selection of work by a pioneering figure of modern sculpture in Lebanon, presented in collaboration with the Alfred Basbous Foundation. Basbous worked across stone, marble, wood and bronze, responding closely to the particular qualities of each material rather than [... more]
Miyazaki's soaring adventure is a timeless story of friendship, courage and the perils of unchecked power as Sheeta and Pazu are pursued by sky pirates and government agents seeking the crystal that unlocks the legendary floating city Laputa. In Japanese, [... more]
"Both a celebration and a tribute to Japan’s globally cherished anime culture ..." The Japanese trio A (violin, cello, piano) will be joined by singer Noristry to deliver top tunes from Japanese animation – Miyazaki classics, Demon Slayer, and more.
A regular Mad Cat Comedy night – “Dubai’s wildest comedy show on Saturday” at “the first purpose built comedy room in the country”. The cover charge of AED 99 includes two F&B coupons.
Pepperoni Comedy Club is celebrating its first anniversary with a big-name star in Redouane Bougheraba (in French) supported by some of Dubai’s finest – Kris Fade (in English) and Nino Arial (probably in French), with Abz Ali and Noha Bashir hosting. [... more]
The penultimate night of a week of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), mostly featuring familiar faces from the local circuit (and none the worse for that). Tonight Denise hosts a bill featuring Tudor, [... more]
You don’t see enough ceramic art outside the interiors business, and then it just tends to be bowls; so this show by Double J Collective (“the first project based in Dubai exclusively dedicated to exhibit, promote and sell fine craft [... more]
A warm coming-of-age story about independence and believing in yourself, from Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli: 13-year-old witch leaves home with her talking cat to spend a year training in a seaside town, where she starts a flying delivery service [... more]
The 15th feature in the One Piece Film series, based on the manga series of the same name. A new adventure begins for Luffy and his crew when mysterious pop superstar Uta unveils her identity — and launches a misguided [... more]
The 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]
Dubomedy's highly successful comedy gig at Hushh in Social Distrikt. We're promised "an evening of big laughs and great vibes with your favorite comedy tribe"; and indeed much of that seems to be the case ... It's free, but there's [... more]
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