Bente Christensen-Ernst: Under Cover.
A sadly short show of new works from the Danish painter of vivid, hyperrealistic works (mainly portraits) in oil. To 28 February.
Free
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Events
Urbanist Art Gallery Box Park, Al Wasl Road, Dubai
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 250
She 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: [ ... ]
AED 160
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 ... [ ... ]
AED 100
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 160Nadine Ghandour: Rooms for Error
Bayt AlMamzar House 2, 26 Street, Al Mamzar, DubaiNadine Ghandour’s first solo exhibition in the UAE, curated by Dawn Ross, features recent works informed by her experiences in various cities, including Dubai, Sharjah, Cairo and Rotterdam. Working with drawing, writing, performance and sculpture, Ghandour creates works that depict imagined [ ... ]
FreeHold the Mushrooms
Live@Play by Hive 24b Street, Al Quoz 4, DubaiThe final performance for this play about a close-knit family whose dynamic is altered when the daughter introduces her boyfriend into their world: it's about relationships, value systems, and prejudices – how we are unable to express ourselves and how [ ... ]
AED 100Public 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-registerBo-ri: dir Kim Jinyu (2018)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesBo-ri, an 11-year-old girl in a seaside village, is the only family member who can hear; she becomes more and more accustomed to talking with her school friends while finding it hard to communicate with her family in sign language. [ ... ]
Free
Strings & Dreams : A French Classical Music Journey
Dubai Opera Studio Downtown Dubai, DubaiThe Baldaquin Ensemble – featuring cellist Petr Gladysh and violists Anna Larionova-Gladysh, Sergei Belozertsev, and Daria Kuchenova – presents a concert of French romantic crowd-pleasers: Debussy Clair de Lune arr for string quartet Debussy String Quartet in G mino Fauré [ ... ]
AED 430Remote Al Ain 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 Al [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerPerformance Soiree: 421 Performance Co//ective Showcase
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesPerformance Co//ective’s first showcase, featuring performances by the programme’s first cohort. These works, co-facilitated by Mary Chase and Carlos Paez Gonzalez, are the culmination of months of exploration in movement, writing, vocal expression, and more. Afterwards there's an opportunity to [ ... ]
FreeMonday Night Comedy: This Is Impro & Ahmed
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesOne of the Coutryard's two-act evenings of spontaneous scenes and stories based on audience suggestions. First up is the regular Monday evening mix of scenes, stories and narrative improvisation from some of the Courtyard Playhouse's most experienced improv performers plus [ ... ]
Free but donations welcomeArooj Aftab
Zabeel Theatre Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent, DubaiThe uber-cool Pakistani-American singer (and songwriter, and producer) brings her latest – and very good – album Night Reign to Dubai. It's elegantly jazzy, earning a 2024 Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Jazz Album (she didn't win: it was a [ ... ]
From AED 245Wednesday 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
Max Richter
Dubai OperaMax Richter, a leading figure in contemporary classical music and top film scores (and something of a favourite with Dubai audiences), is touring his latest studio album In a Landscape – field recordings from his travels and from around the [ ... ]
From AED 330Emo de Meideros: Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence – the Artist, the Machine and the Spirit
Richlieu Ampitheatre, SUAD Campus Abu DhabiThe Benininese artist, often associated with afrofuturism, considers how the AI revolution is opening up a new area of uncertainty in contemporary art: that of the complex triangulation between artist, machine and mind. Is this a redefinition of the contours [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
Perfect Days: dir Wim Wenders (2023)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesWriter-director Wim Wenders tells a Tokyo-set story that celebrates the hidden joys and minutiae of Japanese culture . Winner of Best Actor at Cannes 2023, Koji Yakusho stars as Hirayama, a contemplative middle-aged man who lives a life of modesty [ ... ]
FreePowerPointless Networking Night
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesOne of the most consistently funny of the Courtyard's classic improv gigs is back after a couple of months' hiatus: the speakers have to give a presentation on a slide deck they’ve never seen before, with the topic determined at [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Imprinted Narratives. Stories of a Nation Through Postal Stamps
Etihad Museum 1 Jumeirah St, DubaiThis exhibition, curated by researcher and architect Rashed Al Mulla, revisits key moments in the UAE's history through examples of the country's postage stamps that highlight achievements in education, science, environmental Awareness, and international collaboration.
General admission AED 25LAST CHANCE 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.
FreeLAST CHANCE Paresh Maity: Cricket’s Greatest Canvas
Taj Dubai Burj Khalifa St, Business Bay, DubaiMaity’s first solo exhibition in Dubai celebrates the intersection of art and sport via a dozen works inspired by the 2023 ICC Men’s World Cup; the large-scale acrylics are signed by winning captains, too.
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-registerCarmina Burana
Emirates Palace Abu DhabiCarl Orff's choral crowdpleaser gets the full production from Dubai Singers & Orchestra – some 120 singers accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra. It will be conducted by Dubai Singers' Music Director Jennie Lee-Foster, The performance will feature a trio of [ ... ]
From AED 100Public 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-registerMonday Night Comedy: This Is Impro & Film Noir
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesOne of the Coutryard's two-act evenings of spontaneous scenes and stories based on audience suggestions. First up is the regular Monday evening mix of scenes, stories and narrative improvisation from some of the Courtyard Playhouse's most experienced improv performers plus [ ... ]
Free
Mariana Oushiro: The Higher We Soar
Volery Gallery Maze Tower - 5201, Dubai International Financial Center, DubaiThis solo exhibition by the Japanese-Brazilian artist marks the culmination of her V-Residency programme at Volery, during which Oushiro has developed a new body of work that (according the gallery) "pushes the boundaries of abstraction, inviting the viewer into a [ ... ]
FreeBook Launch: Short Circuits by Vikram Divecha
NYUAD Art Gallery Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe Abu Dhabi launch of Vikram Divecha's book has Divecha in conversation with his co-editors, Lucas Morin and Dawn Ross, alongside contributors Sabih Ahmed and Gayatri Gopinath. It's moderated by Duygu Demir, NYUAD Art Gallery Curator. Short Circuits features essays, interviews, [ ... ]
FreeWednesday Night Impro: Women’s Maestro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe Courtyard's most peopular evening of elimination improv in an all-female version for one night only, in celebration of International Women’s Day, Ten of Dubai’s virtuoso female actors converge for a night of scenes, songs and games based on audience [ ... ]
Free
LAST CHANCE Zineb Sedira: A way of surviving, a way of life …
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiSedira's films represent a profound archival exploration of identity, and cultural activism. Born in 1963 to Algerian parents, her work is deeply rooted in her self-narration but also sheds light on broader, interconnected global anxieties surrounding cultural emancipation and diaspora. [ ... ]
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-registerThousand Nights and One
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates"A mesmerising tapestry of tales" promises the blurb. Written and directed by Rasika Agashe, it's a magical look at the fate of Scheherazade, the narrator of the original ‘One Thousand and One Nights’. Rasika Agashe says she has long been [ ... ]
AED 100Women and Literature
Bait Al Naboodah Heart of Sharjah, SharjahAn event in celebration of International Women's Day that features a panel discussion with Emirati writer Salha Obaid, a bookmark-making workshop, and a live calligraphy performance.
Free, but pre-registerPublic 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-registerThousand Nights and One
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe second performance of this retelling of One Thousand and One Nights, written and directed by Rasika Agashe who has approached the Arabian Nights stories as the account of strong women navigating their survival through storytelling.
AED 100
