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3 events, Lubaina Himid’s first exhibition in the region is something of a coup for Sharjah Art Foundation. Developed over several years, it has been conceived together with Magda Stawarska, who is internationally renowned for her practice of ‘inner listening’—a collaborative process [ ... ]
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 Mattar Bin Lahej on the Museum of the Future as a public art masterpiece. He's the calligraphic artist who created the museum's distinctive facade; this talk aims to deliver an insight into its art, technology and positioning, how it transcends [ ... ]
AED 149
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First of three consecutive nights of scares, laughter and payback, one of the Courtyard's most successful improv innovations. The audience gets to share stories of Horrible Bosses, and the team acts out some sweet revenge for you. Come dressed up [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register |
2 events, After months of renovations, Lawrie Shabibi is reopening with a show by the pioneering Lebanese American artist Nabil Nahas — who was actually the first artist Lawrie Shabibi exhibited, back in 2011. Nahas looks like a great choice. Noted as [ ... ]
Free
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Second of three consecutive nights of scares, laughter and payback, one of the Courtyard's most successful improv innovations. The audience gets to share stories of Horrible Bosses, and the team acts out some sweet revenge for you. Come dressed up [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register |
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Last (and scariest?) of three consecutive nights of scares, laughter and payback, one of the Courtyard's most successful improv innovations. The audience gets to share stories of Horrible Bosses, and the team acts out some sweet revenge for you. Come [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register |
2 events, The 42nd edition of SIBF promises to be the fair’s biggest edition ever, claiming to show more than 1.5 million titles by 2,000 publishing houses representing 108 different countries. There will also be a packed 12-day agenda of 1,700 activities [ ... ]
Free |
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It’s a pleasure to see the creative industries treated as an identifiable business path for entrepreneurs with its own special issues, culture and needs. This two-day event, an initiative of Al Quoz Creative Zone and Dubai Culture, looks like a [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
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 The first in a new series presented by The NYUAD Art Gallery, in which curators working in the UAE and beyond discuss their approaches to curatorial practice. The aim is to survey the various individual positions and institutional models at [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register |
6 events, After success in different cities around the world, 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" – is [ ... ]
From AED210
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The second day of this initiative of Al Quoz Creative Zone and Dubai Culture. It’s free, but obviously there will be restrictions on space so get in quick … The workshops also require separate registration: check the website. Day Two [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
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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, [ ... ]
AED 120
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The 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 150 |
9 events,Organised 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 [ ... ] A 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 [ ... ]
From AED210  Two 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 [ ... ]
AED 120  One 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 AED150  Boogie 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 125
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Second 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. [ ... ]
AED 120
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 An 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 170 |
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A 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 [ ... ]
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Exactly 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 |
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A regular monthly evening of improv and stand-up hosted by Rushdi.
Free, but pre-register
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 An 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 150 |
5 events, Now 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 [ ... ]
AED20  The 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 [ ... ]
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 This 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-register
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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 the lowest score is eliminated. Eventually only [ ... ]
Free but donations welcome |
4 events, Janet 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 [ ... ]
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 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 [ ... ] |
6 events, After 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 [ ... ]
From AED225  The 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 200
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A 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 [ ... ]
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The 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-register |
6 events,Two 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 [ ... ]
From AED225  Monochrome 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 [ ... ]
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 The 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 [ ... ]
AED 265
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 Blending 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 185 |
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The 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-register
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Improv 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 |
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Improv 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 |
6 events, Another 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 [ ... ]
Free Working 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  The 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  A 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 [ ... ]
Free  New 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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5 events, This 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 [ ... ]
AED 63  The 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 [ ... ]  Abdulrahim 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 [ ... ]
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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 the lowest score is eliminated. Eventually only [ ... ]
Free but donations welcome |
4 events, Two 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 [ ... ]
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 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, staged performances where she interacts [ ... ]
AED 105
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Open 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 ...
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7 events,An “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 [ ... ]
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 A 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, [ ... ] Gaby 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 [ ... ]
AED 120
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 The 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
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 Now 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 75
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This month's standups are Kate Barron from Canada ("after a lifetime of being told she is too big, too loud and too vulgar, by everyone from strangers to teachers, she decided to step on stage and start wearing those labels [ ... ]
AED 160 |
6 events, Jantjes is recognised as a creative activist, artist, curator and critical thinker, furthering the discourses and representation of African and African diaspora art. The largest solo presentation of the artist to date, this retrospective for the UK-based South African artist [ ... ]
Free  The final two performances 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 [ ... ] From the press release: Dreamscape is "an immersive installation honouring the nurturing power of our Earth and emphasising the reverence it deserves as a sacred element of our existence. A sensory experience that seeks to bridge the intangible space between [ ... ]
Free Gaby 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 [ ... ]
AED 120
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A second night at the Mövenpick for Kate Barron from Canada ("after a lifetime of being told she is too big, too loud and too vulgar, by everyone from strangers to teachers, she decided to step on stage and start [ ... ]
AED 160 |
8 events,The 14th edition of the former Al Ain Book Fair, organised by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre under the theme All Eyes on Al Ain, is open 9am to 10pm from 19 to 25 November. It celebrates literature with [ ... ]
Free Charcoal on paper holds profound significance for long-time Alserkal Avenue collaborator Hazem Harb – the black carbon dust echoes that which now settles in Gaza, his home. In this ‘intervention’ he’s returning to the medium after ten years; “combining elements [ ... ]
Free  The fifteenth edition of Abu Dhabi Art, which runs 22-26 November 2023, will once again be the largest yet – there will be 92 gallery booths (a few galleries are in more than one section). They include 37 new and [ ... ]
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A pleasant way to spend a Sunday afternoon: chilled Latin beats by Jose Ramon on piano, zero alcohol cocktails from TVM @ The Fridge ...
Free Gaby 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 [ ... ]
AED 120
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 The star Russian lyric soprano Aida Garifullina performs a programme that ranges across iconic arias from the classic Italian and Russian operas but also includes crossover hits. She's accompanied by the Northern Sinfonia under conductor Fabio Mastrangelo.
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12 events, Rashid Rana characteristically challenges our perceptions of scale through the intermingling of both small and large imagery, exploring and revealing patterns and similarities. In It Lies Beyond (above), the imposing proportions invite viewers to immerse themselves in the intricate imagery [ ... ]  This year’s Alserkal Art Week runs from Monday 20 November to Sunday 26 November at Alserkal Avenue. It’s been refocussed at short notice on Gaza and related issues, in particular with a major exhibition in Concrete. The full programme is [ ... ]
Free A pop-up exhibition for Alserkal Art Week by London-based Gazelli Art House. The group show aims to spotlight pressing environmental concerns and features Recycle Group; Libby Heaney; Kalliopi Lemos; Aida Mahmudova; Elnara Nasirli; Aidan Salakhova; and Matteo Zamagni. Recycle Group [ ... ]
Free  A short run for this pop-up solo exhibition by the Emirati artist, noted for his calligraphy-like abstracted text in paintings and drawings. His abstract notations appear unconscious, though his process is in fact method-based, calculated and always originating from his [ ... ]
Free  A group exhibition of landscapes from a genuinely eclectic list of painters – Alexis Delahogue (France, d.1936), Ammar Farhat (Tunisia, d.1987), Antoine ‘Mayo’ Malliarakis (Egypt, d.1990), Atef Maatallah (Tunisia, b. 1981), Baya Mahieddine (Algeria, d.1998), Cécile Bougourd (France, d.1941), Hedi [ ... ]
Free The singular goal of the American multimedia artist’s solo show is work that relates to the sublime in nature. This exhibition is a collection of dramatic photographs depicting the power of the ocean manifesting through its ever-changing forms during storms [ ... ]
Free Maxi Cohen’s first solo show in the UAE is a collection of water art captured in the UAE that includes paintings, large format photographs, multimedia works, immersive installations, mixed-reality, and video furniture. For 25 years Cohen’s engagement with water, as [ ... ]
Free The mixed media artist’s solo show is a collection of photographs documenting the expansive beauty of our planet and the dire situation that it continues to face if we do not provide a sustainable environment for its future. Diane Tuft [ ... ]
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Exactly 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 |
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 The -award-winning Catalan-Spanish musicologist, music maker and conductor Jordi Savall is in town for a concert with a special focus on the Hispanic and Mediterranean musical heritage. Here he joins Maurice Pomerantz, Senior Director of NYUAD Institute and Professor of [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register |
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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 the lowest score is eliminated. Eventually only [ ... ]
Free but donations welcome
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An 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 150 |
11 events, An open air exhibition of works on the theme of ‘Expressions for Sustainable Change’ has been selected from an open call; they join the DIFC galleries' late-evening opening on 23 and 24 November. It all makes for a pleasant amble, [ ... ]
Free  A group show for 27 Indian artists in this new art space on Al Reem Island; they are presenting works that examine the role that memory and identity plays in connecting the past and the future. “We constantly encounter situations [ ... ]
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The NYU Abu Dhabi MFA in Art and Media programme is throwing its doors open (briefly) to coincide with Abu Dhabi Art; you're invited to meet MFA students and faculty, learn more about the MFA course (including scholarships), and see [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
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 Taking as its point of departure a folktale that inspired Sudarshan Shetty’s artwork ‘A Song A Story’, Shereen Saif's workshop invites participants to uncover stories layered in everyday objects. Touching on history, memory and silences, the workshop is a companion [ ... ]
Free but pre-register
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 Russell Peters, recently honoured as one of Rolling Stone's 50 Best Comics of All Time, is in town with his new stand-up special ("a night of outrageous laughs from start to finish"). It will also be filmed, which does sometimes [ ... ]
From AED 165
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The second weekend for the November standups – Kate Barron from Canada ("after a lifetime of being told she is too big, too loud and too vulgar, by everyone from strangers to teachers, she decided to step on stage and [ ... ]
AED 160
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 The rather good South African / Indian comedian is back in Dubai with his alter ego, Self-Help Singh, alternative life coach and de-motivational speaker (who apparently “first appeared to Boomgaard in a vision after he fell and hit his head [ ... ]
From AED 125 |
9 events, Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi’s latest initiative is a three day festival (24-26 November) that aims to rediscover and celebrate traditional sacred music. Envisioned as “a testament to tradition, wisdom, and the power of togetherness”, it “aims to bring people closer [ ... ]
From AED 554 The sixth edition of Sharjah Art Foundation’s Focal Point art book fair – the region’s only art book fair, we think – features local and international publishers with book launches, talks, workshops and musical performances during its run (24 to [ ... ]
Free, but pre-booking is required The sixth edition of Sharjah Art Foundation’s Focal Point art book fair – the region’s only art book fair, we think – features local and international publishers with book launches, talks, workshops and musical performances during its run (24 to [ ... ]
Free, but pre-booking is required
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 Marc Camoletti's farce, which first played in 1960, was a smash hit in his native country and (in the English translation by Beverly Cross and Francis Evans) on Broadway and the West End; it went to Hollywood too in 1965, [ ... ]
AED 120
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 Dating all the way back to the late 1960s, the darlings of quirky prog rock are still on the road with the Seven Decades tour. As with many long-lived bands, Jethro Tull has gone through many changes in its roster; [ ... ]
from AED 295
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Last couple of gigs for the November standups – Kate Barron from Canada ("after a lifetime of being told she is too big, too loud and too vulgar, by everyone from strangers to teachers, she decided to step on stage [ ... ]
AED 160 |
11 events,The Jameel’s annual day-long festival for culture enthusiasts, the eco-conscious and sustainability is back, just days ahead of COP28's opening. Expect activities for all ages themed around botanical, sustainable and eco-conscious living with hands-on workshops, tours, talks and demonstrations, plus [ ... ]
Free Collage art by the Dubai-based Syrian artist whose work reflects his interest in spontaneity, the liberation of forms and colours, and the creation of art without specific guidelines. To 20 December.
Free The sixth edition of Sharjah Art Foundation’s Focal Point art book fair – the region’s only art book fair, we think – features local and international publishers with book launches, talks, workshops and musical performances during its run (24 to [ ... ]
Free, but pre-booking is required
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 A second evening for Marc Camoletti's farce, adapted into English by Beverly Cross and Francis Evans) and now it's getting the Dubai treatment with a H72 production at The Junction. It has a classic farce plot: swinging bachelor Bernard is [ ... ]
AED 120
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 American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer brings his Barely Alive tour to Dubai. He's a hard worker – his ninth stand-up special premiered on Netflix in December and was nominated for a Grammy, his tenth comedy special will be [ ... ]
From AED 250
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 Another impressive booking for the Global Notes series: the impressive young French mezzosoprano Natalie Perez is accompanied for this recital of songs and classical ariass by Amira Fouad on piano.
AED 265
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The final gig for the November standups – Kate Barron from Canada ("after a lifetime of being told she is too big, too loud and too vulgar, by everyone from strangers to teachers, she decided to step on stage and [ ... ]
AED 160 |
5 events, A final pair of performances for Marc Camoletti's swinging 60s farce, adapted into English by Beverly Cross and Francis Evans) and now it's getting the Dubai treatment with a H72 production at The Junction. Swinging bachelor Bernard is simultaneously engaged [ ... ]
AED 120 The sixth edition of Sharjah Art Foundation’s Focal Point art book fair – the region’s only art book fair, we think – features local and international publishers with book launches, talks, workshops and musical performances during its run (24 to [ ... ]
Free, but pre-booking is required |
6 events, The first solo exhibition in the region for the French-Argentinian artist features a selection of existing and brand-new works first shown at Abu Dhabi Art that provides a comprehensive survey of Reinoso’s sculptural practice. The show highlights the whimsical world [ ... ]
Free  The Dubai-based Canadian artist's third solo show is a series of her signature abstracts, featuring striking use of colour and aiming to leave the viewer with "feelings of exaltation, elation and joyousness". Says the artist: "the remedy for self-fixation – [ ... ]
Free The sixth edition of Sharjah Art Foundation’s Focal Point art book fair – the region’s only art book fair, we think – features local and international publishers with book launches, talks, workshops and musical performances during its run (24 to [ ... ]
Free, but pre-booking is required
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What does 'home' mean to you? Your country, your city, your family? Abu Dhabi is conventionally but accurately described as melting pot of people from all over the world, and if anything NYU Abu Dhabi represents even more of a [ ... ]
Free
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Exactly 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 |
2 events,The sixth edition of Sharjah Art Foundation’s Focal Point art book fair – the region’s only art book fair, we think – features local and international publishers with book launches, talks, workshops and musical performances during its run (24 to [ ... ]
Free, but pre-booking is required |
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 Musicians from islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans sing of their concerns for the changing seas. The concert brings together artists from Taiwan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Tokelau/Aotearoa (New Zealand), and Rapa Nui (Easter Island), performing songs they have co-written; the [ ... ]
AED 105
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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 the lowest score is eliminated. Eventually only [ ... ]
Free but donations welcome |
4 events, A dual exhibition for two interesting Asian artists – Jade Kim from South Korea and Kai from Japan. Jade Kim's practice is based around the animated character MIN, an embodiment of his wife, whose personality and characteristics inspire his paintings [ ... ]
Free  For COP28, the noted climate-engaged Swiss-French artist is presenting an important show in collaboration with Art of Change 21, a non-profit organisation on art and environment which has curated exhibitions and events at each COP since 2015; and Alserkal Initiatives, [ ... ]
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 Genre-blurring musical collective Snarky Puppy is in town for one night only. Playing together since 2004 and led by bassist Michael League, Snarky Puppy combines a variety of jazz idioms, rock, world music, and funk that has won it five [ ... ]
From AED 150 |
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Extravagantly priced Dubai debut for the orchestra of Milan's Teatro alla Scala in Milan. The gala concert apparently "aims to unite audiences in a powerful display of solidarity and hope in support of the global effort to protect the planet and [ ... ]
From AED 440 |
2 events,The third DMFF is an evening at Warehouse Four, with more than 20 short films from ten countries (including a couple from the UAE) at 7.30pm. Courtesy of Café Rider, there's a BBQ before that, from 5.30 on; it's included [ ... ]
AED 65 |
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