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3 events,"An immersive exploration of The Prism’s distinctive artistic vision ... Going beyond aesthetics, these exhibitions create emotionally and spiritually resonant experiences, transforming light and space to challenge perceptions and inspire deep reflection ... Through dynamic interplays of form, colour, and [ ... ]
Free A group exhibition, curated by Sara Serpilli and Marina Baisel, featuring Fatma Latooh, Barbara Duran, Sara Alkhayyal and Zeina Abdullah. Says the gallery: "this exhibition is not merely a showcase – it is a tribute, a declaration, and an invitation [ ... ]
Free Artist 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 [ ... ]
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1 event,The Middle East solo debut for the LA-based artist, known for layered, poetic paintings that explore the intersection of memory, identity, and place. Says the gallery: "Yamazaki constructs atmospheric compositions where domestic interiors dissolve into natural landscapes. Veil-like layers of [ ... ]
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2 events,The Dubai iteration of this show, which is presented in collaboration with Kamel Lazaar Foundation and has previously been shown at B7L9 Art Centre in Tunis, introduces a new body of work in blown glass – a departure from Béchir’s [ ... ]
Free Ayyam Gallery’s summer group show celebrates and questions the current siutation in Syria with works by Kais Salman, Khaled Takreti, Tammam Azzam, Abdalla Al Omari, Othman Moussa, Safwan Dahoul, Thaier Helal, Elias Izoli, Abdul-Karim Majd Al-Beik, Mohannad Orabi, Nihad Al-Turk, [ ... ] |
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 BFB reinterprets Bizet’s iconic work with flamenco elements that effectively adapt the original to the realities of contemporary society. "The values that make Carmen a woman of our time, along with the adaptation of music and flamenco ballet infused with [ ... ]
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3 events,The summer show at Artbooth Gallery is a group exhibition featuring Soraya Abu Naba’a, Gilbert Halaby, Asaad Arabi, James Mathews, Habuba Farah, Noor Bahjat, Bruno Sfeir, Oussama Diab, Layal Khawly, and Elias Naman. We’re promised “more than an ode to [ ... ]
Free Artist 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 [ ... ]
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Second and final performance for Barcelona Flamenco Ballet's reworking of Bizet’s iconic work with flamenco elements that effectively adapt the original to the realities of contemporary society. "The values that make Carmen a woman of our time, along with the [ ... ]
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1 event,The first solo exhibition at Gallery Isabelle for the UAE-based Indian artist. Her practice spans drawing, performance, object-making, food interventions, and assemblage; says the gallery, "inviting us to engage with liminality, her work challenges the normative categories that shape our [ ... ]
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2 events,The XVA group show for the summer, curated by Carina Vicente, promises "beauty and grace, capturing the aesthetics of the evolving art landscape in the contemporary Middle East" – the title comes from the Arabic root word for beauty (jamaal), [ ... ]
Free  A group show by Aisha Alabbar Gallery in collaboration with Sotheby’s Middle East at Sotheby’s gallery space in DIFC. It featyures five influential rgeional artists – Najat Makki, Khalid Al Banna, Sara Al Haddad, Sara Aref Ahli, and Samar Hejazi [ ... ]
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4 events,The Emirati artist and designer's inaugural solo exhibition comprises a series of photographs that documents the striking ecological diversity of Mount Kilimanjaro. Captured through Al Gurg’s attentive and empathetic gaze during a six-day journey in 2021, this work offers "a [ ... ]
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A very welcome return for this single-hander play that has already been a smash hit at the Junction four times in the last three years. It’s not hard to see why: written by the English playwright/director Duncan Macmillan with actor/writer/comedian [ ... ]
AED 120
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 The Playhouse Studio Theatre at New Covent Garden (located in a much-revamped Mall of the Emirates space that now includes a fully-equipped 575-seater theatre plus dance and rehearsal studios and a new restaurant) opens with this new Tall Tales / [ ... ]
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The September Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Peter Flanagan Hit Irish comic fresh from a critically acclaimed show at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Expect “great storytelling" with "warmth and shamrock panache” delivered via razor-sharp writing (he's also a columnist for [ ... ]
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5 events,A group show by pioneering first-generation Malaysian contemporary artists, selected from The AFK Collection — the most comprehensive collection of Malaysian contemporary art from the 1980s to the present. Exhbiited artists include Ahmad Shukri Mohammed, Ahmad Fuad Osman, Ali Nurazmal, [ ... ]
Free The second day of performances for this new Tall Tales / Cross Bronx Studio production It has been adapted from the 2016 Italian film Perfect Strangers, itself a critical and commercial success that has resonated with audiences around the world [ ... ]
AED 126  In the face of genocide, Palestinian artist Ruba Salameh finds her way forward through abstract painting – weaving her own narrative while connecting across generations to the work of art historian and artist Kamal Boullata. This exhibition reflects primarily on [ ... ]
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A second night for this single-hander written by the English playwright/director Duncan Macmillan with actor/writer/comedian Johnny Donahoe, The Guardian called the original Edinburgh Festival production “one of the funniest plays you’ll ever see about depression – and possibly one of [ ... ]
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Second stop for the September Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Peter Flanagan Hit Irish comic fresh from a critically acclaimed show at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Expect “great storytelling" with "warmth and shamrock panache” delivered via razor-sharp writing (he's also [ ... ]
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5 events,Artist 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 [ ... ]
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The final performance of this run for “one of the funniest plays you’ll ever see about depression – and possibly one of the funniest plays you’ll ever see, full stop”. The Junction’s main man Gautam Goenka directs and performs; the [ ... ]
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The final performances for this contemporary comedy-drama. Set in a luxury tennis club suite, the play follows seven long-time friends reunited for a destination wedding; but a seemingly innocent game of sharing phone messages and calls turns into digital Russian [ ... ]
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The Abu Dhabi stop for the September Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Peter Flanagan Hit Irish comic fresh from a critically acclaimed show at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Expect “great storytelling" with "warmth and shamrock panache” delivered via razor-sharp writing [ ... ]
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3 events,A solo exhibition of paintings by the noted Iranian-American artist. Derakshani has a body of work that spans decades, with examples in major institutional and private collections worldwide; this exhibition presents a selection of never-before-exhibited works from three of his [ ... ]
Free A solo show for an artist whose distinctive approach to visual storytelling lies in her ability to blend hyperrealism with dreamlike distortion. In this series, a follow-on from her gorgeous but unsettling La La Land works, her paintings transform the [ ... ]
Free Khazaie's solo show is inspired by nature, particularly by trees that bend in the face of wind and storms yet do not break. These symbolise resilience and flexibility; just as in life, people too change under pressure and harsh conditions, [ ... ]
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1 event,Tashkeel reopens its Nad Al Sheba Gallery with this solo exhibition by Syrian-Lebanese artist and designer Ranim AlHalaky, the culmination of a year-long journey of research, mentorship, and production as part of Tashkeel's Critical Practice Programme. To 16 October.
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2 events, An exhibition on the rich heritage of the Mamluk Sultanate, a dynasty that ruled a vast expanse of territory encompassing the most significant Islamic holy sites for more than 250 years (1250–1517), with more than 270 works gatheredfrom 34 museums [ ... ]
General admission AED 65  Carol Kane is extraordinary as a Jewish immigrant arriving in late 19th-century New York with her young son Yossele (Paul Freedman) to join a husband (Steven Keach) who she hasn’t seen in three years. He's embraced the new world and [ ... ]
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17 events, This first solo exhibition in the region for Bassiouni offers a first look at an ongoing international project that reframes landscape photography through the lens of lived Muslim presence in the contemporary West. Each of these photographs – taken from [ ... ]
Free Shumon Basar curates this project marking the gallery’s 20th anniversary, a look back on "two decades of The Third Line’s story in relation to global cultural, political, and economic shifts". The exhibition component features both early and more recent works from [ ... ]  After a long break from painting, Izoli has returned with a new body of work centred around "the circus of life" – Izoli uses the circus as a metaphor for the unpredictability and complexity of life as a Syrian citizen. [ ... ]
Free  Says the gallery: "Drawing on literature, philosophy, and astrophysics, Benchamma transforms celestial phenomena into symbolic landscapes that invite us to move beyond the material and the real, into dimensions where the rational and the fantastical coexist". For his third solo [ ... ]
Free  Exhibiting for the first time in Dubai, Lebanese artist Mahmoud El Safadi is showing a collection of miniature paintings on playing cards, a series of works that reflect on the Mediterranean as a site of memory, inheritance, and continuity – [ ... ]
Free  A retrospective celebrating over four decades of work by the Sharjah-born artist. It traces Mona Al Khaja’s journey from her studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo to her continued exploration of abstraction, symbolism, and colou, featuring works [ ... ]
Free  Bernhard Buhmann curates this group show based on the idea that plunging downwards is both terrifying and liberating – the gallery quotes Andrea Roelig: "We stand between death and life, and decline is dangerously enticing because it also carries an [ ... ]
Free  The inaugural show of Taymour Grahne's new project space in Dubai features the Maine-based painter, the recipient of numerous fellowships amd now (after 30 years as faculty at the Maine College of Art and Design) a full time artist. Her [ ... ]
Free A group show of paintings, sculptures, and photographs by a number of well-known contemporary artists that explore contrasts of material, form, and colour. The artists: Kenia Almaraz Murillo Nick Brandt Ian Davenport Hubert Le Gall Umberto Mariani Landon Metz Marc [ ... ]
Free  A group exhibition for four distinguished Palestinian women artists – Rania Amoudi, Dina Matar, Fatima Abu Rumi, and Marwa Alnajjar – that offers a powerful counterpoint to static portrayals of femininity and nationhood. Grounded in place yet transcending borders, the [ ... ]
Free  Says the gallery: “In an era of visual noise and the relentless pace of modern life, Amina Illuminati offers a moment of stillness — a space where matter becomes light, and form becomes revelation”. It’s a group show for work [ ... ]
Free  The gallery describes Mohasses (d.2020) as "one of Iran’s most enigmatic modern artists … A painter, sculptor, and translator, Mohasses carved out a unique space in Iranian art, setting himself apart through his radical embrace of European modernism and a [ ... ]
Free The gallery describes Mohasses (d.2020) as "one of Iran’s most enigmatic modern artists … A painter, sculptor, and translator, Mohasses carved out a unique space in Iranian art, setting himself apart through his radical embrace of European modernism and a [ ... ]
Free The first exhibition of the new iteration of The importance of staying quiet, a survey of Pakistani art, features photographic archives from Lala Rukh’s years at the University of Chicago (1974–76). It includes early works that carry a cinematic sense [ ... ]
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A new Ras Al Khaimah gig for the September Laughter Factory tour, albeit minus Peter Flanagan (who's doing the Dubai and Abu Dhabi stops). The acts" Dana Alexander The Canadian standup is a Laughter Factory favourite with material drawn from [ ... ]
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5 events, The first solo exhibition for a key figure of the contemporary avant-garde in the UAE, curated by Nasser Abdullah. This series engages with abandoned and derelict spaces across the Emirates in a playful, insightful way. Often using desert settings and [ ... ]
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 With Find Your Eyes, Benji Reid has made a performance that is unlike any you will have seen. Other artists have approached the creative process itself as performance; but no one else has combined photography, choreography and theatre to make [ ... ]
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Someone at MadCat Comedy is having fun thinking of titles for their shows … This one features the always excellent Liz Bains, Mad Cat’s main man Miqdaad, “and other heavy hitters you don't wanna miss”. The door price includes one [ ... ]
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The last weekend for the September Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Peter Flanagan Hit Irish comic fresh from a critically acclaimed show at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Expect “great storytelling" with "warmth and shamrock panache” delivered via razor-sharp writing (he's [ ... ]
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3 events, New ink drawings on paper and acrylic paintings on canvas from the French-based Syrian artist that offer viewers a journey through colour, symbolism, and contemplation. These are works that "reflect on the mystical power of nature, its geometry and order, [ ... ]
Free  Bady Dalloul’s first institutional solo exhibition in the UAE is an extended solo show curated by Art Jameel’s Lucas Morin. The artworks feature fragile heroes and ordinary people navigating systems larger than themselves; Dalloul repurposes everyday materials (including books, matchboxes, [ ... ]
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 The second performance of a remarkable show that combines photography, choreography and theatre to tell an emotional rollercoaster of a story. Find Your Eyes draws on Benji Reid’s work both as an award-winning photographer and a pioneer of hip hop [ ... ]
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4 events,Asunción Molinos Gordo’s second major collaboration with Art Jameel – following her 2019 Artist’s Garden, In Transit (Botany of a Journey) – is her first retrospective exhibition in West Asia. This show spans 15 years of Molinos Gordo’s work, tracing [ ... ]
Free  In times of adversity, especially amid the ongoing devastation in Gaza, tatreez – the ancient practice of hand-embroidery, a foundational element of Palestinian intangible heritage – becomes an act of survival and defiance. This exhibition of works by 25 artists [ ... ]
Free Artist 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 [ ... ]
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 A proper full-scale orchestral concert evening, even if the combination of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and his Piano Concerto No.5 (“Emperor”) feels as though it might be driven more by marketing than a natural musical combination. Still, there are no complaints [ ... ]
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This exceptional panel discussion aims to lead to a better understand of the term “African theatre", the evolution of theatres among the 52 countries of Africa, and this contemporary moment in Africa’s theatres. Who is making theatre today in Africa [ ... ]
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MadCat’s standup team comes to Abu Dhabi's Easy Tiger bar in the Al Ain Palace. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks ...
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3 events, This mid-career retrospective marks the first institutional survey in the region for Ala Younis. It includes archival installations, textiles, murals, mosaics, and drawings spanning the last two decades of her hybrid practice as an artist-researcher-curator. There will also be some [ ... ]
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A MadCat gig promising "Dubai's top comedians – ALL HEADLINERS” but also “a comedy whirlwind, featuring a revolving lineup of Dubai's best comedians and fresh faces” which implies that they’re not all headliners … Still, let’s not be picky: MadCat does [ ... ]
AED 99
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The 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 [ ... ]
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6 events, The debut solo exhibition in Dubai by the German Romanian artist introduces a new body of work that captures human presence in flux figures that dissolve into their surroundings. Known for his monumental canvases and emotionally charged brushwork, Hosu invites [ ... ]
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A nice idea from Karama Arts Club (though it doesn’t appear to be members-only) – “doodle, drink, and unwind with your creative peers” (all supplies supplied by Skriblbox, so you don't need to bring anything). The location is secret and [ ... ]
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Mad Cat's regular Thursday stop in Silicon Oasis promises “Dubai’s wildest comedy night". The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks, a decent exchange ...
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 The acclaimed Chinese violinist Siqing Lu, noted for his profound lyricism and technical mastery, has chosen a challenging programme for his first UAE recital, part of the Abu Dhabi Classics programme and presented in partnership with the Chinese Embassy. Alongside [ ... ]
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Back for a new season, it’s one of the most consistently funny of the Courtyard's classic improv gigs: the speakers have to give a presentation on a slide deck they’ve never seen before, with the topic determined at random by [ ... ]
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6 events, The most comprehensive solo exhibition to date of Brazilian artist Leda Catunda outside her home country. Sharjah Art Foundation is presenting four decades of Catunda’s practice, tracing the transformation of her art from figurative painting to hybrid forms that explore [ ... ]
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 Directed by the noted Sri Lankan playwright, director and activist Ruwanthie de Chickera, this eclectic ensemble production is a collaboration between Stages Theatre Group, Sri Lanka and Mashirika, Rwanda. Dear Children, Sincerely (DCS) is an ongoing research project, initiated in [ ... ]
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Agatha Christie’s first piece of writing for the stage, initially produced in 1930 and the start of a successful second career for her as a playwright. In her 1977 autobiography she describes it as "a conventional spy thriller ... full [ ... ]
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 The promoters are calling this ‘actobatics’: it’s a spectacular celebration of Chinese acrobatics from the Dezhou Acrobatic Troupe from Shandong Province. This 90-minute show with 25 performers and 12 acts, blending traditional Chinese choreography with modern acrobatic techniques – like [ ... ]
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MadCat Comedy’s regular night at the Clavichord in TECOM with "raw, unfiltered, hilarious” standup. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
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7 events, Talal Al Najjar’s works feel very contemporary, not just in his use of materials and technologuy but also in his concerns and ambitions. He produces sculpture, video, sound, CGI animation, painting, and installation, in addition to writing and curation; his [ ... ] Two performances today – 2pm and 8pm – for the classic Tchaikovsky ballet, done in the classic style by the Hungarian National Ballet with the Hungarian National Opera Orchestra. There are final performances tomorrow (Sunday 28 September) at 1pm and 7pm.
From AED 240 A two-day symposium reflecting on agrarian knowledge, cultural memory, and the role of rural communities in shaping their own futures. Through talks, lectures, screenings and site visits, the programme engages with urgent questions around how land is used, who works [ ... ]
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 The second and final performance of this eclectic ensemble production, a collaboration between Stages Theatre Group, Sri Lanka and Mashirika, Rwanda. Dear Children, Sincerely (DCS) is an ongoing research project, initiated in Sri Lanka in 2015, which gathers stories from [ ... ]
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Second performance for Agatha Christie’s spy/theft/murder thriller. with legendary detective Hercule Poirot assessing the case. There are further performances at 2.30 and 7.30pm on 28 September.
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A spectacular celebration of Chinese acrobatics from the Dezhou Acrobatic Troupe from Shandong Province. This 90-minute show with 25 performers and 12 acts, blending traditional Chinese choreography with modern acrobatic techniques – like the dazzling Flying Fork (stunning aerial feats) [ ... ]
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5 events,The final performances today for the classic Tchaikovsky ballet, done in the classic style by the Hungarian National Ballet with the Hungarian National Opera Orchestra, are at 1pm and 7pm.
From AED 240 The final two performances for this Agatha Christie spy/theft/murder thriller. with legendary detective Hercule Poirot assessing the case. There are performances at 2.30 and 7.30pm.
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 Another of Cinema Space’s free-to-view classics, this one a restored version of the Oscar-winning Jules Verne story: Kirk Douglas, Paul Lukas, and Peter Lorre are shipwrecked, taken captive by the mysterious Captain Nemo (James Mason) on his submarine Nautilus. Wavering [ ... ]
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A standup night at Social Distrikt with Dubomedy, top dogs on the Dubai comedy scene. We’re promised "Big Laughs, a Killer Line-up and Great Holiday Vibes with your favourite Comedy Tribe ... You never know who will pop in". Recommended. [ ... ]
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 Characteristically powerful social drama of the British working class from Ken Loach. This wrenching, intimate family drama exposes the dark side of the so-called 'gig economy; an unrelenting work schedule, a ruthless supervisor and the needs of their two teenage [ ... ]
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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, in this case the Ahmeds taking to the stage for [ ... ]
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3 events, Known for a hybrid style blending realism and abstraction, Seaty is an artist with graffiti and pop art influences who characteristically creates portraits of people from different cultures and backgrounds, celebrating cultural diversity with a blend of monochrome tones and [ ... ]
Free  A solo exhibition by Paris-based artist Sophie-Yen Bretez for a new body of work that captures moments when one space becomes another, when times overlap, and when memory persists as life shifts forward. This “dramaturgy of passage” is expressed through [ ... ]
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The 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 [ ... ]
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 The American actor/comedian/writer is one of the biggest names in the comedy tour business – this gig for Dubai Comedy Festival reprises his worldwide 40-stop tour, so it ought to be pretty slick by now ... He’s genuinely laugh-out-loud funny, [ ... ]
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It doesn’t get much more Italian than this: singer-songwriter Peppe Voltarelli – known for a unique musical style that blends various genres, primarily focusing on Italian folk, world music, and pop but still manages to reflect his Calabrian roots.– teams [ ... ]
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5 events, Ana Escobar Saavedra has a cross-disciplinary creative practice working on the frontiers of craft, art and design. Born and bred in Colombia, she is now established in the UAE; for the last few years, she has combined a personal studio [ ... ]
Free For the fourth time, this exhibition shows work by students completing the two-year Master of Fine Arts in Art and Media at NYUAD – Dima Abou Zannad, Bao, Adele Bea Cipste, Hala El Abora, Mowen Li (Amira), Jude Maharmeh, Safeya [ ... ]
Free  In the canvases of Wassef Boutros-Ghali, colours informed by a knowledge of unrelenting Mediterranean sunlight flood the flat plane of the canvas; architectural forms emerge, collide and re-engineer themselves without a narrative. Boutros-Ghali’s art speaks to the pure and unrestricted [ ... ]
Free  Influenced by the likes of Lucian Freud and Egon Schiele, Khosravi's drawings and paintings suggest that he's looking for artistic ideas – "for him, how to encounter pieces is important than pieces itself". But does have a characteristic style of [ ... ]
Free  The practice of Moscow-based Katya Emelyanova explores the phenomenology of aesthetic experience, aiming to evoke emotion, foster direct engagement, and maintain accessibility. Drawing from fauvism and abstraction, her vibrant forms begin as abstract concepts that gradually evolve into refined, expressive [ ... ]
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 Tape Face is a silent, eccentric character whose comedy transcends the boundaries of age, language, and culture; taking inspiration from silent film, mime, magic, and puppetry, Sam Wills' character makes shoes sing, empty dresses dance, and electrical tape blossom into [ ... ]
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Fifty years after a meteor has wiped out every comedian but one, the Government revives the last-known comic, Con Coutis, from cryosleep in a final attempt to bring laughter back to the world. With cutting-edge surround sound and clever audio [ ... ]
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First in a series of talks, conversations, and tours by the Sharjah Architecture Triennial (SAT) linked to the Al Manakh bio-farm and its community-based programming. The aim is to position the bio-farm within the wider context of architecture, agriculture, and [ ... ]
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The Lebanese-Canadian comedian is a genuine rising star, known for his viral character "My Parents Are Divorced" (MPAD) and a very sharp wit blended with raw, relatable humour. This venue should suit him well. SOLD OUT but there may be [ ... ]
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