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 First-time director Usman Riaz embraces the old-fashioned star-crossed romance with a beautifully animated film about a young glassblowing artist and his lost love. At the same time it's a truly humanist, demonstrating how art and creativity can provide solace and [ ... more]
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 The second chapter in Sergio Leone’s epic Dollars Trilogy ups the ante with more tension, more grit, and a bigger budget thanks the success of the first outing for the Man With No Name. This time around two rival bounty [ ... more]
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 Vladimir Sorokin's 1983 has been described as "a bizarrely funny saga of a quintessential Russian institution, the interminably long line". Perhaps you might go for "avant-garde" rather than bizarre; the book is solely snatches of dialogue, the voices of people [ ... more]
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When allied with wit and accuracy, the implicit cruelty of the newly-popular 'roast' format can be more just an excuse for snide insults or another culture war salvo. We hope for the best from Abz Ali, who is known for his [ ... more]
From AED 175 |
4 events,Described by the gallery as "a significant new exhibition" and "a return to the essential experience of art as presence, encounter, and shared space", this show features a curated selection of 50 newly arrived 2D and 3D works by Annalù, [ ... more]
Free A group exhibition featuring works by Wadeei Khaled, Ahmad El Badawi, Bahram Hajou, Hanibal Srouji, Jamal Bassiouni, Rania Amoudi and Yervant Hawarian – an introduction to artists who will be featured in upcoming exhibitions throughout the year, alongside others whose [ ... more]
Free This is the MFA thesis exhbiition from six graduating students, presenting the culmination of their research and work – "informed by a deep commitment to risky multi-media exploration The works are by Maha Alasker, Yuehan Dai, Nour Elbery, Almaha Jaralla, [ ... more]
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 Hasan Hadi's debut feature is a beautiful tale of love, friendship and resilience told from the perspective of a child growing up under Saddam Hussein’s oppressive regime. It was the first Iraqi film to feature at the Cannes Film Festival, [ ... more]
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1 event,“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?” He says these questions guide his work across [ ... more]
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The Pepp promises "45 minutes of piping-hot laughs with four surprise comedians serving punchlines, saucy jokes, and a generous topping of fun".
From AED 125 |
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Second time this week for the Pepp's "45 minutes of non-stop laughs from four surprise comedians serving up a full-flavoured feast of funny", this one with an early start (7pm not 9pm).
From AED 125 |
7 events, An exhibition featuring more than 40 works by 16 photographers (of different nationalities, but all based in the UAE) that seek to find beauty and meaning in the small moments of everyday life, personal rituals, routines, brief encounters, simple gestures [ ... more]
Free A group show of new and archival works on paper selected by Judy Karkour that brings together 14 artists with distinct material and artistic backgrounds – Sarah Almehairi, Faris Alshafar, Olaf Breuning, Bernhard Buhmann, André Butzer, Nadine Ghandour, Monika Grabuschnigg, [ ... more]
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 The Gulf String Quartet present an hour of arrangements of Piaf favourites – by candlelight, of course. Ticket holders can get 5% off à la carte menus (including drinks) at Shangri-La Dubai's bars and dining venues, before or after the [ ... more]
From AED 150
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A chance to hear the Canadian Arabic Orchestra, an ensemble that fuses the traditions of Western and Arabic music. This programme promises "a soul-stirring journey through the vibrant crossroads of culture and innovation" that honours the rich heritage of Palestinian [ ... more]
From AED 249
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 A terrific start to the new season at The Arts Center – a high-octane double bill featuring two bands, both making their Gulf debuts, who really know how to deliver. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (above) is the pioneering group [ ... more]
AED 157.50
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The Vivaldi favourite was written as concerti for violin and orchestra, but it's often arranged for a quartet and this is what we'll be getting here, performed by the Gulf String Quartet. The ambiance is (non-flammable) candlelight, of course. The [ ... more]
From AED 150
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Third time this week for the Pepp's "45 minutes of non-stop laughs from four surprise comedians serving up a full-flavoured feast of funny".
From AED 125 |
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Comedy from two very sharp standups who work really well together. From first dates to ghosting, situationships to heartbreak stories, Noha Bashir and Denise Alexe address the struggles of dating life via sharp humour, relatable stories, and a brilliant chemistry [ ... more]
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2 events, This group show is the culmination of the second edition of NIKA Project Space's Open Studio programme: four artists based in the UAE were invited to develop new bodies of work in dialogue with the space, one another, and the [ ... more]
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 The first Somali film to be featured at the Cannes Film Festival (in 2024), The Village Next to Paradise tells the story of Mamargrade who is struggling to raise his son Cigaal in their rural Somali village amidst conflict, natural [ ... more]
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 Award-winning contemporary dance from Aotearoa/New Zealand, one of the hits of Edinburgh 2025. Created by Oli Mathiesen with Lucy Lynch and Sharvon Mortimer and inspired by the energy and emotion of rave culture, it's a spectacle of stamina, sweat, and [ ... more]
AED 105
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It looks like this night of improvisational comedy has been so successful that progenitors Tall Tales Productions and The Junction will be running it regularly. As before, it's a show created on the fly from audience suggestions; it's inspired by [ ... more]
AED 89
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A stand-up show that delves into "life, travel, identity, and the everyday struggles we all face". Abdi is definitely an engaging storyteller, so this should be a good night ...
From AED 160 |
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First of half a dozen Pepp shows where the Egyptian-American standup, actor, TV host, and former cardiothoracic surgeon tries out new material. He's been a comedy success for 15 years, so he knows how to do comedy; it will be [ ... more]
From AED 400
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Second of three performances for this award-winning contemporary dance from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Created by Oli Mathiesen with Lucy Lynch and Sharvon Mortimer and inspired by the energy and emotion of rave culture, it's a spectacle of stamina, sweat, and sheer [ ... more]
AED 105
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Second of half a dozen Pepp shows where the Egyptian-American standup, actor, TV host, and former cardiothoracic surgeon tries out new material. He's on at 7 and 9pm on 12 and 13 September.
From AED 475 |
5 events,The audience for this show has been called for jury duty. As the story proceeds you hear the testimony, analyse the evidence, and ultimately decide whether the accused is guilty or not ... It's a courtroom drama where you get [ ... more]
From AED 150
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Third of half a dozen Pepp shows where the Egyptian-American standup, actor, TV host, and former cardiothoracic surgeon tries out new material. He's on again at 9pm and at 7 and 9pm on 13 September.
From AED 475
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The final performance of this award-winning contemporary dance from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Created by Oli Mathiesen with Lucy Lynch and Sharvon Mortimer and inspired by the energy and emotion of rave culture, it's a spectacle of stamina, sweat, and sheer willpower [ ... more]
AED 105
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Dubai Opera marks its 10th birthday with a black-tie gala featuring soprano Fatma Said, performing with the UAE National Orchestra under the baton of Ahmed Farag and the Festival Chorus. We're promised "a curated gala of operatic and orchestral works [ ... more]
From AED 550
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The Egyptian-American standup, actor, TV host, and former cardiothoracic surgeon tries out new material. He's on again at 7 and 9pm on 13 September.
From AED 475 |
7 events,A group exhibition based around site-specific installations and considering ecological, feminist, philosophical, and postcolonial concerns. The core inspiration however is “philosophical reflections of time as growth rather than movement ... Time, as humans experience it, is inseparable from the vegetal. [ ... more]
Free A solo show featuring works that Petr Kirusha developed during his residency at Dom Art Projects. At a time of heightened geopolitical tension between the US and Iran, Kirusha documented the landscapes of Al Quoz and the rapidly changing cityscape [ ... more]
Free Selected works from the Farjam Collection. Through a refined language of Minimalist abstraction, the London-based artist blurs the boundaries between sculpture, painting and architecture – "bringing together works that explore light, colour, perception, and spatial experience, the exhibition reflects Rana [ ... more]
Free Human in the Loop is a sound-based interactive installation that takes the form of a game of hide-and-seek between visitors and an unseen algorithm. Hanging ropes are suspended from the ceiling and visitors are invited to pull on them; each [ ... more]
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First of two final shows where the Egyptian-American standup, actor, TV host, and former cardiothoracic surgeon tries out new material. He's on again at 9pm.
From AED 475
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A concert with a difference – venue is absolutely dark, and each audience member dons a light-blocking mask. The idea of course is that without visual perception your full attention is on the sound: "the most subtle musical nuances, delicate [ ... more]
From AED 240
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Last of a run of six shows with the Egyptian-American standup, actor, TV host, and former cardiothoracic surgeon trying out new material – he'll probably have honed it by now, so this is probably the one to catch.
From AED 475 |
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2 events,A Diarbid show for 35 artists "who explore identity as fluid, layered, and continuously evolving. Through fragmented, distorted, duplicated, and incomplete forms, the works examine how the self is shaped by memory, displacement, shifting environments, and the uncertainties of contemporary [ ... more]
Free  Stephan Kaluza’s practice is fundamentally concerned with depictions of nature, either as hyper-realistic oils or near-abstract renderings. These two modes of painting should be seen as different stages of the same subject in a process of transformation: disruptions creep in, and [ ... more]
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2 events,A descendant of Armenian Genocide survivors and raised in Syria, Mourad approaches his work with a profound sense of responsibility to preserve culture and history; his practice aims to give voice to places that no longer exist, offering an interpretation [ ... more]
Free This exhibition by the Saudi artist embraces the experimentation of jazz, commemorating its role as an audiovisual gathering for culture to flourish from and exact its designs on the world as it moved from older models of audiovisual art – [ ... more]
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 The Ukrainian National Ballet brings its version of The Marriage of Figaro to Dubai as a two-act comic ballet with a libretto by Yaremenko and Yuri Stanishevsky, choreography and staging by Viktor Yaremenko, and musical adaptation and additional composition by [ ... more]
From AED 250 |
3 events,Ayyam Gallery's summer collective exhibition focuses on the colour orange: "occupying a unique space between intensity and comfort, orange embodies both vitality and reflection. Associated with sunlight, fire, ripened fruit, and shifting horizons, the colour carries a rich spectrum of [ ... more]
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Agatha Christie's second most successful play (The Mousetrap is probably uncatchable) is a country-house thriller-comedy with clues aplenty and a good helping of plot contrivances – including a most convenient hidden door in the study that of course leads to [ ... more]
AED 120
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 The Ukrainian National Ballet brings its version of The Marriage of Figaro to Dubai as a two-act comic ballet with a libretto by Yaremenko and Yuri Stanishevsky, choreography and staging by Viktor Yaremenko, and musical adaptation and additional composition by [ ... more]
From AED 250 |
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A second night of performances for Agatha Christie's play. It is a country-house thriller-comedy with clues aplenty and a good helping of plot contrivances – including a most convenient hidden door in the study that of course leads to a [ ... more]
AED 120
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 A "breathtaking" show "through the heart and soul of Ireland". Created by Chris Hannon, former Lord of the Dance Star and also responsible for the global hit Murphy's Celtic Legacy, this performance brings dancers, musicians, and singers together to capture [ ... more]
From AED 180 |
5 events,The final performances for H72 Productions' treatment of the Agatha Christie play – a country-house thriller-comedy with clues aplenty and a good helping of plot contrivances (including a most convenient hidden door in the study that of course leads to [ ... more]
AED 120 Shezad Dawood’s 25-year career spans painting, textiles, sculpture, ceramics, film, performance and digital media. Fascinated by ecologies and architecture, his work connects art, science, music, environmentalism and technology to explore both alternative histories and futures, through a process of continuous [ ... more]
Free Recent works by Laila Majid and Inaam Zafar that explore the human body and its presence in contemporary life through metaphor and symbolism. In Majid’s practice, sculptural and photographic works unfold through slow revelation; Zafar’s practice explores themes of death and [ ... more]
Free  The final performances of the Ukrainian National Ballet's danced version of The Marriage of Figaro. The story is broadly retained, the major dances and duets deploy the classical ballet vocabulary, and the production uses lavish eighteenth-century costumes and palace settings; [ ... more]
From AED 250
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A second and final chance to catch this "breathtaking" show that brings dancers, musicians, and singers together to capture "the magic of Ireland ... Prepare to be enchanted".
From AED 180 |
3 events,A summer-long group show for Luke Agada, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Ludovic Nkoth, and Naila Opiangah, curated by Brice Arsène Yonkeu – whose curatorial statement defines the show as "an encounter with works on paper and paintings that move between visibility and [ ... more]
Free  Built from layers of sand collected in the UAE, chalk powder, pigments, and acrylic, the surfaces of Ahmad Tallaa's large-scale portraits at the centre of this show are dense and almost sculptural – as the gallery puts it, "Faces do [ ... more]
Free  A solo exhibition by the Syrian artist that includes large-scale portraits, a tile installation, sculptures, artist books, and works on paper. At the centre of Tallaa's practice is the face, not as portrait or likeness, but as witness; this exhibition, curated [ ... more]
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4 events, Curated by Nada Shabout of NYUAD's al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art, this exhibition investigates and celebrates the work and influence of one of the most important art movement of the mid-Century Middle East. Dr Shabout brings [ ... more]
Free  Amir Khojasteh's third solo exhibition with the gallery presents the first body of work her has developed after leaving his home country, Iran. To 5 November. Above: Amir Khojasteh, Garden Landscape #2 (2026)
Free  Sharif’s first solo exhibition in the UAE presents an autobiographical and very personal series of works about the struggles of private and artist life in a closed society – "a vulnerable, nuanced presentation of life”. The Bahraini artist uses colour [ ... more]
Free  Rana Begum brings her textile works to The Third Line for the first time. Her fifth solo exhibition at the gallery features a new body of large-scale wool tapestries presented alongside works on linen, paper and MDF, all reflecting the [ ... more]
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How could this stage adaptation of the near legendary Graham Linehan / Arthur Mathews TV series not be seriously funny? Dubai Drama Group says "the show captures everything fans adore about the cult classic: razor-sharp dialogue, joyfully absurd situations, and [ ... more]
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2 events,Two further performances for this stage adaptation of the near legendary Graham Linehan / Arthur Mathews TV series. Dubai Drama Group says "the show captures everything fans adore about the cult classic: razor-sharp dialogue, joyfully absurd situations, and characters who [ ... more]
AED 99
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Barcelona Flamenco Ballet does exactly what the name says – applies the style of flamenco in dance and music to create spectacular and passionate performances, typically by reinterpreting iconic works. This one is described as BFB's "most ambitious and revolutionary [ ... more]
From AED 240 |
1 event,An exhibition featuring more than 40 works by 16 photographers (of different nationalities, but all based in the UAE) that seek to find beauty and meaning in the small moments of everyday life, personal rituals, routines, brief encounters, simple gestures [ ... more]
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 In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of British colonisers. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa becomes the centre of a power [ ... more]
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1 event,Two interconnected exhibitions, both curated by Mo Reda and supported by the Department of Painting and Printmaking at VCUarts Qatar. Together, The Ongoing Performance of Melancholia and Songs in Solitude mark the culmination of a two-month residency at Bayt AlMamzar; [ ... more]
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