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Cirque Du Liban: Fontana

Yas Island Abu Dhabi

Cirque du Liban comes to Yas with "the first travelling water circus in the Middle East ... live entertainment, breathtaking artistic performances in a tailor-made aqua theatre, waterfalls cascading, artists diving and performing mind-blowing Aquatic experience". The previews look great, [... more]

From AED 100

Youth Takeover 2024

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

The Jameel's annual handover of the arts centre to a selected cohort of young visionaries starts on Saturday 4 May and runs to Monday 27 May. There will be multiple artwork and installation "interventions" across the ground floor of the [... more]

Free

Modern and Contemporary Art Dubai

Christie’s Dubai DIFC, Gate Village, Building 5, Dubai

This online-only Christie’s sale takes place 9-23 May but includes a selection of the works in an exhibition at its DIFC base between 18 and 23 May (10am to 7pm each day). We don't know exactly what will be on [... more]

Free

Seven Winters in Tehran: dir Steffi Niederzoll (2023)

Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi

An important documentary: Reyhaneh Jabbari was a female student in Tehran who was hanged for murder, but she had acted in self-defence against a rapist. She would have received a pardon and a short jail term if she had retracted [... more]

AED 30

Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee: Bad Friends

Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

Comedians Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee are touring their hit podcast Bad Friends, which showcases the dynamic and sometimes “contentious” relationship between the two. This gig is part of Abu Dhabi Comedy Week.

From AED 175

John Achkar: Shou Zakeh?!

Saadiyat Rotana Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

The popular Lebanese comic stops off in Abu Dhabi for a one-night-only special in Abu Dhabi Comedy Week as part of a world tour. The show’s in Arabic (specifically Lebanese Arabic).

From AED 150

New York Legends at Broadway Theater, Emirates Palace

Emirates Palace Auditorium Abu Dhabi

A second chance to catch this “unmissable comedy lineup” as the blurb puts it. It’s an Abu Dhabi Comedy Week evening with five standups (“legends”? Well, maybe) that come from or have a connection with New York City – so [... more]

AED 290

Behind The Mountains: dir Mohamed ben Attia (2023)

Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi

In this quite surprising supernatural drama, a man fed up with the chains of his humdrum life lashes out only to discover he possesses a logic-defying gift – the power to fly. The film departs from the director’s previous social [... more]

AED 30