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SUMMARY:Cirque Du Liban: Fontana
DESCRIPTION: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\, and the watery additions do add to the circus skills on show. Thierry Antonios\, founder and Managing Partner at Cirque Du Liban\, described Fontana as “a perfect blend of creativity and strategic partnership\, enhancing the vibrant cultural tapestry of Abu Dhabi … we are excited to share this extraordinary experience with the audiences of Yas Island”. \nIt all happens in a purpose-built big top circus tent near twofour54. There are shows from 7 April to 26 May.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/cirque-du-liban-fontana/
LOCATION:Yas Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Circus
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240504
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240528
DTSTAMP:20240426T110228Z
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SUMMARY:Youth Takeover 2024
DESCRIPTION: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 building\, both indoors and outdoors\, with a public programme of talks\, performances and more on the four weekends. \nThe Assembly is an annual experimental learning programme designed to foster creative leaders aged 18 to 24 in the UAE\, inviting the creation and curation of projects reflective of their generation’s areas of interest. This year’s learning programme was designed\, curated and facilitated by Abhirami Suresh\, Library and Youth Coordinator at Art Jameel\, in collaboration with Osemudiamen Ekore\, alumnus of The Assembly 2022-2023. The 2023-24 Assembly cohort members are … \nKarim el Atrache artist and philosopher-to-be\nMalavika Suresh spoken word poet and interdisciplinary researcher\nMariam Shamma interdisciplinary designer\nMarwan Ali architect\nNabeeha Sajjad multimedia designer\nRedha Al Hammad photographer\nSami Al Soloh artist\nToga Al Tahir interdisciplinary researcher \n  \nThe exhibition – (un)cooked:\nThe 11 original commissions by young artists represents a variety of “romantic and magnified versions of seemingly mundane experiences” that “challenge you to find the extraordinary in the ordinary and embark on a journey in discovering that the mundane is real\, raw and relevant in its simplicity”. The theme (un)cooked “expands on the portrayal of various interpretations of memories\, realities and fantasies”. The artists: \nKarim el Atrache and Klythm\nMalavika Suresh and Alysia Knowles\nMariam Shamma\nMarwan Ali and Nour Elbery\nNabeeha Sajjad and Ala Kheir\, Jawad Al Bdiwi\, Makki Rashid and Sarwa Abdul\nRedha Al Hammad and Dalia Mustafa\nSami Al Soloh\nToga Tahir\, Abdallah Abbas and Adiga Music Band \n  \nThe schedule:\nAll events are free\, but you’re advised to preregister via the links. \n4 May \n– discussion: (un)cooked panel with the Assembly 2023-2024 and programme curators Abhirami Suresh and Osemudiamen Ekore 6–7pm Lobby\n– performance: (Self)Serving by artist Assi Abogado 7.15–7.45pm\, Lobby\n– music: Filipino dream pop duo WYWY 7.45–8.30pm\, Jaddaf Waterfront Sculpture Park \n5 May  \n– interactive lecture: Stoicism by Dr Kurt Mertel\, Prof of Philosophy at AUS 5–6.30pm Lobby \n11 May \n– family tour and workshop: A Time-Capsule Exchange by Sami Al Soloh and Sarah Al Soloh 11am–2.30pm Lobby\n– poetry workshop day two: Self-Portrait in Verse two-day intensive poetry writing workshop with Danabelle Gutierrez and Malavika Suresh 11am–2.30pm Lobby \n12 May \n– poetry workshop day two: Self-Portrait in Verse two-day intensive poetry writing workshop with Danabelle Gutierrez and Malavika Suresh 11am–2.30pm Lobby \n18 May \n– exhibition: (un)cooked tour led by Youth Takeover Assembly members 3–4pm Lobby\n– supper club: let them eat cake by artist Farah AlZeer 4–6pm Sahaab\n– film screening + talk: And I Must Go with director/artist Nabeeha Sajjad\, photographer Ala Kheir\, filmmaker Makki Rashid\, creative producer Sarwa Abdul; moderated by Sophie Ziai 6–.730pm Lobby \n19 May \n– talk: Hudhud with artist Enas Al Faranjiya\, writer Nayla Tozin\, designer Rana Kassem\, artist Shaikha Al Salman; moderated by Bootleg Griot 4–5.30pm Lobby \n25 May \n– exhibition: (un)cooked tour led by Youth Takeover Assembly members 5–6pm Lobby\n– poetry: Self-Portrait in Verse – showcase and open mic by Malavika Suresh \n26 May \n– film screening + gathering: Magila by Toga Al Tahir 3–4pm Lobby \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/youth-takeover-2024/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Festival
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240524
DTSTAMP:20240507T150426Z
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SUMMARY:Modern and Contemporary Art Dubai
DESCRIPTION: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 view\, but the sale includes works by notable female artists like Manal Al Dowayan\, Helen Khal\, Monir Farmanfarmaian\, Etel Adnan and Fahrelnissa Zeid; sculptural pieces by Kader Attia\, Mehdi Moutashar and Romuald Hazoumè; and “experiments into figuration\, abstraction and materiality” by Aboudia\, Oscar Murillo and Nabil Nahas\, plus “significant works by modern masters” including Marwan\, Abdul Halim Radwi\, Mohamed Melehi and Ahmed Cherkaoui.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/modern-and-contemporary-art-dubai/
LOCATION:Christie’s Dubai\, DIFC\, Gate Village\, Building 5\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240521T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240521T203000
DTSTAMP:20240520T142935Z
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SUMMARY:Seven Winters in Tehran: dir Steffi Niederzoll (2023)
DESCRIPTION: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 her testimony; she didn’t. Niederzoll has had access to personal and secretly recorded videos provided by Reyhaneh’s family\,plus their testimonies and the letters written by Reyhaneh Jabbari in prison; the result is a powerful and poignant story of a woman who became a symbol of resistance and women’s rights in Iran and beyond. Farsi with English subtitles. \nThis film screens in the sixth edition of the Manarat’s CinemaMAS film festival\, curated this time by filmmaker and visual artist Scandar Copti – head of the Film and New Media program at NYU Abu Dhabi from 2014 to 2017. Currently\, he is still teaching filmmaking at NYUAD while working on an upcoming feature film. \nIndividual films on weekdays are AED 30 per head\, weekends are AED 50 per day\, and there’s an all-inclusive ticket at AED 150.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/seven-winters-in-tehran-dir-steffi-niederzoll-2023/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240521T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240521T213000
DTSTAMP:20240508T112956Z
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SUMMARY:Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee: Bad Friends
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/andrew-santino-and-bobby-lee-bad-friends/
LOCATION:Etihad Arena\, Yas Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240521T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240521T213000
DTSTAMP:20240510T094427Z
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SUMMARY:John Achkar: Shou Zakeh?!
DESCRIPTION: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).
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/john-achkar-shou-zakeh/
LOCATION:Saadiyat Rotana\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240521T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240521T230000
DTSTAMP:20240510T094036Z
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SUMMARY:New York Legends at Broadway Theater\, Emirates Palace
DESCRIPTION: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 Dubai’s very own Mina Liccione is included because she comes from NYC. On the bill: \nThe Comedy Godfather: Tony Woods\nRom-Com Specialist: Ian Lara Smooth\nOperator: Simeon Goodson\nBroadway Baby: Mina Liccione\nHilarious Haitian: Wil Sylvince
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/new-york-legends-at-broadway-theater-emirates-palace-2/
LOCATION:Emirates Palace Auditorium\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240521T210000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240521T223000
DTSTAMP:20240520T144432Z
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SUMMARY:Behind The Mountains: dir Mohamed ben Attia (2023)
DESCRIPTION: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 realism\, but retains his well-established interest in emotionally intricate protagonists and the complications of parent-child relationships; for the son\, the flying is a literal leap of faith and validation that his father is more than the negative stories he’s heard all his young life. Arabic with English subtitles; recommended. \nThis film screens in the sixth edition of the Manarat’s CinemaMAS film festival\, curated this time by filmmaker and visual artist Scandar Copti – head of the Film and New Media program at NYU Abu Dhabi from 2014 to 2017. Currently\, he is still teaching filmmaking at NYUAD while working on an upcoming feature film. \nIndividual films on weekdays are AED 30 per head\, weekends are AED 50 per day\, and there’s an all-inclusive ticket at AED 150.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/behind-the-mountains-mohamed-ben-attia-2023/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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