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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

Library Circles: Azza Aboualam

Jameel Library Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai

The Jameel's Library Circles is a series of research, talks, and experimental interventions by UAE practitioners that offers alternative research methodologies with a focus on 'thinking in public'. For this iteration, Azza Aboualam – an Assistant Professor at Zayed University [... more]

Free

Déserts: dir Faouzi Bensaïdi (2023)

Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi

A road buddy comedy with a twist or two, wry humour throughout, gorgeous camerawork, and an all-pervading good sense of humanity and absurdity. Two petty crooks, Mehdi and Hamid, drive around the villages of southern Morocco, trying to recover a [... more]

AED 30

Andrew Schulz

Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

New York native and internationally touring stand-up comic and podcaster, Schulz is known for his raw and irreverent comedy. He claims nothing is off limits, so this should make for an interesting gig as part of Abu Dhabi Comedy Week.

From AED 250

Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro

Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai

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 [... more]

Free but donations welcome

Fremont: dir Babak Jalali (2023)

Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi

Beautiful but troubled, 23-year-old Donya finds her promoted to writing the mantras inside fortune cookies because the wise owner of the factory believes that people with memories write beautifully. Donya, an Afghan refugee with PTSD, Donya already has memories aplenty [... more]

AED 30