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Giselle

Dubai Opera

Final performances (at 2pm and 7pm) for the Polish National Ballet and Orchestra’s take on the ultimate tragic/romantic ballet – beautiful young peasant girl fall in loves with a disguised nobleman but goes mad and dies of heartbreak when his [... more]

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Chicago

Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

The second weekend of performances for “the most exciting musical of its generation” (The Times). First seen in 1975 and still an all-round stunner, it is based on a 1926 play by one-time reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins and is built [... more]

From AED 185

Majd Kurdieh: Butterflies

Fann à Porter The Workshop, Villa 45, St. 23b, off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park), Jumeirah 2, Dubai

A solo show for the Aleppo-born Lebanese-based artist with a very distinctive practice – he paints with cartoon-like characters to talk about the current state of the world, usually a boy (Fasoon) and a girl (Fasooneh) who are always smiling [... more]

Free

The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club

Al Habtoor Polo Resort Al Safa 5, Emirates Road 611, Dubai

This month's Laughter Factory tour drops in at Al Habtoor with the usual standup gig followed by a no-sitting afterparty with the chance to mingle with the acts (though not for long, they're booked at the Mövenpick at 8.30pm). On [... more]

AED 160

Go Back for Murder

The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Second performance of this Agatha Christie play. There's an unusual twist on the traditional murder mystery , the action moving from past to present and illuminating the danger of relying on personal testimony warped by time, prejudice and perception. Carla [... more]

AED 120

The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club

Mövenpick Hotel JBR Dubai

This month's Laughter Factory tour gets a second show at the Mövenpick as usual. The acts: Kate Barron a return to the UAE for the award-winning Canadian comic, sharp, witty and unfiltered Farhan Solo a Gulf debut for the "eccentric [... more]

AED 160