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What the Food

Alserkal Avenue Al Quoz 1, Dubai

Alserkal Avenue's two-day celebration of all things food is back for its third edition, promising "the city’s most exciting homegrown chefs, artisanal makers and creative culinary minds ... pushing boundaries, showcasing cutting-edge culinary experiments and sparking critical conversations about food [... more]

Varies

CLOSING TODAY Sarah Alagroobi: Slanted Dreamscape

Artbooth Gallery Centro Capital Center, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street, Abu Dhabi

Alagroobi’s evocative, highly textured landscapes provide a glimpse into “a world where reality and imagination intersect”. Her practice celebrates the physical and metaphysical, using layers of acrylic to sculpt imagined landscapes that blur the boundaries between the tangible and the [... more]

Free

Authentic Flamenco: Daniel Casares

Zabeel Theatre Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent, Dubai

A second evening of performances (at 6pm and 8.30pm) for the award-winning flamenco and this explicitly titled show. This is the Teatro Real de Madrid production that has been wowing audiences for some time; it aims to deliver a taste [... more]

From AED 190

The Ice Hole – A Cardboard Comedy

Theatre by QE2 Queen Elizabeth 2, Port Rashid, Dubai

This production debuted for four performances in May and two in July; all sold out (deservedly). It's now back for a run at Theatre by QE2, and it's highly recommended. It's an English version of an award-winning French comedy from [... more]

AED 120

Xue Bao | Snow Leopard (dir Pema Tseden, China, 2023)

The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

This is a story about how people and animals can finally get along. A snow leopard, rare and globally endangered, breaks into the pen of a herder family and kills nine goats. The father and son argue about what to [... more]

Free, but pre-register

Mute

Sharjah Performing Arts Academy University City, Sharjah

This experimental theatre piece by the Kuwaiti director and playwright Sulayman Al Bassam examines that brief moment of silence that followed the Beirut port explosion of 2020. Produced with actress Hala Omran and the band Two or The Dragon, the [... more]

Free, but pre-register