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Art With Disabilities: From Frida Kahlo to Stevie Wonder – 11 Amazing Stories of People Who Changed the World

kanvas Dubai Unit 1, Al Khayat Art Avenue, 19th Street Al Quoz 1, Dubai

An exhibition created by the Bulgarian immersive-experience specialists Poliforma, using surround-sound and surround-visuals to celebrate "stories of people who have overcome, adapted, or ignored their limitations" through "captivating video inserts, stunning 3D projections, and four interactive installations". Apparently it's "a [... more]

AED 99

Singin’ in the Rain

Dubai Opera

The highly successful stage adaptation of the iconic MGM film about silent film actors who face their share of struggles over the gradual transition to talkies. The plot isn't what matters, of course; it's the songs – classics like Good [... more]

AED 450

CLOSING TODAY Ayesha Sultana: Fragility and Resilience

Ishara Art Foundation Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

The first major solo show in the GCC for the Bangladesh-born US-based artist. Her practice spans drawing, painting and sculpture, "exploring the material and conceptual possibilities of form and medium ... Sultana proposes that fragility can be a form of [... more]

Colour Gives Me Life

Firetti Contemporary Unit 29, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

A group show of works by Ludmilla Radchenko, Rachel K (above), Ihab Ahmad, Laurent Perbos, Yana Abramova and Samuele Ventanni curated by Celine Azem. The aim is to explore how colour extends beyond visual experience, "shaping memory, emotion, and perception [... more]

Free
Ongoing

Candlelight: From Mozart to Chopin

Jumeirah Al Qasr Madinat Jumeirah, Umm Suqeim, Dubai

Aldo Dotti plays a 65 minute programme of piano favourites, outdoors at the Jumeriah Al Qasr's Céleste poolside restuarant. The programme: Mozart: Rondo alla Turca from Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K 331 Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 12 [... more]

From AED 180

Jazz At The Island: Aleksandra Krstic / Tania Kassis

Al Noor Island Buhairah Corniche Road, Khalid Lagoon, Sharjah

Jazz under the stars on Sharjah's Al Noor Island – though again we're not sure either artist would regard themselves as characteristic of (or confined to) the jazz genre. The Dubai-based Serbian singer, songwriter, pianist and composer Aleksandra Krstic has [... more]

AED 100

Dubai Motorcycle Film Festival 2024

Warehouse Four Al Quoz, Dubai

The Dubai Motorcycle Film Festival – a filmic celebration of al fresco motoring with handlebars – returns for its fourth iteration, promising "the best dramatic, documentary and short films that reveal the passion of riders and the soul behind riding [... more]

AED 65

Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial: FLEX* by Load na Dito

FLEX* is a talking and listening game created by Manila-based curatorial and research initiative Load na Dito; participants explore the meaning of words based on personal experiences while moulding clay. Inspired by the city’s ubiquitous gift shops, the accompanying installation will [... more]

Free, but pre-register

It’s All Been Done Before

The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

A second evening of short plays written and directed by Sanjeev Dixit for Third Half Theatre: The Monkey's Paw: A story of a family whose lives are altered when an old friend brings a strange talisman into their home.  (adaptated [... more]

AED 120

The Mask of Zorro: dir Martin Campbell (1998)

25hours Hotel Dubai One Central Trade Center Street, Dubai

Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones have great fun in this easy-to-watch action/adventure movie. Hopkins is Zorro, escaping from prison to find his long-lost daughter (Zeta-Jones) and avenge the death of his wife. He is aided by his successor [... more]

Free