Matty Grey: 101 Ways to Annoy Your Parents and Other Really Old People

New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, Dubai

A second outing for Matty Grey’s award-winning show for the Dubai Comedy Festival. We're promised outrageously funny antics, gross-out games, and "hilarious tips on how to drive grown-ups crazy (in the best way)".

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Jonny Awsum: The Kids Show

New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, Dubai

Another performance of this feel-good musical comedy for the Dubai Comedy Festival, "guaranteed to get all ages singing and laughing along". Each show finishes with a meet-and-greet session with Jonny and a photo opportunity with the bowler hats from ‘This [... more]

AED 125

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein: dir Charles Barton (1948)

Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi

Gratifyingly, this does exactly what it says on the tin (or rather, in the title): the world of railroad baggage handlers Chick Young (Bud Abbott) and Wilbur Grey (Lou Costello) is turned upside down when they receive a strange shipment [... more]

Free, but pre-register

The Mummy: dir Stephen Sommers (1999)

Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi

Action-packed tongue-firmly-in-cheek adventure. Deep in the Egyptian desert, a band of explorers searching for long-lost treasure have accidentally unearthed and resurrected a 3,000-year-old Egyptian priest. Adventurer Rick O' Connell (Brendan Fraser) pairs up with librarian (?) Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and [... more]

Free, but pre-register

Imah Dumagay: Rice and Sand

Playhouse Studio Theatre New Covent Garden, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai

A mash-up of expat life, identity crises, marriage survival, and the everyday chaos of being too polite and too tired at the same time, the funniest Filipina in Dubai dives deep into what it means to be a woman navigating [... more]

AED 150

Laser Kiwi: Rise of the Olive

New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, Dubai

A second Dubai Comedy Festival performance for "the world’s only surreal sketch circus". Expect world-record bounce juggling, jaw-dropping aerial acts, Jenga stunts, and plenty of pimento-stuffed olives in a wildly inventive show that blends next-level circus skills with a lot [... more]

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Riaad Moosa & Joey Rasdien: Brother from Another Mother

Dubai Opera

The South African comedy reunite on stage for this Dubai Comedy Festival show. Expect witty takes on identity, politics, and family, with contrasting styles that make for very good on-stage chemistry ...

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PechaKucha: On Noise

Etihad Museum 1 Jumeirah St, Dubai

Sound is a force we rarely notice, yet it shapes our spatial, emotional, and cultural experiences in profound ways. This PechaKucha explores the unseen aspects of sound, spanning audiology, vinyl technology, architectural acoustics, voice as branding, and early childhood communication [... more]

Free

The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club

Studio One Hotel Dubai Studio City, Dubai

The October Laughter Factory tour looks a good one. The acts: Jimmy McGhie Gold-plated comedy from a UK standup who's performed all round the world (he's been a hit in Dubai too). Highly recommended Karen Bayley Well-established (over a decade [... more]

AED 160

Redouane Bougheraba

Dubai Opera

French comedy icon Redouane Bougheraba is back in Dubai, headlining a Dubai Opera show for the Dubai Comedy festival. French comedy doesn't get much better than this ...

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