Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for May 24, 2017, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. Ellen Fortini rounds up 10 things to do today in the UAE.
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Abu Dhabi
Kids’ camp
Register your children, ages 5 to 12, to take part in the City Football Schools, where girls and boys can improve their football skills, stay healthy, make friends and have fun in a friendly environment under the guidance of fully qualified City Football coaches.
June 25 to 29; July 2 to 6; July 9 to 13, 8.30am to 2.30pm, from Dh950 per week, IPIC Arena, Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi. book at www.cityfootballschools.com
Nationwide
New movie
In the film Colossal, Anne Hathaway plays Gloria, an unemployed writer who parties too much. When her boyfriend breaks up with her, she is forced to leave New York and move back home, where she meets up with childhood friend Oscar (Jason Sudeikis) and his friends for a party. She wakes up to reports that a giant monster is destroying Seoul, and soon Gloria discovers that she and the monster are connected. Action comedy, also starring Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson and Dan Stevens.
Screening at cinemas across the UAE (15+)
Abu Dhabi
Art exhibition
Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority presents The Creative Act: Performance, Process, Presence, a Guggenheim Abu Dhabi exhibition that brings together artists of different nationalities and generations. It features more than 25 works in a variety of media that focus on related themes of performance, process and presence. Pictured: Work Green/Red 999, 1959 by Sadamasa Motonaga
Daily until July 29, 9am to 8pm, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, 02 657 5800, www.saadiyatculturaldistrict.ae
Dubai
Comedy show
Have some laughs at Mieux vaut en rire (It’s Best to Laugh), the French-language comedy show featuring comedian and playwright Olivier Le Jeune, who takes inspiration from society and says out loud what others are thinking.
Tonight and tomorrow, 8pm, Dh180, auditorium, Alliance Francaise Dubai, Oud Metha, Dubai, 04 335 8712, www.afdubai.org
Dubai
Performance
Get tickets to see Mandela Trilogy. The musical tribute to South- African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and ex-president Nelson Mandela, will be presented by Cape Town Opera with a cast of more than 30, including three incarnations of Mandela and featuring diverse styles of music – Xhosa choral, jazz and jive, struggle songs and liberation music – while dramatising the defining moments of his life.
November 9 to 11, 8pm, from Dh150, Dubai Opera, Downtown Dubai, Dubai, www.dubaiopera.com
Dubai
Art exhibition
Ramadanization opens tonight at Ductac. See works by UAE-based artists as a result of an open call to submit works to initiate a conversation about how the observance of Ramadan upholds the Islamic beliefs and traditions across the globe, and how it influences the daily lives of people in the region. Pictured: Hasbun Allahou by Zaahirah Muthy
Opens tonight, 7pm, then runs daily until June 27, 9am to 10pm, Gallery of Light, Ductac, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, 04 341 4777, www.ductac.org
Dubai
Art exhibition
See Ghosting of Beings and Worlds, a group exhibition by nine artists that feature works in various genres and media that represent the presence of a life or being elsewhere, including a burning blanket, urban fossils, a book of SMS messages and a video of a man waiting for somebody. Pictured: A video still from Dénouement by Ismaïl Bahri
Daily until July 31, 11am to 7pm, Saturdays to Thursdays (closed on Fridays), Grey Noise, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz, Dubai, 04 379 0764, www.greynoise.org
Dubai
Performance
Catch one of the final performances of Mary Poppins, the musical that stars the favourite nanny, who arrives on Cherry Tree Lane and brings a world of magic, travel and imagination to the Banks children. The timeless score includes the songs Jolly Holiday, Step in Time and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Today and tomorrow, 3pm and 7.45pm daily, Dubai Opera, Downtown Dubai, www.dubaiopera.com
Dubai
Cultural experience
Visit Qasr Al Sultan, a heritage and lifestyle destination offering culinary delights and cultural treasures. During the summer promotion, experience the cultural dinner at a discounted rate. Enjoy traditional welcome refreshments in the majlis, shop for traditional crafts in the souq, dine on dishes from around the world in the food bazaar, and then relax in the shisha lounge while children visit the playground.
Offer runs daily until September 30, from 7pm, from Dh250, near Dubai Parks & Resorts, Dubai, 800 785826, reservations@qasralsultan.ae
Dubai
Art exhibition
Attend the opening of the annual exhibition Made in Tashkeel. See a showcase of works by 34 UAE-based member artists, who demonstrate their creativity in various media and techniques resulting from experimentations, workshops and residencies facilitated by and held at Tashkeel. Pictured: An untitled work by Marta Lamovsek
Opens tonight, 7pm, then runs daily until August 30, 9am to 10pm, Saturdays to Thursdays (closed on Fridays), Tashkeel, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, 04 336 3313, www.tashkeel.org
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