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September 2015
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new! monday night comedy Join us for improv’, sketch and song at The Playhouse every Monday night at 8pm. 7, 21 and 28 sep. grassroots stand-up comedy featuring local up-and-coming comedians, 14 sept.
**** free entrance! **** MET Opera Screening: The Magic FLute
Be enchanted by the whimsical humor and breathtaking puppetry of Julie Taymor’s hit production, presented in a shortened English-language version. Under the baton of Maestro James Levine, a winning ensemble cast – including Nathan Gunn brings fresh life to Mozart’s timeless fairy tale. 4 sept at 7pm 100 aed
30 sept at 8p m 60 aed
KING G NG
hindi comedy: racy Desi’s stand-up 13 SEPT AT 8PM 50 AED
Join us at the Playhouse for the fiercest night of stand up comedy you will ever witness! Local comics attempt to defy the ominous sound of the gong as you, the audience, decide their fate.
screening: Everyman BAFTA winner and Academy Award® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor takes the title role in this dynamic new production of one of English drama’s oldest plays. Directed by the National Theatre’s new Director Rufus Norris, with words by Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate, and movement by Javier De Frutos.
11 & 12 Sept at 8pm 100 AED
s p e e c h l e s s i m p r o v i s e d p o w e r p o i n t Speechless puts entertainers on the spot with nothing more than a stage, a microphone and a PowerPoint deck full of random images they’ve never seen - with hilarious results.
2 sept at 8pm 60 aed
Maestro
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Fast
paced, unpredictable and hilarious
Ten of Dubai’s virtuoso actors converge for a night of scenes, songs and games based on audience suggestions. You score the players on a scale of 1 to 5, and after each round the players with the lowest scores are eliminated until only one remains - the Maestro.!
9, 16, 23 Sept at 8pm 60 AED
India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and a slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood.