TimeOut Dubai Kids – August 2019

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Dubai Opera Film Festival

Disney Classics

With 48 screenings over two weeks this August,

it’s set to be a treat for audiences of all ages...

T

his August, Dubai Opera is hosting a

magical Àlm festival for the kids – and

your own inner child – with an incredible

line-up of Disney Classics. Screenings

including all-time favourites, with four movies

shown every single day between August 15

and August 30, celebrating animated and live-

action titles from across the decades.

“Dubai Opera is a place for everyone in the

UAE to enjoy and our programme deliberately

reÁects all ages and communities throughout

the year,” says Jasper Hope, Chief Executive of

Dubai Opera.

“Encouraging children to visit is especially

important to inspire the next generation

and we regularly host special school

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performances, tours and workshops

connected to our main programme, as well as

unique family events like this festival of Disney

movie classics.”

Some of the titles showing during this

Àrst festival of its kind in Dubai include The

Little Mermaid, Lady and the Tramp, Mary

Poppins, Peter Pan, Cinderella, Bedknobs

And Broomsticks, The Aristocats and Honey I

Shrunk the Kids. The schedule even includes

a special Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along on

Friday August 16, giving you and the kids the

chance to belt out all of your favourite songs.

But that’s not all Dubai Opera has coming

up for fans of the arts. On September 20 and

21 the venue will take fans on a journey back

to the Wizarding World with Harry Potter and

the Prisoner of Azkaban Live in Concert.

As Christmas approaches, festive specials

are in store, including Tchaikovsky’s iconic

ballet The Nutcracker from December 4 to 7.

December also heralds the return of Jingle

Bell Favourites (it really is a favourite), a family

concert of carols and seasonal hits performed

by the London Concert Orchestra Show Band,

Capital Voices and West End Soloists, from

December 12 to 14.

For older audiences, Dubai Opera has

no shortage of varied entertainment on the

horizon, starting with Puccini’s Turandot,

dance drama Early Spring and comedy from

Josh Widdicombe.

Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing

will also arrive on the arts centre’s stage

for the Àrst time. Expect a modern take on

this timeless play, which will resonate with

audiences thanks to a vibrant, funny and

profoundly moving production directed by the

talented Derek Bond.

Also coming up is Gladiator Live in Concert

(bring a handkerchief for that heart-wrenching

score...), with a symphony orchestra

performing Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard’s

iconic work.

And that’s still not all. Dubai Opera’s

calendar is also packed with the likes of

Passenger, Bootleg Beatles, a-ha, Lea Salonga

and the arrival, for the Àrst time ever in

Dubai, of the world’s most popular musical,

The Phantom of the Opera.

Where to start? With two weeks of Disney,

where you’ll Ànd more than a few tales as old

as time...

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