A theatrical twist to the cinema-going experience is coming to Dubai

Wim Hoste, left, and Alex Broun are behind a new “live cinema” project called 'Don’t You Forget About Me', which will be performed at VOX Mall of the Emirates this week. Reem Mohammed/The National

‘Don’t You Forget About Me’ is a cinema-meets-concert production put together by Wim Hoste and Alex Broun in Dubai   Interaction in most UAE cinemas more often than not involves animated popcorn consumption or poorly-timed texting. But for two nights next week, a Dubai singer will get up and “disrupt” his own romantic movie. Belgian-born crooner Wim… Continue reading A theatrical twist to the cinema-going experience is coming to Dubai

UAE’s Opera-pop’s first concert: blending classical opera with pop

On Wednesday night the UAE-based Opera-Pop Group will be staging their first full-length concert, blending classical opera with pop tracks that the organisers say will appeal to “the young and old”. It’s quite a mash-up: Elvis Presley’s smash hits with arias by the Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. On Wednesday night the UAE-based Opera-Pop Group will… Continue reading UAE’s Opera-pop’s first concert: blending classical opera with pop