A British-curriculum school whose auditorium and halls double as an events venue, Dubai Heights Academy sits in the Al Barsha South area of the city. Established in 2017, the academy follows the English national curriculum and serves pupils from the early years through to secondary level. Its campus was built with spacious classrooms, meeting and conference rooms, halls and a well-equipped auditorium fitted with modern stage and audiovisual technology. Beyond the school day, these facilities .....

Emirates Theatre is located in one of the most popular shopping destinations in Dubai, The Mall of Emirates. It consists of two theatre spaces. The larger one includes 500 seats, VIP boxes, a balcony and modern stage equipment. The venue is suitable for workshops, meetings, conferences and other educational events which attract business people and students. But the majority of visitors come there to enjoy spectacular shows, comedy stand-ups, dance performances and live concerts. Emirates Theatr.....

Flying from a helipad inside the Dubai Police Academy, HeliDubai runs scenic helicopter tours over the city from a central base in the Al Sufouh area, opposite the Mall of the Emirates. The operator offers sightseeing flights as its mainstay, alongside private charters, corporate transfers and aerial filming and photography work. Tours are sold in a range of lengths, from a short twelve-minute hop to flights of up to forty minutes, available as shared or private bookings. The shorter routes c.....

Spread across some 9,000 square feet in Al Barsha, Kids HQ is an indoor edutainment and soft-play centre on Umm Suqeim Road, aimed at younger children and families. It sits on the service road beside a furniture store, a short drive from the main highway. The centre is built around a large multi-level soft-play structure, with slides, climbing obstacles, crawl tunnels, a ball pit and trampolines making up the core of the play area. The layout is designed to let children burn energy in a safe, s.....

An indoor play centre in the Al Quoz district of Dubai, Koala Kids is a bright and lively world of soft play, trampolines and games for young children. It offers a safe and active escape from the heat of the city. The centre lies in a mixed district of the city, set up to give the young a place to climb, jump and play whatever the weather outside. Its indoor setting suits the warm climate. A large soft play area, with slides, climbing frames and tunnels, lets children clamber and explore in sa.....

Housed in a warehouse in the Al Quoz industrial district, Live@Play by Hive is a performing-arts and events space in Al Quoz Industrial Area 2, Dubai. It is run by The Hive, a Dubai performing-arts school, as a venue for live shows. The space occupies a converted warehouse unit, in keeping with the creative venues that have grown up across the Al Quoz industrial area. Its raw, flexible interior suits an intimate, informal style of performance. As a black-box-style room, it hosts a varied progr.....

Mall of the Emirates opened in November 2005 along Sheikh Zayed Road in the Al Barsha district of Dubai, instantly redefining what a regional shopping destination could be by integrating an indoor ski slope, luxury cinemas, a community theatre and over 630 retail outlets under a single roof. Developed by Majid Al Futtaim, the complex covers approximately 223,000 square metres of leasable area and remains one of the largest shopping centres in the Middle East. Ski Dubai sits at its heart, a 22,50.....

Pac-Man Live Experience Dubai opened in late 2024 inside a purpose-built venue along 6A Street in the Al Quoz district, becoming the first permanent immersive attraction worldwide based on the iconic 1980 Bandai Namco arcade game. Developed jointly by Toda Group and Bandai Namco Amusement, the 1,500 square metre venue combines large-scale projection mapping, augmented reality wearables and physical mazes to recreate the original Pac-Man maze at human scale. Visitors begin with a multiplayer int.....

A studio theatre within the arts centre at the Mall of the Emirates, the Playhouse is a small performance venue on the upper level of the landmark Dubai shopping mall in Al Barsha. It forms part of the community arts complex housed there. The Mall of the Emirates, best known for its indoor ski slope, also hosts a dedicated arts centre with theatre and studio spaces used for performance and learning. The Playhouse is one of these performance rooms. As an intimate studio theatre, it is suited to.....

Modelled on a television game show, Quiz Room Dubai is an immersive live trivia experience in the Goshi warehouses of the Al Quoz district. It brings to the city a format that began in Milan and has since spread to dozens of sites worldwide. The concept puts groups onto a staged set complete with podiums, buzzers, lighting, smoke and sound effects, recreating the feel of a real game show. A host-led atmosphere drives the competition along. Players compete in teams through fast-paced rounds tha.....