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Wednesday (February 11)
Smoove presents DJ Big Ted at Maxxim. Doors open at 9pm with resident DJ Miled warming up. Rates before midnight are BD5 for non-members and free for ladies and members and after midnight BD7 for non-members and BD5 for ladies and members. For details contact 39649590.
Superstar DJ Fatboy Slim will make his Middle East debut when he performs during the Dubai Shopping Festival 2009 at the Barasti Le Meridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort,
Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cook) has successfully helped take dance music from the clubs into the living room and to the top of the charts - earning him a unique place in the nation’s heart along the way. He has four acclaimed albums: Better Living Through Chemistry, You’ve Come A Long Way Baby, Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars and Palookaville.
To date, Fatboy has sold over eight million albums.
Concert tickets are Dhs350 and are available from the Time Out Ticketline 800 4669, www.timeouttickets.com, www.ticketingboxoffice.com and All Virgin Megastores in UAE. Fans also have the option of reserving VIP tables which can be booked now on 009714278166.
The Dubai Shopping Festival 2009 runs until February 15. For further information visit www.mydsf.ae.
The Manama Theatre Club will host a play, Satin and Steel, at the Dilmun Club in Saar today, tomorrow and the day after.
The play is written by Amanda Whittington, author of Be My Baby, Bollywood Jane and The Wills' Girls.
Character Vince Steel will be played by theatre member Rory Adamson and talented beginner Tina White will be by Simone Hunter and is directed by Marina Tadayon.
Tickets are available for the dinner shows on February 11 and 13, while the show on the February 12 is fully booked. Tickets are priced at BD10 for members and BD12 for non-members and available at the British Club, Adliya and the Dilmun Club. Doors open at 7pm and the shows will begin at 8.30pm on all three nights. For details contact 17690926.
Thursday (February 12)
DJ Timo Garcia will perform at Aqua Fuego at the Marine Tower, Manama as part of the latest For the Love of House monthly theme party. Doors will open at 8pm.
Tickets are BD3 for women, BD6 for men and BD7 for couples. For details contact 36110200 or e-mail aquafuego@live.com.
Friday (February 13)
NightShift Entertainment will present a Night of Mayhem with UK-based Sona Family and Dubai-based DJ Shadow at 9pm at Aqua Fuego in the Marine Tower, Manama. Tickets are BD25 for VIP couples, BD15 for couples and BD5 for the ladies inclusive a welcome drink before 11pm. Dress code is smart casual. For details contact Reaves on 39992260 or Rita on 36110200.
The Vampy Valentines Party will be hosted at the Mirchi – Ramee International Hotel, Juffair with DJ Vlad. Dress code is anything in red. Ladies’ entry is free with free beverages. For details contact Loony Toony Vampire at 39282071.
Saturday (February 14)
Ahlia University’s Media Production Centre will be offering a free videotape production and studio photography workshop at its premises in the GOSI complex, Exhibition Avenue beginning on Saturday. The intense training sessions will cover a wide range of video and photographic essentials.
Over the course of each six-hour sessions participants will learn about the myriad features inherent within both media.
Participants can learn about the tools and techniques involved with both video production and studio photography.
Video production sessions will be held on February 21 and 28 and the studio photography workshop will be held on February 21. Timings are 10am to 4pm.
Enrollment is based on first come first serve.
For details contact 17298950.
Hard Core heavy metal lovers can enjoy watching rock legends Iron Maiden at the Media Centre Amphitheatre in Dubai on Friday.
The legendary band will be launching the final leg of their Somewhere Back in Time World Tour 08 at the Amphitheatre. It will be the first of a 19 city close. The tour which concentrates almost entirely on their 80s’ high is both elaborate and reminiscent of their 1984-1985 Powerslave tour.
The British band are credited with being one of the leading pioneers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement back in the 1980s and have a library of some 34 albums (including EPs and compilations) under their belt since first forming in 1975.
Ranked 24th in VH1’s ‘100 Greatest Heavy Metal Bands of All Hard Rock’, the Number of the Beast singers made it to number three on VH1 Classic’s Top 20 Metal Bands. They also received the Ivor Novello Award for international achievement in 2002 and were inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk in 2005. Tickets are Dhs295 for regular and Dhs595 for cage. Doors open at 4pm and show starts at 9pm. For details contact 009714 4334911.
Classes for upcoming actors
KSDi in Budaiya is offering acting classes for students of all ages at The Children’s House Theater in Budaiya. Bahrain’s first ever Screen Actor Training Programme is expected to create a high level of interest and spur further development of the film/creative community. Starting Friday, 21, classes will be offered for children from five to 12 years, teenagers from 13 to 18 and adults above 18. The class size will be limited so registration is on a first come first served basis.
The classes will be broken down into 15-week courses emphasising screen acting techniques utilising variations of ‘The Method’ created by Konstantin Stanislavski.
The sessions will be video taped utilising KSDI’s state-of-the-art production equipment. The performances will then be immediately reviewed in the class on the big screen for direct feedback designed to improve the actor’s performance.
At the end of the session, each actor will have their work showcased in an open house event for their friends, family, and associates to see their work on the big screen.
Each student will graduate with a professionally edited demo reel DVD of their performances with an option of having their work posted on a website for friends/family/casting directors and directors to view the reel internationally.
KSDi general manager and veteran Hollywood director, Rick Beeman will head up the instruction of the classes. Through the classes students can also build self-esteem, confidence, self-awareness, improvisational ability, and a better understanding of themselves emotionally and psychologically.
For details contact Simi Forman on 17593993 or email info@ksdibahrain.com.
