3 entertaining acts to catch this week!

Music, musicals and movies happening in the UAE this week

Become Freddie Mercury for a day
Music lovers, bring out on your Freddie Mercury costume and moustache, and head for this massive celebration that is being organised in honour of legendary rocker Freddie Mercury. Turn up for the Freddie for a Day event at Hard Rock Cafe Dubai, from September 3-5, and celebrate what would have been Freddie's 70th birthday. One of the UK's top Queen tribute bands is coming down to mark the occasion. They will perform on September 3. Then on September 5 (Freddie's birthday), a Monster Music Quiz, hosted by Dubai radio presenter, Mark Lloyd, will be held. This quiz will test your knowledge on all things Queen. "Freddie For A Day is a global awareness campaign, enabling fans around the world to help the Trust in its work and have fun whilst doing so. We will further raise the profile of Freddie For A Day as we join forces in many cities to celebrate Freddie's life and help those less fortunate to fight the terrible disease which ended his life," remarked Claudia Walker of the Mercury Phoenix Trust.
 Show details:
Saturday, September 3 -   Queen tribute band from 8.30pm
Monday, September 5, - Monster Music Quiz from 8.30pm
Entry to the event is free
For information call 042328900
To check out all the action on Twitter, follow @HardRockCafedxb or Facebook @hrcdubai and use hashtags #areyoureadytofreddie and #FFAD.
Catch the last few summer season films
The summer-long movie screening season at Alserkal Avenue will come to an end with two critically acclaimed movies The Solitary Life Of Cranes by Eva Weber and The Match Factory Girl by Aki Kaurismäki. The screenings will take place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7pm at A4 Space #aharddaysnight #followusintothedark
The Solitary Life Of Cranes explores the invisible life of a city, its patterns and hidden secrets, seen through the eyes of crane drivers.
The Match Factory Girl, by acclaimed Finnish director tells the story of girl who works in a factory and lives with her dour parents. But when she gets pregnant, she decides that enough is enough and plans her revenge. The event is free.
 
Peter Pan gets set to mesmerise the capital
The tale of the boy who never grows up will be played out at Al Raha Beach Theatre in Abu Dhabi from August 31 to September 3. Peter Pan, The Never Ending Story is set to delight audiences in a theatre production as part of Abu Dhabi Summer Season. Watch more than 30 actors, dancers and acrobats from 10 different countries in this spectacle as they mesmerise audiences with their incredible somersaults and feats of illusion. The show features a number of narrative techniques that will transform the performance into an interactive experience. While the sets will shift from a London home and library to vast green forests and lush rivers in an instant, the narrator will hover above the audience and guide them through a tale of swashbuckling pirates and a whole world of adventure. For more information call 800 TCA.