Ubu or UBU may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

*The title character of ''

Ubu Roi ''Ubu Roi'' (; "Ubu the King" or "King Ubu") is a play by French writer Alfred Jarry, then 23 years old. It was first performed in Paris in 1896, by Aurélien Lugné-Poe's Théâtre de l'Œuvre at the Nouveau-Théâtre (today, the Théâtre de ...

'' (''King Ubu''), an 1896 French play by Alfred Jarry and subsequent plays * Ubu Repertory Theater, New York City, dedicated to presenting French plays translated into English *Ubu Awards for Italian theater – see Italian entertainment awards * Ubu Films, a Sydney-based Australian underground filmmakers' cooperative that existed from 1965 to ca. 1972 *

Ubu Productions Ubu Productions, Inc., was an independent production company founded in 1982 by television producer Gary David Goldberg. Ubu's notable productions include ''Family Ties'' (1982–1989), ''Brooklyn Bridge'' (1991–1993), and ''Spin City'' (1996� ...

, Inc., a production company founded by television producer Gary David Goldberg * ''Ubu'' (album), the debut album by Illion, aka Radwimps vocalist Yojiro Noda * Ubu (''Dragon Ball''), a character in ''Dragon Ball'' media *

Ubu (comics) Ubermensch Übermensch, also known as Overman, is the name of several supervillains who have appeared in American comic books published by DC Comics as a counterpart of Superman. First version The first version was created by Roy Thomas, Dann T ...

, a character from DC Comics *"Ubu", a song by

Blurt Blurt is an English post-punk band, founded in 1979 in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Background Blurt was founded in 1979 in Stroud, Gloucestershire by poet, saxophonist and puppeteer Ted Milton along with Milton's brother Jake, formerly of ...

on their album ''Blurt in Berlin'' *"Ubu", a song by Methyl Ethel on their album '' Everything Is Forgotten'' *Ubu, a member of the

League of Assassins The League of Assassins (sometimes known as the League of Shadows or Society of Shadows in adapted works) is a group of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The group is depicted as a collective of assassins who ...

and the trusted henchman of supervillain Ra's al Ghul in DC Comics

UBU

* University of Bradford Union, a student union in the United Kingdom * University of Bristol Union, a student union in the United Kingdom *

University of Burgos The University of Burgos (in Spanish: Universidad de Burgos and often abbreviated UBU) is a public university in the Spanish city of Burgos with about 10,000 students studying over 30 different undergraduate degrees, over 20 PhD Programmes, as wel ...

, a public university in the Spanish city of Burgos *

(trademarked ''UBU''), a U.S. television production company * Burundi Workers' Party (Kirundi: ''Umugambwe wa'Bakozi Uburundi''), a clandestine Marxist political party in Burundi * FC UBU, a football club based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Other uses

* Ubu, Nepal, a Village Development Committee *

Unbiunium Unbiunium, also known as eka-actinium or element 121, is a hypothetical chemical element; it has symbol Ubu and atomic number 121. ''Unbiunium'' and ''Ubu'' are the temporary systematic IUPAC name and symbol respectively, which are used until th ...

, symbol Ubu for '121', a theoretical chemical element *Ubu Roi, mascot of

*ISO 639-3 code for the Trans–New Guinea language Umbu-Ungu

Arts and entertainment

UBU

Other uses

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