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Exhibitions
Future Archeology
Laurent Grasso's Studies into the Past painting series and other works in which he plays with the notion of time. A Le French May exhibition. Today, 11am-7pm, Edouard Malingue Gallery, 1/F, 8 Queen's Rd Central. Inquiries: 2810 0317. Ends today 
Our 1930s
Yin Xin's paintings blend Chinese traditions with contemporary figurative art. Today, 11am-7pm, Galerie Huit, 8 St Francis St, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2520 0281. Ends today 
Unauthorized Entry
Paintings, drawings and mixed-media works by Chan Lai-kuen that juxtapose the familiar with strange elements. Today, 11.30am-7pm, Gallery Livi, 5 Ladder St, Mid-Levels. Inquiries: 2972 4108. Ends today
Andreas Gursky
Works by the German photographer that deal primarily with social and cultural production. Today, 11am-7pm, Gagosian Gallery, 7/F Pedder Building, 12 Pedder St, Central. Inquiries: 2151 0555. Ends today
Code +55: Brazilian Art Now
Works in various media by seven Brazilian artists. Today, 11am-7pm, Fabrik Gallery, Gallery 12 Art One, M/F Convention Plaza, 1 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2525 4911. Ends today 
Impure Light
Jiang Zhi's oil paintings represent glitches and failures in everyday computing and explore the possibilities of perception and essence. Today, noon-6pm, Saamlung, 26B Two Chinachem Plaza, 68 Connaught Rd, Central. Inquiries: 5181 5156. Ends today
Past Continuous Tense
Lam Tung-pang's paintings use traditional and non-traditional materials to express ideas pertaining to memory, history or reflecting the specific situation of individuals or groups. Today, 2pm-6pm, Goethe-Gallery, Goethe-Institut HK, 14/F HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2802 0088. Ends today
Important Contemporary Chinese Artists
Works by Zao Wou-ki, Chu Teh-chun, Chao Chung-hsiang, Walasse Ting, T'ang Haywen, Ju Ming, Yu You-han and Li Shan. Today, 10.30am-5.30pm, Alisan Fine Arts, Rm 2305 Hing Wai Centre, 7 Tin Wan Praya Rd, Aberdeen. Inquiries: 2526 1091. Ends Sat 
Revert
New paintings, photographs and in-situ mural installations by Benoit Ollive (aka Revert) that tell stories about the streets of Paris, London and Hong Kong. Today, 11am-8pm, The Space, 210 Hollywood Rd, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2361 1210. Ends today
To the Last Man: Canadian Troops in the Battle of Hong Kong
Exhibition about the gallantry displayed during the second world war by the soldiers of the Winnipeg Grenadiers and Royal Rifles of Canada in their defence of Hong Kong, as well as their days in the prisoner-of-war camps. Mon-Wed, Fri-Sun, 10am-5pm, closed Thu, HK Museum of Coastal Defence, 175 Tung Hei Rd, Shau Kei Wan, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2569 1500. Ends Jun 20 
The Nature of Need
Fifty paintings on vertical canvases by American designer-artist KAWS that can be viewed as a series, in smaller groups or individually. Tue-Sat, 11am-8pm, Galerie Perrotin HK, 17/F, 50 Connaught Rd, Central. Inquiries: 3758 2180. Ends Jun 30 
Les Lumieres Imaginaires
Media artist Wong Chi-yung's installation makes use of light to create illusions. A Le French May programme. Opens today. Mon-Sat, 11.30am-8pm, Agnes b's Librarie Galerie, 1/F 18 Wing Fung St, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2869 5505. Ends Sept 1 
Performing Arts
Faust Festival 2012
Faust International Youth Theatre members perform plays including: The Animal Band, Jun 16, 11am; The Giant's Garden, Jun 16-17, 2pm; Follow the Animal Tale, Jun 16-17, 5pm; and The Scorpion Queen, Jun 16, 8pm, Jun 17, 11am. In English. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2547 9114 
Annie
Lunchbox Theatrical Productions presents the musical about a girl's search for family and love that takes her from a New York orphanage to the home of a kindly billionaire. In English with Chinese surtitles. Jun 16-17, 23-24, 2pm, also Jun 16, 19-23, 7.30pm, Jun 17, 24, 7pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$395-HK$950 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 8203 0299 
Good Music for Babies
Jason Lai conducts (and presents in English) clarinettist Johnny Fong Hiu-kai and the other members of the HK Sinfonietta performing works including Rachmaninov's Vocalise and Ng Cheuk-yin's Little Star Fantasia. Jun 16-17, 2.30pm, 5pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$200, HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336
Sing-a-long
Trinity Theatre's nostalgic musical theatre show connecting music and memories featuring Canto-pop songs from the 1980s to the present. In Cantonese. Jun 16, 2.45pm, 7.45pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$100-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2574 4968 
Messiah
We Draman Group performs Steven Berkoff's play in which Jesus is a revolutionary and politician capable of manipulating history and popular opinion to achieve his aims and, to fulfil a hyped-up prophecy, stages his own resurrection as a stunt show with the support of his 12 disciples. Jun 16-17, 3pm, also Jun 16, 8pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$120, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325
Small Theatre Big Drama Asia Dialogue 2012
Small Theatre Big Drama Asia Forum presents: Japan's Muhosha performing  Yume Miru Kikai (the Dream-making Machine), a playback theatre show in which actors get messages or stories from audiences and improvise (in Japanese and Cantonese), and Hong Kong's littlebreath performing Border, a physical theatre work inspired by Estonian novel Piirinik (Border State) (in Cantonese), Jun 16, 3pm; and Singapore's Little Red Shop performs Ai, Si, a theatre piece centring on a pair of lovers and the search for ideal love (in English, Putonghua and Malay), and Hong Kong's Actors' Square's Pandora, a play about Pandora who opens a box and lets all manner of evil escape, leaving only Hope inside (in Cantonese), Jun 16, 8pm, Jun 17, 3pm. Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9845 4699 
Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theatre of Jiangsu Province 
Shen Fengying and Zhou Xuefeng star in The Palace of Eternal Life, Jun 16; and Wang Shiyu, Wang Fang, Zhang Shizheng, Tao Hongzhen and others perform Cancelling the Birthday Celebrations (from The Pavilion of Chanting in the Wind), The Shock of an Ugly Face (from The Mistake Caused by a Kite), Forcing Her Hand for a Divorce (from Lanke Mountain), Accompanying Jingniang for Thousands of Miles, and Kneeling by the Pond (from The Lioness Roars), Jun 17. Both shows: In artificial stage language with Chinese and English surtitles. 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$350 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325
HKCO4U 3+1 Huqin Quartet
HK Chinese Orchestra gaohu player Wong Lok-ting, erhu player Xu Hui, zhonghu player Mao Qinghua and gehu player An Yue play works including Zhou Chenglong's The Land of My Home and Wang Se's Cloud ?Wind. Jun 16, 8pm, HKCO Recital Hall, 7/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3185 1600
Stand Alone Zone
Systeme Castafiore makes use of dance, images and sound effects to conjure a hidden chamber said to hold the secret of the world. A Le French May programme. Jun 16, 8pm, Jun 17, 6pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180-HK$380 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: frenchmay.com
Triptych 
City Contemporary Dance Company performs The Tale of Miles (choreographed by Mui Cheuk-yin, Guangdong Modern Dance Company performs Voice After (choreographed by Liu Qi) and BeijingDance/LDTX performs First Ritual (choreographed by Li Hanzhong and Ma Bo). Jun 16, 8pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$140-HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2329 7803
When Tchaikovsky Meets Moser
Oleg Caetani conducts German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra playing Tchaikovsky's Hamlet Overture and Rococo Variations, and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (Vedernikov Suite). Jun 16, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030
Donald Cheung Live in Concert
Veteran Canto-pop singer Donald Cheung Wai-man performs. Jun 16-17, 8.15pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$200-HK$400 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2180 9970 
Frances Yip X Yao Jue X Elisa Chan
Canto-pop singers Francis Lai-yee and Elisa Chan Kit-ling, and violinist Yao perform. Jun 16, 8.15pm, HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, HK$180-HK$600 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 3628 3765
Punchline Comedy Club
Comedians Paul Myrehaug, Brian Higgins, and Jeremy O'Donnell perform. In English. Jun 16, 9pm, Duetto, 2/F Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$290 Cityline. Inquiries: 2598 1222
Cinema
Japanese and Korean Film Festival
Sundream Motion Pictures presents a programme of nine Japanese and Korean films, including the following film. Until Jul 2. GH Mong Kok, G/F Grand Century Place, 193 Prince Edward Rd West, Mong Kok, HK$70 goldenharvest.com. Inquiries: 2628 9864
Secrets, Objects
Drama centring on a married sociology professor and her 21-year-old student lover, whose story is told from viewpoints including that of her photocopy machine and his digital camera. In Korean with Chinese subtitles. Jun 16, 4pm, GH Mong Kok.
100 Must-See Hong Kong Movies
The HK Film Archive presents a programme of 100 Hong Kong films made between 1916 and 1999, including the following film. Until 2014. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$55 www.cinema.com.hk; and HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$30 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900 
God of Gamblers
Chow Yun-fat stars in Wong Jing's comedy about a top gambler whose enemies see their chance when he reverts briefly to a child-like state after suffering a head injury as a result of a trap set by a small-time gambler (Andy Lau Tak-wah) for another person. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Jun 16, 7pm, HK Film Archive, Jun 24, 1.40pm, Broadway Cinematheque. 
The Met: Live in HD in Hong Kong
Foundation for the Arts and Music in Asia presents a programme of high-definition film captures of 11 operas performed by the Metropolitan Opera of New York, including the following one. Until Jul 8. AMC Pacific Place, L1 Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty; HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai; Palace IFC, Podium Level 1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central; and UA Cityplaza, 5/F Cityplaza, 18 Taikoo Shing Rd, Taikoo Shing, HK$180, HK$220 Urbtix (for HK Arts Centre) and respective cinemas. Inquiries: 2579 5566 
Manon
Film capture of the Metropolitan Opera of New York's production of Jules Massenet's opera about a country girl turned courtesan who seeks wealth and love. In French with English subtitles. Jun 16, 7.40pm, Jun 17, 1.30pm, UA Cityplaza, Jun 24, 7.40pm, AMC Pacific Place.



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