The Planner

Published: 12:00am, 4 Mar 2008

Exhibitions

Paul Robinson

The Los Angeles-based photographer incorporates portraits and architecture to create multiple-layered images. Today-Sat, 11am-7pm, Cat Street Gallery, 222 Hollywood Rd, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2544 6223. Ends Sat

Feelings of the Brush

Three decades of Kan Tai-keung's paintings inspired by Chinese calligraphy. Today-Sat, 9.30am-6pm, Sun, 1.30pm-5.30pm, University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU, 94 Bonham Rd, Pok Fu Lam. Inquiries: 2241 5512. Ends Mar 9

Crosscurrents

Mainland artists Qui Zhijie and Jin Jiangbo's interactive pieces explore history, ideology, consumerism and globalisation; while Kingsley Ng's installation about Kwun Tong combines sound, light and engineering. Tue-Sun, 10am-7pm, Osage Kwun Tong, 5/F Kian Dai Industrial Building, 73-75 Hung To Rd, Kwun Tong. Inquiries: 2793 4817. Ends Mar 9

Cardboard Faces

Cardboard art made of recycled materials by local students. Opens today. Daily, 8am-9pm, 1/F Devon House, Taikoo Place, 979 King's Rd, Quarry Bay. Inquiries: 2844 5094. Ends Mar 13

Made in Hong Kong

Chow Chun-fai, Chu Hing-wah, Kevin Fung, 'Frog King' Kwok Mang-ho, Kum Chi-keung, Wan Qingli and Vincent Yu display works that represent the city's culture. Daily, 10am-6pm (Sat until 8pm), closed Thu, HK Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2721 0116. Ends Apr 6

Performing Arts

29+1

Fourth run of Kearen Pang's play about a woman turning 30. In Cantonese. Today-Fri , 8pm, Sat, 3pm, 8pm, Shouson Theatre, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$165, HK$195 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9032 5272

Educating Rita

Stylus Theatre presents Willy Russell's comedy that charts the unusual friendship between a hairdresser and her alcoholic tutor. In English. Today-Sat, 8pm, McAulay Studio, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9127 0420

The 36th Hong Kong Arts Festival

The city's annual arts event features more than 30 programmes by international talent in opera, music, dance and theatre, including the following five shows. Various times, venues and prices, Urbtix (except shows at the HK Academy for Performing Arts through HK Ticketing). Inquiries: www.hk.artsfestival.org. Ends Mar 16

Yuan Chenye

Li Xincao conducts the Chinese baritone and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra in works by Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Ravel and more. Thu, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$320.

The Master Builder

Lin Zhaohua directs Ibsen's play about a middle-aged architect's declining career and frustration. Stars Pu Cunxin and Tao Hong. In Putonghua with Chinese and English surtitles. Fri-Mar 9, 8pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$100-HK$260.

Rigoletto

Teatro Regio di Parma from Italy stages the tragic opera by Verdi. In Italian with Chinese and English surtitles. Fri-Mar 11, 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$250-HK$1,280.

The Shape of Things

Lee Chung-chuen adapts Neil LaBute's play about seduction and betrayal, in which an average young man tries his best to please the attractive art student he's infatuated with. In Cantonese with English surtitles. Fri-Mar 17 (except Mar 12), 7.45pm (Sat-Mar 9, Mar 15-16 also at 3pm), HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$200-HK$340.

Joanna MacGregor

The British pianist, known for her wide-ranging repertoire, plays Messiaen's Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus. Sat, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$80-HK$320.

Divas in Training

Kassia Youth Choir perform songs by female singers including Dusty Springfield, Lesley Gore and Irene Cara. Tomorrow, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$160, HK$130 (members), HK$120 (concessions). Inquiries: 2575 3931

Anything Goes

Tony Penny directs the HK Singers in this musical farce written by Cole Porter. Thu-Mar 11, 7.30pm (Mar 9 also at 2.30pm), HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$250, HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2537 4180

Santana Live in Hong Kong

Four decades of hits from Latin rock guitarist Carlos Santana and his band. Fri, 8pm, AsiaWorld Arena, Chek Lap Kok, Lantau, HK$390-HK$890 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2629 6240

The Grassland, Our Heaven

The Inner Mongolia National Song and Dance Opera Troupe showcase Mongolian folk dances and music. Fri, 8pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho; Sat, 8pm, Ko Shan Theatre, 77 Ko Shan Rd, Hung Hom; Mar 9, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$90-HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323

Extra-curricular

Patchwork Quilts

Exhibition and talk by local quilters including Anna Ellerton, Michelle Douglas and Dee Dee Mehrmann. In English. Today, 6.30pm-8pm, Helena May, 35 Garden Rd, Central, HK$100, HK$50 (Textile Society of HK members). Inquiries: [email protected]

Post-Bush America: Should Asia be Worried?

Roger Cohen - world affairs columnist for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times, talks on the future relationship between Asia and the US. In English. Tomorrow, 12.30pm, Foreign Correspondents' Club, 1/F, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$180, HK$150 (members), includes lunch, booking required. Inquiries: 2521 1511

The Man HK International Literary Festival

The event running until Mar 19 features talks and seminars with writers and journalists. Various times, venues and prices. Programmes include launches of poetry collections by expatriates Viki Holmes and Kate Rogers: tomorrow, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, free; and a dinner lecture with British travel writer Colin Thubron telling of his two-year journey along the Silk Road: tomorrow, 7.30pm (reception, 6.30pm), HK Football Club, 3 Sports Rd, Happy Valley, HK$550, HK$500 (Royal Geographical Society members), includes dinner. Inquiries: www.festival.org.hk

Cinema

In Memory of Lydia Sum

Features 12 of late entertainer Lydia Sum Tin-ha's films from 1962 to 2004, including Four Sister, Master Cute and Tai Fan Shu, Three Flowers of the Factory, The House of 72 Tenants, It's a Mad Mad Mad World, and Mother vs Mother. In Cantonese, most with English subtitles. Fri-Mar 16, various times, HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho; HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST; HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST, HK$30. Inquiries: 2739 2139 or www.lcsd.gov.hk/fp

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