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Stephanie Sin Long-yee and Damon Tong Wai-kit's abstract paintings evolved from their personal experiences of living in a crowded urban environment. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-7.30pm, Sun, 2pm-7pm, Sin Sin Annex, 53, Sai St, Central. Inquiries: 2858 5072. Ends Feb 21

Story of the Horse

About 40 horse-themed artefacts ranging from Chinese pottery to paintings and calligraphic works. Daily, 10am-6pm (Sat until 8pm), closed Thu HK Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$10. Inquiries: 2721 0116. Ends Mar 8

The Silk Road in Ningxia

More than 100 artefacts including pottery, figures, stone sculptures, wood carvings and coins dating back to the Northern Wei dynasty (386-534). Mon-Sat, 9.30am-6pm, Sun, 1pm-6pm, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of HK, 94 Bonham Rd, Pok Fu Lam. Inquiries: 2241 5512. Ends Mar 15

Performing Arts

Starlight Avenue

The Ting Tings

The English pop duo of Jules De Martino and Katie White in concert. Today, 8pm, Hitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$380, HK$580 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2877 8260

Alan Tam and Hacken Lee

The Canto-pop singers perform. Today-Feb 10, Feb 13-14, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$100-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2760 4143

The Gruffalo

ABA Productions & Tall Stories Theatre Company (UK)'s musical adaptation of the children's book about a mouse who goes for a walk and meets up with a creature it made up in tall stories.

In English. Tomorrow-Fri, 4.30pm, also Sat-Feb 8, 11am, 2pm, 5pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$275-HK$375 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2547 7150

Ang Li Plays Chopin

The Chinese pianist and the City Chamber Orchestra of HK play Part's Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten, Chopin's Piano Concerto No 2 in F Minor and Haydn's Symphony No 73 in D Major, La Chasse. Tomorrow, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2864 2154

Pygmalion

Peter Hall directs a revival of George Bernard Shaw's comedy about a professor who bets he can transform a Cockney flower-seller into a posh lady. In English with Chinese surtitles. An HK Arts Festival event. Thu-Feb 8, 8pm, also Sat-Feb 8, 2.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$200-HK$680 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Punchline Comedy Club

Comedians Ian Coppinger, Andy Smart, Richard Vranch, Steven Steen and Stephen Frost present Whose Line Is It Anyway? In English. Thu-Sat, 9pm, Feb 8, 8pm, The Viceroy, 2/F Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$360. Inquiries: 2827 7777

Don't Worry, Be Happy

The New Life Pyschiatric Rehabilitation Association presents comedian Cheung Tat-ming and psychiatrist Tsang Fan-kwong performing stand-up geared towards light-heartedly reflecting on heavy issues such as urban stress and mental health. In Cantonese. Fri-Sat, 8pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$70 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2332 4343

Bernard Haitink and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The conductor leads the orchestra in Mozart's Symphony No 41 in C Major and Richard Strauss' Ein Heldenleben, Fri, HK$380-HK$1,680 Urbtix; and Mahler's Symphony No 6 in A Minor, Sat, HK$380-HK$1,480 Urbtix. Both HK Arts Festival concerts at 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST. Inquiries: 2824 2430

England

British writer-actor Tim Crouch and actress Hannah Ringham perform a play about identity and culture, sickness and the search for good health at any cost. In English. An HK Arts Festival event. Fri, Feb 10-13, 8pm, also Sat-Feb 8, 3pm, 6pm, Tang Contemporary Art, Basement, 233 Hollywood Rd, Central, HK$180, HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Aniki & Micchi HK Live 09

Ichirou Mizuki and Mitsuko Horie sing songs from anime shows including Mazinger Z and Masked Rider Stronger. Sat, 7.30pm, Hitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$250-HK$680 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 3588 1731

The Peony Pavilion The National Ballet of China's adaptation of Tang Xianzu's Ming dynasty story of love, death and resurrection. An HK Arts Festival event. Sat-Feb 10, 7.30pm, also Feb 8, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180-HK$680 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

The Lio Brothers Play Carnival of the Animals

Edo de Waart conducts pianist brothers Lio Kuok-man and Lio Kuok-wai and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra for Respighi's Gli Uccelli, Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 4. Sat, 8pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin; Feb 8, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030

Extra-curricular

Building Collective Bargaining in the Workplace

China Labour Bulletin Director Han Dongfang discusses whether China is ready to accept the practice of collective workplace bargaining. In English. Today, 1.15pm (reception, 12.30pm, lunch, 12.45pm), Foreign Correspondents' Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$180, HK$150 (members), registration required. Inquiries: 2521 1511

Book Launch

Author David Pickerill launches his Historical Hong Kong Hikes book detailing 15 treks in the territory. In English. Today, 5.30pm-7pm, M at the Fringe, 1/F South Block, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, free, reservations recommended. Inquiries: 2850 5065

An Evening of All Bach

The HK Ballet's All Bach rehearsal choreographers Agnes Noltenius and Thierry Guiderdoni discuss how music composer JS Bach has been an inspiration for different ballet masters. The HK Ballet's dancers give a preview of the All Bach programme. South China Morning Post dance critic Natasha Rogai hosts. An HK Arts Festival programme. In English. Today, 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, free, registration required. Inquiries: 2105 9724

Cinema

Movies on the Mind

Cross-over exhibition and screening programme on psychology and film since Sigmund Freud comprising 10 films, including the following. Ends Fri. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$40 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2739 2139

Through a Glass Darkly

Ingmar Bergman writes and directs this drama about a woman suffering from hallucinations and hysteria whose actions affect her family members' relations with one another. Stars Harriet Andersson and Max von Sydow. In Swedish with English subtitles. Fri, 7.30pm, HK Film Archive.