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Kevin Kwong

Exhibitions 
We Play Endlessly
Kenneth Tsang Ming-kin's  life-size oil paintings of Playmobil toy figures. Today, 7.30am-11pm, Epoch, 12-14 Wing Fung St, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 3488 1106. Ends today 
A Solo Exhibition of Gao Xingjian 
Ink on paper explorations of the China-born French  artist's inner landscape. A Le French May programme. Today, 10am-7pm, Ipreciation, Shop LG3, Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place, Central. Inquiries: 2537 8869. Ends today  
Art HK 10
HK international art fair featuring exhibitions of works  from over 150 galleries. May 27, noon-9pm, May 28, noon-8pm, May 29, noon-7pm, May 30, noon-5pm, HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, HK$150 (May 27, 6pm-9pm) HK$200 (other times) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2918 8793. Ends May 30    
Collectivity
Group show of works by 14 local artists.  Tue-Sun, noon-8pm, 1a Space, Unit 14, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan. Inquiries: 2529 0087. Ends Jun 1  
Tree of Life
Indian painter Seema Kohli's  mixed media on canvas representations of her perceptions on the cyclical nature of life.  Mon-Sat, 10am-7pm, HK Fine Art Gallery, 11/F Century Square, 1 D'Aguilar St, Central. Inquiries: 2537 7322. Ends Jun 10 
Beyond Gravity
Works by performance photographer Li Wei that deal with desire. Tue-Sat, 10am-6pm, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery,  G/F 10 Chancery Lane, Central.  Inquiries: 2810 0065. Ends Jun 12  
Interpreting Mona Lisa
Inner Mongolian-born, Beijing-based Xue Mo's portraits of Mongolian females in a Chinese context. Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm,  Sun, 2pm-6pm, Karin Weber Gallery,  G/F, 20 Aberdeen St, Central.  Inquiries: 2544 5004. Ends Jun 15 
Supreme Ideals
Works by two brothers: Chen Li's painting scenes from a constructed reality and Chen Yu depicting the relationships between order and rules, and individuals and freedom. Opening reception today, 6.30pm-8.30pm. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-6.30pm, Schoeni Main Gallery, 21-31 Old Bailey St, Central. Inquiries: 2869 8802. Ends Jul 3   
Splendour of Cantonese Opera: Masters Tong Tik-sang and Yam Kim-fai
Exhibition celebrating Cantonese Opera's inclusion on Unesco's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list.  Mon, Wed-Sat, 10am-6pm, Sun, 10am-7pm, closed Tue, HK Heritage Museum, 1 Man Lam Rd,  Sha Tin, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2180 8188. Ends Sept 27  
Performing Arts 
Man, I Feel Like A Woman!
The HK Women's Choir's Nova and Grace Notes ensembles perform songs including My Guy and Kiss The Girl; proceeds go to Room  to Read and Missionaries of Charity.  May 27, 7.30pm (reception, 7pm), HK Jockey Club, Happy Valley Clubhouse, Shan Kwong Rd,  Happy Valley, HK$1,000, HK$1,500.  Inquiries: 9674 9181 
MicroSex Office (Season 2) 
PIP Theatre's comedy about gender relations in the workplace. In Cantonese. May 27-30, Jun 3-6, 10-13, 7.30pm, May 29-30, 2.30pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$190, HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2511 0139  
Les Ombres de Nos Emotions (Shadows of Our Own Emotions) 
The HK Theatre Association's  drama about  human emotions and intertwined relationships. In English and French. Until May 29, 7.45pm, also May 29, 2.45pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$160 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251
Chicago - The Musical 
Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, David Atkins Enterprises, John Frost, and Barry and Fran Weissler present John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical about an ambitious nightclub dancer turned murderess  who convinces her husband to come up with the money to hire Chicago's  top lawyer  to defend her. In English with Chinese side-titles.  May 25-29, Jun 1-5, 8-12, 15-19, 8pm, also May 29-30, Jun 5-6, 12-13, 19-20, 2pm, May 30, Jun 6, 13, 20, 7pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$350-HK$895 HK Ticketing.  Inquiries: 8203 0299 
The Faust Festival 2010
Faust International Youth Theatre performs plays for the family including: Greek Myths and Legends, May 27, 8pm, May 29, 5pm; The Bremen Town Musicians, May 28, 6pm, May 30, 5pm; The Witchly Sisters' Last Spell, May 28, 8pm; The Jungle Book, May 29, 2pm, Jun 1, 8pm; and Epic Fail, May 29, Jun 2, 8pm; Backstage, May 30, 2pm; and Kip Marlowe and the Heart of Diamonds, May 30, 8pm. In English. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$90 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2547 9114
Academy Cantonese Opera Performance: Gongs and Drums
The HK Academy of Performing Arts performs Crossroad, Lu-an County, Lodging at the Inn (from Havoc at Guang Chang Long), Hu Family Mansion and Lu Bu Test-rides Steed. In Cantonese. May 28-29, 7.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$55, HK$85 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2584 8500
Dynamic Yunnan - In Search  of Shangri-la
Chinese  dancer Yang Liping and the Dynamic Yunnan Song and Dance Troupe perform an ethnic song and dance show. May 28-29, 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre,  10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$150-HK$420 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323
Dancing Emotions
The HK Dance Company performs works by dancer-choreographers Liu Yinghong, Chen Rong and Mi Tao.  May 28-29, 7.45pm, also May 29-30, 3pm, HK Dance Company's 8/F Platform, 8/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan,  HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 1806 
Asphalte
Pierre Rigal choreographs and Compagnie Derniere Minute perform a blend of hip hop, contemporary dance and physical theatre. A Le French May programme. May 28-30, 8pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$160-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: frenchmay.com 
Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
David Alan Miller conducts soprano Indra Thomas, pianist Kevin Cole and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra performing works by Gershwin such as Summertime, Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris. May 28-29, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030 
Tales of Two Cities - Hong Kong ? Shanghai ? Eileen Chang 
City Contemporary Dance Company performs choreographer Helen Lai Hoi-ling's dance theatre reconstruction of writer Eileen Chang's life and times in Hong Kong and Shanghai. May 28-29, 8pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$140-HK$500 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2329 7803 
The Falling House
Quattro Station presents  a multicultural dialogue on living elsewhere and here. In Cantonese and English. May 28-29, 8pm, May 30, 3pm, Black Box Theatre, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei, HK$120 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 9209 5005   
The Life of Galileo
Spring-Time Experimental Theatre's adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's drama about Italian scientist-philosopher Galileo Galilei.  In Cantonese. May 28-29, 8pm, May 30, 3pm, Ngau Chi Wan  Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd,  Kowloon, HK$110,HK$160, Urbtix. Inquiries: 2793 1123
Colleen Lee Plays Prokofiev
Dorian Wilson conducts pianist Colleen Lee Ka-ling and the HK Sinfonietta performing Bart?k's Hungarian Sketches, Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 3 in C and Dvor?k's Symphony No 9 in E Minor, From the New World. May 29, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336 
The Greatest Wedding on Earth
The Spring-Time Group's stage version of Eileen Chang's comedy about love bringing together two families with rival businesses. In Cantonese and Putonghua with Chinese surtitles, May 29, 31, 8pm, May 30, 3pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun, HK$100-HK$190 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2793 1123
Cinderella & the Fairy Godfather 
Chunky Onion Productions' interactive children's musical drama about a music-loving girl forced to hide her talent by her wicked stepmother and stepsister who is visited one day by her fairy godfather. May 30, 11.30am, 2pm, Grappa's Cellar, B/F Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place, Central, HK$150 (advance), HK$180 (door). Inquiries: 2110 0014
Bach Flute Sonatas with Emmanuel Pahud (Flute), Trevor Pinnock (Harpsichord) & Jonathan Manson (Cello) 
The musical trio play works by J.S. Bach, Handel and Telemann. A Le French May programme. May 30, 8pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd,  Wan Chai, HK$300 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 3752 9981
Bach Mass in B Minor
Jerome Hoberman  conducts soprano Sylvia Schwartz,  mezzo-soprano Phyllis Pancella,  tenor Christoph Genz,  baritone Stephan Loges  and the HK Bach Choir performing J.S. Bach's missa tota  (complete Latin Mass). May 30, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd,  TST, HK$160-HK$380 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 9223 0989 
Extra-curricular 
Backroom Conversations 
National Museum of Modern Art (Kyoto) chief curator Shinji Kohmoto, Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo) chief curator Yuko Hasegawa, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art chief curator Yukie Kamiya, Museum of Modern Art curator Barbara London and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum curator Alexandra Munroe discuss the roles that Japanese and international institutional collections play in developing the history of Japanese post-war and contemporary art, May 27, 6pm; Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation chairman Gene Sherman, Outset Contemporary Art Fund director Yana Peel, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary chief curator Daniela Zyman and Osage Art Foundation founder-director Agnes Lin  discuss their private art foundations' development and their influence on artistic practice and the art market, May 28, 3.30pm; artists Martha Rosler, Zanny Begg, Wong Hoy-cheong and Ger Choi Tsz-kwan  discuss artists as activists and art as a catalyst, May 29, 2pm; and the International Council of Museums' Sabine Breitwieser, New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York)'s Eungie Joo, Performance Space (Sydney) associate director Bec Dean and curator-writer-critic Michael Rush discuss new ideas and developments in museology, May 29, 4.15pm. In English with simultaneous Cantonese interpretation. Rm S421, HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, free. Inquiries: 2815 1112 
Conversations with  Duncan Jepson 
The film and television producer and Asia Literary Review founder discusses his work on Asian films and documentaries, and the journal he established. In English. May 27, 6.30pm, Sin Sin Annex, 52 Sai St, Central, HK$300, HK$250 (Friends of the Art Museum, Chinese University of HK).  Inquiries: 2849 5866
Contemporary Art Museums in a Global Era: State of the Field
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum director Richard Armstrong  and Serpentine Gallery co-director of exhibitions and programmes and director of international projects Hans Ulrich Obrist  discuss the contemporary state of art museums. In English. May 27, 7pm (reception, 6.30pm), Lock Cha Tea Shop, G/F The K.S. Lo Gallery, HK Park, 19 Cotton Tree Drive, Central, HK$200, HK$150 (Asia Society members), booking required. Inquiries: 2103 9508
Michael Palin
The Royal Geographical Society president-actor-travel documentary presenter  discusses Himalaya, the story of his journey along  the mountain range. In English. May 27, 7.30pm (reception, 6.30pm), Olympic House, 2/F Olympic House, 1 Stadium Path, So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, HK$400, HK$300 (Royal Geographical Society members), booking required. Inquiries: palin@rgshk.org.hk. He also talks about travelling on television. In English. May 28, 1.15pm (lunch, 12.45pm), Foreign Correspondents' Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, HK$200, HK$150 (members), includes lunch, reservation required. Inquiries: 2521 1511. Palin additionally is the keynote speaker at The President's Dinner, talking about his travels around the world in 20 years. In English. May 28, 7.30pm (reception, 6.30pm), HK Football Club,  3 Sports Rd, Happy Valley, HK$1,250, HK$850 (Royal Geographical Society members), includes dinner, booking required. Inquiries: palin@rgshk.org.hk  
Intelligence2 Asia Debate: You Don't Need Great Skill to Be a Great Artist
British sculptor Antony Gormley and Serpentine Gallery director Hans Ulrich Obrist argue that  one doesn't need great skill to be a great artist; White Cube director of Exhibitions Tim Marlow and sociologist-author Sarah Thorn argue otherwise; Reuters Insider anchorwoman Deborah Kan moderates. In English. May 28, 6.30pm, HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive,  Wan Chai, HK$300 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 9105 1500
Simon Cockerell on North Korea
Koryo Tours general manager Cockerell talks about his experiences dealing with North Korea and what it is like running tours into that country. In English. May 28, 6.30pm, HK Visual Arts Centre, 7A Kennedy Rd, Central, HK$70, HK$50 (Royal Asiatic Society members). Inquiries: 6388 5155
Hope and Glory Forum 3: Hope and Glory - The Making
Artist Simon Birch discusses the collaborative nature of contemporary art-making with those who helped to realise the project. In English. May 28, 7pm, ArtisTree, 1/F Cornwall House, TaiKoo Place, 979 King's Rd, Quarry Bay, free, registration required. Inquiries: chm1@hku.hk 
The Mentoring System in Chinese Theatrical Training
Chinese opera performer Tang Yuen-ha  and actor-director Geng Tianyuan  discuss their experiences in their chosen art form.  In Cantonese and Putonghua. May 28, 7.30pm, AC2, L4, Administration Building, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$40 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325 
Sham Shui Po Cultural Tour and Stories of Shek Kip Mei Factory
Area residents and  others lead guided tours of Sham Shui Po and Shek Kip Mei and re-enact scenes that took place at the Shek Kip Mei Factory (whose building is now occupied by the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre). In Cantonese (but English tours can be arranged on advance request). May 29, 3pm-5.30pm, assembly point by Maxim's Cakes, near Sham Shui Po MTR Station's Exit A, HK$80, reservation required. Inquiries: 2891 8482 
The Body as Workshop
British sculptor Antony Gormley discusses his radical investigation of the body as a symbol of memory and transformation, as well as the reflexivity of body and self. In English. May 29, 5.30pm, HK Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, free, registration required. Inquiries: 2913 5100



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