Mortal Coil

Wilson Shieh Ka-ho's three series of drawings investigating how cultural icons develop into historical figures. Today, noon-5pm, Osage Soho, Shop 1, LG/F, 45 Caine Rd, SoHo. Inquiries: 2537 0688. Ends today

Playing in Heaven

Sculptures by Qu Guangci lay bare emotions and narratives human beings strive desperately to avoid. Today, 10am-7pm, Aura Gallery, Shop MW3, M/F The Peninsula hotel, Salisbury Rd, TST. Inquiries: 2368 1068. Ends today

HK ARTcomics 2011

Comic-themed artworks by more than 20 artists. Today, Tue-Wed, noon-8pm, Artist Commune, Unit 12, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan. Inquiries: 2104 3322. Ends Wed

Glamour Everlasting

Showcase of photographs and archival items donated by cinematic luminaries to the Film Archive. Mon-Wed, Fri-Sun, 10am-8pm, closed Thu, Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho. Ends Mar 6

Wattle

Works in various media by 45 Australian artists. Mon-Sat (and Feb 27), 11am-7pm, The Space, 210 Hollywood Rd, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2361 1210. Ends Mar 26

Dan Perjovschi

Site-specific wall-drawing installations by the Romanian political cartoonist. Wed-Sun, noon-7pm, Para/Site Art Space, G/F, 4 Po Yan St, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2517 4620. Ends Apr 17

Nobility and Virtue

Selections from the Chih Lo Lou Collection of late Ming and early Qing dynasty paintings and calligraphic works by 49 artists. Mon-Wed, Fri, Sun, 10am-6pm, Sat, 10am-8pm, closed Thu, HK Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2721 0116. Ends May 1

Performing Arts

Copenhagen

Hardy Tsoi directs the HK Repertory Theatre and TNT Theatre's adaptation of Michael Frayn's drama about German nuclear programme mastermind Walter Heisenberg's 1941 visit to his former professor and employer, Niels Bohr, in Copenhagen. In Cantonese. Feb 27, 2.45pm, HKRep Black Box, 8/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900

5____(5): The Interview in Synch

Interactive theatre work involving a pregnant woman's story told through the reincarnations of five strong Shakespearean women interwoven with the tragic history of five fathers. In Cantonese. Feb 27, 3pm, Black Box Theatre, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei, HK$170 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323

Asia Pacific Dance Platform

Korean Lee Sun-a performs Waves, a solo exploration of surging sensations, Malaysian Suhaili Micheline performs Sepatuku (My Shoes) and Elaine Kwok performs Of Mud and Dust. A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 27, 3pm. Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Room 101

Theatre of the Silence's thriller inspired by George Orwell's 1984 about a place where people's fears and nightmares are realised. Feb 27, 3pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 11 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$100, HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2722 1650

The Threepenny Opera

Robert Wilson directs the Berliner Ensemble's production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's musical social satire revolving around a wanted criminal whose beggar father-in-law schemes to get him arrested and hanged. A HK Arts Festival programme. In German with Chinese and English surtitles. Feb 27, 5pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$160-HK$700 HK Ticketing and Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Music About China V

Yan Huichang conducts guzheng player Qi Yao, guqin player Chen Leiji, Tang-style xiaoruan player Ge Yang and the HK Chinese Orchestra performing works including Zou Xiangping's Fantasy in Colour and Yao Shengchang's Listening to the Wild Geese. A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 27, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Power Plant

Mark Anderson, Anne Bean, Jony Easterby, Ulf Pedersen and Kirsten Reynolds present a magical mystery tour involving musical sound effects and illuminated art installations. A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 27, Mar 1-6, Mar 8-13, 8pm, 8.30pm, 9pm, 9.30pm, Kowloon Walled City Park (entrance at the park's east gate on Tung Tsing Rd), Kowloon City, HK$20 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Gigi Leung G Concert 2011

Canto-pop singer-actress Gigi Leung Wing-kei performs. Until Feb 27, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$180-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2381 2338

Tree Rhapsody

Tang Lok-yin directs and Kim Seung-lim conducts Kim Do-hyung, Hamm Sukhun, Hennessy Ip and Ensemble TIMF performing Tang's chamber opera about the loyal and selfless relationship between a boy, his dog and a tree (in English with Chinese and English surtitles). Kim Seung-lim also conducts Ensemble TIMF performing works by Toshio Hosokawa, Chen Xiaoyong and Kim Nam-kuk. A HK Arts Festival programme. Until Feb 27, 8.15pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$160-HK$260 HK Ticketing and Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

A Foxy Tale

Lau Shun directs Huang Weikun, Wan Fai-yin, Pak Suet-mui and others in Li Ming-hang and Wan Chi-pang's Cantonese opera revolving around an old friendship put to the test by battles and other calamities. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Feb 28, 7.30pm, Ko Shan Theatre, 77 Ko Shan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$100-HK$280; and Mar 1, 7.30pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$100-HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325

Rebecca Pan & The Big Band Concert 2011

Singer-actress Rebecca Pan Di-hua and a Shanghainese big band serve up jazz, Mando-pop and more. Mar 1-2, 8pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$800 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2780 0077

Huit Femmes

Emilie Guillot directs K Theatre Association's production of Robert Thomas' musical mystery comedy about eight women who set out to discover who among them is a murderer. In French with English surtitles. Mar 2-5, 7.45pm, also Mar 5, 2.45pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$240 (members HK$200) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251

Belarus Free Theatre

Uladzimir Shcherban directs the Belarusian avant-garde theatre group performing: Being Harold Pinter, a play in which answers are sought to questions Harold Pinter asked when receiving his Nobel prize, such as what is the difference between truth in life and truth in art, and should an artist be involved with politics, Mar 2-4, 8.15pm, and A Flower for Pina Bausch, a play in which the late dance choreographer is remembered as someone who is most interested in what moves people, Mar 5, 8.15pm, Mar 6, 3pm. A HK Arts Festival programme. In Russian and Belarusian with Chinese and English surtitles. Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$160-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

New York City Ballet

The US dance company performs: Stravinsky/Balanchine's Symphony in Three Movements, Chopin/Robbins' Dances at a Gathering and Bernstein/Robbins' West Side Story Suite, Mar 3, Mar 6-7, 7.30pm, also Mar 6, 1.30pm; and Tchaikovsky/Balanchine's Serenade, Mozart/Balanchine's Divertimento No 15, Stravinsky/Balanchine's Duo Concertant and Shostakovich/Ratmansky's Concerto DSCH, Mar 4, 7.30pm, Mar 5, 2.30pm, also 8.30pm. All shows: the HK Sinfonietta provides live musical accompaniment. A HK Arts Festival programme. Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$220-HK$720 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Tsuen Wan Legend

Performers from the HK Dance Company Outreach and Education Department, HKDC Children's Troupe, the Church of Christ in China Kei Wan Primary School (Ma Wan) and Father Cucchiara Memorial School take part in the company's dance drama telling the story of people living in Tsuen Wan. Mar 3, 7.45pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$20 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 1813

Murder in San Jose

Lee Chun-chow directs Chong Mui-ngam's psychological thriller about a murder, involving three outsiders in an unfamiliar city, that is incited by the protagonists exposing each other's weaknesses and secrets in an atmosphere of suspicion, jealousy and humiliation. A HK Arts Festival programme. In Cantonese with English surtitles. Mar 3-6, 8-13, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$180-HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Requiem for Flowers

Indie music singer-songwriter Chet Lam Yat-fung and art director-musician Shin Wong perform. A HK Arts Festival programme. Mar 3, 8pm, Mar 4-5, 9.45pm, also Mar 5, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180-HK$380 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

A.S. The Percussionist: Singing Hands

Japanese percussionist Arai Soichiro plays a fusion of pop, folk, rock, classical and jazz. A HK Arts Festival programme. Mar 4, 7.30pm, Mar 5, 6pm, also 9pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Songs from the Grasslands

Ethnic Mongolian folk music band Hanggai and ethnic Kazakh singer-songwriter Mamer and his IZ band perform. A HK Arts Festival programme. Mar 4-5, 7.45pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180-HK$320 HK Ticketing and Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

108 Heroes, Tales from the Water Margin

Wu Hsing-kuo directs and stars in the College of Chinese Opera, Shanghai Theatre Academy and Contemporary Legend Theatre's musical production of Chang Ta-chuen's adaptation of Shih Nai-an's classic novel about 108 outcasts in an unjust society who stand up against their oppressors. A HK Arts Festival programme. In Putonghua with Chinese and English surtitles. Mar 4-6, 8pm, also Mar 5, 3pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$140-HK$420 HK Ticketing and Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Faye Wong 2011 Tour - HK

The Mando-pop singer-actress in concert. Mar 4-6, 10-11, 8pm, AsiaWorld-Arena, HK International Airport, Lantau, HK$380-HK$980 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2301 1096

Jiao Qing

Theatrical production of Yan Yu's story about an encounter between a Hong Kong man and a Shanghainese woman that changes their lives forever. A HK Arts Festival programme. In Cantonese with English surtitles. Mar 4-6, 8pm, also Mar 5-6, 3pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Let the Cats Out

Angie Lai directs HOS Studio's drama about a man who, after discovering a secret involving two of his friends, wonders whether to keep it under wraps. In Cantonese. Mar 4-6, 8pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9782 8528

U900 Ukulele HK Concert 2011

Rabbit U and Bear 900 headline this music show. Mar 4-5, 8pm, also Mar 5, 3pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$140, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323

Ekin Cheng Beautiful Day 2011 Concert

Canto-pop singer-actor Ekin Cheng Yi-kin performs. Mar 4-6, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$150-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2905 8134

Angelika Kirchschlager with the Basel Chamber Orchestra

Kristjan Jaervi conducts the Austrian mezzo-soprano and Swiss orchestra performing works by Sibelius, Jaggi, Wagner and Grieg. A HK Arts Festival programme. Mar 5, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, HK$150-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Elvis Costello

The British punk-rock/new wave singer-songwriter in concert. A HK Arts Festival programme. Mar 5, 8pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$250-HK$800 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

When You Were Small - Journey Through Your Childhood Days with Purple Lee

Chan Chiu-yin, Tse Kim-fei conduct singer Purple Lee (who also comperes and narrates in Cantonese) and the HK YWCA Chinese Orchestra performing works by composers including Joseph Koo Ka-fai and Joe Hisaishi. Mar 5, 8pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan; Mar 12, 8pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan, Sai Wan Ho; and Mar 20, Tai Po Civic Centre, 12 On Pong Rd, Tai Po HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321

Cinema

Classical in Cinema

Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

Film of a Salzburg Festival concert that had Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Venezuelan orchestra, pianist Martha Argerich, violinist Renaud Capucon and violincello player Gautier Capucon playing works by Beethoven and Mussorgsky. Feb 27, Mar 27, 11.30am, AMC Festival Walk, Mar 6, 12, 11.30am, Broadway The One, Mar 27, 11.30am, Palace IFC.

The Chopin Piano Concertos

Film of a concert at the Ruhr Piano Festival in Essen during which pianist-maestro Daniel Barenboim turns over the conducting reins to Andris Nelsons to perform works by Chopin with the Staatskapelle Berlin. Nelsons also conducts the orchestra performing Haydn's Symphony in E Minor, Mourning. Feb 27, Mar 20, 11.30am, Palace IFC, Mar 5, Apr 3, 11.30am, AMC Pacific Place, Mar 13, Apr 2, 11.30am, AMC Festival Walk.

Turandot

Chen Kaige directs the Theatre Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Escolania de la Mare de Deu dels Desemparats' performance at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia of Giacomo Puccini's fairy-tale opera about a Chinese princess who will only marry a prince who can solve her three riddles. In Italian with English subtitles. Feb 27, 5.30pm, Broadway The One, Mar 6, 13, Apr 3, 5.30pm, AMC Festival Walk, Mar 19, AMC Pacific Place, Apr 2, 5.30pm, Palace IFC.

European Film Festival

The Office of the European Union to Hong Kong and Macau presents a programme of 14 films from 14 European countries, including the following film. Until Mar 9. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$60; and Palace IFC, Podium Level 1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central, HK$75 cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2388 0002 (Broadway Cinematheque) and 2388 6268 (Palace IFC).

Mahler on the Couch

Biographical drama about composer Gustav Mahler focusing on the period in his life when he travelled to Holland to consult with a holidaying Sigmund Freud after discovering that his wife is having an affair with architect Walter Gropius. In German with English subtitles. Feb 27, 1.30pm, Palace IFC.

The Best from the Archive Collection

The Film Archive presents a programme of 25 films that represent the best of its film collection to commemorate its 10th anniversary, including the following three films. Ends Feb 27. Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$30 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900

A Touch of Zen

King Hu's martial arts drama revolving around a well-meaning but unambitious scholar-painter (Shih Chun) who befriends a female fugitive (Hsu Feng) and plots with her against a corrupt eunuch who wants to eradicate all traces of her family. In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles. Feb 27, 2pm, Film Archive.

The Strange Girl

Drama about a beautiful woman whose relationship with her sister takes a turn for the worse after she develops psychological problems. In Cantonese. Feb 27, 6.30pm, Film Archive.

Blood-stained Azaleas

A rich widow (Pak Yin) seduces and then tries to corrupt an upstanding young man. In Cantonese. Feb 27, 9pm, Film Archive.

Pearl River Delta

The Glow of the Imperial Xuande Kiln

Exhibition of Ming dynasty porcelain treasures excavated from Jingdezhen. Daily, 9am-9pm, Exhibition Gallery of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, Ave Almeida Ribeiro 163, Macau, free. Inquiries: (853) 8988 4100. Ends Mar 6

Wang Yuja Piano Recital

The Chinese pianist plays works by Rachmaninov, Schubert, Scriabin, Mussorgsky, Mendelssohn and Saint-Saens. Feb 27, 8pm, Macau Cultural Centre, Ave Xian Xing Hai, Macau, 80-220 patacas. Inquiries: (853) 2870 0699

Grand Red Trousseaus - Dream of Maiden

Ningbo Singing and Dancing Troupe's dance drama about a handsome man and beautiful maiden whose love grows from a childhood romance to a life commitment. Mar 2-3, 8pm, Guangzhou Grand Theatre, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 80-588 yuan. Inquiries: en.piao.com.cn/ guangzhou