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Exhibitions Images of Women IX Chinese artists including Chen Fei and Zhong Biao's representations of women and the female form. Today, 10.30am-6.30pm, Schoeni Art Gallery, Main Gallery, 21-31 Old Bailey St, Central. Inquiries: 2869 8802. Ends Apr 4 Sotheby's HK Spring Auctions 2011 Auctions of: wine, Southeast Asian paintings, Apr 4, 10am; 20th-century Chinese art, Apr 4, 4pm; contemporary Asian Art and Clean Air Network Charity Auction, Apr 4, 5.30pm; Chinese paintings, Apr 5, 10am, 2pm; jewels and jadeite, Apr 6, 2pm, 5pm; watches, Apr 7, 10am, 2pm; imperial Chinese porcelains from the Meiyintang Collection, Apr 7, 6.30pm; rhinoceros horn carvings from the Edward and Franklin Chow Collection, Apr 8, 10am; vestiges from China's imperial history, Apr 8, 11am; and Chinese ceramics and works of art, Apr 8, noon, 2pm. Preview and exhibition: Daily, 10.30am-6.30pm (except for on the collection and/or category auction date), Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, free entry. Inquiries: 2822 8142. Ends Apr 8 After Agnes Works by Kong Chun-hei, Sarah Lai, Cam Wong and Jasmine Wong Woon-lam inspired by those of abstract expressionist painter Agnes Martin (1912-2004). Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm, Gallery Exit, 1 Shin Hing St, Central. Inquiries: 2541 1299. Ends Apr 16 Urban Zoo Works by artists including Graphic Airlines, Siuman, Dorophy Tang and Yamagchi Soichi exploring the relationship between animals and the city. Mon-Sat, 11am-7.30pm, Madhouse Contemporary, G/F, 10 Kau U Fong, Central. Inquiries: 2815 6007. Ends Apr 21 Hong Kong: Creative Ecologies - Business, Living, Creativity HK Design Centre exhibition about the Hong Kong design industry. 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 May 11 Tea Ware by Hong Kong Potters Ceramic tea ware sets by 78 local potters showcasing a cross-section of production and decorative skills. Mon, Wed-Sun, 10am-5pm, closed Tue, Museum of Tea Ware, HK Park, 10 Cotton Tree Drive, Central, free. Inquiries: 2869 0690. Ends May 16 Performing Arts Barney's Space Adventures Lunchbox Theatrical Productions and Mei Live presents a musical in which purple dinosaur Barney and his friends go on an adventure to the Perfectly Purple Planet. In English. Apr 4, 7pm, Apr 5, 11am, 2pm, 5pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$100-HK$500 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 8203 0299 Sunidhi Live Indian playback singer Sunidhi Chauhan sings Bollywood tunes. Apr 4, 8pm, Jockey Club Auditorium, HK Polytechnic University, Hunghom, HK$500-HK$2,500. Inquiries: 6019 0621 The Mariana Trench since 1960s Tam Hung-man and Wong Man-ho direct Theatre Ronin's drama about a photographer and his memories of his ma jie (Chinese housemaids who customarily braided their hair and dressed in white blouses and black trousers). In Cantonese. Apr 4-7, 13-17, 8pm, Apr 9-10, 16-17, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 7101 2098 Good Music This Lunch HK Sinfonietta violinists James Cuddeford, Joseph Vickers, Sophia Teng Yuk, cellist Chang Pei-chieh, violist Elvis Chan Tsz-shun and pianist Jacqueline Leung play works by Biber, Purcell and Dvor?k. Apr 5, 12.45pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, free. Inquiries: 2836 3336 The Underpants Chung Ying Theatre stages a farce about various men wanting to rent the only guestroom in the house of an unemployed civil servant owing to an episode involving his young wife and her underpants. In Cantonese. Apr 5, 9-10, 2.30pm, also Apr 7-9, 7.30pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$160-HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3961 9803 The Divine Mrs Sheridan Perilous Mouths Entertainment presents a one-woman musical drama about an 18th-century singer who is catapulted to the top of aristocratic English society after marrying writer Richard Brinsley Sheridan. In English. Apr 5, 9, 3pm, Apr 7, 7.30pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$220 (members HK$180) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251 Dance for Japan More than 30 dancers including Yuh Egami and Dominic Wong perform; proceeds go to help the victims of the recent Japan earthquake and tsunami. Apr 5, 7.30pm, Y-Theatre, Youth Square, 238 Chai Wan Rd, Chai Wan, HK$1,000-HK$2,000. Inquiries: 9209 9189 Nami Tamaki 1st Asia Tour 'Ready' Feat Mikuni Shimokawa The two J-pop singers in concert. Apr 5, 7.30pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$480 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2111 9138 The Rivals Perilous Mouths Entertainment's musical version of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's satirical comedy of manners revolving around a man who disguises himself in order to woo a woman, only to belatedly discover that his father has arranged a marriage for him with the same woman. In English. Apr 5-6, 8-9, 7.30pm, Apr 7, 9pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$220 (members HK$180) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251 Glee Bethan Greaves conducts the Kassia Women's Choir performing music from the 20th Century Fox television show. Apr 5-6, 8pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2575 3931 Konzert de Solidez Solidez and City Singers perform works including Ross Edwards' Four Bagatelles for Oboe and Clarinet, and Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner's I Could Have Danced All Night. Apr 5, 8pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6077 8210 'V Miss You' Concert In Fond Memory of HK Guitar Hero - Joey V Alan Tam Wing-lun, Elisa Chan Kit-ling, George Lam Chi-cheung, Teresa Carpio, the Wynners and others perform. Apr 5, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$180-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2760 4143 Alibaba and 40 Thieves Czech puppet troupe The Naive Theatre Liberec's puppet adventure tale revolving around an Arab youth who discovers a thieves' cave filled with treasures. In Czech with Chinese and English surtitles. Apr 7-8, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central; and Apr 9, 8pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$140, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323 Cinema HK International Film Festival The HK International Film Festival Society presents 335 films from 56 territories, including the following six films. Part I: Until Apr 5; part II: Apr 8-May 1. City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central; Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST; HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai; Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East; Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST; The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon; and UA Langham Place, 8/F-11/F Langham Place, 8 Argyle St, Mong Kok, HK$30-HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: hkiff.org The Old Donkey Li Ruijun's drama centring on a man forced off land the government had previously given him and left with only a small plot of land and an old donkey. In Gansu dialect with English subtitles. Apr 4, 12.30pm, HK Arts Centre. Together Zhao Liang's documentary about HIV-positive patients on the mainland. In Putonghua with English subtitles. Apr 4, 2.45pm, HK Arts Centre. Punished Anthony Wong Chau-sang stars in a crime drama about a grief-stricken tycoon who turns to his loyal bodyguard (Richie Jen Hsien-chi) to help him exact revenge after his daughter is kidnapped, then killed. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Apr 4, 7.15pm, Cultural Centre. Tuesday, After Christmas Romantic drama about a man who loves two women: his wife, and his young dentist mistress. In Romanian with English subtitles. Apr 4, 7.15pm, UA Langham Place. Devils on the Doorstep Jiang Wen directs and stars in a bitter 'absurdity of war' film set during the second world war and revolving around a Chinese village and the gift delivered to them one night in the form of a captured Japanese soldier and his Chinese translator. In Putonghua with English subtitles. Apr 4, 9.30pm, Cultural Centre. If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle Florin Serban's drama about a model inmate in a juvenile detention centre who embarks on a path of no return. In Romanian with English subtitles. Apr 4, 9.30pm, UA Langham Place.