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Exhibitions
No Lab on Tour
Cao Fei (aka China Tracy) and Map Office's site-specific installation uses film and online virtual community Second Life to depict the storm surge and the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Today, 10.30am-7.30pm, Scad Gallery, 2/F, 30-32 Wyndham St, Central. Inquiries: 2253 8200. Ends today   
Min Byung-hun
Black and white works by the Korean photographer that are inspired by Korean landscapes and culture. Today, 10am-7pm, Cais Gallery, 87 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2527 7798. Ends today  
Know-ing not Knowing
Works by young artists Ann Dan, Tiana Wong and Aaron d'Aquino  that examine relationships in life and the world. Opens today. Daily, 10am-8pm, White Tube Gallery, 10/F HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 9805 6758. Ends Aug 28 
To Be Continued - Hong Kong
Works by Filipino conceptual artist Robert Chabet  that utilise his signature materials of plywood, metal sheets and other common  objects. Opening reception today, 6pm-8pm. Daily, 10am-7pm, Osage Kwun Tong, 5/F, Kian Dai Industrial Building, 73-75 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong. Inquiries: 2793 4817. Ends Sept 21  
A Passion for Tradition
Chinese landscape and flower-and-bird paintings by Li Yanshan (1898-1961).  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 Oct 16 
Performing Arts
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Harmony Tree's adaptation of writer Roald Dahl's fantasy story about a boy who goes along with four other Golden Ticket winners to meet Willy Wonka and tour his world famous chocolate factory. In English. Aug 12, 11am, also 7.30pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries:  3102 8312 
De Ling and Empress Dowager Ci Xi
Art of Cantonese Opera's Cantonese opera adaptation of He Jiping's play about how the powerful, elderly Qing empress is touched by a young woman's pure heart and love for her country. Starring Liza Wang Ming-chun. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Until Aug 14, 7.30pm, also Apr 14, 2pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$100-HK$480 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2388 3850
Dracula
Peter Jordan directs Chung Ying Theatre's adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel about a vampiric count who lives in a castle in the wilds of Transylvania. In Cantonese. Aug 12-13, 18-20, 7.30pm, also Aug 13-14, 20-21, 2.30pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$160-HK$280; and Aug 27, 7.30pm, Aug 28, 2.30pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$140-HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3961 9803 
Lady la Tiger
Jim Chim Sui-man stars in PIP Theatre's comedy show about the status, role and identity of contemporary women. Also starring Tyson Chak Hoi-tai and Harriet Yeung Sze-man. In Cantonese. Until Aug 14, 7.30pm, also Aug 13-14, 2.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$170-HK$430 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2421 6176 
Les Ames Nocturnes
Cecile Roussat and Julien Lubek star in Le Shlemil Theatre's show centring on a quarrelsome couple who toss and turn in bed, caught up in a strange series of fleeting dreams, that incorporates elements of mime, dance, circus arts and object theatre. With limited English dialogue. Aug 12-13, 7.30pm, also Aug 13-14, 3pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$140-HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2370 1044 
My Beautiful Life
Trinity Theatre performs scriptwriter-director Allen Ma's drama about an ordinary man hitherto living an average life who decides  he wants to rehearse for his own funeral. In Cantonese. Aug 12-13, 7.30pm, also Aug 13-14, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044
A Decade of Innovation - MJ Relived
The Academy for Performing Arts' Excel 2011 Summer Musical School presents an eight-scene song and dance musical tribute to Michael Jackson. Until Aug 14, 8pm, also Aug 13-14, 3pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts,  1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$170-HK$340  HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2584 8721  
A Kid's Story
Theatre Lab's drama about a woman who has an autistic younger sister and decides to become a social worker caring for autistic children. In Cantonese. Until Aug 14, 8pm, Aug 13-14, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9236 0498 
Bach at Leipzig
Loft Stage's adaptation of Itamar Moses' comedy about six musicians competing for the position of cantor of the Thomaskirche (St Thomas Church) in Leipzig after German musician Johann Kuhnau's death. In Cantonese. Aug 12-13, 18-20, 8pm, Aug 14, 21, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$240, HK$290, Urbtix. Inquiries:  3746 5216 
Duet Sing it up World Tour 2011
Singing brothers Andrew and Peter Cheung perform Canto-pop. Aug 12-14, 8.15pm, Kitec,  1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$150-HK$450 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2307 2034
Zhong Nuis' Antidote
Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre's drama about how five single women each deal with growing older. In Cantonese. Aug 12, 8.15pm, Aug 13, 2.15pm, 4.30pm, Aug 14, 2.30pm, 5pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$130, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6377 7240 
Cinema
HK Summer International Film Festival
The HK International Film Festival Society presents a programme of 23 feature films and five short films, including the following three films. Until Aug 23. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai; HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East; HK 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$65 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2970 3300 
Ninja Kids!!!
Takashi Miike's comedic live action cinematic adaptation of the anime TV series about a boy sent by his parents to the Ninja Academy who, armed with spikes and grenades, blunders through a series of (mis)adventures. In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles. Aug 12, 7.30pm, Aug 16, 9.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
Quattro Hong Kong 2 + Night Fishing
Anthology of four short films set in Hong Kong comprising: Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza's Purple, Malaysian director Ho Yu Hang's Open Verdict, Thai auteurApichatpong Weerasethakul's M Hotel and local filmmaker Stanley Kwan Kam-pang's 13 Minutes in the Lives of ... (in Cantonese and English with Chinese and English subtitles); and PARKing CHANce (Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong)'s shot-on-iPhone short film meditation on death rituals revolving around a man who wanders into the woods and fishes by a river (in Korean with English subtitles). Aug 12, 7.30pm, HK Space Museum, Aug 14, 9.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
Arirang
Documentary that has South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk relecting on his career. In Korean with English subtitles. Aug 12, 9.30pm, HK Space Museum, Aug 15, 7.30pm, HK Arts Centre. 
Aarakshan 
Amitabh Bachchan stars in a socio-political drama revolving around four people whose love and friendship are put to the test by the controversial caste-based reservation system. In Hindi with English subtitles. Aug 12, 9.30pm, Golden Gateway, G/F The Gateway, 25 Canton Rd, TST; Aug 13, 9.30pm, Aug 14, 5.30pm, GH Whampoa. L2 Whampoa Plaza, Whampoa Garden, 7 Tak On St, Hung Hom, HK$100-HK$180. Inquiries: 2366 7725



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