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Exhibitions
Slipping Transmission
Felix Bacolor, Yan Shan-chun, Wah Nu, Tozer Pak and Shirley Tse utilise photography, video, painting, and sculptural objects to trace and magnify the line between performing states and still moments in everyday life. Today, noon-5pm, Osage Soho, Shop 1, LG/F, 45 Caine Rd, SoHo. Inquiries: 2793 4817. Ends today   
Taste Matters
Ryan Matthew Smith's  photographs of  contemporary cuisine. Today, 10am-10pm, Chater Bridge and East Bridge, Central. Inquiries: 2801 5311. Ends today  
Red, China and Artistic Freedom
Works by 17 artists that contribute to the ongoing discussion of artistic freedom and expression in China and  elsewhere. Fri-Sun, noon-5pm, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery Art Projects, Art East Island, 6/F Chai Wan Industrial City Phase 1, 60 Wing Tai Rd, Chai Wan. Inquiries: 2810 0065. Ends Aug 28   
Legacy and Creations
Exhibition of ink art and cross-media works.  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 Aug 28    
HK Jockey Club H.A.D. Walk Project - Sham Shui Po Creativity and Arts for All
Exhibition promoting Sham Shui Po's local culture and heritage.  Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm, Sat-Sun, 10am-7pm, Central Courtyard, and L0 and L1 galleries, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei. Inquiries: 2780 2283. Ends Sept 25   
Escape from Hong Kong - the Road to Waichow
Historical exhibition detailing the daring Christmas Day escape from Japanese-occupied Hong Kong by a one-legged Chinese admiral escorted by a group of British intelligence officers and sailors. Mon-Wed, Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun, 10am-6pm, closed Thu, Museum of Coastal Defence, 175 Tung Hei Rd, Shau Kei Wan, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2569 1500. Ends Dec 31 
Performing Arts
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. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Apr 14, 2pm, also 7.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$100-HK$480 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2388 3850
Dracula
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 14, 20-21, 2.30pm, also Aug 18-20, 7.30pm, 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.  In Cantonese. Aug 14, 2.30pm, also 7.30pm,  HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$170-HK$430 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2421 6176 
Zhong Nuis' Antidote
Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre's drama about how five single women  deal with growing older. In Cantonese. 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
A Decade of Innovation - MJ Relived
The Academy for Performing Arts' Excel 2011 Summer Musical School presents a musical tribute to Michael Jackson. Aug 14, 3pm, also 8pm, 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. Aug 14, 3pm, also 8pm, 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. In Cantonese. Aug 14, 21, 3pm, Aug 18-20, 8pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$240, HK$290, Urbtix. Inquiries: 3746 5216  
Les Ames Nocturnes
Le Shlemil Theatre's show  about a  couple who toss and turn in bed, caught up in a strange series of fleeting dreams, that incorporates elements of mime, dance and circus arts. With limited English dialogue. Aug 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 a drama about  a man who decides he wants to rehearse for  his own funeral. In Cantonese. Aug 14, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044
Kim Sun Sing Cantonese Opera Troupe
Chan Kim-sing, Wan Fai-yin and other troupe members perform The Chivalrous Thief and His Beloved Princess. Aug 14, 7.30pm, Ko Shan Theatre, 77 Ko Shan Road, Hung Hom, HK$100-HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325
Stars of Tomorrow 2011 
Jean M. Wong School of Ballet students perform  La Fille Mar Gardee (The Wayward Daughter).   Aug 14, 7.30pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$160-HK$350 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2886 3992 
Eric Fung and Shum Kin-wai: Duo Piano Recital
The two pianists play works by Wagner, Schumann, Debussy and Brahms. Aug 14, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2737 7648
New Music @ Skylark Lounge
Saxophonist Timothy Sun, bassist Peter Scherr and friends perform works by Michael Nyman, Chick Corea, Piazzola,  Gershwin, and Troubleman and Friends. Aug 14, 8pm, Skylark Lounge, 1/F Parehk House, 63 Wyndham St, Central, HK$100. Inquiries: hellhotfestival.org 
Paramore Live In Hong Kong 2011
The American pop-punk band in concert. Aug 14, 8pm, AsiaWorld Expo, HK International Airport, Lantau, HK$780  HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2877 8260   
Duet Sing It Up World Tour 2011
Singing brothers Andrew and Peter Cheung perform Canto-pop. Aug 14, 8.15pm, Kitec,  1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$150-HK$450 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2307 2034
June Bride
Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre's musical  centring on a woman about to marry who suddenly realises that she has a greater choice of men to take as her possible groom. In Putonghua. Aug 14, 8.30pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$120-HK$230 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6377 7240
Snow White
The Christine Liao School of Ballet presents  a children's ballet version of the story of a beautiful young woman who manages to escape from the fate sought for her by her evil stepmother with the help of seven dwarves. Aug 15-16, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central; and Aug 18, 8pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$150-HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2736 6666
Cellistizzimo in Concert 2011
The Cellistizzimo Orchestra and soprano Yuki Ip Po-ching perform works by Albeniz, Jenkins, Thomas-Mifure and Villa-Lobos.  Aug 16, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2377 9875
Friendly Fires
The English disco-tinged, indie pop band in concert; Gypsy and the Cat guest. Aug 16, 8pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$420 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2733 0979  
Reverse Tourbillon Duo - The Musical
The performing arts duo present a musical centring on a dying man who goes back in time to the day he met  his beloved in an attempt to stop their relationship from ever forming. In Cantonese. Aug 17-20, 7.45pm, also Aug 19-20, 2.45pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$150 (members HK$120) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251
B Minor Mass
Helmuth Rilling  conducts soprano Yuki Ip, mezzo soprano Louise Kwong, tenor Alex Tam, bass Apollo Wong, the City Chamber Orchestra of HK, organist Peter Yue, Die Konzertisten and HKFYG HK Melody Makers performing J.S. Bach's musical setting of the complete Latin Mass. Aug 17, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$180-HK$380 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2523 4157
I Never Sang for My Father 
iStage  presents a drama about a man who  is torn between  his obligation to take care of his recently widowed father and pursuing his own happiness. In Cantonese. Aug 18-20, 8pm, also Aug 20-21, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 5115 4003
Punchline Comedy Club
British comics Rob Heeney, Wayne Deakin and Paddy Bramwells perform stand-up comedy. In English. Aug 18-20, 9pm, Duetto, 2/F Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$320 Cityline. Inquiries: 2598 1222
Leung Sing-po's Classics Select
Hung Ka Po Cantonese Opera Troupe performs: White Dragon Pass, Aug 19, 7.30pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$100-HK$240; and The Life-saving Medal, Sept 1, 7.30pm, Ko Shan Theatre, 77 Ko Shan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$100-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325
Swan Lake
The HK Ballet performs the romantic ballet about a prince who falls in love with a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse; Judith Yan conducts the HK Sinfonietta playing music by Tchaikovsky.  Aug 19-21, 7.30pm, also Aug 20-21, 2.30pm,  HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, ST, HK$140-HK$1,000 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2105 9724  
Cross All Borders
Twelve groups and individuals with disabilities, including The Down's Cantonese Opera Group,  singer-guitarist Wilson Yung and the Indonesia Disabled Art and Culture Troupe,  perform. Aug 19, 8pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$60, HK$80 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2855 9548 
Cho-lam Show Off Show II
Comic actor Wong Cho-lam  performs stand-up comedy. In Cantonese. Aug 19-20, 8.15pm, also Aug 21, 3pm, Queen Elizabeth Stadium,  18 Oi Kwan Rd, Wan Chai, HK$150-HK$350 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2835 6688
MIVOS Quartet
The American musical ensemble plays works by: Philip Glass and Wolfgang Rihm,  Aug 19, 9pm; and Tristran Perich, Anna Clyne, Ashley Wang, Carl Bettendorf and Samson Young,  Aug 20, 9pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: hellhotfestival.org 
Aladdin Jnr
Oliver Lo directs the Opera HK Summer School's production of the musical revolving around a street-smart boy and his monkey buddy whose lives are transformed after they find a magical flying carpet and an enchanted oil lamp with a genie inside it. In English with Chinese and English surtitles. Aug 20-21, 3pm, also Aug 20, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$180, HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2234 0303
Asian Youth Orchestra
James Judd conducts violinist Stefan Jackiw and the orchestra performing works by Dvorak, Sibelius and Rachmaninoff, Aug 20. Richard Pontzious conducts violinist Jackiw and the orchestra performing works by Prokofiev, Saint-Saens, Sarasate and Tchaikovsky, Aug 21. Both concerts: 8pm,  HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$75-HK$340 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2866 1623 
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 seven feature films and one short film programme. 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 mall, 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 
A Cat in Paris 
Animated crime drama centring on a cat leading a double life  that by day is a young girl's pet and by night is a  burglar's assistant. In French with Chinese and English subtitles. Aug 14, 2.30pm, HK Arts Centre, Aug 19, 7.15pm, The Grand Cinema. 
The Unfaithful Wife
Claude Chabrol's thriller revolving around a man who has his wife followed by a private detective because he suspects she is cheating on him. In French with English subtitles.  Aug 14, 2.30pm, HK Space Museum, Aug 17, 7.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
Cannonball Wedlock
Screwball comedy revolving around an office lady juggling five boyfriends at the same time who decides that she wants to get married after seeing her best friend  get hitched. In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles. Aug 14, 4pm, Aug 17, 9.30pm, HK Arts Centre, Aug 22, 9.50pm, HK Science Museum.
The Butcher
Claude Chabrol's  psychological study of two individuals - a man scarred by war and a lonely woman perversely drawn to danger - doubles up as a murder mystery involving gruesome killings taking place in a provincial French town. In French with English subtitles. Aug 14, 5.45pm, HK Space Museum, Aug 18, 9.45pm, HK Arts Centre.
The Suicide Forecast
Comedy about an insurance salesman who belatedly realises that he has been selling insurance to customers with suicide attempts on their records. In Korean with English subtitles. Aug 14, 7pm, HK Arts Centre,  Aug 20, 5.15pm, The Grand Cinema.
Carmen's Innocent Love
The satirical sequel to Carmen Comes Home sees the stripper protagonist (Hideko Takamine) falling for a playboy abstract painter despite his already being engaged to  the daughter of a prominent right-wing politician. In Japanese with English subtitles. Aug 14, 7.40pm, HK Space Museum. 
Quattro Hong Kong 2 + Night Fishing
Anthology of four short films set in Hong Kong comprising: Brillante Mendoza's Purple, Ho Yu Hang's Open Verdict, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's M Hotel and 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  (in Korean with English subtitles). Aug 14, 9.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
Parade
Drama revolving around four 20-somethings sharing a cramped Tokyo apartment  whose  lives change after  a mysterious new  flatmate moves in. Isao Yusikada directs. In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles. Aug 14, 9.40pm, HK Space Museum, Aug 22, 7.30pm, HK Science Museum. 
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 India.  In Hindi with English subtitles. Aug 14, 5.30pm, GH Whampoa, L2 Whampoa Plaza, Whampoa Garden, 7 Tak On St, Hung Hom, HK$100-HK$180. Inquiries: 2366 7725
Classical in Cinema
Music Art & Film Culture Promotion Association of HK presents a HD programme of classical music concerts and operas, including the following HD film. Until Jan 2012. AMC Pacific Place, L1 Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty; Broadway The One, 6-11/F The One, 100 Nathan Rd, TST; Grand Ocean, Ocean Centre, 3 Canton Rd, TST;  and Palace IFC, Podium Level 1, IFC Mall,  8 Finance St, Central, HK$75-HK$120 www.amccinemas.com.hk (for AMC Pacific Place), cinema.com.hk (for Broadway cinemas) and 2377 2100 (for Grand Ocean). Inquiries: 6336 3595
Romeo et Juliette
Film of the Salzburg Festival production of  Charles Gounod's operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic story about two star-crossed lovers (tenor Rolando Villazon and soprano Nino Machaidze).  Yannick Nezet-Seguin  conducts the  Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg and Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor.  In French with Chinese and English subtitles. Aug 14, 7pm, AMC Pacific Place, Aug 21, 5pm, Sept 4, 7pm,  Palace IFC. 
Around Town
HKTDC Food Expo 
Food fair featuring hundreds of booths of food and beverage products, kitchenware and other food and cooking items. Aug 14, 10am-10pm, Aug 15, 10am-6pm, HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, HK$25 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 1830 668    
Kitty Intelligence beta
Hello Kitty-themed experiential exhibition  in which participants go to the Sanrio Robotics Institute to become trainee engineers under Kitty da Vinki. Aug 14, 20-21, 27-28, Sept 3-4, 11am-9pm, Aug 15-19, 22-26, 29-Sept 2, noon-9pm, Discovery Park, 396 Castle Peak Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$85-HK$325 Cityline. Inquiries: ki-beta.com  
Sham Shui Po-Wan Chai IT. Fest
Computer gadgets and accessories fair.  Until Aug 22, 10am-10pm, Wan Chai Computer Centre, 130-138 Hennessy Rd, Wan Chai; Golden Computer Arcade, 146-152 Fuk Wa St, Sham Shui Po; Golden Shopping Centre, 94A Yen Chow St, Sham Shui Po; and New Capital Computer Plaza, 1-2/F, 85-89 Un Chau St, Sham Shui Po, free. Inquiries: 3153 5291



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