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Exhibitions
Commensalism
Hur Jin's ink paintings in the Ullinsanbang painting style of his ancestor, Sochi (1808-1893). Today, 11am-6pm, Moon Gallery, Shop No 1, G/F Hua Fu Commercial Building, 111 Queen's Rd West, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2858 1771. Ends today
Christie's Hong Kong Autumn Auctions 2011
Chinese paintings: auction, today, 10am, 2.30pm. Hong Kong jewellery: preview, today, 10.30am-6pm; auctions, today, 1.30pm, 6.30pm. Chinese ceramics and related works: preview, today, 10.30am-6pm; auctions, Nov 30, 10am, 10.15am, 2.30pm. Watches: preview, today, 10.30am-6pm; auctions, Nov 30, 11am, 3pm. All previews and auctions: HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, free entry. Inquiries: 2521 5396
Unveiling Nanfei's Curtain
Oil paintings, wooden sculptures and figures created in paper by Wang Nanfei present her perspective and experience of urban living in Beijing. Today-Fri, 9.30am-6.30pm, Art Experience Gallery, Rm 2009, Cable TV Tower, 9 Hoi Shing Rd, Tsuen Wan. Inquiries: 2110 9928. Ends Fri
Flower
Freelance illustrator Sakura Ota's paintings that are largely inspired by her love of nature. Mon-Thu, 2.30pm-10pm, Fri-Sat, 2.30pm-11pm, Culture Club, 15 Elgin St, SoHo. Inquiries: 2127 7936. Ends Dec 10
It's a Tasty World - Food Science Now!
Exhibition looking at food from a scientific perspective. Mon-Wed, Fri, 1pm-9pm, Sat-Sun, 10am-9pm, closed Thu, HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East, HK$25, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2732 3232. Ends Feb 1, 2012
Performing Arts
Playwright Scheme VI
Prospects Theatre presents 22 playwrights offering 22 'slice of life'-themed plays, including works by: Wong Kin-tung, Nov 29, 8pm; Or Ka-kee, Nov 30, 8pm; Chan Wai-hung, Dec 1, 8pm; and Li Wing-lui, Dec 2, 8pm. In Cantonese. Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$60 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2606 7222
The Formosa Sound of Heaven
Taipei Male Choir sings religious works, British and American folk songs, and Song of the Ocean. Nov 29, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, free with ticket, registration required. Inquiries: 2523 5555
Birdhouse Factory
ABA Productions presents Cirque Mechanics' acrobatic and comedic production set in a factory where the workers are acrobats and the machines circus props. Nov 30-Dec 3, Dec 6-10, 7.45pm, also Dec 3, 10, 3pm, Dec 4, 11, 11am, 4pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$395-HK$795 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2547 7150
Solo & Improv: Dance or What!?
Y Space's showcase of solo dance works by international artists and improv jams performed by Hong Kong dancers, musicians and interactive media artists. Nov 30-Dec 3, 8pm, Dec 4, 7.30pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2470 0511
Dialogos del Alma ... (Dialogues of the Soul...)
Flamenco dancers Ana Arroyo, Carlos Carbonell, Mylena Leclercq, Beata Surmiak, Michael Drabicki, Pawel Walczewski, Krzysztof Holowenko and Murilo Galves perform. Nov 30, 8.30pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan; and Dec 7, 8.30pm, Y Theatre, Youth Square, 238 Chai Wan Rd, Chai Wan, HK$250-HK$450 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6900 1517
Musical Moments 'Unplugged' 2011
Vocalists Jovita Leung, Joyce Wong, Marsha Yuan, Albert Lim, Howard McCrary, David Quah and Alex Tam, double bassist-cellist Justin Siu, pianist Peter Lally and percussionist Choy Lap-tak perform music from Broadway and West End musicals. Dec 1, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$200-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2722 1650
JAM Project Live 2011-2012 Go! Go! Going!! ~Arigato Tomodachi~ in Hong Kong
Japan animation song group JAM Project performs rock 'n' roll and soft ballads. Dec 1, 8.15pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$200-HK$980 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 3588 1731
Christmas Magic
Peter Moore conducts (and presents in English) the HK Sinfonietta performing works including Leroy's Anderson's A Christmas Festival and Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker: Russian Dance. Dec 2-3, 7.30pm, also Dec 3-4, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336
Robin Hood - The Panto
Hong Kong Players' Christmas pantomime based (loosely) on the legend of Robin Hood, the famous outlaw who stole from the rich to give to the poor. In English. Dec 2-3, 8-11, 7.30pm, also Dec 3, 10, 2.30pm, Dec 4, 11, 11am, Dec 4, 3.30pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$290, HK$330 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9852 2668
B.O.B. * The Final Cut
Zuni Icosahedron performs a dance work focusing on the body as a mirror in which one sees oneself and others, misunderstandings, projections and wishful thinking. Dick Wong choreographs. Dec 2-3, 8pm, also Dec 3, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2566 9696
Mary Wu and Friends
Pianist Mary Wu Mei-loc, violinist Ho Hong-ying, viola player Sophie Renshaw and cellist Wolfgang Nusslein play works by Beethoven, Liszt-Saint-Saens, Mahler, Liszt, Christopher Keyes and Howard Blake. Dec 2, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321
Tuesdays with Morrie
Chung Ying Theatre's stage version of Mitch Albom's book about the 14 Tuesdays he spends with his dying professor, Morrie Schwartz. In Cantonese with English surtitles. Dec 2-3, 8pm, also Dec 3-4, 3pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$160-HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3961 9800
Vanska Returns - Mahler 5
Osmo Vanska conducts British pianist Paul Lewis and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra performing Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A and Mahler's Symphony No 5. Dec 2-3, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$160-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030
Looking for Mies
Mathias Woo Yan-wai directs and designs Zuni Icosahedron's multimedia music production about Bauhaus architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. In English with Chinese and English surtitles. Dec 2-3, 8.15pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2566 9696
Punchline Comedy Club
British stand-up comedians Gina Yashere, Will Hodgson and James Dowdeswell perform. Dec 2-3, 9pm, Duetto, 2/F Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$240 Cityline. Inquiries: 2598 1222
Cinema
The 40th French Cinepanorama
A Judgement in Stone
Claude Chabrol's crime drama about a maid (Sandrine Bonnaire) who is manipulated into plotting a crime against the rich family she works for by an unstable female postal worker with a grudge against her employers. Also starring Isabelle Huppert. In French with English subtitles. Nov 29, 7.45pm, AMC Pacific Place, Dec 3, 2pm, Dec 10, 4.30pm, HK Film Archive.
Inspecteur Lavardin
Claude Chabrol's crime drama centring on a police inspector (Jean Poiret) who goes to investigate the murder of a writer who had been acting as though he were the moral guardian of his village. In French with English subtitles. Nov 29, 8pm, HK Film Archive, Dec 7, 9.35pm, Broadway Cinematheque.
HK Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
A Few Days Of Respite
Drama about an Iranian photographer and a French teacher in Iran who flee to France in order to live their lives as a gay couple, and a 60-year-old woman they meet in France. In French with English subtitles. Nov 29, 9.50pm, Broadway Cinematheque.
We Were Here
David Weissman and Bill Weber's documentary looking at the arrival and impact of Aids in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the initial years of the crisis first considered an epidemic. In English. Nov 29, 9.50pm, Palace IFC.