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Exhibitions
Return of the Dead
Local artist Solomon Yu's multimedia installation project involves turning a photographic image of his parents taken 40 years ago into a negative form in painting. Tue-Sat, 10.30am-6.30pm, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, G/F 6-10 Shin Hing St, Central. Inquiries: 2548 2286. Ends Feb 25   
Imprint of the Heart
Block prints, oil painting and other works by  Huang Xinbo (1916-1980) that lend insights into the pioneering Chinese woodcut printer's artistic journey. 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 Feb 27   
Black Wall/White Space
San Francisco-based Chinese artist Zheng Chongbin's ink installation that explores the frontiers between rhythm, formality and time to alter viewers' perceptions. Opening reception today, 6pm-8pm. Feb 17-26, 10am-8pm, Feb 27, 10am-3pm, Pao Galleries, 4/F HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2582 0200. Ends Feb 27  
Beauty - Eternal
Photographs and sculptural works by Norman Ko Wah-man. Opening ceremony today, 5pm. Daily, 9am-7pm, Entrance Foyer, Jockey Club Auditorium, HK Polytechnic University, Hung Hom. Inquiries: 3400 2432. Ends Mar 3
God Makes Us Like This
Yu Bellini Guy Tse's installation art  that examines people who feel excluded by society. Opening reception today, 7pm-8.30pm. Mon-Fri, noon-4.30pm, Front/Side Gallery, L5-05 Tang's Studio, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei. Inquiries: frontsidegallery@gmail.com. Ends Mar 17  
It's Hard to Be a Saint in This City
British artist Stuart Semple's works on paper, large-scale paintings, foam sculptures and modified readymades depicting a multi-facted, hybrid environment that is  defined visually by mass and pop culture. Opening reception today, 6pm-9pm. Mon-Fri, 11am-7pm, Sat-Sun, 11am-5pm, The Space,  210 Hollywood Rd, Sheung Wan. Inquiries:  2361 1210. Ends Mar 17   
Performing Arts
Awakening
Media Asia Entertainment presents Edward Lam Yick-wah, Wong Wing-sze, Yuri Ng Yue-lit and Harris Ho's drama whose story begins from the last chapter of The Dream of the Red Chamber, with Jia Baoyu revisiting his own fate. In Putonghua and Cantonese. Until Feb 19, 7.30pm, also Feb 18-19, 2.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180-HK$480 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2905 8134
3-D Museum in Motion
Unlock Dancing Plaza's dance production combining dance with Hakka folk songs, buskers and a video presentation. Until Feb 17, 8pm, Feb 18, 7pm, 8.30pm, Sam Tung Uk Museum, 2 Kwu Uk Lane, Tsuen Wan, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323  
Karita Mattila in Recital
The Finnish soprano performs works by Brahms, Debussy and R. Strauss; pianist Ville Matvejeff  accompanies. A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 16, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$200-HK$650 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430   
Show Flat
Poon Wai-sum directs a production of his play about the allure and illusions of the local property market. A HK Arts Festival programme. In Cantonese with English surtitles. Feb 16-19, 21-28, 8pm, also Feb 18-19, 26, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$200-HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430   
The Horrors with special guests Zulu Winter
 The English post-punk revival band in concert;  London-based indie guitar band Zulu Winter support. Feb 16, 8pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$450 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: www.untitled.asia 
The Wild Boar
Olivia Yan Wing-pui directs performances by a cast led by Wong Tze-wah of Candace Chong Mui-ngam's play exploring how urbanites react when they are trapped like wild animals. A HK Arts Festival programme. In Cantonese with English surtitles. Until Feb 19, 8pm, also Feb 19, 3pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$280-HK$420 HK Ticketing and Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430 
Those Were The Days
Trinity Theatre's drama looking back at what it was like to grow up in the 1970s. In Cantonese. Feb 16-19, 8pm, also Feb 18-19, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180, HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2574 4968
Tom Cotter
The American stand-up comedian performs. In English. Feb 16, 8pm, Champs, B/F The Charterhouse, 209-219 Wan Chai Rd, Causeway Bay, HK$250; and Feb 17, 9pm, HK$300, Feb 18, 8pm, HK$250, also 10pm, HK$300, Take Out Comedy Club, B/F, 34 Elgin St, SoHo. Inquiries: 6220 4436
Vanishing Chinese Musical Art, Blindman Nanyin Performance
Musician Tong Siu-yin  performs. Feb 16, 8pm, Culture Club, 15 Elgin St, SoHo, HK$200, includes one drink. Inquiries: 2127 7936
Punchline Comedy Club
British comedians Stephen Frost, Steve Sheen, Andy Smart and Ian Coppinger perform. In English. Feb 16-18, 9pm, Feb 19, 8pm, Duetto, 2/F Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$290 Cityline. Inquiries: 2598 1222
TeZukA
Sadler's Wells, Bunkamura and Eastman Production's dance-theatre show choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and inspired by the works of Japanese animator-manga artist Osamu Tezuka.  A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 17-18, 7.30pm, Feb 19, 2.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180-HK$520 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430 
The Geisha of Gion
Six Geisha and a Nagauta master (master of songs and shamisen) perform entertainment and ballads unique to Gion. A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 17, 7.30pm, 9.30pm, 55/F Two IFC, 8 Finance Street, Central, HK$430; and Feb 18-19, 2pm, 4pm, 7pm, Xiang Hai Xuan Multipurpose Hall, Nan Lian Garden, 60 Fung Tak Rd, Diamond Hill, HK$390 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430 
HK Epilogue (Here are the Years that Walk Between)
Soprano Yuki Ip Poh-ching and the HK New Music Ensemble perform in Aenon Loo Jie En's multimedia aria tracing a generation coming of age in the post-handover years. Feb 17, 7.45pm (opening reception 7pm), HK$400 (Asia Society members HK$300), Feb 18, 7.45pm, HK$300 (Asia Society members HK$200), Feb 19, 2pm, HK$150. All shows: Miller Theater, Asia Society HK Centre, The HK Jockey Club Former Explosives Magazine, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty, registration required. Inquiries: 2103 9508  
Dr John and The Lower 911
The American singer-songwriter-pianist-guitarist and his band perform  New Orleans 'voodoo' music. A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 17-18, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$140-HK$600 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430 
The Perfect Strangers
Les Parfaits Inconnus' circus,  comedy and rock 'n roll cross-over show. Feb 17, 8pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$150, HK$190; Feb 18, 8pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$100-HK$170; and Feb 19, 4pm, Tai Po Civic Centre, 12 On Pong Rd, Tai Po, HK$130, HK$170 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323 
The Woman in Her Room
Cinematic Theatre's drama about the mysterious past a call girl shares with a client who asks her to quit prostitution. In Cantonese. Feb 17-18, 8pm, also Feb 18-19, 3pm, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2567 5888
The Bee
Hideki Noda directs the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre's production of his play about the consequences of a powerless victim becoming a controlling aggressor. Starring Kathryn Hunter.  A HK Arts Festival programme. In English with Chinese surtitles. Feb 17-18, 8.15pm, also Feb 18-19, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$200-HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430 
The Golden Age of Cantonese Opera
More than 20 Cantonese opera actors and actresses perform: Searching the Academy, a full-length opera based on a true story from the Qing dynasty, Feb 18, 7.30pm, Feb 19, 2.30pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central; and excerpts of selected Cantonese opera repertoires, Feb 20-21, 7.30pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$120-HK$320 Urbtix. A HK Arts Festival programme. All shows: in Cantonese with Chinese surtitles and English-scene synopses. Inquiries: 2824 2430 
HKCO4U - Lu Yi and Law Hang-leung
Sheng and xun player Lu, suona player Law and other HK Chinese Orchestra musicians perform works such as Simon Kong Su-leong's Reverberations of Five Suonas and Li Bo's Memories of Snow. Feb 18-19, 8pm, HKCO Rehearsal Hall, 7/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries:  3185 1600
Richie Jen World Tour 2012 - Hong Kong
Taiwanese Mando-pop singer-actor Richie Jen Hsien-chi in concert. Feb 18-19, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$180-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2715 3850
Chris Brien with Friends
The Australian composer-percussionist and 11 other percussionists perform. Feb 19, 3pm, Discovery College Theatre, Discovery College, 38 Siena Avenue, Discovery Bay, HK$100 ticketingover.com.  Inquiries: 6571 0962
From the Songstress Stage: Cantonese Operatic Songs and Spirit Music Concert
Tang Siu-wai sings Auspicious Signs and Cheung Yim-hung sings Heartbreaking Regret, Calamity Befalling Lovers in Weiyang Palace,  Feb 19, 7.30pm, Ko Shan Theatre, 77 Ko Shan Road, Hung Hom, HK$100-HK$180; and To Ho-wan sings Drifting Flowers and Yip Wai-fun sings The Spring River Flows East,  Mar 1, 7.30pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$100, HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325



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