The Planner
Exhibitions
Hauslichkeiten - Domesticities works by Cornelia Erdmann
Two light installations reflect on the transience of everyday life. A third features images of abandoned interiors in Germany. Today, 10am-7pm, UMA G, G/F, 12 St Francis St, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2528 3669. Ends today
A Swiss Affair
Sculptor Beatrice Chiquet transforms metal into cubic shapes and sharp angles. Painter Christian Lichtenberg explores spiritual abstraction with works of acrylic, resin, ash and sand. Today, noon-6pm, Gallery SoHo, G/F, 64 Peel St, SoHo. Inquiries: 2530 9122. Ends today
Asia: Travels on a Wing and a Prayer
The Hong Kong-based ecologist and explorer, Paul Leader, exhibits photos of his travels to China and Mongolia. Proceeds go to Care for Children and China Exploration and Research Society. Today, noon-10pm, Fotogalerie, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2521 7251. Ends today
Returning to the Inner World
Painter Ding Hong portrays the human figure in unusual perspectives and distortions in shades of brown and beige. Today, Anna Ning Fine Art, Rm 101, St George's Bldg, 2 Ice House St, Central. Inquiries: 2521 3193. Ends today
Sorbian Easter Egg Exhibition
A showcase of 250 hand-painted German Sorbian Easter eggs, from pigeon to ostrich eggs. Daily, 10am-11pm, Atrium, 1/F WTC More, 280 Gloucester Rd, Causeway Bay. Inquiries: 2811 4903. Ends Apr 22
A Pioneer of Modern Chinese Painting
A review of Lin Fengmian's career spanning 60 years. His ink and oil paintings integrate western and Chinese styles. Fri-Wed, 10am-6pm, except Sat, 10am-8pm, HK Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$10. Inquiries: 2869 0690. Ends Jun 3
Performing Arts
Lunchtime Recital
Chamber music concert by Kevin Jim, Peter Yue, Raymond Han and Long Suen Yuen. Today, 1.15pm-1.45pm, St John's Cathedral, Garden Rd, Central, free. Inquiries: 2523 4157
Hong Kong Youth NeoWinds Orchestra Annual Concert
Guest Conductor Thomas E Verrier leads the orchestra and the Methodist School Black Light Drama Group in music by Nelson, Alarcon, Ticheli and Holst. Tomorrow, 3pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2731 4193
Atherton's Sibelius Cycle
Pianist Dejan Lazic performs works by Sibelius and Rachmaninov. Fri-Sat, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030
Art
The Hong Kong Repertory Theatre performs Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning comedy about three friends debating the cost of an expensive painting one of them has purchased. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Today-Apr 8, various times, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$100-HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900
Opereta Prima
One of the programmes in Family Fiesta. The Argentinian company, La Pipetua, stages an eccentric circus act with bicycles, tennis racquets, three wacky clowns and a musician. Fri-Sat, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 2-3/F Ngau Chi Wan Municipal Services Bldg, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon; Apr 8, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan; Apr 9, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin. Shows at 8pm. HK$100-HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323
C'est la Vie, C'est l'Amour
City Contemporary Dance Company presents choreographic works by Noel Pong, Dominic Wong and Yang Yuntao about fading collective memories of Hong Kong. Apr 13-14, 8pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre Theatre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Bldg, 345 Queen's Rd Central, HK$100 and HK$130 Urbtix. Post-performance discussion with the artists on Apr 13. Inquiries: 2329 7803
Mozart and Beyond
Pianist Kathryn Stott and trumpeter Jonathan Clarke play works by Beethoven, Ives, Shostakovich and Mozart. Apr 13-Apr 14, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030
Chew on This!
DEER Theatre presents a series of comedic one-act plays. In English. Apr 18-Apr 21, 8pm, Flying Pan, 3/F, 81-85 Lockhart Rd, Wan Chai, HK$150 (advance, HK$130 for students and seniors), HK$175 (door), includes dinner. Inquiries: 2880 5085
Trevor Pinnock in Concert
The Baroque musician and members of the European Brandenburg Ensemble play works by Bach, Boismortier, Telemann and Vivaldi. Apr 25, HK$150 and HK$250. The musician also joins the Academy Baroque Ensemble to play Bach and Handel. Apr 26, HK$65 and HK$100. HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai. Shows at 8pm. HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 3128 8288
Extra-curricular
Fictional Truth and Digital Realities
Seminar on documentary and digital media given by film critic Jean-Michel Frodon and director Jia Zhangke. In French and Putonghua with English interpretation. Today, 5pm, Lecture Hall, HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST, free. Inquiries: 2970 3300
Bohemian Cabaret - Auditions
DEER Theatre auditions performers (all ages) for cabaret nights in June. Today, 6pm-8pm, DE Studio, 6/F Breakthrough Centre, 191 Woosung St, Jordan. Inquiries: 2880 5085
Landmarks of Identity
An anthropological talk by scholar Mary Ann O'Donnell on Shenzhen's cityscapes, and the identity of the 'Shenzhener'. In English. Today, 7pm, Lecture Theatre, HK Museum of History, G/F, 100 Chatham Rd South, TST, free. Inquiries: 6010 0364
Cinema
The 31st Hong Kong International Film Festival
Hong Kong's biggest film festival
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
Tsai Ming-liang's story depicts the complex relationships of five characters living in Kuala Lumpur. Lee Kang-sheng stars in two roles as a migrant worker and a paralysed man. In Putonghua, Malay and Bengali with English subtitles. Today, 9.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST; Sat, 8pm, UA Cityplaza, 18 Taikoo Shing Rd, Taikoo Shing, HK$55
Black Sheep
Sheep are turned into man-eaters in this horror-comedy about a genetic engineering experiment gone wrong. Directed by Jonathan King. In English with Chinese subtitles. Today, 11.45pm, UA Langham Place, 8 Argyle St, Mong Kok; Sat, 9pm, HK City Hall, Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$55