Exhibitions I am Rich Works by six Chinese artists - Liao Yibai, Chen Wenling, Yang Tiejun, Zhang Qikai, Wang Xu and Xia Yu - on China's newly-rich and their psychological effect on mainland society. Today-tomorrow, 11am-7.30pm, Sun, noon-5pm, Contemporary by Angela Li, G/F, 90-92 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 3571 8200. Ends tomorrow Luo Xiangke and Zhang Weigou Chinese wood engravings by Luo and oil paintings by Zhang. Today-tomorrow, 10am-7pm, Galerie du Monde, 108 Ruttonjee Centre, 11 Duddell St, Central. Inquiries: 2525 0529. Ends tomorrow Reprasentation Ten works by American conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth and a collaborative text, sound and light installation by local artist Tsang Kin-wah that relates to Kosuth's works. Today-Sun, noon-7pm, Para/Site Art Space, G/F, 4 Po Yan St, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2517 4620. Ends Jan 17 Charis Paintings by Makoto Fujimura that make use of gold and mineral pigments and combine American abstract expressionism and the traditional Japanese art of Nihonga. Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm, Gallery EXIT, G/F, 1 Shin Hing Street, Central. Inquiries: 2541 1299. Ends Jan 23 Guardians of the Steppe Mongolian Monkhor Erdenebayar's semi-abstract oil paintings of horses. Opening reception today, 6.30pm-8.30pm. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-6.30pm, Schoeni Art Gallery - Branch Gallery, 27 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2542 3143. Ends Feb 5 The Havelian Express Depictions in miniature of Pakistani life by Hasnat Mehmood, Muhammad Zeeshan and Imran Channa. Mon-Fri, 10am-7pm, Sat-Sun, noon-6pm, CAIS Gallery, UG/F, 54 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2527 7798. Ends Feb 14 77 Works by French painter Herv? Maury of animals with human-like postures. Opening reception today, 6pm-9pm. Tue-Sat, 10.30am-7.30pm, Sun, 2pm-7pm, Sin Sin Fine Art, G/F, 1 Prince's Terrace, Mid-Levels. Inquiries: 2858 5072. Ends Feb 25 2009 HK and Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture Event featuring exhibitions of design and architectural works the themes of City Mobilisation and Bring Your Own Biennale. The Biennale Park: Tue-Fri, 11am-6pm, Sat-Sun, 10.30am-6pm; The Waterfront Promenade: Daily, 6am-11pm, West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade, West Kowloon. Inquiries: info@hkszbiennale.org . Ends Feb 27 The Enchanting Brush Chinese paintings and calligraphic works by Lingnan School artist, Chao Shao-an (1905-1998). Mon, Wed-Sat, 10am-6pm, Sun and public holidays, 10am-7pm, closed Tue, HK Heritage Museum, 1 Man Lam Rd, Sha Tin, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2180 8188. Ends May 10 Performing Arts Room on the Broom ABA Productions presents Tall Stories Theatre Company's (UK) musical theatre adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's picture book about a witch with space problems after she is joined on her broomstick by a dog, a bird and frog, as well as cat. In English. Today-tomorrow, Jan 20-22, 4.30pm, Sat-Jan 17, 23-24, 11am, 2.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$295-HK$395 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2547 7150 De Ling and Empress Dowager Ci Xi Law Ka-ying directs singer-actress Liza Wang Ming-chun in a Cantonese opera adaptation of He Jiping's palace drama about a powerful older woman who is touched by a younger female's pure heart and love for their country. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Today-Jan 17, 7.30pm, also Jan 17, 2pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2388 3850 Guqin Music Week Qin players Lau Chor-wah and Tse Chun-yan, qin and xiao player Sou Si-tai, vocalist Cheung Lai-chun and xiao player Tim Wilson perform works such as Tune of the Water Celestial and The Falling Plum Flowers. Today, 7.30pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$150, HK$200. Guqin player Tse Chun-yan plays works such as Tse Chun-yan's Composition in Yifan Mode and Jiang Kui's A Quaint Tune of Lament; vocalist Chan Chun-miu guest performs. Sat, 2.30pm, also 7.30pm, Nan Lian Garden, 60 Fung Tak Rd, Diamond Hill, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321 Romeo and Juliet Andy Burt directs Orpheus Theatre's version of William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy about young love torn apart by bitter family feuding, revenge, exile and fate. In English. Today-Sat, 7.30pm, also Sat-Jan 17, 2.30pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6683 5773 Bare Stage Dance Project 2010 Cherry Leung, Connie Lau, Sarah Lo and Alice Ma dance to music chosen by members of the public. A City Festival programme. Today-tomorrow, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$150, HK$120 (members) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251 I am Chairman Mao's Bitch Perry Chiu stars in the Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre's drama about Jiang Qing. In Cantonese. Today-Sat, 8.15pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$150-HK$195 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6377 7240 Design for Living Sylvia Chang Ai-chia stars in Edward Lam Dance Theatre's office drama about a female boss who plays mind games with others to keep her power. Edward Lam Yick-wah directs. In Putonghua with Chinese surtitles. Tomorrow-Sat, Jan 18-23, 7.30pm, Jan 17, 24, 2.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$200-HK$480 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2893 8732 Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies Jason Lai conducts the HK Sinfonietta in music from Walt Disney films such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. Tomorrow-Sat, 7.30pm, also Sat-Jan 17, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336 The Country Teacher Drama Gallery's play about a woman and her younger brother who return with their father's ashes, after more than two decades away, to the village where he had established a primary school. In Cantonese. Tomorrow-Jan 17, 7.45pm, also Sat-Jan 17, 2.45pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2372 9007 Here It Goes Again Cyrus Hui, Bruce Liu, Victor Fung, Fanny Cheng, Sylvia Lee and Fok Ka-wing perform a dance about how one person's fate can be changed by the decisions of bystanders on the spur of the moment. Tomorrow-Sat, 8pm, Jan 17, 3pm, Black Box Theatre, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei, HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323 HKPO at the Movies with Elisa Chan Gerard Salonga conducts vocalist Elisa Chan, violinist Leung Kin-fung and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra in music from movies such as Star Wars, Schindler's List, Cinema Paradiso and In the Mood for Love. Tomorrow-Sat, 8pm, also Jan 16, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$380 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030 Kids' Rock Magician Harry Wong and his &Joy band play children's songs. Tomorrow, 8pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$100-HK$140; Feb 21, 4pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$100-HK$140; and Feb 27, 8pm, North District Town Hall, 2 Lung Wan St, Sheung Shui, HK$100, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323 Olej's Act Uruguayan puppet theatre company Bosquimanos Koryak's traditional Bunraku and Black Light Theatre show about a cleaner in a circus who dreams of becoming a magician. Tomorrow, 8pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$140, HK$180; Sat, 8pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$160; and Jan 17, 8pm, North District Town Hall, 2 Lung Wan St, Sheung Shui, HK$120, HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323 The Memorable and the Forgettable Prospects Theatre's comedy about a group of young Alzheimer's sufferers who try to trace their ancestry using flashbacks and their imagination. In Cantonese. Tomorrow-Sat, 8pm, also Sat-Jan 17, 3pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$120-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2606 2989 Music from Moving Pictures Yip Wai-hong and Fan Tao conduct harmonica soloist Edward Wai Hang-hay and the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra in music from films such as Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service and Howl's Moving Castle and works by Schumann, Johann Strauss II, Johann Strauss I and II, Vaughan Williams and Massenet. Tomorrow, 8pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$100-HK$160; Sat, 8pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun, HK$80-HK$140; and Jan 17, 3pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$80-HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321 HK Chamber Wind Philharmonia Annual Concert Victor Tam conducts the musical ensemble in works such as Richard Strauss' Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare and Serenade in E Flat Major, and Piazzola's Nightclub 1960. Jan 17, 3pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$100, HK$150 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2468 4597 Juxtapose Matchbox presents a theatrical double bill of: Triad Tryouts, a comedy about a bumbling food delivery manager desperate to pull off a crime to prop up his sagging self-esteem; and Veracity of Things, a drama about how child-trafficking threatens a Sierra Leone orphanage. In English. Jan 17, 7.30pm, Chiang Chen Studio Theatre, HK Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, HK$100 (including from Khana Khazana (tel: 2520 5308). Inquiries: info@matchboxhk.org Scenes from Jiangsu Zhu Changyao (who also plays the erhu) and Chan Chiu-yin conduct dizi player Chan Chi-yuk, bangu player Chak Yuet-man, pianist Ng Wai-ki and the Windpipe Chinese Ensemble in works such as Ma Xilin and Zhu Chiangyao's Spring Scenery of Jiangnan, Jiang Xianwei's Journey to Suzhou and Wang Aikang's Song of Bamboo. Jan 17, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$90-HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 8202 5357 Tango Passion Augusto Gutierrez conducts pianist Polly Ferman, bandoneon player Daniel Binelli, and the City Chamber Orchestra of HK in works such as Aieta's Palomita Blanca, Salgan's Don Agust?n Bardi and Piazzolla's Libertango. Tango dancers Pilar Alvarez and Claudio Hoffmann also perform. Jan 19, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2864 2154 University of Laughs The Nonsensemakers' adaptation of a Japanese comedy about a passionate scriptwriter who faces censorship problems. In Cantonese. Jan 20-24, 27-30, 8pm, also Jan 24, 31, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180, HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3746 5219 Alice in Wonderland Lee Keon-woong and Jessica McClellan direct Faust International Youth Theatre's stage version of Lewis Carroll's story about young girl who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar characters. In English. Jan 21-22, 10am, also Jan 21-23, 7.30pm, Jan 23-24, 2pm, Jan 24, 6pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2547 9114 Salusuah Singaporean singer-actor-dancer-playwright Gani Abdul Karim stars in Play Den Productions' presentation of his semi-autobiographical drama about a man of mixed parentage who struggles to find a community where he feels accepted and at home. A City Festival programme. In English. Jan 21-23, 7.45pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$150, HK$120 (members) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251 Snow Fox Leung Kwok-shing directs the HK Dance Company's adaptation of martial arts novelist Louis Cha (aka Jin Yong)'s Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain and Other Tales of the Flying Fox about a scramble for hidden treasures that leads to a duel to the death. Jan 22-23, 7.45pm, also Jan 23-24, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$160-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 1806 Marcovaldo Bonni Chan directs and stars in Theatre du Pif's stage adaptation of Italo Calvino's short stories about a dreaming, scheming, unskilled worker living with his family in a drab industrial city. Sean Curran and Kim Dae-gun also star. A City Festival programme. In English. Jan 22-23, 26-30, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$160, HK$130 (members) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251 The Great Wall Capriccio Composer Liu Wenjin conducts liuqin player Zhang Xinhua, soprano Wang Yige, pipa player Zhang Ying, jinghu player Ngai Kwun-wa, erhu players Liu Yang and Lu Yunxia and the HK Chinese Orchestra in his works including The Great Wall Capriccio (excerpts) and Jasmine. Jan 22-23, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3185 1600 Bar Tapper R&T (Rhythm & Tempo)'s musical tap dance show featuring performances by tap dancers Ken Kwok, Michael Lin, singer Lindzay Chan and musicians CM and Patrick Ng. Jan 22, also Jan 29, 10.30pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$180, HK$150 (members) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251 The Magic Harp of Dan Yu Lu Jia conducts harpist Dan Yu, flautist Megan Sterling (Jan 24 only) and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra in works by Marquez, Ginastera, Copland and Bernstein, Jan 23, 8pm; and Mozart, Copland and Bernstein, Jan 24, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030 Wuji Summit - The Symphony of Sentiment The Wuji ensemble play Chinese music that showcases the ruan and pipa. Jan 27, 1.10pm, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of HK, 94 Bonham Rd, Pok Fu Lam, free. Inquiries: 2859 7045 Extra-curricular Wanna Try to Dance Workshop Greensco's Antoinette Mak conducts a workshop on Martha Graham. In Cantonese. Today, 7.30pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun, HK$40 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323 HK Computer Festival - I.T. Show Computer and related IT showcase, consumer expo and fair. Tomorrow-Jan 17, 11am-10pm, Jan 18, 11am-9pm, Cheung Sha Wan Playground, Sham Shui Po, free entry. Inquiries: 2785 8867 Partial Solar Eclipse Observation HK Space Museum staff assist the public in observing the astronomical event. Tomorrow, 3.30pm, HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, free. Inquiries: 2721 0226 Watch Out Shek Kip Mei Series of art-oriented events including: Shek Kip Mei Factory Market featuring creative art stalls, Sat-Jan 17, Feb 6-7, Mar 13-14, 1pm-7pm; and Open Studio by Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre resident artists, Sat-Jan 17, 2pm-6pm, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei, free. Inquiries: 2353 1311 Fotanian Open Studios 2010 Artists from 59 studios present glimpses of life in Fo Tan's art studios and creative industry venues. Sat-Jan 17, Jan 23-24, 2pm-7pm. Also featuring guided tours (in Cantonese) that include visits with artists in their studios, Sat-Jan 17, Jan 23-24, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, from the Information Centre, Sha Tin Galleria, 18-24 Shan Mei St, Fo Tan. Inquiries: 9194 0886 Divorce Hong Kong Style Playwright Wong Wing-sze and actor-director Lee Chun-chow talk about The Truth About Lying, their play exploring whether there is any truth in lies, that will premiere at the HK Arts Festival. In Cantonese. A HK Arts Festival Plus programme. Sat, 2.30pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, free. Inquiries: 2824 2430 I Love Good Dogs Carnival 2010 Canine-centric carnival featuring dog agility games, an obedience competition, adoption story sharing, 'furry fitness' check-ups and games booths. Jan 17, noon-5pm, Wan Chai Waterfront Promenade, free. Inquiries: 2232 5540 Eileen Chang and Film Film critics Grace Mak and Grace Ng and cultural critic Lawrence Pun talk about scriptwriter-novelist Chang and the films she scripted. In Cantonese. Jan 17, 2.30pm, HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, free. Inquiries: 2739 2139 Swing Party Two bands from the HK Big Band Federation play swing music. A City Festival event. Jan 17, 2.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, Piazza A, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, free. Inquiries: 2521 7251 Finding the Liaisons Director-scriptwriter Fredric Mao Chun-fai, his co-scriptwriters Felix Chong Man-keung and Alan Mak Siu-fai discuss the origins of The Liaisons; composer-music director Leon Ko, actor Tse Kwan-ho and actress Josie Ho Chiu-yee also share their views on the play. In Cantonese. A HK Arts Festival Plus programme. Jan 17, 6.30pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, free. Inquiries: 2824 2430
