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SCMP Reporter

Exhibitions 
Tomoko Sawada 
The Japanese photographer's explorations of  female identity. Today, 10.30am-7pm, Connoisseur Art Gallery and Connoisseur Contemporary, G3-G4 Chinachem Hollywood Centre, 1 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries:  3521 0300. Ends today 
The Late Version of Shan Hai Jing
Artist Lam Yuk-ling's  images of weird creatures created with plastic bags are inspired by  the Chinese classical text Shan Hai Jing (The Classic of Mountains and Seas). Today-tomorrow, 9am-11pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin. Inquiries: 2694 2509. Ends tomorrow  
Identity
Japanese painter Eiten Oshiro's visual expressions of his feelings and representations of himself while in Hong Kong. Today-Thu, 2.30pm-10.30pm,  Fri-Sat, 2.30pm-12.30am, Culture Club, 15 Elgin St, SoHo. Inquiries: 2127 7936. Ends Sat  
Bruce Lee 7010
Tribute exhibition to the late action film star (1940-1973). Opens today. Daily, 9am-11pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST. Inquiries: www.hkiff.org. Ends Apr 6  
Trip to the West, Tribute  to Ella Maillart
Works by photographers Eric Dessert, Sabine Weiss and Li Xueliang, and painter Ji Dahai retrace Swiss explorer Ella Maillart's journey to Xinjiang. Opening ceremony  today, 6.30pm-8pm. Daily, 10am-8pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2582 0200.  Ends Apr 29  
A Creative Journey with Lung Kong
Exhibition on filmmaker Patrick Lung Kong's life and work. Mon-Wed, Fri-Sun, 10am-8pm, closed Thu, HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho. Inquiries: 2739 2139. Ends May 16 
Performing Arts 
Communicating Doors  
The HK Repertory Theatre's version of Alan Ayckbourn's  comic thriller about three women trapped in three different eras who  band together to thwart a murderer. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Today, Thu-Sat, 7.45pm, also  Sat-Apr 4, 2.45pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$140, HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900 
Into the Woods 
The Thespians performs Stephen Sondheim  and James Lapine's musical about the consequences of wishes and quests of characters from fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk,  Rapunzel and Cinderella. In English. Tomorrow-Sat, 7.30pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$180, HK$150 (members) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251
The Sound of Music
Spring-Time Stage Production's adaptation of the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's musical about a young woman sent  to work as the governess of an aristocratic widower's children. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Tomorrow-Thu, 7.45pm, Fri-Sat, 2pm, also 4.30pm, Jockey Club Auditorium, HK Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, HK$130-HK$200 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2793 1123
The Adventures of Peter Rabbit Live on Stage
Lunchbox Theatrical Productions and David Atkins Enterprises present a musical adventure featuring the characters from Beatrix Potter's children's books. In English. Fri, 11.30am, also Fri-Apr 5, 2.30pm, Sat-Apr 5, 5pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts,  1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$195-HK$495 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: www.lunchbox-productions.com
Old Master Q
Chung Ying Theatre Company's  musical about cartoon characters Old Master Q and his buddy, Big Potato, embarking on a holy  mission. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Fri-Sat, 7.30pm, Apr 4-5, 5pm, 7.45pm, Jockey Club Auditorium, HK Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, HK$100-HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2793 1123
Imogen Heap Live in Hong Kong 
The British singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist  serves up electronica, indie and pop tunes. Fri, 8pm, Grappa's Cellar, B/F Jardine House,  1 Connaught Place, Central, HK$450 (advance), HK$520 (door), includes  one drink. Inquiries: 2815 7919 
Peter and the Wolf
Perry So Pak-hin  conducts the HK Philharmonic Orchestra and the Magic Circle Mime Co performing Supp?'s Light Cavalry: Overture  and Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. Fri, 7.30pm, Sat, 4pm, also 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030
Copenhagen
Hardy Tsoi  directs the HK Repertory Theatre  and TNT Theatre's  adaptation of Michael Frayn's drama  about physicist Walter Heisenberg's visit to his former professor,  Niels Bohr, in Copenhagen. In Cantonese. Fri-Sat, Apr 5-8, 7.45pm, also Sat, Apr 5, 2.45pm, HKRep Black Box, 8/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900
Letter's End 
Wolfe Bowart and Spoon Tree Productions'  multi-media show about  the treasures that are to be found in letters, parcels and memories. Fri, 8pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$140, HK$180; Sat, 8pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$90-HK$160; Apr 4, 8pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 111 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$140, HK$180; and Apr 5, 8pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$140, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323
Extra-curricular 
Trade Without Borders: How Nimble New Zealand Beats Protectionism
New Zealand's Minister of Trade Tim Groser discusses his country's place in the evolving web of the globe's free trade areas, and the need for international co-operation and integration across all areas of trade and economics. In English. Today, 1.15pm (lunch, 12.45pm), Foreign Correspondents' Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$180, HK$150 (members), includes lunch, reservations required. Inquiries: 2521 1511
ESU Play-Reading
David Booth facilitates a reading of David Mamet's  adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. In English. Today, 7pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, free. Inquiries: 2186 8449 (Mon-Fri mornings only) or esuhk@netvigator.com
Stand-up Comedy Open Mic
Sessions in Cantonese (Mons) and English (today). Free for performers of five- to seven-minute sets; HK$50 to watch, 8pm. Take Out Comedy Club, B/F, 34 Elgin St, SoHo. Inquiries: 6220 4436 
Cinema
The 34th HK International Film Festival
The HK International Film Festival  Society presents more than 240 feature  and short-film programmes from  more than  50 countries, including the following three fims. Until Apr 6. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai; HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central; HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST; HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho; HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East; HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST; UA Cityplaza, 5/F Cityplaza, 18 Taikoo Shing Rd, Taikoo Shing; UA Langham Place, L8-11 Langham Place, 8 Argyle St, Mong Kok; UA Times Square, G/F-2/F, Times Square, 1 Matheson St, Causeway Bay; and The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, Kowloon Station, 1 Austin Rd, West Kowloon. HK$30-HK$60 (tickets) Urbtix.  Inquiries: www.hkiff.org.hk
Dooman River  
Drama about a Korean-Chinese boy living in a border town whose friendship with a North Korean  escapee is tested when  more North Korean refugees  arrive. In Korean with English subtitles. Today, 12.30pm, UA Cityplaza. 
Fist of Fury
Bruce Lee stars in a martial arts drama about a patriotic Chinese who seeks revenge against the Japanese for his master's murder. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Today, 12.30pm, HK Science Museum.
Torn Memories of Nanjing 
Tamaki Matsuoka's  documentary comparing and contrasting Chinese and Japanese views of what happened in the wake of Nanjing's occupation by the Japanese. In Japanese and Putonghua with English subtitles. Today, 9.15pm,  HK Science Museum.



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