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SCMP Reporter

Exhibitions
Baking
Xie Xiaobing's sculptures and paper fibre paintings reflect on cultural transitions in China. Today, 11am-7pm, Red Elation Gallery, G/F, 5-6 Lung On St, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2893 7837. Ends today   
International Landscapes
Wang Xunliang's conceptual ink paintings merge the national flags of various countries with landscapes. Today, 11.30am-7.30pm, Art Beatus Gallery, 50 Peel St, Central. Inquiries: 2522 1138. Ends today   
Li Xinping 
Twelve paintings by the Beijing-based  artist of miniscule details generated from dissected images and mirrored reflections of warped body parts. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-7.30pm, Sun, noon-5pm, Osage Soho, Shop 1, LG/F, 45 Caine Rd, SoHo. Inquiries: 2537 0688. Ends Aug 31   
1 Year Old!
Group show celebrating the gallery's first anniversary featuring works by artists such as Americans James Marshall  and Michael de Feo,  and the UK's Sunil Pawar.  Opening reception today, 7pm. Mon-Fri, noon-7pm, No Borders, 39 Aberdeen St, Central. Inquiries: 2517 6003. Ends Sept 2  
Cerulean
Halley Cheng's watercolour paintings of local schools and other education establishments. Opening reception today, 6pm-8.30pm. Mon-Fri, 10am-7pm, Sat, 11am-5pm, Galerie Ora-Ora, G/F, 7 Shin Hing St, Central. Inquiries: 2851 1171. Ends Sept 7  
City Flaneur: Social  Documentary Photography
Photographs of urban scenes and landscapes by 35 local photographers. 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 Jan 3, 2011  
Performing Arts  
DisneyLive! - Three Classic Fairy Tales 
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey present a musical that brings together the characters, the stories and music of Walt Disney's film versions of Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella and Beauty and The Beast. In English with Chinese subtitles. Aug 27-29, 3pm, 7.30pm, also Aug 28-29 11am, Hitec,  1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay,  HK$100-HK$500 HK Ticketing.  Inquiries: 2525 7406 
Kim Sun Sing Cantonese Opera Troupe 
The troupe performs Power and Dilemma. Aug 27, 7.30pm, Ko Shan Theatre, 77 Ko Shan Road, Hung  Hom, HK$100-HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325 
Fat Pig
Bravo Theatre's adaptation of Neil LaBute's  comedy about a man who falls for a woman that his workmates don't approve of. In Cantonese. Until Aug 29, 8pm, also Aug  28-29, 3pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180, HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3172 1780
Peacock Man & Durian Woman
Wind Mill Grass Theatre's comedy about gender relations. In Cantonese. Aug 26-29, 31-Sept 5, 8pm, also Aug 28-29, Sept 4-5, 3pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$240, HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 5100 2254  
Toasty & Princess Cheung Ping 
HK Children's Arts Alliance Company's drama with Cantonese opera elements about a group of friends preparing to put on a Cantonese opera show at the end of the term. In Cantonese. Aug 26-28,  8pm, also Aug 28, 3pm, Aug 29, 2pm, 5pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9323 1330 
Zheng Recital By Wang Zhongshan
The mainland zheng player and the HK Professional Zheng Ensemble perform He Zhanhao's Butterfly and other works. Aug 27, 8pm, HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180-HK$350 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 9535 6482  
Lolita is Mine
Spring-Time Stage Production's adaptation of   Vladimir Nabokov's  tale about a professor  who becomes attracted to a 16-year-old female. In Cantonese. Aug 26-28, 31-Sept 4, 8.15pm, also Aug 29, Sept 5, 4pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$140-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2793 1123
Stepping into the Seasons of the Future
Yuen Hai Artiste Troupe and Wuhan Municipal Arts School perform a dance poem about the four seasons  and the need for a positive attitude to face life's challenges. Aug 28, 8pm, Aug 29, 3pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$90-HK$130 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2268 7323
The Third Pixel
Composer Samson Young  turns old-school video games into a multisensory chamber concert experience.  Aug 28, 8pm, Aug 29, 2.30pm, Multimedia Theatre, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School  of Creativity, 135 Junction Rd,  Kowloon, HK$200 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2824 2430 
Show Time 2010
La Danse par Maria perform jazz and modern dance. Aug 29, 8pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$160, HK$190 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 3665 0328
Summer Rhapsody
Macanese saxophonist Timothy Sun and Taiwanese pianist Evelyn Chang  play Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Weill's Youkali, Piazzolla's Oblivion and other works. Aug 29, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6404 2742
Cinema
The 6th InDPanda International Short Film Festival
InD Blue presents 16 programmes of independent short films from around  the world, including the following two programmes. Until Sept 9. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei,  HK$55 www.cinema.com.hk.  Inquiries: 2572 7202
Not for Children Animations
Ten animated short films including: Johan Hagelback's Alfred, a fictional tale about a boy whose father happens to be dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel; and Zhang Gong's Ms Red, revolving around a woman who has led a hard life in a turbulent society. Aug 27, 7.50pm, Sept 3, 7.30pm, Broadway Cinematheque.
Encounter With Berlinale 2010
Seven short films from various countries, including Nathalie Terlinck's Venus Vs Me, about  a girl who seeks to win back her mother from her mum's new boyfriend; and James Franco's The Feast of Stephen, about a young man who gets tormented by four teenage strangers. In various languages with English subtitles. Aug 27, 9.50pm, Sept 9, 9.45pm,  Broadway Cinematheque.
Real Life on Screen
The Goethe-Institut presents a programme of six films based on real-life biographies, and lives torn between the camera and reality, including the following film. Until Sept 24. Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2802 0088
Addicted to Acting
Documentary about four drama students who gain entry into Berlin's Ernst Busch School of Drama. In German with English subtitles. Aug 27, 8pm, Film Archive. 
Summer International Film Festival
The HK International Film Festival Society presents 37 films and programmes from around the world, including the following two. Until Sept 13. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai; Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East; Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST; The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon; and UA Langham Place, L8-11 Langham Place, 8 Argyle St, Mong Kok; HK$60 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2970 3300  
Quattro Hong Kong + 607
Double bill consisting of: an anthology where four local directors (Herman Yau Lai-to, Clara Law Cheuk-yiu, Heiward Mak Hei-yan, Fruit Chan Kuo) each contribute a short tale set in the SAR (in Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles); and Liu Jiayin's short film featuring herself and her parents inside a room in a fancy Beijing hotel (in Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles). Aug 27, 9.30pm, Sept 13, 7.30pm, HK Arts Centre, Sept 4, 7.30pm, Space Museum.
Nightlife
Summer Pop Live in Hong Kong 
Canto-pop singers Ekin Cheng Yi-kin  and Joey Yung Cho-yee, Canto-pop band Grasshopper and others in concert. Aug 27-29, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$180-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2905 8134
YT little d
Bassist Yuka Tadano, trumpet player Li Xiaochuan, alto saxophonist Brian Girley, pianist Roberto Verasgegui and drummer Ko Omura play jazz rock. Aug 27, 10.30pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert  Rd, Central, HK$100 (advance, and for members), HK$150 (door), includes one drink. Inquiries: 2521 7251
Andre Pulse
The Brazilian  DJ mixes house and electronica; DJs Anthony2, Morett's, Bravo and Yeodie and VJ Voltage support. Aug 27, 11pm, Volar, 38-44 D'Aguilar St, Lan Kwai Fong, HK$300; includes two drinks; free for members. Inquiries: 2810 1510



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