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SCMP Reporter

Exhibition
Time with the Sky
Joint exhibition featuring charcoal drawings by Carol Archer  and a 12-part poem by Australian artist Kit Kelen. Opening reception today, 3pm. Tue-Sat, noon-8pm, Artist Commune, Unit 12, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan. Inquiries: 21043322. Ends Nov 25  
Red Paper
Sketches and sculptures by Italian artist Franco Anzelmo. Opening reception today, 4pm-8.30pm. Daily, 11am-7pm,  Red Elation Gallery, G/F, 5-6 Lung On Street, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2893 7837. Ends Nov 21 
65th
Group exhibition featuring works exploring  a rare outcome from the I Ching. Opening reception today, 6pm, Tue-Sat, noon-8pm, Artist Commune, Unit 12, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan.  Inquiries: 9199 8342. Ends Nov 17   
Performing Arts
The Merchant of Venice
Ko Tin-lung directs Chung Ying Theatre Company's production of William Shakespeare's drama about an honest merchant who is asked to make a gruesome payment when a loan becomes overdue. In Cantonese with English surtitles. Nov 6, 7.30pm, also Nov 7, 2.30pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$160-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3961 9803
Doctor Faustus
HK Microfest and Beetroot Productions' multimedia version of Christopher Marlowe's play about a man who makes a pact to sell his soul to the devil in return for fame, fortune and the secrets of the universe. In English.  Nov 6, 2.30pm, 7.30pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$200, HK$180 (members). Inquiries: 2521 7251   
The Sleeping Beauty
The HK Ballet performs Marius Petipa's ballet version of the fairy tale about the princess cursed by an evil witch who is placed into a long, deep sleep to await her prince; the HK Sinfonietta provides the musical accompaniment. Nov 6-7, 2.30pm, 7.30pm,  Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$140-HK$1,000 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2105 9724
Love You Forever
HK Repertory Theatre performs Raymond To Kwok-wai's play about the development of - and various family members' reactions to - an unlikely romance between an elderly patriarch and his maid. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Nov 6-7, 9-13, 16-19, 7.45pm, also Nov 7, 13-14, 20, 2.45pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900
The Butterfly Effect: East-West Percussive Parade 
British drummer Budgie, Japanese taiko master Leonard Eto, South African drummer Mabi and US guitarist Knox Chandler perform world music. Nov 6, 8pm, Nov 7, 3pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$120-HK$340 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044 
Guo Wenjing's Dizi Concerto No 2
Edo de Waart conducts dizi player Tang Junqiao and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra performing works by Guo, Dutilleux and Copland.  Nov 6, 8pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030
Chopin vs Ca
Unlock Dancing Plaza performs modern dance pieces to the music of 19th-century Polish composer Frederic Chopin played by pianist Phoebus Chan.  Nov 6, 8pm, Nov 7, 4pm, Multi-media Theatre, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, 135 Junction Rd, Kowloon, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323
Sand - Moon: Jamming Muqam
Xinjiang Uygur band JAM and Hong Kong theatre practitioners JY (including Jessica Yeung)'s contemporary music theatre performance of the traditional Central Asian love story of Gherib-Sanam.  Narration in English and singing in  Uygur (with Chinese and English surtitles for the song lyrics).  Nov 6-7, 3pm, 8pm,  Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd,  Kwai Chung, HK$170 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2370 1044
The Memory Palace 
of Matteo Ricci  Tian Haojiang stars in Zuni Icosahedron's digital opera version of Jonathan Spence's tale of the Jesuit missionary who went to Ming dynasty China and  his  creation of a memory palace transcending time, space and culture.  In English with Chinese and English surtitles,  Nov 6, 8-9, 8pm, St Ignatius Chapel, 56 Waterloo Rd, Kowloon, HK$280-HK$680 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044 
A Chopin Celebration
Jean Thorel conducts Irish pianist Miceal O'Rourke and the City Chamber Orchestra of HK performing works such as  Poulenc's Sinfonietta, Duparc's Aux Etoiles (To the Stars)  and Chopin's Krakowiak, and Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante. Nov 6, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2864 2156
Floral Fantasy
Choi Kit-yee's Students Guzheng Ensemble  performs. Nov 6, 8pm,  Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100, HK$130 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2380 6085
Cow Boy
On and On Theatre Workshop presents a mime adapted from a Taoist story.  Nov 6-7, 8pm, Unit 7, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan, HK$100. Inquiries: 2503 1630  
Don't Dress for Dinner
Whole Theatre performs French playwright Marc Camoletti's comedy about what ensues at a converted farmhouse where a man is planning to spend an illicit weekend with his mistress. Starring Jeffrey Ho Wai-lung and Athena Chu Yan. In Cantonese.  Nov 6, 8pm,  also Nov 6-7, 3pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$240-HK$290 Urbtix. Inquiries: 8201 2989
Grease
Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, David Atkins Enterprises, Paul Nicholas and David Ian present Jim Jacob and Warren Casey's musical revolving  around the romance between a greaser and a new girl who are both students at Rydell High School. David Gilmore directs. In English with Chinese surtitles.  Nov 6, 8pm, also Nov 6-7, 2pm, Nov 7, 7pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$350-HK$895 HK Ticketing. Inquiries:  8203 0299  
 A Happy Scarecrow 
Jumbo Kids Theatre's drama about a boy who starts a green revolution after meeting a lonely scarecrow.  In Cantonese.  Nov 6, 8pm, also Nov 6-7, 3pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen  Hi Rd, Tuen Mun, HK$100 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2146 9466 
To Hebe Live 
The Mando-pop singer Tien Fu-chen in concert. Nov 6, 8.30pm, HK International Trade & Exhibition Centre, 1 Trademark Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$270-HK$450 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 3741 1033
Cinema
The 7th HK Asian Film Festival
The HK Asian Film Festival Society presents a programme of more than 50 Asian films, including the following  three films. Until Nov 14. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$60; Palace IFC, Podium L1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central, HK$75; and Broadway The One, 6-11/F, The One, 100 Nathan Rd, TST, HK$65 cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: www.hkaff.asia
The Days
Wang Xiaoshuai's drama about an artist couple  living a dull life  whose relationship is slowly dying. In Putonghua  with English subtitles. Nov 6, 2.30pm, Broadway Cinematheque. 
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 
 Fantasy about a dying man who spends his last days in a jungle remembering various periods in his life. In Thai with English subtitles.  Nov 6, 5.30pm, Nov 9, 9.45pm, Broadway Cinematheque.  
Coldfish 
Sion Sono's reality-based psychological thriller about a pet  fish seller who becomes an unwilling accomplice to a serial killer. In Japanese with English subtitles. Nov 6, 9.50pm, The One, Nov 14, 4.50pm, Broadway Cinematheque. 
Chinese Film Panorama 2010: A Feminine Perspective
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department and South China Film Industry Workers Union present a programme of 10 films by 11 female filmmakers, made between 1981 and 2010, including the following production.  Until Nov 7. City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central; Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho; Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East; and Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$45 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2739 2900 
The Savage Land
Drama based on Cao Yu's play about murder, revenge and love. Directed by Ling Zi. In Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles. Nov 6, 7.30pm,  Space Museum. 
Nightlife
Renfrew Group and Jazz Orchestra
The jazz ensemble founded by alumni from the Hong Kong Baptist University Music Department and Berklee College of Music perform big band jazz. Nov 6, 10pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, free (members), HK$100 (advance), HK$125 (door), includes one drink. Inquiries: 2521 7251   
Soulution
DJ Steve Bruce and DJ Miles Slater play soul music. Nov 6, 11pm, Kee Club, 6/F, 32 Wellington St, Central, HK$200, includes one drink, free (members). Inquiries: 2810 9000



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