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SCMP Reporter

Exhibition
Paul Robinson 
The photographer's pop-up art works inspired by Hong Kong. Opens today. Today-tomorrow, 11am-7pm, The Space, 210 Hollywood Rd, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2361 1210. Ends tomorrow  
Cats ...
Sally Chee's  watercolour works and oil paintings of stray and domestic felines. Opens today. Today, 11am-8pm, tomorrow-Jan 24, 9am-8pm, Jan 25, 9am-6pm, HK Central Library, 66 Causeway Rd, Causeway Bay. Inquiries: 9301 0787. Ends Jan 25 
Art Specialist Course 2010-2011 Graduation Exhibition
Paintings, printworks and sculptures by 32 graduating students of the Arts Programme Office course. Opens today. Mon, Wed-Sun, 10am-9pm, HK Visual Arts Centre, 7A Kennedy Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2521 3008. Ends Jan 31 
Chocolate World Heritage
Italian Mirco della Vecchia's  dark and milk chocolate sculptures of 13 world famous monuments. Opens today. Daily, 11am-9pm, Gallery by the Harbour, Shop 207, Level 2, Ocean Centre, Harbour City, TST. Inquiries: 2118 8666. Ends Feb 20  
Reminiscences
Group show of works by mainland realist painters including Wang Yihua, Zhu Yiyong and Pan Xun. Opens today. Mon-Sat, 10am-7pm, Galerie du Monde, 108 Ruttonjee Centre, 11 Duddell St, Central. Inquiries: 2525 0529. Ends Feb 28  
My Three Friends
Paintings and calligraphic works by Lu Chen, Zhou Sicong and Shi Hu collected by Leung Kam-ching. Mon-Sat, 9.30am-6pm, Sun, 1pm-6pm, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of HK, 94 Bonham Rd, Pok Fu Lam. Inquiries: 2241 5500. Ends Mar 15  
Reincarnation of Matter
Photographer So Hing-keung's series of works exploring the transformation and reincarnation of matter. Opening reception today, 6pm-8pm. Tue-Sat, noon-2pm, 3pm-7pm, The Upper Station, 22 Upper Station St, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 3486 2474. Ends Mar 27  
Nobility and Virtue
Selections from the Chih Lo Lou Collection of late Ming and early Qing dynasty paintings and calligraphic works by 49 artists. Mon-Wed, Fri, Sun, 10am-6pm, Sat, 10am-8pm, closed Thu, HK Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2721 0116. Ends May 1  
Performing Arts
The Gruffalo's Child 
ABA Productions and Tall Stories Theatre Company (UK) stages a musical about what happens one wild and windy night after the Gruffalo's child ignores her father's warning and tiptoes out into the snow. In English. Jan 21, 23, 29, 5pm, Jan 22, 30, 11am, Jan 23, 2pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$195-HK$395 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2547 7150
Friends for Life 
Alan Cumberland  conducts 13 singers including baritone Sylvester Che, sopranos Yuki Ip and Nancy Yuen, and various musicians such as pianist Cheng Wai and violinist Benedict Cruft  performing works by composers such as Puccini, Mozart and Offenbach; proceeds go to the Michael Rippon Memorial Scholarship for Academy Vocal students.  Until Jan 21, 7.30pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$100-HK$1,000 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2584 8500
The Empress of China  
The HK Repertory Theatre's  period drama about the initial encounter of two people from different backgrounds aboard the first trading ship to sail from the US to China in 1784. In Cantonese and English with Chinese and English surtitles. Jan 21-22, 25-29, 7.45pm, also Jan 22-23, 29-30, 2.45pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$130-HK$230 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900
The Passage Beyond
Actors' Family's musical adaptation of Miri Yu's novel about strange things happening after a  father's return from a trip  in Taiwan. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Jan 21-23, 27-30, 7.45pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$160-HK$450 HK Ticketing. Inquiries:  6715 4437
Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore (The Elixir of Love)
Lio Kuok-man conducts and Lo King-man directs Musica Viva's production of Gaetano Donizetti's comic opera about a young peasant, hopelessly in love with a wealthy landowner's daughter, who buys some wine after mistaking it for a love potion; with performances by the HK Virtuosi and the Opera Society of HK. In Italian with Chinese and English surtitles. Jan 21-23, 8pm, also Jan 22, 3pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$600 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321
HKPO Meets Tubby the Tuba 
Perry So Pak-hin conducts tuba player Paul Luxenberg and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra performing works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Peck, Stravinsky, Kleinsinger and Johann Strauss I. Leung Kin-fung narrates in Cantonese. Jan 21-22, 8pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun, HK$80, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030
Home Coming
Wind Mill Grass Theatre's presentation of Edmond Tong's  one-man show about love, growing up and fate. In Cantonese. Until Jan 23, 8pm, also Jan 22-23, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2389 9220
Music. Anytime. Anywhere
Chew Hee Chiat  conducts singer-songwriter Jonathan Wong Chee-hynn  and the HK Chinese Orchestra performing works including James Wong Jim's Forget Him, Weng Chingchi's The Moon Is Like My Heart and a selection of songs by Jonathan Wong. Jan 21-22, 8pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$200-HK$380 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3185 1600
University of Laughs
Nonsense Makers' adaptation of playwright Koki Mitani's comedy about a scriptwriter who faces censorship problems. In Cantonese. Until Jan 23, 8pm, also Jan 22-23, 3pm, HK Culture Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$200, HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3746 5219
Singlology
Performer Studio's Tony Wong's solo show about the joys of being single. In Cantonese. Until Jan 23, 8pm, also Jan 22-23, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180, HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3172 1780
With Love, William Shakespeare
William Yip and Fong Chun-kit direct Theatre Noir's production of Fong Chun-kit's comic musical revealing timeless parallels between Shakespeare's romantic world and modern trials of love. In English with Chinese surtitles. Jan 21-22, 29, 8pm, also Jan 22, 29-30, 3pm, HKRep Black Box, 8/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2904 7818
Wonderful Dance
E-Side Dance Company present performances by  dancers Daniel Yeung Chun-kwong, Force Fong, Yeung Wai-mei and Abby Chan Man-yee. Jan 21-22, 8pm, Jan 23, 4pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2372 9351 
Age of Aquarius
Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre's musical exploring the dreams and struggles of the post-80s generation using Eason Chan Yik-shun's  pop songs. In Cantonese. Jan 21, 26-27, 8.15pm, also Jan 22-23, 2.30pm, 5pm, Jan 28, 7.30pm, 9.45pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$120-HK$195 Urbtix. Inquiries:  6377 7240
Cinema
Israeli Film Festival 2011
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department and Consulate General of Israel present a programme of eight Israeli films, including the following one.  Until Jan 23. 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$40 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900
The Assassin Next Door
Actioner about a Russian female assassin  who befriends her neighbour, a  woman who longs to break free from her abusive husband. In Hebrew and Russian with Chinese and English subtitles. Jan 21, 7.30pm, Film Archive. 
Nightlife
Cabaret 2011
Whole Theatre's cabaret show featuring various music, including  pop  and electro. In Cantonese. Jan 21-24, 27-30, 8pm, Jan 26, 9pm, Jan 29-30, 3.30pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$200, includes drinks and snacks. Inquiries: 8201 2989
La Vie en Rose: The Allure of the Tango
Pianist Jacqueline Leung and saxophonist Timothy Sun play tango, jazz and French chansons. A City Festival programme. Jan 21-22, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$200, HK$160 (members). Inquiries: 2521 7251
Kick Start
Actor-comedian Jim Chim Sui-man performs. In Cantonese. Jan 21-22, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$150-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2905 8134
Quatsch Comedy Show
Stand-up comedy by Rosenberg Lipinsky, Klaus Eckel, Michael Steinke and Frank Fischer. In German. Jan  21, 8.30pm, InterContinental Grand Stanford HK, 70 Mody Rd, TST East, HK$388 Cityline. Inquiries: 2721 5161
Butch Bradley 
The American performs stand-up comedy; Yenerma De Las Alas  guests. In English. Jan 21, 9pm, Jan 22, 8pm, 10pm, TakeOut Comedy Club, B/F, 34 Elgin St, SoHo, HK$250. Inquiries: 6220 4436
Underground Kowloon
Pop-rock band Home, jazz grunge act Dark Himaya, British rockers Homeless Alien and indie band Acoustic Soul perform. Jan 21, 9.30pm, Manchester United Restaurant Bar, 32-34 Lock Rd, TST, HK$100, includes one drink. Inquiries: 9486 4648
DJ Fett 
The Croatian DJ mixes dance music. Jan 21, 10pm, Billion Club, 3/F On Hing Building, 1-9 On Hing Terrace, Central, HK$280 (men), includes one drink. Free for women. Inquiries: 2973 0918 
Reset! DJ Set
Members of the Milan DJ collective spin funk and house. Jan 21, 10pm, Volar, B/F, 38-44 D'Aguliar St, Lan Kwai Fong, HK$350, includes two drinks. Free for members. Inquiries: 2810 1510  
Listen Up! - Classic Rock Night 
Sun Eskimos, Six Pack of Wolves, Luke Chow and the David Bowie Knives perform. Jan 21, 10.30pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$100 (advance), HK$125 (door), includes one drink. Free for members. Inquiries: 2521 7251
DJ Storm
The female British  DJ mixes drum 'n' bass; DJs Asayo, Jcc, Fat Demon, Stef:funn, BloodDunza and MC Wonder support. Jan 21, 11pm, Backstage Live, 1/F Somptueux Central, 52-54 Wellington St, Central, HK$170 (before midnight, includes one drink), HK$200 (after midnight, includes one drink). Inquiries:  2167 8985



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