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SCMP Reporter

Exhibition
Touching Art: Louvre's Sculptures  in Movement
Exhibition of replicas of the Paris museum's sculptures and reliefs that visitors are invited to touch. Today, 10am-6pm, HK Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$10. Inquiries: 2721 0116. Ends today 
Small Paintings Exhibition
Group show of works by nine painters.  Today, noon-5pm, Galerie Huit, G/F, 8 St Francis Street, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2520 0281.  Ends today 
Chocolate World Heritage
Italian Mirco della Vecchia's dark and milk chocolate sculptures of 13 world-famous monuments. Today, 11am-9pm, Gallery by the Harbour, Shop 207, Level 2, Ocean Centre, Harbour City, TST. Inquiries: 2118 8666.  Ends today
Mortal Coil
Wilson Shieh Ka-ho's  three series of drawings investigating how cultural icons can develop into  historical figures. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-7pm, Sun, noon-5pm, Osage Soho, Shop 1, LG/F,  45 Caine Rd, SoHo. Inquiries: 2537 0688.  Ends Feb 27  
Joys of Tet
Group exhibition of works by Vietnamese artists  in celebration of the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit. Mon-Sat, 10am-6.30pm, Sun, 10am-6pm, Arch Angel Art, 58 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2851 6882. Ends Feb 28 
HK ARTcomics 2011
Comic-themed artworks by more than 20 artists including painter Au Hoi-lam, graphic art duo Graphic Airlines and street art crew Start from Zero. Tue-Sun, noon-8pm, Artist Commune, Unit 12, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan. Inquiries: 2104 3322. Ends Mar 2 
Glamour Everlasting
Showcase of photographs and archival items donated by cinematic luminaries to the Film Archive. Mon-Wed, Fri-Sun, 10am-8pm, closed Thu, Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho. Ends Mar 6 
British Aid Army Group Drawings
Small but detailed drawings collected by British Army Aid Group  founder Colonel Lindsay Ride that were used for military intelligence work behind enemy lines during the second world war. Mon-Wed, Fri-Sun, 10am-5pm, closed Thu, Museum of Coastal Defence, 175 Tung Hei Rd, Shau Kei Wan, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2569 1500. Ends Mar 16  
Fathoming the Sea
Primary texts and historical images on diving history and underwater archaeology.  Tue-Sun, 10am-6pm, closed Mon, HK Maritime Museum, G/F Murray House, Stanley Plaza, Stanley, HK$20. Inquiries:  2813 2322. Ends Mar 20  
Performing Arts
Roald Dahl's The BFG 
Faust International Youth Theatre's production of David Wood's stage adaptation of author Dahl's story about a girl and a benevolent giant who, along with the queen of England, come up with a plan to rid the world of nastier giants. In English. Feb 20, 11am, also 2.30pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$260 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2547 9114 
Copenhagen
Hardy Tsoi directs the HK Repertory Theatre and TNT Theatre's adaptation of Michael Frayn's drama about German nuclear programme mastermind Walter Heisenberg's 1941 visit to his former professor and employer, Niels Bohr, in Copenhagen. In Cantonese. Feb 20, 27, 2.45pm, also Feb 22-26, 7.45pm, HKRep Black Box, 8/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries:  3103 5900
2011 Music Office Annual Gala 
Angelina Au conducts the Music Office Youth Choir, Music Office Children's Choir and pianist Lai Wing-yan performing works including Irving Berlin's Blue Skies, Lau Yeung-chit conducts the HK Youth Strings playing the first movement of Suk's Serenade for Strings in E Flat Major and a Xinjiang folk music work (Youth Dance), Pak Wing-heng and Lee Sing-wan conduct the HK Youth Symphonic Band performing Chen Qian's Come, Drink One More Cup of Wine and Mackey's Xerxes, Kwok Kin-ming conducts the HK Youth Chinese Orchestra performing works by Zhao Jiping, and Yang Nailin, Li Zhengui and Wang Zhi, and Pak Wing-heng and Ng Ka-ming conduct the HK Youth Symphony Orchestra performing works by Lecuona, Elgar and Joseph Koo. Feb 20, 3pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$40-HK$80 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2796 1003
Black Forest
Drama Gallery's play  about the encounters between a  hotelier and an international group of treasure hunters.  In Cantonese.  Feb 20, 3pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$100-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2372 9007
Christian Goldsmith 
The trombonist  gives a recital of works by Pergolesi,  Grafe,  Ropartz,  Reiche  and Sulek;  pianist Yim Fong-lai  also plays. Feb 20, 3pm, Discovery College Theatre, Discovery College, 38 Siena Avenue, Discovery Bay, HK$100. Inquiries: 6052 1471
Table for Two
Trinity Theatre and Kearen Pang present a drama that charts a romantic relationship over a five-course meal. In Cantonese. Feb 20, 3pm, 8pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180, HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2574 4968
To Those Who Deserve to Die 
Prospects Theatre's play about a man who has chosen to survive to prove that he can live a fruitful life despite being despised by all  around him.  In Cantonese. Feb 20, 3pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2606 7222  
Hobson's Choice 
The Birmingham Royal Ballet  performs  a dance  show about a humble shoemaker whose talent could take him far - if only someone would push him firmly in the right direction. David Bintley  choreographs.  A HK Arts Festival programme. Until Feb 20, 7.30pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180-HK$580 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430
Masaaki Suzuki and Bach  Collegium Japan
The conductor, organist and harpsichordist conducts the Japanese orchestra and chorus performing: J.S. Bach's Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn'ihn and Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Feb 20, 7.30pm; and J.S. Bach's St Matthew Passion, Feb 21, 7.30pm. A HK Arts Festival programme. Both concerts: City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$20-HK$520 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430 
Oriental Singing Troupe 
Taiwanese Mando-pop singers including Ching Shan, Chang Di and Hsieh Lei in concert. Feb 20-21, 7.30pm, HK Coliseum,  9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$180-HK$400 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2481 6828
Zheng Recital by Wang Zhongshan
The Chinese zheng player-composer plays works such as Zhou Yuguo's Rural Townships and Wang Jianmin's Mooring by the Maple Bridge; zheng player Cheng Yehui and pianist Chen Zhe accompany. Feb 20, 7.30pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$150, HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321
Power Plant
Mark Anderson, Anne Bean, Jony Easterby, Ulf Pedersen and Kirsten Reynolds present a magical mystery tour involving musical sound effects and illuminated art installations. A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 20, Feb 22-27, Mar 1-7, 8pm, 8.30pm, 9pm, 9.30pm, Kowloon Walled City Park (entrance at the park's east gate on Tung Tsing Rd), Kowloon City, HK$20 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430 
Elisa x Faylan HK Live: Effulgence 
The two J-pop  singers in concert. Feb 20, 8.15pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$480 HK Ticketing. Inquiries:  3588 1731
Taylor Swift 
The American country-pop singer in concert. Feb 21, 8pm, AsiaWorld-Arena, HK International Airport, Lantau, HK$380-HK$780 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2877 8260
Putting It Together 
Golden Voice Entertainment presents Stephen Sondheim's  musical revue revolving around five larger-than-life characters who attend a dinner party. In English. Feb 22-26, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$295 (members HK$235) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251
Educating Rita
Adam Harris directs Stylus Productions' presentation of Willy Russell's comedy about a young hairdresser who  tries to better her life by enrolling in a university course.  In English. Feb 23, Feb 25-26, 8pm, also Feb 26, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$190 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9127 0420
Masaaki Suzuki Harpsichord Recital
The Japanese maestro  plays works by composers such as Couperin and  Byrd. A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 23, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$140-HK$360 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430
Just in Time
Rex Chiu, Yvette Nie, Anthony Suen Ming-kit, Wong Tan-ki and others choreograph and perform in a tap dance showcase. Feb 24-26, 8pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$220, HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2576 7622 
The Threepenny Opera
Robert Wilson directs the Berliner Ensemble's production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's musical social satire revolving around a wanted criminal whose beggar father-in-law schemes to get him arrested and hanged. A HK Arts Festival programme. In German with Chinese and English surtitles. Feb 24-26, 8pm, Feb 27, 5pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$160-HK$700 HK Ticketing and Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430
5____(5): The Interview in Synch Interactive theatre work involving a 
pregnant woman's story told through the reincarnations of five strong Shakespearean women interwoven with the tragic history of five fathers. In Cantonese. Feb 25-26, 8pm, also Feb 26-27, 3pm, Black Box Theatre, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei, HK$170 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323 
Asia Pacific Dance Platform
Singaporean dancer-choreographer Daniel K performs his Q & A, a look at consumerism and the relationship between performer and spectator, while local dancer-choreographer Justyne Li performs My Shadow & Me, a work that uses the interaction of her body and its shadow to portray the emergence of a complete self from a cocooning shadow, Feb 25, 8pm, Feb 26, 3pm; and Korean dancer-choreographer Lee Sun-a performs Waves,  a solo exploration of surging sensations, Malaysian dancer-choreographer Suhaili Micheline performs Sepatuku (My Shoes), about a woman's depressing journey in assorted shoes, from traditional woman to promising politician; and Hong Kong dancer-choreographer Elaine Kwok performs Of Mud and Dust, a work of rhythm of breathing and her body's organic movement, Feb 26, 8pm, Feb 27, 3pm. A HK Arts Festival programme. Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430
De Waart conducts Zemlinsky's  Lyric Symphony
Edo de Waart conducts soprano Malin Hartelius, baritone Konrad Jarnot and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra performing works by Richard Strauss and Alexander von Zemlinsky. A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 25, 8pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$380 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2824 2430
Piccadilly Revisited 
Multi-disciplinary presentation featuring the screening of Piccadilly (a 1929  silent film)  accompanied by an ensemble of HK musicians performing British Chinese composers Ruth Chan and Suki Mok's new music score and narration written by David Tse Ka-shing and Alice Lee; also featuring the screening of short films by Shan Ng and O. Zhang. A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 25-26, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430
Brilliant Feminine Passion 2011 
Canto-pop singers Maria Cordero, Pancy Lau Fung-ping  and others in concert. Feb 25, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$180-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2381 2338
Cameron Carpenter Organ Recital
The American organist performs a programme of classical and contemporary works (details to be announced at the performance). A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 26, 8pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2824 2430
re:spect Joey Au Concert 
Canto-pop singer Joey Au Sun-ming  in concert.  Feb 26, 8pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$250. Inquiries:  3171 7722
Room 101
Ramesh Meyyappan directs Theatre of the Silence's thriller inspired by George Orwell's 1984 about a place where people's fears and nightmares are realised. Feb 26, 8pm, Feb 27, 3pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 11 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$100, HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2722 1650
Gigi Leung G Concert 2011 
Canto-pop singer-actress Gigi Leung Wing-kei  performs. Feb 26-27, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$180-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2381 2338
Tree Rhapsody
Tang Lok-yin directs and Kim Seung-lim conducts Kim Do-hyung, Hamm Sukhun, Hennessy Ip and Ensemble TIMF performing Tang's chamber opera about the loyal and selfless relationship between a boy, his dog and a tree (in English with Chinese and English surtitles). Kim Seung-lim  also conducts Ensemble TIMF performing works by Toshio Hosokawa, Chen Xiaoyong and Kim Nam-kuk.  A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 26-27, 8.15pm, Academy for Performing Arts,  1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$160-HK$260  HK Ticketing and Urbtix. Inquiries:  2824 2430
Cinema
Classical in Cinema
iMagine presents a HD programme of classical music concerts and operas, including the following three. Until Jan 2012. AMC Festival Walk, U/G Level, Festival Walk, 80 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong; AMC Pacific Place, L1 Pacific Place, 88 Queensway Rd, Admiralty; Broadway The One, 6-11/F The One, 100 Nathan Rd, TST; and Palace IFC, Podium Level 1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central,  HK$75-HK$120 www.amccinemas.com.hk  and www2.cinema.com.hk. Inquiries:  6336 3595
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
Film of a Salzburg Festival concert that had Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Venezuelan orchestra, pianist Martha Argerich, violinist Renaud Capucon and violincello player Gautier Capucon playing works by Beethoven and Mussorgsky. Feb 20, 11.30am, Palace IFC, Feb 27, 11.30am, AMC Festival Walk, Mar 6, 11.30am, Broadway The One.
The Chopin Piano Concertos
Film of a concert at the Ruhr Piano Festival in Essen during which pianist-maestro Daniel Barenboim turned over the conducting reins to Andris Nelsons to perform works by Chopin with the Staatskapelle Berlin. Nelsons also conducts the orchestra performing Haydn's Symphony in E Minor, Mourning. Feb 20, 11.50am, AMC Festival Walk, Feb 27, 11.30am, Palace IFC, Mar 5, 11.30am, AMC Pacific Place.
Aida
Iano Tamar and Tatiana Serjan  star in a production of Giuseppe Verdi's opera about an Ethiopian princess sold into slavery in Egypt who becomes torn between her family and an Egyptian general she loves. The show was performed against the backdrop of Switzerland's Lake Constance at the Bregenz Festival.  In Italian with Chinese and English subtitles. Feb 20, 5.15pm, Mar 12, 7.20pm, AMC Pacific Place, Mar 13, 5.20pm, Palace IFC.
The Best from the Archive Collection
The Film Archive presents a programme of  25 films that represent the best of its film collection to commemorate its 10th anniversary, including the following three. Until Feb 27. Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd,  Sai Wan Ho, HK$30 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2734 2900
Laugh, Clown, Laugh 
Dramedy about a bank clerk who, faced with the prospect of unemployment, decides to make his living by performing as a clown.  In Putonghua. Feb 20, 2pm, Film Archive. 
The Eternal Love
Film adaptation of After the Reunion, a Puxian opera classic that poignantly examines the woman's role in the traditional Chinese family. Zhu Shilin directs. In  Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles. Feb 20, 4.30pm, Film Archive.
Garden of Repose 
Dramatic adaptation of Ba Jin's novel about the corruption of modern Chinese values through the spoiled younger generation of two families. In Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles. Feb 20, 7pm, Film Archive. 
Pearl River Delta
Image Story
Anita Fung's  mixed-media photographic works depicting a life journey. Mon-Sat, 2pm-7pm, Creative Macau, Ave Xian Xing Hai, Macau, free. Inquiries: (853) 2875 3282. Ends Feb 28  
Wang Yuja: Up Close and Personal
The pianist  discusses her music career and the programme for her Feb 27 recital. In Putonghua, Feb 26, 5pm, Macau Cultural Centre, Ave Xian Xing Hai, Macau, free. Inquiries: (853) 2870 0699 or www.ccm.gov.mo  
Spirit of Austro-German 
Lu Jia conducts violinist Gu Chen, Hong Kong cellist Trey Lee and the Macau Orchestra performing works by Brahms and Bruckner. Feb 26, 8pm, St Dominic's Church, St Dominic's Square, Macau, free with tickets distributed outside the venue one hour before the concert. Inquiries: (853) 2853 0778 or www.icm.gov.mo
Lee Coombs 
The US DJ spins tech funk and acid; DJs E-mail, Mic, Onz and Gordon support. Feb 26, 10pm, Club Lotus Macau, Shop 3002, L5 The Grand Canal Shoppes, The Venetian Macao, Cotai Strip, Macau, 250 patacas (advance), 280 patacas (door). Inquiries: (853) 2882 8011



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