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Exhibitions
There Are Trees Above
Works inspired by Beijing-based artist  Yang Xinguang's paintings that pertain to their surroundings by local artists Chi Hoi, Hei Ng Ka-Chun, Roy Ng Ting-Ho and Frank Tang Kai-Yiu. Today-Sat, 11am-7pm, Gallery Exit, 1 Shin Hing St, Central. Inquiries: 2541 1299. Ends Sat     
Slipping Transmission
Felix Bacolor, Yan Shan-chun, Wah Nu, Tozer Pak and Shirley Tse utilise photography, video, painting, and sculptural objects to trace and magnify the line between performing states and still moments in everyday life. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-7.30pm, Sun, noon-5pm, Osage Soho, Shop 1, LG/F, 45 Caine Rd, SoHo. Inquiries: 2793 4817. Ends Aug 14   
Eminent Figures in the Modern History  of China
Exhibition showcasing the childhood stories of Sun Yat-sen, Hua Luogeng, Mei Lanfang and other distinguished figures. Mon-Tue, Thu-Sun, 10am-7pm, Wed, 1pm-7pm, HK Central Library, 66 Causeway Rd, Causeway Bay. Inquiries: 2921 2660. Ends Aug 15    
Silent Soul
Oriano Galloni's sculptures and paintings  are part of his ongoing exploration of the soul. Tue-Sat, 11am-6pm, Koru 2, Koru Contemporary Art, 16/F, Unit 1604, Hing Wai Centre, 7 Tin Wan Praya Rd, Aberdeen. Inquiries: 2580 5922. Ends Aug 25   
Everlasting Nature, Ever-changing Cities
Paintings by Japanese artists Naoto Tanno and Masato Shigemori  show their contrasting views on urban development and nature, and how humans can coexist with nature. Opening reception today, 7pm. Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm, Sun, 2pm-6pm, Karin Weber Gallery, G/F, 20 Aberdeen St, Central. Inquiries: 2544 5004. Ends Aug  
Sculptural Dimension
Group show of works on the theme of freedom vis a vis democracy by local sculptors Kacey Wong, Rosanna Li, Fiona Wong, Ho Siu-kee, Danny Lee, Kevin Fung and Kum Chi-keung. Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm, Grotto Fine Art, 2/F, 31C-D Wyndham St, Central. Inquiries: 2121 2270. Ends Aug 27  
Signal 8
Summer salon show of works by various artists including British neon artists Rob and Nick Carter,  and Australian painters Guy Maestri,  Paul Davies and Tim Summerton.  Opening reception today, 6pm-9pm. Photographic exhibition: Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm, Cat Street Gallery, 222 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2291 0006. Ends Sept 10. Exhibition of other works: Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm, The Space, 210 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2361 1210. Ends Aug 27  
Impressionism
Giclee prints of works by Impressionist artists including Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro and Edgar Degas.  Opens today; opening reception Sat, 6pm-8pm. Daily, 11am-10pm, Gallery by the Harbour, Shop 207, L2 Ocean Centre, Harbour City, Canton Rd, TST. Inquiries:  2723 1928. Ends Aug 21  
Virtuosity and Innovation: The Masterful Legacy of Lam Kar-sing
Exhibition featuring libretti, records, costumes and audio and video clips of the eminent Cantonese opera figure  that bear testimony to his artistic career and accomplishments.  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 May 14, 2012  
Performing Arts
Percussion Parallels - Louis Siu and  Vicky Shin 
The two percussionists perform works including Daniel Lentz's The Bacchus Codices   and Austin Yip's Resonance of the Cornerless. Aug 4, 5.30pm, Rm 123, Main Building, Main Campus, University of HK, Pok Fu Lam, free. Inquiries: hellhotfestival.org 
Lady la Tiger
Jim Chim Sui-man stars in PIP Theatre's comedy show about the status, role and identity of contemporary women. Also starring Tyson Chak Hoi-tai and Harriet Yeung Sze-man. In Cantonese. Aug 4-7, 9-14, 7.30pm, also Aug 6-7, 13-14, 2.30pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$170-HK$430 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2421 6176 
Opus Two 
The US music duo of violinist William Terwilliger and pianist Andrew Cooperstock  play works by composers including Leonard Bernstein and Bright Sheng. Aug 4, 7.30pm, Chong Yuet Ming Theatre, University of HK, Pok Fu Lam, free. Inquiries: hellhotfestival.org   
Stargazing by the Sea with McDull 
Yip Wing-sie presents (in Cantonese) and conducts the HK Sinfonietta performing works including Debussy's La Mer: Play of the Waves and Johann Strauss Jnr's Tales from the Vienna Woods. Aug 4-7, 7.30pm, also Aug 6-7, 3pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$140-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336
Addicted
Open Quotation Mark Theatre's drama about a man who is influenced by his friends and becomes addicted to drugs and the effect it has on his relationships with his loved ones.  In Cantonese. Aug 4-5, 8pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6178 2508
Khloe Chu Illusion Live 2011
Canto-pop singer Khloe Chu Chi-hiu  in concert. Aug 4, 8pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$150, HK$380 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: khloechu.com 
Caveman
Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre's adaptation of Rob Becker's Defending the Caveman, a comedy about the misunderstandings between men and women. In Cantonese with English surtitles. Aug 4, 8.15pm, Aug 6, 8.30pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$130, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquires: 6377 7240
SMS 2011 - Disney's Beauty and the Beast
The Academy for Performing Arts' Excel 2011 Summer Musical School presents a musical revolving around an intelligent young woman and a man cursed to be monstrously ugly unless he can learn to love and earn another person's love. In English. Aug 5-8, 3pm, 8pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$170-HK$315 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2584 8721 
Ball Ball Show 
Magician Harry Wong stars in this magic theatre show in which he transforms into a royal crustacean and uses his wizardry to create balls for a puppy and its friend. Aug 5-8, 7.30pm, also Aug 6-7, 3pm, Aug 7, 11am, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044
Twelfth Night
Hardy Tsoi Sik-cheong and Octavian Chan Cheuk-wai direct HK Theatre Works' production of William Shakespeare's comedy employing a love-craze entanglement to show that people are often beguiled by superficial beauty. In Cantonese. Aug 5-6, 7.30pm, also Aug 6-7, 3pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3173 3660
My Little Green Planet
HK Dance Company Children's Troupe and Youth Troupe perform an environmentally themed grand dance poem that is an ode to our planet. Aug 5-6, 7.45pm, also Aug 6-7, 3pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120, HK$180; and Aug 13, 7.45pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$90, HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 1806 
Diocesan Wind Orchestra Annual Concert: The Planets
Victor Tam conducts flautist Wilson Ng Wai-sai, the wind orchestra and the Diocesan Girls' School Band performing works including  Holst's The Planets and First Suite for Military Band.  Aug 5, 8pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$100-HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9263 7275
June Bride
Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre's musical adaptation of the Eileen Chang-scripted rom-com film centring on a woman who is about to marry and suddenly realises that she has a greater choice of men to take as her possible groom. In Putonghua. Aug 5, 8.15pm, Aug 6-7, 2.30pm, also Aug 6, 5pm, Aug 13, 7.30pm, 9.45pm, Aug 14, 8.30pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$120-HK$230 Urbtix. Inquiries:  6377 7240
Pong Nan: A Night of Glamour and Decadence
Indie-pop singer-songwriter Pong Nan Yik-pong  performs. Aug 5-7, 8.15pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$280, HK$380 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2541 6778
Kim Sun Sing Cantonese Opera Troupe
Chan Kim-sing, Wan Fai-yin and other troupe members perform: The Lioness Roars, Aug 6, 7.30pm, Tai Po Civic Centre, 12 On Pong Rd,  Tai Po, HK$100-HK$220; General Di Qing and Princess Shuang Yang, Aug 7, 7.30pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun, HK$100-HK$240; and The Chivalrous Thief and His Beloved Princess, Aug 14, 7.30pm, Ko Shan Theatre, 77 Ko Shan Road, Hung Hom, HK$100-HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325
Jam Hsiao World Tour 2011 : Hong Kong
Taiwanese Mando-pop singer Jam Hsiao Jing-teng in concert. Aug 6-7, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$180-HK$780 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2715 3850
Peter and AK Special Live in HK
Taiwanese-American actor-singer Peter Ho Yun-tung and Taiwanese Mando-pop duo AK in concert. Aug 6, 8.15pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$280, HK$380 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 3549 8998 
HK Youth Music Camp Concerts 2011
Nancy Menk conducts the Camp Youth Choir, Lee Ying conducts the Chinese Orchestra and Wang Jiayang conducts the Junior String Orchestra performing works by composers including Handel and Respighi. Aug 7, 3pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$40-HK$80 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2796 1003 
Sense Live!
Teddy Lo, Keith Lam, Lam Miu-ling, Chris Cheung and Samson Young collaborate with professional dancers to produce a multimedia performance in a traditional theatre space. Aug 7, 7.30pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$80, HK$120 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 9863 3068 
Concert by China Philharmonic Orchestra (Hong Kong)
Lim Kek Han conducts violinist Patricio Lau and the orchestra performing works by Mozart and Tchaikovsky. Aug 7, 8pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$80-HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321   
James Blunt Live in Hong Kong 2011
 The English pop-rock singer-songwriter in concert. Aug 7, 8pm, AsiaWorld Expo - AsiaWorld Arena, HK International Airport, Lantau, HK$480-HK$780 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2877 8260 
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live in Hong Kong
The American rock band in concert; The Mars Volta guest. Aug 9, 8pm, AsiaWorld Expo - AsiaWorld Arena, HK International Airport, Lantau, HK$380-HK$880 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2853 7643   
De Ling and Empress Dowager Ci Xi
Art of Cantonese Opera's Cantonese opera adaptation of He Jiping's play about how the powerful, elderly Qing empress is touched by a young woman's pure heart and love for her country. Starring Liza Wang Ming-chun. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Aug 10-14, 7.30pm, also Apr 14, 2pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$100-HK$480 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2388 3850
A Decade of Innovation - MJ Relived
The Academy for Performing Arts' Excel 2011 Summer Musical School presents an eight-scene song and dance musical tribute to Michael Jackson. Aug 11-14, 8pm, also Aug 13-14, 3pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$170-HK$340  HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2584 8721 
A Kid's Story
Theatre Lab's drama centring on a woman, with an autistic younger sister, who decides to become a social worker caring for autistic children. In Cantonese. Aug 11-14, 8pm, Aug 13-14, 3pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquires: 9236 0498
Bach at Leipzig
Loft Stage's adaptation of Itamar Moses' comedy about six musicians competing for the position of cantor of the Thomaskirche  (St Thomas Church) in Leipzig. In Cantonese. Aug 11-13, 18-20, 8pm, Aug 14, 21, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$240, HK$290, Urbtix. Inquiries: 3746 5216
Suede Live in Hong Kong
The Britpop band in concert. Aug 11, 8pm, AsiaWorld Expo, HK International Airport, Lantau, HK$580, HK$780 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2877 8260
Zhong Nuis' Antidote
Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre's drama about how five single women  each deal with growing older. In Cantonese. Aug 11-12, 8.15pm, Aug 13, 2.15pm, 4.30pm, Aug 14, 2.30pm, 5pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$130, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6377 7240
Dracula
Peter Jordan directs the Chung Ying Theatre's adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel about a vampiric count who lives in a castle in the wilds of Transylvania. In Cantonese. Aug 12-13, 18-20, 7.30pm, also Aug 13-14, 20-21, 2.30pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$160-HK$280; and Aug 27, 7.30pm, Aug 28, 2.30pm, Yuen Long Theatre, Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$140-HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3961 9803 
Les Ames Nocturnes
Cecile Roussat and Julien Lubek star in Le Shlemil Theatre's show centring on a quarrelsome couple who toss and turn in bed, caught up in a strange series of fleeting dreams, that incorporates elements of mime, dance, circus arts and object theatre. With limited English dialogue. Aug 12-13, 7.30pm, also Aug 13-14, 3pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$140-, HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2370 1044 
My Beautiful Life
Trinity Theatre performs scriptwriter-director Allen Ma's drama about an ordinary man hitherto living an average life who decides he wants to rehearse for his own funeral. In Cantonese. Aug 12-13, 7.30pm, also Aug 13-14, 3pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044
Duet Sing it up World Tour 2011
Singer brothers Andrew and Peter Cheung perform Canto-pop. Aug 12-14, 8.15pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$150-HK$450 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2307 2034
Stars of Tomorrow 2011
More than 1,000 students of the Jean M. Wong School of Ballet perform  La Fille Mar Gardee (The Wayward Daughter), the comedy ballet inspired by a 1789 painting by  Pierre-Antoine Baudouin; ballet dancers Lu Meng, Liu Qian, Carlo Pacis and Rye Bautista also perform. Aug 13-14, 7.30pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$160-HK$350 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2886 3992 
Guzheng Recital (VII) by Tsui Nang-keung
Guzheng player Tsui and the HK Zheng Artist Association ensemble play works including Love Affairs beyond the Frontier and The Butterfly Lovers. Aug 13, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2588 1828



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