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Exhibitions
The Dreamscape
Ten CreativeKids students and alumni express their career dreams through collage, installation and painting. Today, 9am-9pm, 1/F Lobby, Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2132 8601. Ends today  
Garnering the Essence - Ren Zhe Asian Exhibition Tour 2011
Chinese artist Ren Zhe's  bronze and stainless steel sculptures of ancient warriors and civil officials. Daily, 11am-10pm, Gallery by the Harbour, Shop 207, L2 Ocean Centre, Harbour City, Canton Rd, TST. Inquiries: 2139 2345. Ends Sept 11   
A Summer Group Show
Works by Vincent Yu Wai-kin, Dustin Shum Wan-yat, So Hing-keung,  Rachel Ip Hui-yin and other Hong Kong-based photographers. Tue-Sun, noon-2pm, 3pm-7pm, The Upper Station, 22 Upper Station St, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 3486 2474. Ends Sept 15   
To Be Continued - Hong Kong
Works by Filipino conceptual artist Robert Chabet that utilise his signature materials of plywood, metal sheets and other common materials. Daily, 10am-7pm, Osage Kwun Tong, 5/F, Kian Dai Industrial Building, 73-75 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong. Inquiries:  2793 4817. Ends Sept 21   
The Art of Architecture
Exhibition of the international architectural achievements of Norman Foster's Foster + Partners. Daily, 10am-8pm, Pao Galleries, 4 & 5/F HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: press@fosterandpartners.com. Ends Sept 22   
Street Level
Photographs by Helen and Lachlan Boyd inspired by their  visits to several cities. Daily, 8.30am-7pm, Dairy Farm Building, 100 Peak Rd, The Peak. Inquiries: 2818 3233. Ends  Sept 23 
Beyond Walls
Exhibition highlighting the consultancy side of the host gallery by focusing on artists experienced in public artworks such as Lynn Basa and Danny Lee Chin-fai.  Opening reception today, 4pm. Thu-Sun, 2pm-6pm, Blue Lotus Gallery, Wah Luen Industrial Building, 5/F Block A, Unit 24, 15-21 Wong Chuk Yeung St, Fo Tan. Inquiries: 6100 1295. Ends Oct 1     
Made in Britain: Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection 1980-2010
Works by 36 groups of British artists, such as Young British Artists that includes Damien Hirst. 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 Oct 9    
Faces of Endearment: A Tribute to Supporting Actors
Exhibition featuring images and film clips paying homage to character actors and related unsung heroes from 1950s and 60s Cantonese cinema. Mon-Wed, Fri-Sun, 10am-8pm, HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho. Inquiries: 2739 2139. Ends Oct 30 
Performing Arts   
Reverie on an EmpireHK Repertory Theatre  stages a period drama about Yuan Shikai, the military chief  who became the president of the Republic of China and crowned himself emperor. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Sept 4, 10-11, 2.45pm, also Sept 6-10, 7.45pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$130-HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900  
Can We Talk About This?
 DV8 Physical Theatre's dance production about freedom of speech and censorship.  Sept 4, 3pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$180-HK$420 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323 
Joseph Koo's Classic Melodies 
Leung Kwok-shing directs and choreographs the HK Dance Company's production in which dances are set to music by Joseph Koo Ka-fai. Sept 4, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180-HK$300; and Sept 17, 7.45pm, Sept 18, 3pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$80-HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 1815
The Last Supper
HK Repertory Theatre  puts on a drama  about a meal shared by a mother and her suicidal  son. In Cantonese. Sept 4, 10, 17, 3pm, also Sept 4, 6-11, 14-17, 8pm, HKRep Black Box, 8/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900 
Totally Sondheim
Glen Chin directs SidebySidebySidebySide's musical-theatre show celebrating the music of Stephen Sondheim, with a Hong Kong flavour. In English. Sept 4, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9413 9210  
Waiting for the Match
Cinematic Theatre and iStage's drama about three men   who patronise a  match-making company that guarantees success.  In Cantonese. Sept 4, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$260, HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2567 5888
Angela and Hayden in Concert
Teenage violinist Angela Chan and teenage pianist Hayden Kwan  play works by composers including Sarasate  and Rachmaninov. Sept 4, 7.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$50, HK$80 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 9371 3889
HK Young Talent Cantonese 
Opera TroupeLam Tin-yau and Lai Yiu-wai star in the Cantonese opera troupe's performance of: the part tragic, part comic  A Triumphant Return, Sept 4, 7.30pm; and A Muddlehead's Love, an opera  about the ambitious and arrogant son of Lan Gate's chief commander Meng Huimu, Oct 8, 7.30pm, Tai Po Civic Centre, 12 On Pong Rd, Tai Po. Yuen Sin-ting, Kwan Hoi-shan and Cheng Nga-kei star in the troupe's production of The Rendezvous (from The Butterfly Lovers), Sept 9, 7.30pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan. All shows: in Cantonese, HK$90-HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325 
Mimi Choo In Concert 2011
The veteran Canto-pop singer-actress (aka Mimi Chu Mi-mi) performs. Sept 4, 8.15pm,  HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$180-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2381 2338  
Michael Wong Live in Hong Kong 2011
Malaysian singer-songwriter Michael Wong Kong Leong  serves up Mando-pop. Sept 4, 8.30pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$180-HK$480 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2313 9198
Johnny Ip 40th Anniversary Live 2011
Veteran Canto-pop singer Johnny Ip Chun-tong  in concert. Sept 5-6, 7.30pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$120-HK$350 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 9520 7558  
Love, Wong, Mess
Dramaddict's drama about a man  who barges into his lover's house to kill her because  their relationship has soured. In Cantonese. Sept 9-10, 7.45pm, Sept 11, 2.45pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$135, HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9263 5701  
A Life
Jacob Yu directs Theatre Space's adaptation of Irish playwright Hugh Leonard's drama  about a day in the life of a self-important man who has driven away all friends with his acerbic tongue. In Cantonese. Sept 9-10, 8pm, Sept 11, 3pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$160; Sept 17, 8pm, Sept 18, 3pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun, HK$140; and Sept 24, 8pm, Sept 25, 3pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2540 1011
Dan's Exhibitionist
Dancer-choreographer Daniel Yeung Chun-kwong  directs and stars in a reworking of his Dance Exhibition - A Paradise for Natural Body in which ego and alter-ego fight it out in  a body. Sept 9-10, 8pm, Sept 11, 5pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$160, HK$200 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2268 7323
Demolition
Fringe Mime Laboratory's drama exploring the imbalance between material civilisation and cultural progress in people's quality of life. Sept 9-10, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Cenrtal, HK$100 (members HK$80) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251  
Laugh Me to the Moon
Kearen Pang Production's one-woman show based on actress-playwright Kearen Pang's short stories centring on a disillusioned  teacher who tries to  fulfil her childhood dreams by entering a comedy contest. In Cantonese. Sept 9-10, 8pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$120-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325
Punch and Judy
The Nonsensemakers' adaptation of American playwright  Bill Svanoe's drama about two women - one just divorced  from her rich husband, the other a writer who is having an affair with a married man - getting together to write a novel. In Cantonese. Sept 9-10, 8pm,also Sept 10-11, 3pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$160, HK$220; and Sept 23-24, 8pm, Sept 24-25, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$200, HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3746 5219 
Trpceski's Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3
Lawrence Renes conducts Macedonian pianist Simon Trpceski and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra performing Rachmaninov's Piano Concert No 3 and Symphony No 2. Sept 9-10, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$140-HK$400 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030 
G.E.M. Get Everybody Moving 2011 Part II
Singer-songwriter  Gloria Tang Shi-wing (aka G.E.M.) performs Mando-pop, Canto-pop and R&B. Sept 9-10, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$180-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2381 2338
The Dehydrated
321 Action's drama centring on a woman  with two suitors vying for her affection. In Cantonese. Sept 9-10, 8.15pm, Sept 11, 3pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 8103 0321
String Meditation
Dancer Kamong, pipa and zhong ruan player Mavis Lam, actor Thomas Chan, vocalist Gabriel Kwok and visual artist Yung Wing-yan serve up an interactive musical show. Sept 9, 8.30pm, Culture Club, 15 Elgin St, SoHo, HK$150, includes one drink. Inquiries:  2127 7936
The Wiggles Live in Concert
Children's musical entertainers Wiggles Anthony, Murray, Jeff and Sam perform with friends including Wags the Dog  and Henry the Octopus. Sept 10, 2pm, 5pm, Sept 11, 11am, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$395-HK$550 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: info@propublicity.com 
Pipe Organ Recital by Joseph Nolan 
The Australian organist plays works by Widor, Dupre, Frank and Durufl?.  Sept 10, 5pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, free with ticket. Inquiries: 2734 2820 
As You Like It
Shakespeare4All's production of William Shakespeare's comedy about hidden identities and young couples'  struggles with love, featuring a cast of local school students. In English with Chinese summary. Sept 10, 8pm, Sept 11, 3pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$50-HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2520 1716
Fumiaki Miura HK D?but
Alessandro Crudele conducts the Japanese violinist and the HK Sinfonietta performing works by Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky. Sept 10, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336 
More About Love
Leon Chu, Stephen Lam, Connie Ho and Gigi Wong conduct the Wednesday Singers, Ponte Singers and the Chinese University of HK Chorus performing songs such as I Will Always Love You and Can't Help Fallin' in Love. Sept 10, 8pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$80 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6039 6564
Cinema  
Restored Treasures
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department presents a continuing series of movies that have undergone restoration work, including the following film. Ongoing. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$40 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2901  
Black Narcissus Drama centring on a group of nuns sent to establish a new convent in the Himalayas who are disturbed by a number of  incidents that lead them to  self-doubt, envy and madness. Starring Deborah Kerr. In English with English subtitles. Sept 4, 2pm, also Sept 18, 7pm, HK Film Archive.  
Bodyguard 
Salman Khan  stars in the third remake of Siddique's romantic actioner centring on  a man who gets assigned to guard the beautiful college student daughter (Kareena Kapoor)  of a wealthy and powerful tycoon. In Hindi with English subtitles. Sept 4, 5.30pm, GH Whampoa, L2 Whampoa Plaza, Whampoa Garden, 7 Tak On St, Hung Hom, HK$120-HK$180. Inquiries: 2366 7725  
Classical in Cinema
Music Art & Film Culture Promotion Association of HK presents a HD programme of classical music concerts and operas, including the following two HD films. Until Jan 2012. AMC Pacific Place, L1 Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty; Broadway The One,  6-11/F The One, 100 Nathan Rd, TST; Grand Ocean, Ocean Centre, 3 Canton Rd, TST; and Palace IFC, Podium Level 1, IFC Mall,  8 Finance St, Central, HK$75-HK$120 www.amccinemas.com.hk (for AMC Pacific Place), cinema.com.hk (for Broadway cinemas) and 2377 2100 (for Grand Ocean). Inquiries: 6336 3595
Karajan Memorial Concert on his 100th Birthday
Film of a concert at Vienna's Musikverein during which Seiji Ozawa conducts German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Berliner Philharmoniker playing works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and J.S. Bach. Sept 4, 7pm, The Podium, Cyberport 2.
Romeo et Juliette
Film of the Salzburg Festival production of  Charles Gounod's operatic adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragic romantic story about two star-crossed lovers (tenor Rolando Villaz?n and soprano Nino Machaidze).  Yannick N?zet-S?guin  conducts the  Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg and Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor.  In French with Chinese and English subtitles. Sept 4, 7pm, Palace IFC.   
Jumping Frames Dance Video Festival
City Contemporary Dance Company presents an international dance video showcase including the following short film programme. Until Sept 5. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei; HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST; and Palace IFC, Podium Level 1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central, HK$60 Urbtix (for HK Space Museum screenings) and HK$75-HK$120 cinema.com.hk (for other screenings). Inquiries: 2329 7803
Maurice Lai, Local Dance  Video Director
Five dance videos directed by Maurice Lai of works choreographed by Yuri Ng Yue-lit, Ong Yong Lock, Chou Shu-yi and Noel Pong Chi-kwan. No dialogue. Sept 4, 7.30pm, HK  Space Museum.   
Repertory Cinema 2011: Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton
Leisure and Cultural Services Department presents a programme of 27 films starring Charles Spencer 'Charlie' Chaplin (1889-1977), Buster Keaton (1895-1966) and Harold Lloyd (1893-1971), including the following double bill. Until Oct 23. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho; HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East; and HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$55 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900 
The Idle Class + The Pilgrim
Double bill of Charlie Chaplin films in which he plays both an alcoholic rich man spending his days alone at a resort hotel and a tramp who stumbles by accident into the hotel's masquerade ball in one, and a fugitive  mistaken for a Puritan community's new pastor in the other. Silent with music and English intertitles. Sept 4, 7.30pm, HK Film Archive, Sept 18, 8pm, HK Science Museum. 
Around Town 
Kitty Intelligence beta
Hello Kitty-themed experiential exhibition game in which participants go to the Sanrio Robotics Institute to become trainee engineers under Kitty da Vinki. Aug 28,  Sept 3-4, 11am-9pm,  Discovery Park, 396 Castle Peak Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$85-HK$325 Cityline. Inquiries: ki-beta.com   
Christie's Wine Auction
Autumn auction of 572 lots of wines including vintage 1981 to 2005 Ch?teau Lafite Rothschild. Sept 4, noon, Christie's HK, 22/F Alexandra House, 18 Chater Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2521 5396
 Lantern Wonderland
Mid-Autumn Festival lantern displays, with a giant fish-shaped lantern sculpture centrepiece, and associated carnival activities. Sept 4-10, 6.30pm-11pm, Sept 11-13, 6.30pm-midnight, Soccer Pitch No 6, Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, free. Inquiries:  2508 1234  
Mid-Autumn Thematic  Lantern Exhibitions
Festive display of lanterns. Until Sept 18: Daily, 6.30pm-11pm, West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade. Also until Oct 9: daily, 6.30pm-11pm, HK Cultural Centre Piazza, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, free. Inquiries: 2591 1340  
Be the Best You Can Be - In Every Way
Business Finishing College founder  June Dally-Watkins talks about how to stay the best you can be. In English. Sept 5, 6.30pm, Aston Institute, 5/F Tai Yip Building, 141 Thomson Rd, Wan Chai, HK$90 (English-Speaking Union members HK$75). Inquiries: 2186 8449  
Trouble in Shangri-La: Tibetan Artists' Travels in the Contemporary Art World
University of Oxford art historian-visual anthropologist Clare Harris lectures on Tibetan art and how the contemporary art world is no Shangri-la for Tibetan artists. In English. Sept 5, 6.30pm, A Space, 1001, 10/F, 233 Hollywood Rd, Sheung Wan, free, registration required. Inquiries: 2815 1112  
Get to Know Copp?lia!
HK Ballet artistic director Madeleine Onne shares backstage information about the HK Ballet's creative process for its staging of the comic ballet and a dance preview of the show. In English. Sept 6, 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, free, registration required. Inquiries: 2105 9724  
Charity Quiz
Carol Keen is quiz mistress for a quiz evening in aid of Parkinson's disease. In English. Sept 6, 8pm, The Globe, Garley Building, 45-53 Graham St, Central, HK$100, includes one drink. Inquiries: 2543 1941  
Will the Chinese Economy Slow Down?
China's National Economic Research Institute director Fan Gang and Nobel Prize-winning economist James Mirrlees discuss China's economic prospects and their implications for China and the rest of the world; Hang Lung Properties chairman Ronnie C. Chan moderates. In English. Sept 7, noon JW Marriot Hotel, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, HK$590 (Asia Society members HK$490), includes lunch, booking required. Inquiries: 2103 9508 
Cafe Scientifique
Polar explorer-environmentalist Robert Swan  discusses his Antarctic travels and the important environmental lessons that he learned from them. In English. Sept 7, 7pm, Rm 307, British Council, 3 Supreme Court Rd, Admiralty, free, registration required. Inquiries: climate@britishcouncil.org.hk  
An Artist in Antarctica
Australian artist Stephen Eastaugh talks about and shows Winterover, his 30-minute documentary  about his time at an Antarctic scientific base making art and surrounded by thousands of kilometres of snow, mountains, icebergs and penguins. In English. Sept 8, 7.30pm, Foreign Correspondents' Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$250 (members HK$175), includes dinner, booking required. Inquiries: 2521 1511 
Kowloon Bazaar
Vendors selling handicrafts, household items, fashion accessories and more; part of the proceeds go to Rotary Club of Kowloon Golden Mile. Sept 10, 11am-8pm, Regal Kowloon Hotel, 71 Mody Rd, TST, free entry. Inquiries: 2333 4421



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