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Exhibitions
Scale, Economy and Unnamable Colour
American abstract painter Frances Barth's imaginary landscapes feature lush combinations of unnamable colours that do not exist in nature. Today, 11am-7pm, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, 57-59 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2581 9678. Ends today
Free Run
Works on industrial cardboard by Kaka Peco featuring her distinct style of drip figurative painting. Today, 11am-7pm, Fabrik Contemporary Art, Gallery 12, Art One, M/F Convention Plaza, 1 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2525 4911. Ends today
rites, thoughts, notes, sparks, swings, strikes. a hong kong spring
Non-spatial exhibition featuring works by Liu Chuang, Mona Vatamanum, Florin Tudor, Alfian bin Sa'at and Zheng Guogu. Today, noon-7pm, Para/Site Art Space, G/F, 4, Po Yan St, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2517 4620. Ends today 
Mapmaker's Dream
John Wong Chi-ming's works showcase his fascination with maps and paintings, and seek to show audiences the way to utopia. Today, by appointment, Front/Side Gallery, Tang's Studio, L5-05, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei. Inquiries: frontsidegallery@yahoo.com.hk. Ends today 
Fading Glory
Ink-on-paper works by Hong Kong-based Canadian artist Peter Yuill that document empires and the machines attributed to their rise. Today, 11am-5pm, Cat Street Gallery, 222 Hollywood Rd, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2291 0006. Ends today
Bernar Venet
Seven large works by the French sculptor that express his interest in the mathematics of order versus chaos. A Le French May programme. Opens today. Open 24 hours, HK Cultural Centre and HK Museum of Art Piazza (outdoors), 10 Salisbury Rd, TST. Inquiries: frenchmay.com. Ends May 21
Comix and the City
Comix Home Base exhibition with works by local comics artists and animators including Ma Wing-shing, Yeung Hok-tak and Alice Mak Kar-bik that show the city's charms. Daily, 10am-8pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2582 0200. Ends May 25 
Escape from Hong Kong - the Road to Waichow
Exhibition detailing the daring Christmas Day 1941 escape from Japanese-occupied Hong Kong by a one-legged Chinese admiral and a group of British intelligence officers and sailors. Mon-Wed, Fri-Sun, 10am-5pm, closed Thu, HK Museum of Coastal Defence, 175 Tung Hei Rd, Shau Kei Wan, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2569 1500. Ends Jun 30 
Performing Arts
Miss Q Day Day Love
PIP Theatre's Harriet Yeung Sze-man's solo comedy show about a talk show hostesss who seeks to help people overcome their love problems. In Cantonese. Today, May 5, 2.30pm, also today, May 12, 7.30pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$195, HK$295 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2294 8004
Cabaret 2012
Whole Theatre's musical theatre show. In Cantonese. Today, May 1, 5-6, 12-13, 3pm, also Apr 30, May 3-5, 7-8, 10-12, 8pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$180, HK$190 Urbtix. Inquiries: 8201 2989
Twelve Angry Men
Theatre Space's production of Reginald Rose's drama about 12 jurors serving a homicide case who have to come up with a unanimous decision in order to convict. In Cantonese. Today, May 5-6, 3pm, also May 3-5, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2540 1011
Albert Au 35th Anniversary Concert
Veteran pop singer Albert Au Shui-keung performs. Today, 8pm, Queen Elizabeth Stadium, 18 Oi Kwan Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2744 5191
Andrey Ponochevny: Hong Kong Debut
The Belarussian pianist gives a recital of works by Janacek, Medtner, Prokofiev and Scarlatti. Today, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$140-HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6949 1471
La Guitarra Fiesta 2012
Musicians Albert Leung, Ng Wa-king, Kwan Sze-wai, Liu Sai-man, Michael Chan, Agatha Tsui and Florence Tsang, and the HK International Institute of Music Guitar Ensemble perform works including Jiri Jirmal's Baden Jazz Suite and Toru Takemitsu's Bad Boy. Apr 30, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$40-HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9382 9765
KK Live in Hong Kong
The Indian playback singer (aka Krishnakumar Kunnath) in concert. May 1, 8pm, Jockey Club Auditorium, HK Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, HK$450-HK$1,200 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 9037 8869 
Salute To French Music Masters
Tenor Man Kin-ping conducts and performs songs by Saint-Saens, Berlioz, Bizet, Debussy, Faure, Gounod, Offenbach, Massenet, Bruno Coulais, Jean Paul Egide Martini and Guy d'Hardelot with soprano Xu Xiaoping, the HK City Choir, HK City Youth Choir, Plaisir Ensemble and The Shatin Children's Choir. A Le French May programme. May 1, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$140-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9614 0383
Songs of May
The China Singers presents a concert with performances of works including music from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. May 1, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9128 8994
The Intimacy of Creativity 2012: World Premiere Concerts
Flautist Adrian Spence, violinists Catherine Leonard and Austin Yip, cellists Trey Lee and Raman Ramakrishnan, pianists Michael Djupstrom, Bright Sheng, Joan Tower, Matt Van Brink and Zhang Haochen, marimba player Jung Ji-hye and vocalist-violinist Jonathan Wong perform works including Emma-Ruth Richards' Piano Trio No 1 and Jonathan Wong's Contented, May 1, 8pm; and flautist Spence, violinists Leonard and Mark O'Connor, violinist-violist Ara Gregorian, violist Sophie Stanley, cellist Ramakrishnan, pianists Djupstrom and Sheng, and marimba player-percussionist Jung play works including Pedro Faria Gomes' Dual and Bright Sheng's Melodies of a Flute, May 6, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$200, HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2358 8350
The Black and the Blue of a Man
Chan Chu-hei directs the HK Academy for Performing Arts' production of Poon Wai-sum's drama about five men in search of an objective ... in a brothel. In Cantonese. May 2-5, 7.30pm, also May 5, 2.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$65, HK$100 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2854 8500
Couleurs de France
Composer Alain Bancquart conducts flautist Pierre-Yves Artaud, pianist Nancy Loo, harpsichordist David Chung and the HK Wind Kamerata performing works by him, Boismortier, Bereau, Francaix and Bernard. A Le French May programme. May 2, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$150, HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: frenchmay.com
Tahiti 80
The French indie pop band performs. A Le French May programme. May 2, 8pm, Hidden Agenda, 2A Wing Fu Industrial Building, 15-17 Tai Yip St, Kwun Tong, HK$250 (advance), HK$300 (door). Inquiries: 9170 6073 
Vincent
Adam Harris stars in Leonard Nimoy's play exploring the life and art of Vincent van Gogh. In English. May 2-5, 8pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9127 0420 
A Hymn for St Cecilia: The Cecilian Singers Spring Concert 2012
Jennie Wong Yat-tsz conducts the choir and organist Cherry Chan performing songs by composers including Herbert Howells, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Thomas Morley; all proceeds go to the Brotherhood Charity Foundation to help the elderly of Hong Kong. May 3, 7.30pm, Methodist International Church, 271 Queen's Rd East, Wan Chai, HK$150. Inquiries: 2849 4456
2012 HK Dance Awards
Eve Leung and Dominic Wong Dick-man host the annual awards show that also features performances by the City Contemporary Dance Company, HK Dance Company, the HK Academy for Performing Arts' School of Dance and the HK Ballet. May 4, 8pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$100, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2267 6631
Cello Pop
The Red Cello Quartet plays pop music by The Beatles, Lady Gaga, Leonard Cohen and The White, and also Arensky's String Quartet in A Minor. May 4-5, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$125 (members HK$100) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251
Concert of Tang Chi-wai's Works
Canto-pop singers Raymond Lam Fung, Ron Ng Cheuk-hei, Bosco Wong Chung-chak and others perform works composed by Tang. May 4-5, 8pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$160-HK$480 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2785 7166
Diving for Needles
Cally Yip, Rainbow Lam, Queenie Chick, Alice Ma and Rebcca Wong choreograph and perform in E-Side Dance Company's presentation that explores femininity. May 4-5, 8pm, also May 5, 4pm, May 6, 2.30pm, 4.30pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2372 9351
The Dream of the Red Chamber
Yan Huichang conducts cellist Trey Lee, violinist Yao Jue and the HK Chinese Orchestra playing Wang Liping's The Dream of Red Chamber Suite (Excerpts), Tung Chao-ming and Trey Lee's The Dream of Red Chamber Suite for Cello and Orchestra and Chen Gang (arranger)'s The Dream of the Red Chamber for Violin and Orchestra. May 4-5, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$150-HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3185 1600
Three Alexanders
Alexander Lazarev conducts the HK Philharmonic Orchestra playing works by Glazunov, Stravinsky and Borodin. May 4-5, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030
XV: Hong Kong (Re-)Mixed
Local theatre artist Janice Poon and Paris-based sound and video artist Panasthetik. (aka Jason Jagello), present a live audiovisual and audiotextual show utilising audiovisual and textual fragements of Hong Kong; Ellen Pau also performs. May 4-5, 8pm, Multimedia Theatre, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, 135 Junction Rd, Kowloon, HK$100, HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6170 1742
Nasser
The French electro-rock band performs. A Le French May programme. May 5, 8pm, Hidden Agenda, 2A Wing Fu Industrial Building, 15-17 Tai Yip St, Kwun Tong, HK$200 (presale at Alliance Francaise, Wan Chai and Jordan), HK$240 (door). Inquiries: frenchmay.com
Orchestra from Planet X
The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of HK and the Magic Circle Mime Company collaborate to perform a combination orchestral music and visual theatre show exploring the impact of the New World on the music of the orchestra. May 5, 8pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan; and May 6, 3pm, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$500 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2521 7673 
Cinema
100 Must-See Hong Kong Movies
The HK Film Archive presents a programme of 100 Hong Kong films from 1916 to 1999, including the following film. Until 2014. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$55 www.cinema.com.hk; and HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$30 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900 
Martial Club
Lau Kar-leung's 1981 action comedy tells the story of kung fu master Wong Fei-hung's youth. Starring Gordon Liu Chia-hui and Wai Ying-hung. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Today, 2pm, Broadway Cinematheque.
The Strange Case of Hong Kong Amoy Cinema
The HK Film Archive presents a programme of Amoy-dialect and reference films produced in Hong Kong, including the following three films. Until May 27. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$40 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2739 2139
A Good Couple
 Comedy loosely based on Zhu Shilin's Between Husband and Wife (1958) about a young wife's attempts to lead her husband away from a life of debauchery. In Amoy dialect with Chinese subtitles. Today, 2pm, HK Film Archive.
Between Husband and Wife
Zhu Shilin's comedy about a young husband pre-occupied with work who neglects his wife and her friends' decision to teach him a lesson by throwing a party. Starring Hsia Moon and Tong Yi. In Mandarin. Today, 4.30pm, HK Film Archive.
A Woman Searches for Her Husband Overseas
Drama about a woman who comes to Hong Kong to look for her husband after he loses contact with his family on the mainland. In Amoy dialect with Chinese subtitles. Today, 7.30pm, HK Film Archive.
Alternative Histories: The Cinema of Evans Chan
The HK Arts Centre and Evans Chan present a programme of nine films by Evans Chan Yiu-shing and one reference film by Zhu Shilin, including the following four films. Ends today. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$60 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2582 0273
To Liv(e)
Evans Chan Yiu-shing's 1992 drama inspired by actress Liv Ullmann's 1990 visit to Hong Kong - where she decried the forced deportation of Vietnamese refugees - examines love, family and the fate of Hong Kong, and the culture clash between East and West. Starring Lindzay Chan. In Cantonese and English with Chinese and English subtitles. Today, 2.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
Crossings
'Thriller' sequel to To Liv(e) examines a young Hong Kong woman's confused experience in New York. Starring Lindzay Chan.  In Putonghua and English with Chinese and English subtitles. Today, 5.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
Subway, New York + Bauhinia
Double bill comprising: a short film about the New York subway (in Putonghua and English with English subtitles); and a drama about a film student in New York in the aftermath of the events of 9/11 (in Cantonese and English with Chinese and English subtitles). Today, 7.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
The Classics of The Royal Opera House Season II
MCL Cinema presents a programme of four operas and ballets from the Royal Opera House screened in high definition and 5.1 surround sound, including the following two. Until May 13. MCL Kornhill Cinema, 4/F, Kornhill Plaza South, 2 Kornhill Road, Quarry Bay; MCL Telford Cinema, Telford Gardens, 33 Wai Yip St, Kowloon Bay; Star Cinema, 1/F PopCorn, 9 Tong Yin St, Tseung Kwan O; and The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$110 mclcinema.com. Inquiries: 2418 8841
Manon
Film of The Royal Ballet's staging of a dramatic ballet about a country girl turned courtesan who seeks wealth and love; with music composed by Jules Massenet. Today, 4pm, Star Cinema, May 5, 4pm, The Grand Cinema, May 12, 4pm, MCL Telford. 
Tosca
Film of the Royal Opera's production of Giacomo Puccini's tragic opera revolving around a singer, her painter lover and a corrupt Roman police chief. In Italian with English subtitles. Today, May 12, 4pm, The Grand Cinema, May 6, 7.30pm, Star Cinema.
Two Days Living with the Murderers 2012
The Goethe-Institut HK and Broadway Cinematheque present the following programme of four German suspense-thrillers. Ends today. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$65 www.cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2802 0088
The Murderers are Among Us
This 1946 drama revolves around a woman who returns to Berlin from a concentration camp, a surgeon who tries to suppress his memories of the war by drinking excessively and his former captain, now a slippery businessman who couldn't care less about the massacre that he committed during the war. In German with English subtitles. Today, 4.25pm, Broadway Cinematheque.
The Murder Farm 
Thriller about a 26-year-old nurse who visits a village near where a family was murdered two years previously. In German with English subtitles. Today, 6pm, Broadway Cinematheque. 
The Good Neighbour
Thriller revolving around two neighbours whose relationship is dramatically affected by an incident in which one of them convinces the other that he should not help a woman he has run over. In German with English subtitles. Today, 7.55pm, Broadway Cinematheque.
Lollipop Monster
Ziska Riemann's live-action film combined with animated sections, comics and music videos, features a story about two polar opposite 15-year-olds whose unlikely friendship is threatened by a shocking event. In German with English subtitles. Today, 9.50pm, Broadway Cinematheque.
Around Town
Cheung Chau Bun Festival
Festival to commemorate the Taoist God Pak Tai, with activities including: distribution of buns, Apr 29, 9am, Pak Tai Temple Plaza, Cheung Chau; and ceremony to send the deities on Cheung Chau back to their temples, Today, 2pm, Pak Tai Temple Plaza, Cheung Chau, free to watch. Inquiries: 2508 1234 
'this room is not still' Book Launch
Artist Ivy Ma King-chu meets attendees of her launch and signs copies of her monograph of works that explores her art in the form of six different themes over a decade. Today, 3pm-5pm, Art and Culture Outreach, 1/F Foo Tak Building, 365 Hennessy Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2893 4808
Liberatum HK
Three-day international festival of culture featuring film screening and talks by people such as American filmmaker Paul Schrader, Hong Kong photographer Wing Shya and Indo-Trinidadian-British writer V.S. Naipaul. Today, 3pm-6pm, The Lane Crawford Joyce Group at One Island South, 2 Heung Yip Rd, Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen, free. Inquiries: office@liberatum.org
Is There Room for the Rise of the Individual in the Chinese State School?
University of Oslo professor of Chinese Studies Mette Halskov Hansen lectures on how mainland students are trained through two kinds of organisational practice: The 'student cadre system' and the 'student association'. In English. May 2, 7pm, HK Museum of History, 100 Chatham Rd, TST, free. Inquiries: 9746 9537 
Outloud
Literary readings and launch of Fifty Stories Fifty Images, Madeleine Marie Slavick's book of prose and photography. In English. May 2, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, free. Inquiries: poetryoutloud@gmail.com
From Mao to Mozart - A Musical Encounter with Wang Jian
Screening of Murray Lerner's 1980 documentary From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China, followed by a discussion in which cellist Wang Jian talks about his passion for music, his memories of that first meeting with Isaac Stern that changed his life, and his journey to international prominence. In English. May 5, 6.30pm, Asia Society HK Centre, The HK Jockey Club Former Explosives Magazine, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty, HK$300 (Asia Society members HK$200), registration required. Inquiries: 2103 9508



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