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Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the "Family Fiesta" series to be held in March and April is especially curated to bring enjoyment to children and families.
The series will comprise eight entertaining programmes ranging from music and theatre to puppetry and juggling.
Kicking off the series will be a children's detective drama "School Detective 2 in 1 Series @ E G Crisis" by the Jumbo Kids Theatre. A school detective vows to resolve the mystery of why a little girl changes from a fondness for reading to playing computer games. The drama is in Cantonese. Details are as follows:
Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
March 6 to 8 (Friday to Sunday)
Tickets: $130
Exhibition Gallery, Sha Tin Town Hall
March 13 to 15 (Friday to Sunday)
Tickets: $130
Exhibition Gallery, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
March 20 to 22 (Friday to Sunday)
Tickets: $100
Auditorium, North District Town Hall
March 28 to 29 (Saturday to Sunday)
Tickets: $100
Renowned composer Mui Kwong-chiu will collaborate with percussionists Lung Heung-wing and Choy Lap-tak and flute virtuoso Ken Wu in a multi-media percussion musical extravaganza, "Percussive Colours". It incorporates original electronic music, live percussion, originally designed visual projections and live images from cinematographer George Chang to form a unique theatrical presentation of percussion, light and colours. Details of the show:
Theatre, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre
March 20 to 22 (Friday to Sunday)
Tickets: $140 and $180
One of Hong Kong's most promising puppet theatres, Make Friends with Puppet, will put on a puppet show inspired by Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea". Puppets combined with original music, mime and video will relate the classic story as told by the Nobel laureate. Details of the programme:
Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall
March 27 to 29 (Friday to Sunday)
Tickets: $120 and $160
Ming Ri Institute for Arts Education and Mabou Mines (USA) will jointly produce a puppet drama "Brer Rabbit in the Land of Monkey King" about friendships between different cultures. Members of the Guangxi Puppet Art Troupe of China will also perform in the show, details of which are:
Theatre, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre
April 17 to 19 (Friday to Sunday)
Tickets: $100 and $130
Theatre, Sheung Wan Civic Centre
April 24 to 26 (Friday to Sunday)
Tickets: $100 and $130
Winner of the International Juggling Championships and the Comedy Entertainer of the Year 1998, Mark Nizer, from the US, will stage a one-man show "Expect the Impossible" in Hong Kong. His performance combines original comedy, world class juggling, movement, music and technology, turning the impossible into the possible, the improbable into the probable. Details of his show:
Theatre, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre
April 2 (Thursday)
Tickets: $140 and $180
Auditorium, Yuen Long Theatre
April 3 (Friday)
Tickets: $90, $120 and $160
Auditorium, North District Town Hall
April 4 (Saturday)
Tickets: $120 and $160
Auditorium, Tai Po Civic Centre
April 5 (Sunday)
Tickets: $120 and $160
For music lovers, the Hong Kong YWCA Chinese Orchestra will perform "The Animal World II" with the lovely Bear Children's Choir, featuring songs and a musical with animal themes. Details of the programme are:
Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
March 15 (Sunday)
Tickets: $80
Auditorium, Tai Po Civic Centre
March 22 (Sunday)
Tickets: $80
Theatre, Sheung Wan Civic Centre
March 28 (Saturday)
Tickets: $80
The Hong Kong Music Lover Chinese Orchestra will perform an array of TV and movie theme songs in "Hits of TV and Movies Music", featuring versatile actress Pau Hee-ching and erhu diva Hou Shihchieh. Details of the concerts are:
Auditorium, Tuen Mun Town Hall
April 5 (Sunday)
Tickets: $80
Theatre, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre
April 12 (Sunday)
Tickets: $80
Auditorium, Tai Po Civic Centre
April 19 (Sunday)
Tickets: $80
The Hong Kong Children's Symphony Orchestra will collaborate with popular violinist Mengla Huang in the concert "A Youthful Vision of the World", playing works from Dvorak and Paganini. Below are the details of the concert:
Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
April 9 (Thursday)
Tickets: $100, $120 and $150
Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
April 11 (Saturday)
Tickets: $80, $100 and $120
Tickets for the above programmes are now available at URBTIX outlets. Senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients may have 50% off (limited quotas for CSSA recipients on a first-come, first-served basis). A maximum discount of 20% is offered for group booking and "Family Fiesta Series" schemes. Please refer to the programme leaflet for details.
For details of individual programmes, please check the promotional leaflets, call 2268 7323/ 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/cp. Ticketing enquiries and reservations can be made on 2734 9009 and credit card telephone bookings on 2111 5999. Tickets can also be booked online at www.urbtix.hk.
Ends/Thursday, January 22, 2009
Issued at HKT 11:26
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