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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department will present the "Miracle Fun" Series in March and April, offering a wide range of delightful family programmes.
The first performance will be "Win at the Starting Line" by Jumbo Kids Theatre. The story is about an aggressive girl, Keikei. After receiving an unsatisfactory test result, Keikei runs straight to a nearby hill, where she meets an old man with all sorts of medals and awards. The old man takes Keikei to a special race track to experience unusual competitions and teaches her how to "win at the starting line". The show will be performed in Cantonese, and details are as follows:
Cultural Activities Hall, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre
March 6 to 8 (Friday to Sunday)
Tickets: $140
Exhibition Hall, Sheung Wan Civic Centre
March 13 to 15 (Friday to Sunday)
Tickets: $140
Exhibition Gallery, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
March 20 to 22 (Friday to Sunday)
Tickets: $120
Fantasy Puppet Theatre will stage "Hairy the Little Macaque 2" to help children learn more about local wild macaques and raise their awareness of environmental protection and respect for animals. Hairy the little macaque and many other wild animals live in beautiful thick woodland. However, they are disturbed by illegal feeding, rubbish and noise produced by humans. The ecosystem is being destroyed. Can Hairy and his buddies stay alive in this environment? The production will be performed in Cantonese, and details are as follows:
Cultural Activities Hall, Sha Tin Town Hall
March 6 to 8 (Friday to Sunday)
Tickets: $160
Cultural Activities Hall, Tuen Mun Town Hall
March 13 to 15 (Friday to Sunday)
Tickets: $140
Russian arts group Hand Made Theatre will visit Hong Kong with their production "Time for Fun". With hands as their only performance tools, the group presents lovable creations such as trains, boats, ticking clocks and animals. Turning up from nowhere, items float and dance in the air, and the production tells different short stories including those of seasonal change, the birth of music, "Swan Lake" and the Olympic Games. Details are as follows:
Theatre, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre
April 2 (Thursday)
Tickets: $140, $180 and $240
Auditorium, Tai Po Civic Centre
April 3 (Friday)
Tickets: $130, $160 and $200
Auditorium, Yuen Long Theatre
April 4 and 5 (Saturday and Sunday)
Tickets: $140, $180 and $240
Windmill Theatre from Australia will perform a story-time theatre work entitled "Grug", for children aged 2 to 6, that is based on a much loved picture book character created by Ted Prior. Grug, who looks like a small, striped haystack with feet and a nose, began life as the top of an Australian burrawang tree that fell to the ground. He finds the world around him fascinating, and he devises creative solutions to everyday problems without fuss. The show will be performed in English, with simple Cantonese interpretation in some performances, and details are as follows:
Cultural Activities Hall, Sha Tin Town Hall
April 10 to 12 (Friday to Sunday)
Tickets: $200
The final performance of the "Miracle Fun" Series will be "Fulanos" by the Argentine Compañía La Arena. Presenting a series of humorous scenes about daily life, this production offers an explosive and contagious energy that exhilarates both the body and the mind. With nothing to hold on to but six ladders, the members will put the ladders to use in countless ways, constantly changing their purpose and the spatial design, as the characters in "Fulanos" interact physically and take the audience on a journey through different moods. The performances will have limited English dialogue with Chinese and English subtitles. Details are as follows:
Theatre, Sheung Wan Civic Centre
April 17 to 19 (Friday to Sunday)
Tickets: $140, $180 and $240
Tickets for the above performances are now available at URBTIX. Half-price tickets are available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and their minders, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients (limited tickets for CSSA recipients are available on a first-come, first-served basis). A maximum discount of 20 per cent is offered for the "Miracle Fun" Series and group booking packages. There will be workshops for some of the programmes, please refer to the brochure of the Series for details.
For enquiries on programmes and the workshops, please call 2268 7323 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/cp. For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. Tickets can also be booked online at www.urbtix.hk.
Ends/Friday, January 23, 2015
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