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Local and international entertainers will bring creative and fun-filled programmes to Hong Kong audiences this winter with a wide variety of performances, ranging from music and acrobatics to dance and a puppet show, in the Leisure and Cultural Services Department's "Cheers!" Series to be held between late November 2009 and January 2010.
Details of the series are:
"A Life Journey" by Jumbo Kids Theatre
November 27 – 29 Exhibition Gallery, HK Cultural Centre
December 4 – 6 Exhibition Gallery, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
December 18 – 20 Exhibition Gallery, Tuen Mun Town Hall
Tickets: $100-$130
"About a Fisherman and a Fish" by The Puppet Theatre of Ostrava
December 4 – 5 Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall
Tickets: $140 & $180
"Clown Around with Melvin Tox" by City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong
December 6 Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Tickets: $120-$300
EAG Cultural Extravaganza
December 12 Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Free admission
Christmas Concert "Pum Pum Fum Fum Christmas Eve" by Hong Kong Oratorio Society
December 17 Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Tickets: $70-$220
"The Nutcracker" by The Hong Kong Ballet
December 18 - 20/22 - 27 Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Tickets: $120-$580
"The Orchestra’s Holiday" by Hong Kong Symphony Orchestra
December 19 Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
December 20 Auditorium, Tai Po Civic Centre
Tickets: $80-$140
"Fenmo – Fragrance of the Opera" by Jinan Acrobatic Troupe of China
December 25 Auditorium, Yuen Long Theatre
December 26 Auditorium, Tuen Mun Town Hall
December 27 Auditorium, Sha Tin Town Hall
Tickets: $100-$200
"The Little Snowman & Sunflower" by Make Friends with Puppet
January 1 – 3, 2010 Drama Theatre, HK Academy for Performing Art
Tickets: $120 & $160
"3 x 11" by Mummenschanz Swiss Mime Mask Theatre
January 9 - 10, 2010 Auditorium, Kwai Tsing Theatre
Tickets: $100-$180
"Olej's Act" by Bosquimanos Koryak (Uruguay)
January 15, 2010 Theatre, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre
January 16, 2010 Cultural Activities Hall, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
January 17, 2010 Auditorium, North District Town Hall
Tickets: $120-$180
Tickets are now available at all URBTIX outlets. Please see detailed discount schemes in the programme leaflet. Tickets for "The Little Snowman & Sunflower" are also available at HK Ticketing.
For programme enquiries, please call 2268 7323 or 2268 7321, or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/cp. For ticketing enquiries and reservations, please call 2734 9009. For credit card telephone bookings, please call 2111 5999. For Internet booking, please visit www.urbtix.hk. Telephone booking of HK Ticketing: 3128 8288; website: www.hkticketing.com.
Ends/Thursday, October 15, 2009
Issued at HKT 14:27
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