The Works

Part two of tonight’s show is all about music and dance, although from two entirely different perspectives. In many cultures, religion and music do more than co-exist. Music is part of the celebration of God and of spirituality. In others though, at di...

In this week's Arts Diary, two film festivals, one on Jewish films, the other on independent productions, and a visit to the Canton of old.

In 1987, an English musician and illustrator Peter Suart got together with Hong Kong-born violinist Kung Chi-Shing to form the theatrical music ensemble “The Box”. Last weekend they celebrated their 22nd anniversary.

Park Chan-wook's "Thirst", which won the Special Jury Prize at Cannes is about a Catholic priest who, as part of a scientific experiment to find a vaccine, becomes infected with a lethal virus that attacks only celibate men, and dies. Soon though he co...

It has been nine years since choreographer and dancer Mui Cheuk-yin’s previous entry in her dance diary. Much has happened since then. “Diary VI – Applause” is the sixth in her solo diary series. On stage are 50 boxes, each representing a year of her l...

Georgia’s first professional state dance company, Sukushvilli was founded just after the Second World War, in 1945, by Iliko Sukhishvili and Nino Ramishvili. Trained at the Tibilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre, the duo blended traditional Georgian art wi...

Ken Loach’s “Looking for Eric”, is about a forty-something Manchester postman whose life is falling apart. He left his first wife and child year’s before. His second wife left him, and he’s now looking after two shiftless adolescent stepsons who don’t ...

In our Arts Diary, the work of Virgile Simon Bertrand, a French photographer who has been based in Asia since the late 1990s. His exhibition is called “Proxemics” and considers the unspoken rules of human relationships, and the relationship between peo...

Even in a world of video and 24 hour news, often one dedicated photographer captures the defining moment in a still photograph. At the Foreign Correspondents’ Club until November 18th Is an exhibition of images by Hong Kong-raised news photographer, Do...

Create a picture of a prosperous city in the modern world and it’s likely to be a mess of traffic, crowded streets, and pollution. Once upon a time in China, prosperity looked considerably more picturesque, as “The Prosperous Cities” an exhibition at t...