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activities from chores to traditional fun games, festive celebrationsto rituals, all based on the artists’ Vietnamese roots. Musicalelements are strong in Lang Toi, with a five-piece band performingon ancient Vietnamese instruments. It is all a unique look at a newform of circus theatre to the rhythms of traditional Vietnamesemusic. Curtain-up for Lang Toi will be at 8pm on May 12 and 13 atthe HKAPA, Lyric Theatre. Tickets are $460, $360, $280 and $180,available at HK Ticketing: 31 288 288.

May 13-15First staged in 1966, Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildensternare Dead gets its latest local reincarnation with The AbsolutelyFabulous Theatre Connection. The dark existentialist comedy tellsthe story of two minor characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet andtheir inability to control their destinies, with scenes from the originalHamlet interspersed with the action. This means that some of themajor players in Shakespeare’s tragedy take on minor roles here,while two minor fools in Hamlet become the stage’s primeprotagonists. It is all part of the upside-down and uncontrollablychaotic world Stoppard creates with this play, in which not only theking, Claudius, has difficulty distinguishing between Rosencrantz andGuildenstern, but they themselves do as well. The AbsolutelyFabulous Theatre Connection production is due to travel on a culturalexchange to Shanghai in August this year. Rosencrantz andGuildenstern are Dead runs from May 13-15 at the Sai Wan Ho CivicCentre Theatre at 7:30pm, with an additional matinee show on May15 at 2:30pm. Tickets are $160 and $100 from Urbtix: 2734 9009.

May 14-16The Grimm Brothers’ fairytale Snow White and the Seven Dwarveshas never before come to life quite like Angelin Preljocaj’s vision ofit. This dance master clothes the “innocent” Snow White insomething resembling a cross between a robe and a diaper, thewicked queen/witch in a dominatrix outfit and has 26 dancers tellthe story through modern dance movement. Preljocaj lit on the tale next issue - 20 may 2010

May 6Tears for FearsTel: 31 288 288

May 10Deep PurpleTel: 31 288 288

May 14-16Soccer SevensTel: 31 288 288

May 28-29Dynamic Yunnan –Search forShangri-laTel: 2734 9009

May 30Trey Lee & TheAvanti! ChamberOrchestraTel: 2734 9009

June 1-2The WigglesTel: 31 288 288

June 4 – July 21Chinese OperaFestival 2010Tel: 2734 9009

June 6Voices from AfricaTel: 31 288 288

June 16MikaTel: 31 288 288

Encore Series:Joshua Bell andThe Academy ofSt. Martin in theFieldsTel: 2734 9009

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after he had completed more abstract works such as Empty Movesand Eldorado and wanted something more concrete to work on. Theballet performance premiered in September 2008 at the Biennale dela Danse de Lyon in France and received the Best Dance Show ofthe Year in 2009. Snow White by Ballet Preljocaj runs on May 14and 15 at 8:15pm, and May 16 at 3pm at the HK Cultural Centre,Grand Theatre. Tickets are $780, $560, $440, $280 and $150, fromUrbtix: 2734 9009.

A man stands on stage in front of a lectern. He talks to the audienceabout goldfish and their importance to people’s lives. Slowly hetakes on the characteristics of a goldfish as the lecture turns into avery physical live act performance. Expect to be challenged, not onlyin how you think, but also how Rudi Skotheim Jensen mounts thisproduction with singing, dancing, circus conventions, aerialacrobatics – and a Powerpoint presentation. Goldfish is Meant forDying, 8pm, May 14-16, tickets are $180 from Urbtix: 2734 9009.