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6 THEATRE DECEMBER 23 – JANUARY 13 Comedy Knights: let's Talk about SIX! Comedy is coming your way! This Christmas season, The Comedy Knights return with their hilarious new show, Com- edy Knights: Let's Talk About SIX! Get ready to have yourself a FUNNY little Christmas! Fol- lowing the MASSIVE success of last year's show The Comedy Knights: 5how Me The Funny, the Lords and Ladies of comedy are coming back with this year's festive season special: Comedy Knights: Let's Talk About SIX! powered by XFM 100.2. JANUARY 11 – 26 Valletta Baroque Festival 2019 The 7th edition of the Valletta Baroque Festival will cover 36 performances on 18 locations between 11 and 26 January 2019. It again will be a showcase of top musicians on mesmerizing ba- roque locations. The festival will just as last year venture out of Valletta to other baroque venues including: Mdina, the old Siculo- Norman capital where one can still see the columns of roman temples in its foundations, Birgu (Vittoriosa) and Senglea (L-Isla) which lie across the Grand Har- bour from Valletta and form part of what is referred to as The Three Cities; and Rabat, Ghaxaq, Qrendi and Zejtun – all boasting exquisite examples of Malta's ba- roque heritage. FEBRUARY 14 – 16 Unforgettable – A Concert By Nico Darmanin Popular Maltese tenor Nico Darmanin will perform in an unforgettable swing, jazz and big band concert in February next year. Darmanin will be hold- ing his first-ever big band swing concert in Malta next Febru- ary – just in time for Malta's swing-music lovers to enjoy a truly unforgettable Valentine's Day. In his one-weekend-only Unforgettable concert on 14, 15 and 16 February, Nico will be performing swing, jazz and big band classics inside the magnifi- cent Grand Salon at the National Museum of Archaeology. Ac- companied by live music from the Big Band Brothers, and fea- turing singer Jasmine Abela, Nico's Unforgettable concert will include classic songs immortal- ised by artists from the golden age of music including Mario Lanza, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra, in a genre that emulates the pure romance of the season of love. at the National Museum of Archaeology, Valletta. Tickets are available from www.ticket- line.com.mt EXHIBITIONS DECEMBER 27-20 Bahar Zmien (Of Time and the Sea) Peter Sant's debut feature film, BAĦAR ŻMIEN (Of Time And The Sea) is an allegorical film about a stasis and slow change that explores the usefulness and pain of memory, and attends to the contemporary situation of a life – a life where physicality and memory have eroded to create an ethereal and bizarrely har- monious world. In this world, a crippled king whose kingdom has crumbled lives in a remote corner of an island called First in the wake of a bizarre malady of mysterious origin with his two daughters. The King forces his younger daughter to work tirelessly, building rubble walls in strange megalithic-type con- figurations in a feverish attempt to stave off a return of the virus. Bahar Zmien will be at Spazju Kreattiv Cinema on 27, 29 and 30 December at 8:30pm. UNTIL JANUARY 20 Shifting Context The Shifting Context exhibi- tion was curated through an open call for young artists by Aġenzija Żgħażagħ. The exhibi- tion seeks to explore the critical role of art in responding to a rap- idly changing world, encourag- ing young artists to appropriate the theme of Relocation in their work, taking it elsewhere into new and unexpected territories. Creativity entails looking at fa- miliar things from a completely novel perspective and Shifting Contexts will encourage and sustain this approach. Shifting Contexts will promote a shared vision of the future of young people in accordance with the National Youth Policy - Towards 2020. DECEMBER 21- JANUARY 27 Vanishing Valletta In 1982 artist photographer David Pisani embarked on a personal project to document the city of Valletta and the sur- rounding harbour area with an emphasis on the socially de- prived periphery of Valletta and the infamous red light district of Strait Street which he regularly frequented. What started as a photo essay of the derelict build- ings of the city and the dwin- dling activity in Strait Street would evolve into an epic docu- mentation of Valletta spanning 29 years. All the photographs in this collection are fine art silver gelatin printed from the original negatives by the photographer. CHRISTMAS 23 DECEMBER – JANUARY 6 Sleeping Beauty – The Panto From the producers who brought you My Fair Lady & Mamma Mia, FM Theatre Pro- ductions are back this Christ- mas at Teatru Manoel with the wonderful tale of Sleeping Beauty. At the christening of Princess Aurora, Maleficent, the evil Fairy, casts a spell on the baby princess. Eighteen years pass and the spell puts Aurora to sleep. Prince Charming with the help of Dame Nanna Kola and Muddles fights Maleficent and her whole army to break the evil spell and rid the land of the evil Fairy once and for all. Sleeping Beauty is a rip roaring tale that will take the audience, young and old, from one adventure to another, with side splitting gags, laugh out loud slapstick, chases and good old "good versus evil". The panto will be held at the Manoel Theatre from 23 De- cember to 6 January. 23 DECEMBER – 5 JANUARY Jack and the Beanstalk – The Panto All his life young Jack has only ever had one dream - to become a famous knight. Unfortunately he comes from a dirt-poor fam- ily that can't even afford to keep up with the ever-increasing rent. One day, his village is attacked by giants who take away the girl he loves - presumably to eat her. Jack needs to pluck up the cour- age and climb that beanstalk to make the transition from zero to hero, from nobody to somebody, from loser to legend. Get the best seats in the house by book- ing now on www.madc.com.mt - Tickets start from only Euro10! The panto will be held at MF- CC Ta Qali between 23 Decem- ber – 5 January. maltatoday | SUNDAY • 30 DECEMBER 2018 New Year's Eve in Valletta While the European Capital of Culture year of ficially came to a close on the 15th of December, the Vallet ta 2018 Cultural Programme still has one last big event to of fer: the of ficial New Year's Eve celebrations in the capital cit y, featuring Ira Losco live in concer t. The night will kickstar t at 8.30pm with local duo Xarulù, followed by one of Malta's biggest ar tists, Ira Losco.On the 31st of December 2018, St George's Square will once again host the main stage where some of the ver y best of Malta's local ar tists will per form before welcoming the New Year. Entrance is free. LISTINGS WHAT'S ON Eden Cinema St Julian's Tel. 23 710400 Johnny English Strikes Again (U) 14:15, 16:20, 20:55 Bohemian Rhapsody (12A) 14:15, 17:15, 20:15, 22:50 The Nutcracker and The Four Realms 2D (PG) 14:00, 16:10, 18:25, 20:50 The Grinch (U) 11:35, 14:10, 16:15, 18:30, 20:35 Fantastic Beasts – The Crimes of Grindelwald (12A) 18:35, 21:15 Robin Hood (12A) 13:25, 16:00, 18:30, 21:05 Wreck It Ralph 2 (U) 11:00, 13:55, 16:15 Creed 2 (12A) 11:25, 14:30, 17:50, 20:30, 23:15 Aquaman (2D) 11:15, 14:15, 17:30, 20:30, 23:30 Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse (U) 11:00, 13:30, 16:05, 18:40, 21:10 Mortal Engines (12A) 10:40. 13:15, 15:50, 18:25, 21:00, 23:35 Mary Poppins Returns (U) 13:00,15:45, 18:30, 21:15 Bumblebee (12A) 11:00, 13:30, 18:30, 23:30 Bumblebee (3D) (12A) 16:00, 21:00 Holmes and Watson (12A) 14:10, 16:20, 18:30, 20:45, 23:50 Embassy Cinemas Valletta Tel. 21 227436, 21 245818 Mary Poppins Returns (U) 10:05, 13:00, 15:45, 18:30, 21:15 Aquaman (12A) 10:20, 14:30, 17:45, 20:45 Creed 2 (12A) 14:30, 17:45, 20:45 Bohemian Rhapsody (12A) 10:30, 14:15, 17:30, 20:30 The Grinch (U) 10:00, 12:10, 14;20, 16:30, 18:40 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (12A) 21:00 Mortal Engines (12A) 13:15, 15:55, 18:00, 20:50 Creed 2 (12A) 10:25, 14:30, 18:00, 21:00 Bumblebee (12A) 10:35, 13:30, 16:00, 18:30, 21:00 Valletta Living History (U) 10:00, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 13:00, 13:45 Empire Cinemas Bugibba Tel. 21 581787, 21 581909 Bohemian Rhapsody (12A) 10:15, 15:25, 18:15, 21:10 The Grinch (U) 11:15, 13:45, 16:00, 18:30 Creed II (12A) 10:15, 13:05, 15:45, 18:30, 21:15 Spider-man: Into the Spider Verse (U) 10:45, 13:30, 16:10, 18:35, 20:50 Mortal Engines (3D) (12A) 21:05 Mary Poppins Returns (U) 11:00, 14:00, 18:15, 21:00 Aquaman 3D (12A) 21:10 Aquaman (12A) 11:00, 14:00, 18:15 Bumbleebee (3D) (12A) 10:45, 13:35, 16:05, 18:35, 21:05 Holmes and Watson (12A) 10:55, 14:00, 16:15, 18:30, 20:45 CINEMA Unforgettable - A Concert by Nico Darmanin