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15 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 6 FEBRUARY 2019 LISTINGS WHAT'S ON Theatre 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 holding his first-ever big band swing concert in Malta next February – just in time for Malta's swing-music lovers to enjoy a truly unforgettable Val- entine's Day. In his one-week- end-only Unforgettable concert on 14, 15 and 16 February, Nico will be performing swing, jazz and big band classics inside the magnificent Grand Salon at the National Museum of Archaeol- ogy. Accompanied by live mu- sic from the Big Band Brothers, and featuring singer Jasmine Abela, Nico's Unforgettable concert will include classic songs immortalised 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 Ar- chaeology, Valletta. Tickets are available from www.ticketline. com.mt FEBRUARY 1- 10 Closer Staged by top local theatre company Masquerade Mal- ta, Closer is a must-see black comedy of sex, honesty and betrayal that has touched audi- ences since the play premiered in London in 1997.Masquerade Malta's production of Closer by Patrick Marber will be per- formed at Blue Box – M Space, Oscar Zammit Street, Msida on 1, 2, 8, 9, 10 February 2019. All shows start at 8pm and are suit- able for mature audiences only. Tickets are available by visiting www.masquerademalta.com FEBRUARY 8-9 Lady Macbeth "Lady Macbeth" is inspired by Shakespeare's timeless tragedy. The performance focuses on the devastating and bleak love story between Macbeth and his wife. It starts off where Shakespeare's version ends: the Macbeths are dead. Freed from their earthly torments, they are however condemned to endlessly relive the darkest period of their past – a punishment inflicted upon them and which they in turn in- flict on each other. They blame one another, seeing the other as the real culprit. Thoughts take shape, the characters come to life and relive the dramatic events of which they were once the protagonists. But like mem- ories, these events change over time. What is more: their night- mare is interspersed with mo- ments of love and tenderness. "Lady Macbeth can be watched at Teatru Salesjan. https://ts- malta.com/whats-on/ for more details. FEBRUARY 9 -24 The Acrobat The international stars of The Acrobat (Blood Ties), which will be staged for the first time in Malta next month by Uni- faun Theatre Productions, have arrived this week to start cast rehearsals. Professional actors Marco Michel from Switzer- land, Cody Hively from New York, Mark Windsor from the UK and Martin Szekely from Hungary have now joined lo- cal performers Jamie Cardona, Clayton Mallia and Rambert Attard in Malta, as well as top local director Stephen Oliver, to bring Agnes Moon's feel- good romantic comedy to life. The Acrobat (Blood Ties) by Unifaun Theatre Productions will be performed from 9 to 24 February 2019 at Spazju Kreat- tiv in Valletta. The production is supported by the MAF Pro- ject Fund of the Arts Council Malta. Tickets are available by visiting www.kreattivita.org FEBRUARY 8 – 24 Cats The Musical Hoi Polloi Theatre Produc- tions is proud to present a new theatre spectacular of Andrew Lloyd Webber's world famous musical, CATS. CATS tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles who meet on one spe- cial night each year to celebrate who they are. During the Jel- licle Ball we get to know about the special traits and secrets of our feline friends, as they invite us through this lyrical journey based on T.S. Eliot's 'Old Pos- sum's Book of Practical Cats' with some well-loved musi- cal theatre classics including 'Memory' and 'The Magical Mr Mistoffelees'. This event signifies the first time the pro- duction will be live on stage in Malta and a comeback for the local production company on the occasion of their 15th anni- versary. The musical will take place at the Valletta Campus Theatre VCT between Febru- ary 8 - 24. Music MARCH 4-10 Così Fan Tutte Teatru Manoel is staging a brand new production of Mo- zart's opera Così Fan Tutte on 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th March 2019. With Così fan tutte, os- sia La scuola degli amanti, the theatre concludes the brilliant opera trilogy of Le Nozze Di Figaro (produced in 2017) and Don Giovanni ( produced in 2018) resulting from the col- laboration between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte. The first of them, Le Nozze di Figaro (was premiered in Vienna on 1 May 1786 while Don Giovanni's was in Prague on 29 October 1787. Così fan tutte was to follow with a premiere in Vienna on 26 January 1790. This produc- tion is supported by Bank of Valletta. There are discounted tickets for those attending the opera. Booking is from www. teatrumanoel.com.mt, tele- phone 2124 6389. APRIL 12 Gianni Morandi Concert Gianni Morandi will be sing- ing live at the Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre in Tà Qali on April 12. The show will fea- ture more than 40 tracks from Morandi's repertoire forming a playlist that would retrace the fundamental stages of his 60-year career. They include Occhi di ragazza, Scende la pioggia, La fisarmonica, Non son degno di te, Uno su mille, Dobbiamo fare luce, and Una vita che ti sogno. These last two tracks are part of Mo- randi's 40th album D'Amore e D'Autore, in which Morandi in- terprets songs of love.The show starts at 9.30pm. Exhibitions JANUARY 27 – FEBRUARY 9 Lost in Representation Between the 27th of Janu- ary and the 9th of February 2019, Fort St Elmo in Valletta is hosting Lost in Representa- tion: an interactive exhibition by international artist Menekşe Samanci. The Valletta 2018 Foundation and local human rights NGO Kopin (VO/200) are collaborating on this ini- tiative. Lost in Representation attempts to shed light on the current refugee crisis and the objectification of migrants, and questions the ways in which migrants are represented, both politically and aesthetically. FEBRUARY 1 – MARCH 23 Rossella Biscotti Exhibition Blitz is pleased to announce the opening of a solo show by internationally acclaimed art- ist Rossella Biscotti (Molfetta, 1978; live in Brussels and Ber- lin). The exhibition portrays the artist's practice with a selection of her key artworks along with a work in progress, her most ambitious to date, originally presented at Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven (2016) and in- tended to be produced in Malta over the coming year. The show will be accompanied by a free illustrated publication with an essay by the curator, visuals from the exhibition and more insights about the artworks. A public talk between the curator and the artist will take place on 2 February 2019 at 5:30 pm, fol- lowed by drinks at the Blitz Bar. Rossella Biscotti exhibition at Blitz Così Fan Tutte is staged at the Manoel Theatre