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12 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 3 NOVEMBER 2019 LISTINGS WHAT'S ON Music 14 NOVEMBER Operetta Highlights Bulgarian-born soprano An- driana Yordanova will grace the Refectory at Palazzo Fal- son to sing vivacious excerpts from some of the well-loved operettas that are entertain- ing, satirical and witty. She will be singing delightful arias from the famous operettas 'Giuditta', 'The Merry Wid- ow' and 'Paganini', all writ- ten by the composer Franz Lehár, and other wonderful songs by celebrated compos- ers such as Richard Straus and Robert Stolz, amongst others. Andriana Yordanova will be accompanied by cellist Lu- cie Kucharova and violinist Philipp Orlov. The recital will be held on Thursday 14th No- vember at 6.30pm. Entrance to the concert is at a suggest- ed donation of 10 euro and patrons are invited to visit the museum at a discounted price. Seating is limited and booking is required by send- ing an email to baroccomal- ta@gmail.com or bookings@ palazzofalson.com or call on 21454512. 11 NOVEMBER Iljieli fit-Teatru Series Following an extensively busy summer season, Pjazza Teatru Rjal continues to pro- vide refreshing and varied musical events also through the winter months. On No- vember 11, as part of the Iljieli fit-Teatru Series set in the inti- mate setting of the PTR Green Room, Malta Philharmonic Orchestra resident conduc- tor Michael Laus on the piano and MPO principal viola Na- dia Debono team up to offer a truly special evening featuring the two Sonatas for Viola and Piano by Johannes Brahms. Entrance for this event is free. Students and senior citizens may benefit from special dis- counts (terms and conditions apply) The concerts start at 7.30pm. For more information visit www.pjazzateatrurjal.mt Festivals 2-3 NOVEMBER Comic Con Malta The Malta Comic Con (MCC) is a two-day event which celebrates comic crea- tors, comic books, books, movies, TV series, table top games, video games, role play- ing games, cosplaying and vir- tually anything that is related to the comic culture. 6-10 NOVEMBER The Malta Book Festival The Malta Book Festival is an annual cultural event held in Valletta, Malta. The Festival celebrates the wonder of books through a wide programme of family-friendly activities – in- cluding book launches and presentations, poetry and lit- erature readings, meetings with authors, dramatisations of lit- erary texts, and conferences and seminars. The festival also offers extensive networking opportunities for profession- als in the book world. This year round, one of the highlights of the festival is the opening conference revolving around the literary genres of sci-fi and fantasy. The conference will be led by a number of local and overseas authors. Among them is Loranne Vella, the Brussels based author of Rokit (Mer- lin Publishers) and winner of the 2018 National Book Prize. The festival will take place at the Mediterranean Conference Centre. For more information about the Malta Book Festi- val, visit https://ktieb.org.mt/ national-book-festival/ 15-24 NOVEMBER ZiguZajg Festival The 9th edition of ŻiguŻajg Festival returns with a fan- tastic line-up of no less than twenty-one projects and nine creative forms! The selection has a nice balance of new Mal- tese works together with some of the best touring shows, in- cluding five commissions by foremost local artists, five co-productions with national public cultural organisations, and no less than eleven inter- national projects from around the globe. The 2019 Festival pro- gramme initiatives vary from a brand new promenade mu- sic theatre show which will also tour schools, to a dar- ing contemporary circus act, award-winning films, an op- era with loads of humour, a re-adaptation of an iconic literature classic, and a num- ber of outdoor happenings. This year's edition, featuring a strong environmental mes- sage for young and old, prom- ises to enchant children as well as those young at heart. Visit https://www.ziguzajg. org/ for more information. Theatre UNTIL 3 NOVEMBER Appuntamenti Appuntamenti, which won first prize in the National Francis Ebejer playwriting competition in 2009, is an original play in Maltese writ- ten by Simone Spiteri. The play is being re-staged for its 10th year anniversary. The event takes place at the Splendid Theatre in Valletta. For more information visit h t t p : / / w w w . t i c k e t l i n e . c o m . mt/bookings/Shows.aspx?Pr oductionId=712&aff=whats on Other TODAY Open Day at St Paul's and St Augustine's Catacombs Heritage Malta is inviting the public to visit St Paul 's and St Augustine's Catacombs in Rabat during an Open Day where admission will be free of charge. St Paul 's Cata- combs are spread over an un- derground area of 7,000sq.m and include Christian, Jew- ish and pagan tombs. A few metres along the street are St Augustine's Catacombs, with the engraved words Ad Cat- acumbas surmounting their entrance door. On this day, visitors will have the opportunit y to ex- plore these interesting burial sites and learn about the dif- ferent t ypes of graves which were hewn into the rocks and about the artefacts and the funerary rites of ancient Punic, Roman and Byzantine times. Visitors can also have a hands-on-experience in a pottery-washing activit y, while children can partici- pate in a treasure hunt or in an activit y using clay. Ad- misssion is free of charge and begins at 9am until 4.30pm. For more information please visit w w w.heritage- malta.org. Eden Cinema St Julian's Tel. 23 710400 IT: Chapter Two (15) 20:55 A Shaun the Sheep Movie (U) 11:35, 14:00, 16:10, 18:20 Abominable 2D (U) 11:30, 14:00, 16:15, 18:30 Downton Abbey (PG) 15:35, 20:30 Gemini Man 2D (12A) 13:00, 16:00, 18:35, 21:10, 23:00 Hustlers (15) 13:15, 18:05, 20:45 Joker (15) 10:20, 13:00, 15:45, 18:30, 21:15, 23:10 Judy (12A) 10:25, 13:00, 18:15, 20:50 Leonardo: The Works (12A) 16:00 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 2D (PG) 15:45, 18:25 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 3D (PG) 13:05, 18:25 Terminator: Dark Fate (15) 13:00, 15:45, 18:30, 21:15, 23:20 The Addams Family 2D (PG) 11:30, 13:45, 16:00, 18:15, 20:30 Zombieland: Double Tap (15) 14:05, 16:25, 18:45, 21:05, 23:24 Empire Cinemas Bugibba Tel. 21 581787, 21 581909 Joker (15) 10:30, 13:25, 16:00, 18:25, 21:10 The Addams Family 2D (PG) 10:45, 13:15, 15:40, 18:00, 20:30 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 3D (PG) 16:05, 21:10 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 2D (PG) 10:30, 13:20, 18:45 Gemini Man (12A) 13:30, 15:45, 18:00, 21:00 Abominable (U) 11:00 Cinema Open Day at St Paul's and St Augustine's Catacombs Iljieli fit-Teatru Series