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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2014 THIS WEEK 15 WHAT'S ON MUSIC & THEATRE DECEMBER 18 Rouge Electroswing party at Razzett l-Ahmar, Mosta. Featuring Dr Zicotron, The Chef, Dockerbone, Chris Davis (UK) and Diego (Italy). Dress code: anything with a touch of red. Doors open: 22:00. DECEMBER 20 A night with Slim & Squeak Indie music Christmas party at Razzett L-Ahmar, Mosta. Featuring DJs Simon Sauter and Slim & Squeak. Doors open at 23:00. Entrance is at €10. DECEMBER 20 Chris and Moira in concert Singer-songwriter duo Chris and Moira will perform tracks from their new album Ninety Nights and a Monday including their recently released single Middle at Xlendi Bay. Doors open at 20:00. DECEMBER 20-JANUARY 4 Merry Poppins: The MADC Panto Annual MADC Panto featuring Alan Montanaro at MFCC, Ta' Qali. Set on a Mediterranean island during colonial times, the show sees Merry Poppins (Montanaro), a nanny that is not your average nanny, being summoned to look after Governor Banks' bratty children Mikey and Jane. Rest of the cast includes: Katherine Brown, John Montanaro, Joseph Zammit, Luke Saydon and Mandy Randon, among others. Music by Paul Abela, choreography by Alison White, and costumes by Ernest Camilleri Written by Malcolm Galea. Bookings: www.madc.com. mt. DECEMBER 23-JANUARY 4 Pinocchio: The Panto Annual FM Theatre Panto written by and starring Edward Mercieca as Dame Saltimbocca, at the Manoel Theatre, Valletta. Cast also includes Renato Dimech as Geppeto, David Chircop as Jimmy, Larrisa Bonacci as the Blue Fairy, Maxine Aquilina as Princess Esmeralda amongst others. Musical direction by Kris Spiteri, choreography by Jean-Marc Cafa, with Cathy Lawlor as vocal coach. Directed by Chris Gatt. Bookings: http://booking.teatrumanoel.com. mt/Event/3493/. DECEMBER 19-21; 26-28 Post-Dramatic Stress Disorder Satirical comedy sketch show by Frolic at St James Cavalier, Valletta at 20:00. Featuring Marta Vella, Bettina Paris, Ema Marie Attard, Vikesh Godhwani, Sean Borg and Ryan Cutajar, with Luca Zerafa as resident pianist. Tickets are at €10, €12 and €15. DECEMBER 26-JANUARY 3 Comedy Knights: 12 Months of Funny Satirical comedy sketch show by 'The Comedy Knights' will be performed at Teatru Salesjan, Sliema, at 20:00. Directed by Wesley Ellul. Cast includes Chris Dingli, Pia Zammit, Jo Caruana, Colin Fitz, Marc Cabourdin and Thomas Vassallo. Tickets start from €10 and include complimentary parking. Bookings: www.ticketline.com.mt. DECEMBER 21 Toi Toi: PikuZi Play for children at the The Studio Theatre (by the Manoel Theatre), Valletta at 10:30 and 11:45. Featuring Ruth Borg, Antonella Mifsud, Marta Vella and Mariele Zammit. Bookings: bookings@ teatrumanoel.com.mt, 21 246389. DECEMBER 30 Spectacular Ballet Gala Night of international ballet talent at the Hilton Malta, Portomaso, St Julian's at 20:00. The second edition of the Ballet Gala will be featuring international soloists like Prima Ballerina Bianca Viktoria Fota from the Bucharest National Opera and Ballet along with her ballet partner Ovidiu Matei Iancu. Other artists including ballet stars Guido Sarno from Teatro La Scala Milano, Sophie Benoit from The Royal Swedish Ballet and Martin Dvorak with Irene Bauer from Vienna State Opera, and Prima Ballerina Ekaterina Petina with Adam Zvonar from Bayerische Staatsoper. Artists will be performing famous pieces, amongst which one can expect the Nutcracker, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, and Don Quixote. Bookings: ticketline.com.mt. JANUARY 9, 10 The Twilight Sad Critically acclaimed Scottish rock band The Twilight Sad will be playing two gigs at St James Cavalier, Valletta at 20:30. They will be supported by Maltese singer-songwriter YEWS and The Clandestines. The band arrive as part of an extensive tour in promotion for their fourth album called 'Nobody wants to be here and Nobody wants to leave', which will be released on the 28th October. 'Nobody…' was recorded at Mogwai's Castle of Doom studio in Glasgow and mixed by Pete Katis (producer of The National, Jonsi and Interpol) in the US. Tickets are at €16 and €20. Bookings: bookings@sjcav. org, 2122 3200. EXHIBITIONS UNTIL DECEMBER 19 Colour & Light Group exhibition of watercolour artists at the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Valletta. Featuring works by Joe Farrugia, Bernard J Schranz, Jacqueline Agius, Andrew Borg, Carol Busuttil, Paul Caruana, Joseph Casapinta, Josette Casha, Louise Cuschieri, Joanne Fenech Portelli, Monique Mallia, Guzeppi Theuma and Miriam Borg. UNTIL DECEMBER 19 First-time solo exhibition Exhibition at Malta Society of Arts, Palazzo de la Salle, Republic Street, Valletta featuring works by Aaron Bezzina, Gabriel Buttigieg, Kertin Arnemann, Sam Falzon and Samuel Sultana. UNTIL DECEMBER 19 Winter Salon 2014 Group exhibition at Studio 104 Fine Art Space, Valletta. Featuring works by Mario Agius, Victor Agius, Arthur Aquilina, Hazel Ashley, Ray Axiaq, Gabriella Azzopardi, Maria Borg, Alex Cachia, Carl Caruana, Emmanuel Caruana, Mariz Cassar, Nathalie Debono, Arthur Dutton, Henry Falzon, Louise Fenech, Francis Galea, Nicolette Galea, Lara Manara, Franco Navarro, Mario Sammut, Darren Tanti, Maria Tonna and Lewis Wirth. UNTIL DECEMBER 19 Mike's artistic journey Exhibition of works by Michael Stroud at the Malta Maritime Museum, Birgu. Open daily: 09:00 – 17:00 (last admission at 16:30). UNTIL JANUARY 27 Dolores Lungaro Mifsud at Villa Bologna Ceramist Dolores Lungaro Mifsud will be showing her work at Villa Bologna, Attard. Lungaro will be exhibiting a selection of her sculptures in the Villa Bologna gift shop and will be onsite twice a week, including Saturdays, creating new sculptures. UNTIL JANUARY 31 Three Artists Amongst the Gods Exhibition of mixed media art at the Old University Campus, St Paul's Street, Valletta. Featuring work by Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci (painting and mixed media), Sina Farrugia (drawings and ceramics) and Anthony Catania (video projection). Organised by the Departments of Classics and Archaeology and History of Art, in collaboration with the Malta Classics Association. PUBLIC TALKS DECEMBER 18 Pecha Kucha Night Rapid-fire talks by an eclectic selection of speakers at Blitz, Valletta at 20:00. Speakers include Konrad Buhagiar, Emanuela Degiorgio, Antonio Tufigno, Thomas Diacono, Simone Spiteri, EASA Malta, Jon Calleja and Kane Cali. The Comedy Knights are back at the Teatru Salesjan Kerstin Arnemann exhibits at the First-Time Solo Exhibition The Twilight Sad Darren Tanti exhibits at the Winter Salon