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V This week maltatoday, Sunday, 25 January 2015 00s. Tickets are at €6. Hotline: 9930 5256. FEBRUARY 9 A Critical Mass Party of 80s dance music at The Black Pearl, Ta' Xbiex at 22:00. Featuring DJs Michael Bugeja and Joseph Felice. Entrance is at €5. EXHIBITIONS 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. THEATRE JANUARY 24, 25, 31; FEBRUARY 1 Sawl A Talenti production of the story of St Paul at St James Cavalier, Valletta at 20:00. The dramatic monologue will be performed by Mario Micallef, from a script by Alfred Palma, as directed by Zep Camilleri. Tickets are at €15. Bookings: www.sjcav.org, 2122 3200. JANUARY 31 Ix-Xitan Kunjomu Malti Satirical play written and directed by Mario Philip Azzopardi at the Manoel Theatre, Valletta at 20:00. Featuring John Suda as the Devil and Ray Calleja as the Exorcist. Tickets are at €25, €20 and €15. Bookings: bookings@ teatrumanoel.com.mt, 2124 6389. FEBRUARY 1, 6, 19 The Crucible Transmission of the Old Vic, London production of Arthur Miller's modern classic witch- hunting drama, The Crucible, at St James Cavalier, Valletta. Starring Richard Armitage (The Hobbit) and directed by Yaël Farber. The ensemble cast also features Malta-born actress Marama Corlett. The February 1 screening will be at 18:30, the remaining two will be at 20:00. Tickets are at €12, €10 and €8. Bookings: bookings@sjcav.org, 2122 3200. FEBRUARY 6-8; 13, 14 I'll Be Back Before Midnight MADC production of the Peter Colley thriller at the MADC Clubrooms, Sta Venera at 20:00. Directed by Colin Azzopardi. Cast includes Becky d'Ugo, Joe Depasquale, Gianni Selvaggi and Steffi Thake. Tickets are at €15 for the first night, €10 for the rest of the run. Bookings: www.madc. com.mt, 7777 6232. FEBRUARY 13 The People Next Door Mellow Drama production of the award-winning play at Blue Box, M Space in Msida at 20:00. Directed by Steve Casaletto. Cast includes Marylu Coppini, Alan Paris and Andre Agius. FEBRUARY 13-15 It-Tfajla tal-Ghonnella A contemporary dance performance influenced by Maltese culture and traditions at Manoel Theatre, Valletta at 20:00. Artistic direction is by Dorian Mallia. Dancers are: Diane Portelli, Christina Cauchi, Elena Zammit, Pamela Kerr, Cassandra Stretchozoid Galea, Dorian Mallia, Tom Shale- Coates and Francesco Joseph Nicodeme. Tickets are at €25, €20 and €15. Bookings: bookings@ teatrumanoel.com.mt, 2124 6389. WHAT'S ON ELKA Duo's journey continues through Malta and its Centre for Creativity St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity is currently showcas- ing an exhibition entitled 'Flying Sculptures', created and produced by artists-in-residence, Elodie Laurent and Stéphane Kiszak, jointly known as ELKA Duo. It will remain on display at the Upper Galleries until February 15. The French-Belgian duo traces its origins in 2010, but is currently covering entirely new ground with the project, 'Espace Zero'. Hav- ing sold and given away all their belongings, and armed with just a ten-kilogram backpack each, the two have literally departed from nil and have, for the past seven months since May 2014, travelled on foot while creating works for the project. Restless, as mobile artists, they challenged every notion of space, body and movement, and have as a result crossed more than mere physical and geographical bounda- ries. Malta has been their latest port of call, following a stay in Morocco. Having wandered along its coasts, hills, cliffs, abandoned places, side- lined projects and built-up areas, any site could have been considered as a potential 'Flying Sculpture' site. These 'sculptures' are composed of random, found objects gathered along the way, and which are as- sembled and "poised" for a multi- photo-shoot. The end-product is a familiar-looking, practically deso- late landscape, save for an eternally suspended matrix of objects defying all sense of gravity and belonging. These works, in fact, represent more a figment of the imagination than fragments obtained from the physical, real world. Indeed, if the artistic duo is living a dream, these surreal visions are their parting gift, as they exit one phase to enter another, in yet another foreign and strange land. ELKA duo's journey will continue to the next phase following their departure from Malta after the clo- sure of the exhibition in February 2015, with no end in sight. The exhibition 'Flying Sculptures' is curated by Patrick Fenech and or- ganised as part of the artists-in-res- idence programme by Fondazzjoni Ċentru għall-Kreattività. The Foundation has invited these two artists and supported their work during their stay in Malta, which they started in October 2014. Flying Sculptures is the direct outcome of their two month long residency. Wignacourt Tower receives a facelift Michael Frendo to give lecture on 'Malta's Magna Charta' Restoration work pro- ceeds at the Wignacourt Tower at St Paul's Bay which is soon to celebrate its 405th anniversary. The external walls of the tower are being restored with the support of the ERDF Funds for Sustain- able Tourism by the Malta Tourism Authority project in collaboration with Din l-Art Helwa, the NGO that manages this historic site in guardi- anship. Wignacourt Tower is the earliest coastal watch tower still standing in Malta and was built by Grand Master Wignacourt in 1610. In devotion to Malta's patron saint, its foundation stone was laid on Febru- ary 10 of the same year. Stanley Farrugia Randon, who is Din l-Art Ħelwa's warden for Wignacourt Tower said that this expensive and extensive conserva- tion work, "is just an example of the continued effort necessary to save our built heritage for posterity. We could not allow Din l-Art Ħelwa's 50th anniversary to go by without giving this mag- nificent tower a proper facelift and are grateful to MTA for its collaboration". On February 5, Dr Michael Frendo, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Parliament of Malta (2010-2013), will present a lecture entitled 'Malta's Magna Charta', a study on the Royal Charter granted to the Maltese in 1428 by Alfonso V of Aragon affirming the rights of the Maltese nation, the events leading to it and its political and constitutional sig- nificance. The talk will be delivered in English at the Caruana Cur- ran Hall, Din l-Art Ħelwa, 133, Melita Street, Valletta at 18:30. Entry is free, but donations to Din l-Art Ħelwa will be appreciated. More information: 2122 5952 info@dinlarthelwa.org Friar Alessandro will be performing at St Publius Church, Floriana on February 7