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V This week maltatoday, SUNDAY, 3 MAY 2015 http://www.ticketline.com.mt. MAY 9 Footprints new album launch Rock band Footprints launch their debut album Backbench at St Joseph's Home Courtyard in Sta Venera at 20:00. Admission to the concert is free, however a donation to 'Ohloq Tbissima' would be requested at the door. All proceeds will help the Kabataan Orchestra of MSSP in the Philippines. The album 'Backbench' will also be on sale at the concert and a reception will follow after the concert. Bookings: footprintsforchrist@ gmail.com or by SMS on: 99439866. Seats are available on a first come fist served basis. MAY 10 Virtuosi for Mama Mother's Day classical concert at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta at 18:00. Featuring Russia's great pianist Mikhail Lidsky – the famous violinist Alessandro Borgomanero - and the Sinfonietta Orchestra from the State of Georgia – will collaborate in a Unique Concert conducted by Malta's Alexei Galea Cavallazzi. The programme includes music by Grieg, Mozart, Mendelssohn and others. Mro Borgomanero will be playing on his 1698 Stradivarius. Bookings: www.mcc.com.mt or by phoning 2559 5750. EXHIBITIONS UNTIL MAY 3 I Know I Don't Photography exhibition by Giola Cassar at St James Cavalier, Valletta. I Know I Don't is an exhibition that explores personal identity and the idiosyncratic things that make a person unique and identifiable to others. MAY 3-16 Inspirations Exhibition of paintings by Frederick Bonett and Paul Galea at Ir-Razzett tal-Markiz, Mosta. UNTIL MAY 10 Michael Sanders exhibition Exhibitions of Gozitan landscapes by Michael Sanders (1950-2014) at Il-Hagar – Heart of Gozo Museum, Victoria, Gozo. Opening hours: 09:00 to 17:00. MAY 14-30 Urbex: A Photo Exhibition Exhibition of photographs by Simon Vienne at Splendid, Strait Street, Valletta. Opening on May 14 from 19:30. Open from Thursday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:30. UNTIL MAY 20 Cliché Exhibition of paintings by Mark Mallia at Le Meridien, St Julian's. THEATRE AND DANCE TONIGHT AND MAY 8-10 The Pride MADC Theatre production of Alexi Kaye Campbell's landmark play at St James Cavalier, Valletta at 20:00. Directed by Michael Mangion. The cast includes Malcolm Galea, Philip Leone- Ganado, Julia Calvert and Ben Milton. Tickets are at €15. Bookings: www.sjcav.org, 2122 3200. TONIGHT AND MAY 8-10 Completely Hollywood (abridged) Mostly Harmless production of the Reduced Shakespeare Company's madcap rush through Hollywood hits directed by James Calvert and performed by Alan Montanaro, John Montanaro and Joe Azzopardi at Sir Temi Zammit Hall, University of Malta campus at 20:00. Tickets are at €15 and €10. Bookings: www. mostlyharmless.com.mt. MAY 9 Dance in Stone Performance launching ArtsExcel ensemble, at Pjazza Teatru Rjal, Valletta at 21:00. The performance in aid of Cystic Fibrosis. Bookings: http://ticketline.com.mt/. MAY 6-10 The Three Sunsets Performance of a children's show at the Manoel Theatre, Valletta. Written and devised by the members of Teatru Manoel Youth Theatre. Directed by Denise Mulholland with music and lyrics by Luke Saydon. School show: May 6, 10:00 and 12:00 (Tickets: €4), Public shows: May 9, 17:30, May 10, 10:30 (tickets: €7 for children, €10 for adults). Bookings: 2124 6389, bookings@teatrumanoel. com.mt. MAY 15-17, 22-24 Sibna Iz-Zejt Satirical play in Maltese at the Manoel Theatre, Valletta at 20:00. Written by Wayne Flask and directed by Sean Buhagiar. Based in 2036, where Malta strikes it rich… under the Addolorata cemetery! The Labour Party has been in power for such a long time that the PM himself is doing his best to lose the election honourably… but can't. Also, featuring the Church, the PN and the Business Class and much more. Bookings: 2124 6389, bookings@teatrumanoel.com.mt. SEMINAR MAY 9 Hearing Orpheus Today Musical project consisting of a seminar and a concert at Old Refectory, Archbishop's Curia, Triq San Kalcidonju, Floriana from 09:30. During the two-hour morning seminar, which will focus on contemporary theatre, the participating composers will give a presentation regarding their musical works, and explain how they deal with combining narrative to their music. WHAT'S ON presents Saturday 9th May 2015 at 5.30pm Sunday 10th May 2015 at 10.30am A theatrical adventure full of music, magic, puppetry & comedy, suitable for everyone aged 7+ ... the Musical! 7HDWUX0DQRHO%RRNLQJ2I¿FH7_(ERRNLQJV#WHDWUXPDQRHOFRPPW Ă ͚͙͘͜ www.teatrumanoel.com.mt 0985. Teatru - 3 Sunsets - 20x3.indd 1 23/04/2015 15:52 Climate change: it's political too Michael Zammit Cutajar will deliver a talk on 'The Political Science of Climate Change' at Din l-Art Ħelwa on May 14 at 18:30. Man-made climate change has been on the United Nations agenda since Malta put it there in 1988. After a quarter-century of international discussions and negotiations, in which the speaker has been involved in dif- ferent roles, we still do not have a global political and economic response that is adequate to meet the challenge. The current effort to fash- ion an ambitious and robust international agreement will culminate at a conference in the suburbs of Paris in December this year: the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – known in the jargon as 'COP 21'. Zammit Cutajar will address the interaction of science, poli- tics and economics around the topic of climate change, explain- ing the handicaps in the negotia- tions and sharing his expecta- tions of a result in December. He will also outline some issues facing the Mediterranean region and Malta within it. Zammit Cutajar spent most of his professional career in and around the United Na- tions, in Geneva and Bonn. He was assigned in 1991 to head the secretariat supporting the climate change negotiations and was appointed to be the first Executive Secretary of the above-mentioned Convention (1995-2002). From 2002 to 2011, he was Malta's first Ambas- sador on climate change. He is currently advising the Paris- based Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), a think tank that is supporting the French Presidency of COP 21. The talk is free of charge but donations to Din l-Art Ħelwa's conservation fund will be appre- ciated. For further information: Din l-Art Ħelwa, 133, Melita Street, Valletta. The talk will be followed by time for questions. For more information contact 2122 5952, info@dinlarthelwa.org