That's PRD takes a look at the best of the month in Hong Kong:
Through Mar 24: Hong Kong Arts Festival
An international array of acclaimed theater, dance, live music, opera, circus and more fill the city with creativity until March 24. Anna Karenina swoons as a beautiful ballet, five masterpieces of Peking opera take the stage, Chris Botti wields a virtuoso trumpet ... there’s just too much to mention here. You have to check out the complete schedule for yourself.
Feb 23-Mar 24, various locations (www.hk.artsfestival.org)
Mar 7: RuPaul's Drag Race Stars with Comedy Queen Lady Bunny
Bow down to the queens! Chi and Smalls, two of the most popular competitors from the hit drag show, arrive for a night of high shade, unforgettable madness and pure eleganza. The intimidatingly beautiful glamazons are joined by one of the funniest artists to don fake eyelashes. Lose yourself in a night of style and hilarity with these queens of comedy.
Mar 7, 8pm; HKD488-1,088. Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (www.hkticketing.com)
Mar 17: Sónar Music and Tech Festival
Visionary electronic music artist Squarepusher joins 40 audacious artists on five stages in this massive futurist festival. Beyond digitally enhanced performances, you’ll enjoy virtual and augmented reality, 3D holograms, instruments controlled by light and a talk with Sophia, the robot recently made a Saudi citizen. Prepare to be blown away.
Mar 17, 8pm; HKD880 all access, HKD180 Sónar+D. Hong Kong Science Park. Tickets. (www.sonarhongkong.com)
Mar 18: HKAF World Music Weekend – Namgar
Namgar – the Bjork-like lead singer and her band – carry forth the musical heritage of Mongol and Buryat nomads that hail from southern Siberia. They paint in song of ancient battles, brave warriors and swift horses, infusing the beauty and emotion of traditional hymns with the raw and rocking energy of electric guitars. The past shall not die with such champions as these.
Mar 18. HKD260. The Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts (hk.artsfestival.org)
Mar 29-31: Art Basel
The sixth edition of the world-renowned art show returns to Hong Kong with an incredible lineup of modern and contemporary works from 248 premiere institutions across 32 countries. With Asian/Pacific galleries representing more than half, this marquee exhibition brings together the richest highlights of East and West, just like Hong Kong.
Mar 29-31, times vary; HKD200-350 presale, HKD300-400 door, HKD500-850 multiday. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (www.hkticketing.com)
Mar 30: Katy Perry 'Witness' Tour
You know she’s not coming to the mainland, so this might be your only chance to see the pop superstar with all her freaky bells and whistles. Her latest tour is a musical tour through her milestones and hits, “an imaginative trip from outer-space to inner-space, from the planets to the bottom of our oceans,” all staged for eye-popping delight.
Mar 30, 8pm. HKD588-1,888. AsiaWorld-Expo (hkticketing.com)
Click here to see our March event guide for Macau.
[Images via Hong Kong Arts Festival, Sónar, Art Basel]
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