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CONCIERGE / What’sOn

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ROMÉO ET JULIETTE

This French musical based on the

Shakespearean classic features

music and lyrics by renowned

French composer Gérard

Presgurvic. In French with English

and Chinese subtitles. At the

Cultural Centre until August 11.

ticketflap.com

PETERPAN

The Asian premiere

of Hong Kong Ballet

artistic director Septime Webre’s

adaptation of the classical

fairy tale delivers breathtaking

ballet and a sweeping score

accompanied by extravagant

costumesandsets. At the Cultural

CentreandShaTin Town Hall until

August25.urbtix.hk

TREVORNOAH:

LOUDANDCLEAR

The Daily Show host

brings his acclaimed

observational humour

and scathing wit to Hong

Kong for the first time. His

previous stand-up comedy

show, The Racist, sold out

at the Edinburgh Fringe. Atthe

HKCEC. hkticketing.com

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CHAINSMOKERS

The Grammy

award-winning, Billboard chart-

topping American EDM-pop duo

touch down on the World War Joy

tour, performing such hits as Roses

and Something Just Like This. At

AsiaWorld-Expo. hkticketing.com

HONG KONG

INTERNATIONAL

REGGAE SKA

FESTIVAL

Jamaican legends Keith & Tex

leada line-up of groups hailing

fromTaiwan, the UK and Japan

performing at Asia’s biggest event

forreggae, ska and Jamaican

music culture. At Southorn

Stadium. ticketflap.com

DENIS

KOZHUKHIN

PLAYS

RACHMANINOV

The Russian pianist

joins the Hong

Kong Sinfonietta in

a performance of

works by Schnittke,

Haydn and

Rachmaninov under

the baton of Ken

Lam. At City Hall.

urbtix.hk

From classical music and ballet performances to

shows by pop stars and stand-up comics, there’s

plenty of heat in the summer calendar

EDINBURGH

AUGUST 2–26

Choreographer Ben Duke’s

interpretation of Romeo and Juliet

and comedian Jessie Cave’s intimate

stand-up show Sunrise are just two of

the 3,500-plus shows at the world’s

largest arts festival, the Edinburgh

Festival Fringe. edfringe.com

KYOTO

AUGUST 16

The Obon festival honours ancestral

spirits believed to visit family altars

over three days each August.

It culminates in the lighting of

the Daimonji fires on mountains

around Kyoto, signifying the spirits’

departure. insidejapantours.com

NEVADA

AUGUST 25–SEPTEMBER 2

The Burning Man arts festival, whose

attendance has swelled to more than

80,000 visitors since its inception

in 1986, returns with the theme

of Metamorphosis, encouraging

participants to celebrate the notion

of change. burningman.org

NEW YORK

AUGUST 26–SEPTEMBER 8

Serbian ace Novak Djokovic is slated

to defend his title, joining a roster of

other tennis greats such as Serena

Williams and emerging stars like

Germany’s Alexander Zverev battling

for supremacy at the US Open, the last

Grand Slam of the year. usopen.org

For more photos, visit

hongkongtatler.com/calendar

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EXO PLANET #5:

EXPLORATION

TOUR

Catch K-pop heart-throbs EXO—

without Xiumin and DO, who

are carrying out their mandatory

military service this year—on their

latest tour since the release of

their fifth album, Don’t Mess Up

My Tempo, and its repackaged,

extended version, Love Shot. At

AsiaWorld-Expo until August 11.

hkticketing.com

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WORDS: LEANNE MIRANDILLA; IMAGES: DEAN ALEXANDER, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG BALLET

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