What's On September 18

NIGHTLIFE FRIDAYS Bridge Bar Jazz Nights Live jazz every Friday night at Bridge Bar, by Victoria Gate, Valletta from 21:00. Line up of locally established jazz musicians includes Marc Galea, Lawrie Simpson, Walter Vella, Effie Azzopardi and Eric Santucci. The schedule will also include some foreign surprises, visiting sporadically through the summer. SEPTEMBER 20 End Of Summer Special 11 Closing the summer party season at Gianpula, limits of Rabat with a trio of international DJs – 2ManyDJs, Afrojack and James Zabiela. Tickets at €30/€35 (€50 VIP, €115 VVIP) can be purchased from La Krepree (Bugibba and Sliema), Sunlab (The Point, Sliema, Paola, Baystreet and Gozo), Fact (Qormi) Gianpula (Rabat) or online from www.ticketline.com.mt. For more info call: 99 373740, log on to www.freshevents.info or email: [email protected]. SEPTEMBER 20 Party Taz-Zibel Alternative/electro Party at Razzett l-Ahmar, Mosta from 22:30. Featuring DJs Danjeli, Manthrax, Acidulant (with a live set) and Owen Jay. €5 tickets can be booked by emailing [email protected]. SEPTEMBER 24, 25 The XFM Stand Up Comedy Show A trio of international comedians will be performing at the Dolmen Resort Hotel, Qawra. Featuring Mickey D (Australia), Joel Dommett (UK), John Jason Whitehead (Canada). For more information please visit www.laughoutloud.com.mt or call hotline 99 425265. Tickets may be purchased from selected outlets or online via PayPal where tickets may be collected one hour prior to the show. Transport is also available at €4 return. SEPTEMBER 24 Nomad Son and Memento Nostri The metal bands will be playing at V-Gen, Ball Street, Paceville from 21:30. Entrance is at €7. MUSIC TONIGHT Claire Tonna and Michael Galea (intimate gig) Performance by Claire Tonna (Particle Blue) on guitar and vocals and Michael Galea (Brikkuni) on percussion at Taverna Sugu Restaurant in Birgu. Doors open at 18:00. SEPTEMBER 24, 25 Falcon’s Flying Circus live The classic-progressive rock band will be performing at Rookies Bar, Bugibba. Doors open at 21:30. SEPTEMBER 30 Concerto per l’Unità d’Italia Concert of operatic music by Italian composers Bellini, Donizetti, Puccini, Catalani and Verdi at the Manoel Theatre at 20:00. The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra and well-known soprano Lucia Aliberti perform under the baton of the theatre’s Music Director Brian Schembri. The concert is being held in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and the Istituto Culturale Italiano. Tickets at €30, €25 and €10 can be booked by emailing [email protected] or by calling 21 246389. OCTOBER 8 Cable 35, Skimmed and Clandestines The rock bands will be performing at Lo Squero, Floriana. Doors open at 21:00, first band kicks off at 22:00. DJ sets will be provided by the bands themselves. Entrance is at €6. ART UNTIL SEPTEMBER 25 The Papal Corpus Christi Procession during the reign of Pope Gregory XVI An exhibition of illustrations and memorabilia at St John’s Hall Cittadella Centre for Culture and the Arts related to this annual procession by Salvatore Busuttil (artist of Gozitan origin) between 1837 and 1839. For more information log on to info@ gozoculture.com. OCTOBER 1 MO Show Movable Objects show by Violet Kulewska and Adrian Abela at the Old University Building, St Paul’s Street, Valletta, starting from 19:00. MO Show will collect unique pieces of furniture found in Malta – from bars, restaurants, private houses, garages, streets, secondhand shops etc. There will be also original movable objects built from reclaimed and sustainable materials also combining ready-made and recycled materials, and modified furniture for this show. UNTIL OCTOBER 9 Malta Photographic Society Annual Exhibition Exhibition at the Upper Galleries of St James Cavalier, Valletta, showcasing some of the best photographs produced by Maltese Photographers during the past year. No less than 150 printed images in both colour and monochrome format as well as over 100 photographs in digital projected image format are on display. THEATRE SEPTEMBER 22-25 MADC One Act Play Festival 2011 Showcase of short plays by up-and-coming actors and directors at the MADC Clubrooms, Sta Venera. There will be five plays performed on alternate nights: Hamletmachine (director: Franco Rizzo), Three Women (director: Marta Vella) and Café A La Ionesco (director: Justin Fenech) will be performed on Thursday and Saturday. Bamboozel (director: Martina Zammit) and The Worker (director: Nicola Abela Garrett) will be performed on Friday and Sunday. The Award presentation ceremony will be held on Sunday, Septmember 25. Tickets for Thursday and Friday are at €8 and Saturday and Sunday at €10. Bookings: 79 796232/99 996232 or by sending an email to [email protected]. When booking by email please put ‘ONE ACTS BOOKING’ as the subject line. The festival starts at 19:30 on each night. SEPTEMBER 23, OCTOBER 2 One Man, Two Guvnors Live transmission, from London’s National Theatre, of the critically acclaimed Richard Bean play at St James Cavalier Cinema, Valletta at 20:00. Tickets for the live performances are at €12, €10 for the October 2 encore. Bookings: [email protected], 21 223200. LIVE SCREENING SEPTEMBER 20 Pearl Jam 20 Documentary about the popular grunge act, screened live onto St James Cavalier Cinema from its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival 2011 for one night only at 20:00 sharp. Tickets are at €10.