Sunday, Dec 14

Elaine Paige, is affectionately called the first lady of British musical theater. She performs in Beijing for the first stop on her 40-year-anniversary tour around the world. Paige has played lead roles in Evita and Cats. In addition to being nominated for five Laurence Olivier Awards, Paige ... Read more »

From Friday, Dec 5

Chen Kaige, one of Chinese cinema’s most renowned directors, releases his latest biopic, Forever Enthralled. Chen’s films are known for their epic storylines and visual flair. This film is no exception. The movie vividly captures the life of Chinese Peking opera master Mei Lanfang ... Read more »

From Friday, Nov 21

In Hellboy II: The Golden Army, our demon superhero defends the human race against evil elfins. An exiled elfin has come back to break the peace truce between elfins and mortals by unleashing a deadly army. Hellboy recieved overwhelmingly positive reviews with Hollywood Reporter calling it ... Read more »

From Tue, Nov 25

to Sun, Nov 30

The End of Everything Ever is a new drama based on real accounts from the kindertransport, an evacuation of 10,000 Jewsish children from Germany after Kristallnacht. The story follows six-year-old Agata, who while tired and hungry on the train from Germany ... Read more »

Each movie will be shown once only, and will be screened in their original language with English and Chinese subtitles. Exact schedule for films has not be released, but at least we know which films will be screened. Screenings begin Dec 1 and last until Dec 20.

Feature Films (subject ... Read more »

From Wednesday, Nov 5

In the sequel to Casino Royale, Daniel Craig continues the high-speed, break-neck adventures of James Bond. Quantum of Solace, the 22nd 007 film takes Bond through Austria, Italy and South America as he seeks to uncover the truth behind the betrayal and death of his lover ... Read more »

The four-time Tony Award-winning Brooadway production of Aida is finally bringing its epic table of love, loyalty and betrayal to Beijing. The score by Elton John and Tim Rice fuses pop and rock music into Verdi's classic opera. The best part? You can win two VIP tickets to see ... Read more »

From Tue, Nov 4 to Sun, Nov 9

Inspired by T.S. Eliot's poem of the same name, Hysteria, is your life’s most socially awkward moments amplified and contained into one night of irreverent and absurd comedy. Inspector Sands and Stamping Ground Theatre co-produce this drama that won ... Read more »

From Monday, Nov 24

Strictly speaking, Alan Zhang is not a director but a business man. The debut of his first film Waiting in Beijing thus came as a surprise to both audience and critics after a test-screening in Los Angeles earlier this year. The movie, which won the Director ... Read more »

The Beijing Music Festival continues this weekend with a variety of events to satisfy the music lover in all of us.

FRIDAY

Don't miss the final night of Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser performed by the Deutsche Opera Berlin under the direction of conductor Philippe Auguin who first brought Wagner ... Read more »

Come join the salsa party on the Great Wall during this year's 3rd Annual International China Salsa Congress. This year's October 4th (Saturday) party on the Great Wall is combined with a four-day festival of dancing, music, and workshops held at the the JW Marriott near Guomao. For ... Read more »

Music and dance lovers are enjoying sensory overload this Golden Week. From Rock Concerts to Salsa Contests to Classical Opera, Beijing has got it all for the National Holiday. This weekend the festivities continue.

FRIDAY

In the midst of all the Music Festivals, don't forget to take a dance ... Read more »

The Olympics may be over, but the performing arts scene in Beijing is still alive and kicking! Check out the wonderful offerings of the Beijing Stage this weekend.

FRIDAY

Beijing Improv group presents the Improv Drama: The Return of the Jing, an interactive theater performance in which two teams of ... Read more »

Li Yang’s recent film Blind Mountain (盲山, available on DVD around town—I bought my copy in Lido), is the scariest film I’ve seen in a long time, a sobering reminder to how backwards and ignorant and terrible China still is in more remote regions.

The film, which ... Read more »

Taking a break from the amazing feats of the human body seen on the Olympic Green, audiences at the Chaoyang Culture Center enjoyed another celebration of the human body: dance!

The first ever booking DANCE FESTIVAL beijing was held last week at Nine Theater of the CCC. Artists from around ... Read more »

After more than two hours, I walked out of the Wanda cinema, finally understanding the controversy between critics and supporters. First off, Red Cliff is the first Mandarin language movie HK action director John Woo has directed in nearly 10 years. As a Chinese director who's been in Hollywood ... Read more »

From August 11th to 16th, BeijingDance / LDTX (new name) is back to present a week of thrilling performances, Summer Selections, which features two different programs: Trailing the Sun (11th, 13th and 15th), a cutting-edge contemporary premier, and BeijingDance / LDTX Classics (12th, 14th and 16th), an evening of choreography from its ... Read more »

This weekend the Cultural Ministry in the Olympic Spirit bring us the fascinating retelling of the Greek tradegy set to dance, Medea II. City Weekend spoke with the famous Director and Choreographer, Dimitris Papaioannou.

Dimitris Papaioannou’s ground-breaking creative direction of the Athens 2004 Opening Ceremony – hailed a “triumph” by ... Read more »

The world tour of Broadway's Big Fat Musical, Hairspray has finally made it to Beijing and just in time to deal with the "fun" of Olympic security.

City Weekend was there on Thursday evening before the official opening night and found the front doors of the Exhibition Center Theater ... Read more »

There are plenty of choices for the avid theater-goer this weekend in Beijing!

ALL WEEKEND

One of Beijing's most interesting stage tourism is acrobatics. Many venues offer shows at least every weekend if not everyday. Here is a list of the most popular shows in town. The Legend of ... Read more »

This is completely ripped from the Beijing Weekender for Nightlife--which is the BEST preview of what's happening around town. plug plug So, here is a preview of the film and stage scene.

FRIDAY

The French Cultural Center always has something interesting going on stage and this week's offering ... Read more »

We've all heard of and probably seen Reality TV Shows, but last weekend brought us the perhaps first ever, "Reality Theater Show". What is that?? It is a play based on the concept of Reality TV and centered on two things: characters and topic. The topic: The environment. The ... Read more »

Have you ever seen Who's Line is It Anyway? To those of you outside the realm of the Theater World, this wacky "game show" hosted by Drew Carey may be your only exposure to the art form of Improv. For aspiring actors, like myself, Improv is a way of ... Read more »