Coming up

STAGE

Scottish Dance Theatre

The original dance show Tenderhook will be staged by the Scottish Dance Theatre next week, a leading British dance academy.

Nov 1, 7:30 pm

Shanghai Oriental Art Center - Opera Hall, 425 Dingxiang Road

丁香路425号，东方艺术中心

Tel: 6854-1234, 6272-0446

Tickets: 50 - 480 yuan

Wilderness

Cao Yu's play has been adapted for Western opera before, but next month's performance in Shanghai marks the first time for it to be presented in Peking opera-style. The production by the Taipei Li-yuan Chinese Opera Theater features leading actor Li Baochun, who is a founding member of the company. Celebrated Chinese movie director Xie Jin directed the play a year before he died in 2008, so this stands as his last directing piece.

Nov 17 - 18, 7:30 pm

Majestic Theater

66 Jiangning Road

江宁路66号，美琪大戏院

Tel: 6272-1976, 6272-0246

Tickets: 100-380 yuan

Jiashen Ji

In the year of Jiashen (1644), rebelling peasants led by Li Zicheng broke through the imperial palace, forcing Emperor Chongzheng to hang himself on a hill behind the palace court - thus bringing an end to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Yet Li and his "Dashun Dynasty" only kept their grip on power for 40 days. The play attempts to analyze what caused his failure, hoping to provide insight into the actions of today's government officials.

Until Nov 1, 7:30 pm

Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center

288 Anfu Road

安福路288号，上海话剧艺术中心

Tel: 6473-0123

Tickets: 100-200 yuan

Kabale und Liebe

Das Meiningen Theater presents the German classic by Friedrich Schiller. The classic love story revolves around the relationship between an aristocrat and the 16-year-old daughter of a musician, who soon realizes their relationship could cause problems for her family. Meanwhile, the young man's father has different plans for his son, aimed at securing his position in society. The play is performed in German with Chinese and English subtitles.

Nov 10 - 11, 7:15 pm

Shanghai Oriental Art Center

425 Dingxiang Road

丁香路425号，东方艺术中心

Tel: 6854-1234

Tickets: 40-380 yuan

39 Steps

Hitchcock's classic thriller was first adapted for the stage by Patrick Barlow and is now available to Shanghai audiences in Chinese. In both versions, four actors divide over 100 roles. The story is based on a novel by John Buchan.

Nov 6 - 15, Dec 8 - 20; 7:30 pm

Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center

288 Anfu Road

安福路288号，上海话剧艺术中心

Tel: 6473-4567

Tickets: 100 - 800 yuan

Sleuth

Anthony Shaffer's play will soon be presented for local audiences in Chinese. The story is set in the English manor of Andrew Wyke, a successful mystery writer who lures his wife's lover, Milo Tindle, to the house and convinces him to steal her jewelry. The proposal sets off a chain of events and leaves the audience trying to decipher where Wyke's imagination ends and where reality begins.

Nov 19 - Dec 6, 7:30 pm

Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center

288 Anfu Road

安福路288号，上海话剧艺术中心

Tel: 6473-0123, 6433-4546

EXHIBITIONS

Budding artists

The 10th Shanghai Youth Art Exhibition is now being held at Liu Haisu Art Museum, featuring 54 prize-winning pieces selected from a pool of over 3,000 young Chinese, thus reflecting the mindset of the country's newest generation of artists.

Until Oct 30

Liu Haisu Art Museum

1660 Hongqiao Road (closed on Monday)

虹桥路1660号，刘海粟美术馆

Tel: 6472-5597

Leng Hong

Leng Hong is considered one of the few great oil painters of modern Chinese art. His brilliant expressionist perspective and unique technique lends a three-dimensional depth to his works. By adding marble powder to his oils, Leng develops a textural aspect to his paintings, delivered in multiple layers.

Until January

Elisabeth De Brabant Art Center

299 Fuxing Road W.

复兴西路299号

Tel: 6466-7428

Susana Raab: Super America

The new exhibit highlights the different aspects of Raab's work and life in a small series. The documentary photographer began her career as a photojournalist in Washington, DC covering politics. She worked for the New York Times, where she was nominated for a Pulitzer after providing coverage of a shooting on Capitol Hill. She is currently working on Consumed: Fast Food, a project in the United States, and Off-Season: America at Leisure.

Until Dec 17

Kunstlicht Photo Art Gallery

210 Urumqi Road

鲲鲤摄影艺术中心

Web: www.kunstlicht.sh

Shen Fan

Shen Fan's images portray limited aspects of Western abstract painting, but they are fundamentally different as he uses a Chinese approach to his works coined Maximalism. His work is often regarded as incomplete and fragmented records of daily meditation because he regularly repeats patterns and forms in order to remove individualism or eliminate the desire to express oneself - aimed at delivering a pure spirit.

Until Nov 10, 10 am - 7 pm

ShanghART

796 Huaihai Road M.

淮海中路796号

Tel: 6359-3923

Fifth Dimension

This exhibit is coming to Shanghai after a successful debut in Shenzhen. Displaying the art of fiber and space, it includes many sculptures created with soft materials in the context of contemporary Chinese art by two dozen artists. This new art divorces itself from past forms as fiber art is more concentrated on theoretical studies, and importance is placed on innovation rather than technical skills.

Until Nov 18, 10 am - 6 pm

Musuem of Contemporary Art Shanghai

231 Nanjing Road West, People's Park

南京西路231号 人民公园内

Tel: 6327-9900

EVENTS

Music Festival

The Water Village Music Festival will take place at Shanghai's neighboring water town of Zhujiajiao this weekend. More than 20 bands from home and abroad will perform at the scenic village. Workshops, art exhibits and independent films will also feature.

Until Oct 25

Tel: 6153-6068

Tickets: 100 yuan (two-day pass)

Web: www.zjjwwmf.com

(China Daily 10/24/2009 page14)