Best bets

The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma

Date: Nov 10 - 8 pm

Venue: Shanghai Philharmonic Music Hall

Price: 80-1,280 yuan

The Silk Road Ensemble, Yo-Yo Ma's limitless collective, connects the world's neighborhoods by bringing together artists and audiences. From flashy surf guitar sounds to 9th-century Chinese poetry, from modular playlists to Egyptian rhythms, The Silk Road Ensemble mixes the modern and the traditional, breaking boundaries of ethnicity and eras.

Arsis Handbell Ensemble

Date: Nov 8 - 8 pm

Venue: Experimental Theatre, Guangzhou Opera House

Price: 80-280 yuan

Arsis Handbell Ensemble, which developed from the chamber choir Arsis in 1993, today consists of eight professional players and one of the most perfect sets in the world, which includes 7+4 octave sets of handbells and a seven-octave set of handchimes. The ensemble has toured most of the world and released seven CDs. The program: A Bach Pastorale, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, and Morning.

I, Malvolio

Date: Nov 8-9 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Renyi Experiment Theater in Beijing

Price: 120-280 yuan

I, Malvolio is the playful story of Twelfth Night cleverly disguised as riotous rude fun. Through a highly-charged and hilarious rant, Malvolio will draw you into Shakespeare's play. Young teenagers will delight in this tale of lost dignity, practical jokes and bullying.

The Interactive Show Plants vs Zombies

Date: Nov 7-9 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Haidian Theater in Beijing

Price: 100-500 yuan

Compared with other drama and stage performances, the interactive experience show Plants vs Zombies is a play in which the audience can see, touch, have fun and participate. The show refines the plot of the story to take the advantage of the stage art and 4-D technology.

Nederlands Dans Theater 1 Hello Earth

Date: Nov 8 - 7:30 pm

Venue: NCPA in Beijing

Price: 80-500 yuan

Nederlands Dans Theater 1 is one of the world's leading contemporary dance companies, under the artistic guidance of Paul Lightfoot. The Dutch troupe is based in The Hague, but has performed for thousands in Europe as well as in the US, Asia and Australia. Since its founding in 1959, the company has built a rich repertoire of 600 ballets by master choreographers Jir Kylin and Hans van Manen and others.

(China Daily 11/08/2014 page20)