Progressing to another stage

The annual Lin Zhaohua Theater Arts Festival, which was launched in 2010, is back after a year's gap as the son takes the reins from his father

One day last summer, Chinese actor-turned-director Lin Xiyue dined with his father Lin Zhaohua, a veteran theater director, at his father's home in Beijing. After dinner, the father and son smoked cigarettes together on the balcony, where the father spoke about the Lin Zhaohua Theater Arts Festival.

The festival, initiated by Lin Zhaohua in 2010, is seen as a cultural event which brings well-known and pioneering foreign plays to Chinese audiences.