Stage set for new Odyssey

Two German playhouse masterpieces are being performed in Beijing and Shanghai, Chen Nan reports.

Following its successful premiere in China in 2016, Theatertreffen in China has returned to the country every year since.

This summer, two German theater productions are being staged in Beijing and Shanghai through July 14: Thalia Theatre's Die Odyssee (The Odyssey), a performance of Homer's epic historical masterpiece, and Trommeln in der Nacht (Drums in the Night) by Munchner Kammerspiele.