Love in Beijing is underground

Love in Beijing, a play featuring five different love stories among commuters on Beijing's subway, is ongoing at Beijing's Nine Theater.

The play explores the stories of lovers, family members and of the love-hate relations between outsiders and locals in the capital.

Various characters, from rebellious and sorrowful Beijing teens to young people who venture to Beijing to pursue their dreams, seem to live other lives in the subway.

Five writers, including music producer Zhang Yadong, rock singer-songwriter Qiu Ye and TV series director Yang Yazhou, tell the stories from their own perspectives, portraying how commuters feel and behave in the enclosed space of the subway. It also reflects the diversity of urban life.

8 pm, until March 3. Nine Theater, 17 Xiaozhuang Jintai Xili, Chaoyang district, Beijing. 400-610-3721.