Art beat: Theater

DPRK classic

The Flower Girl, one of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's best known revolutionary plays, is on a nationwide tour in China and will be performed in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, from July 7-8.

Born in 1972, The Flower Girl tells of the sad life of the poor, who were exploited by landlords in the 1930s. The heroine sells flowers to earn a living and to pay her mother's medical bills, but is later locked up by the landlord.

The story has a happy ending as the heroine's brother escapes from the landlord's persecution and later becomes a soldier, rescuing his sister.

Phibada Opera Troupe, which has been described as DPRK's national treasure, will perform the play, which has been staged 1,500 times in the past 40 years.

8 pm, July 7 and 8. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, 259 Dongfeng Zhonglu (Exit C of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall station of subway line 2), Yuexiu district, Guangzhou. 020-8355-2030

Children's play

China Children's Art Theater adds another world classic fairy tale to its repertoire, The Frog Prince. Based on the story from Grimm's Fairy Tales, it is playwritten by Mu Xing and directed by Tang Yu.

The Frog Prince is China Children's Art Theater's third production of world classic fairy tales series, after Aesop's Fables and The Little Prince. It will debut Saturday as the opening show of the Second China Children's Theater Festival.

10 am, July 7. China Children's Art Theater, 64 Dong'anmen Dajie, West of Wangfujing, Dongcheng district, Beijing. 010-6521-1425.