Hustling at the Bottom of the Stand-Up Pyramid
All the rage in Bejing’s stand-up circuit, Pazilye Parhat says much of comedy stems from genuine...
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Chinese Theatre Archives
Nonverbal “King Lear” Review – Conflict in Visuals, Sounds, and Imaginations
What has been left after all well-written dialogues, which were once deemed to be the spirit of...
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How China’s Musicals Lost Their Groove
Chinese musical theater has largely abandoned high-concept shows in favor of shallow engagement...
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When The Fire Dragon Dances Under The Full Moon: Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong
The rhythmic sound of drumming echoes through the streets. Tai Hang is normally quiet on...
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“Every dollar is a soldier/With money you’re a dragon”: A Virtual Promenade between Two Migrant Fates
Running Aug 24-29 at the 2021 Edinburgh Fringe, Every dollar is a soldier/With money you’re a...
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From Daily to Beckett: Godot in Wuhan. Wang Chong and Peng Tao in Conversation with Tomasz Wiśniewski and Katarzyna Kręglewska. Part 2.
This is PART 2 of the interview. To read PART 1, click here. Wiśniewski: When I watched your...
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From Daily to Beckett: Godot in Wuhan. Wang Chong and Peng Tao in Conversation with Tomasz Wiśniewski and Katarzyna Kręglewska. Part 1.
Godot in Wuhan was a special session at the Twelfth Between.Pomiędzy Festival conducted within the...
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How a Polish Master, Krystian Lupa, Brought Lu Xun’s Madness to Life
Written in 1918, Lu Xun’s A Madman’s Diary marked the advent of modern Chinese literature....
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Two Productions of “The Plague” Push the Boundary of Theatre
The Hong Kong Arts Festival has simultaneously commissioned two provocative productions of Neil...
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Chinese Actress, Qi Xi, Wants More Roles for Women, by Women
This story is part of Sixth Tone’s five-year anniversary project Changemakers. When given the...
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Windows into Performance Art: River Lin’s Artistic and Curatorial Practices
Networking is both motif and method in the work of River Lin (林人中). Performing, directing,...
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The Small-Time Reality TV Hit Reviving Chinese Theater’s Big Dreams
In Theater for Living, brutal honesty about the hardships of life onstage is winning over fans....
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In China’s Voguing Houses, Queer Millennials Strike a New Pose
Ballroom culture is quietly flourishing in China’s cities, creating a safe space for young LGBT...
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Dramaturgy as “A Poem About The Unknown”: Producing Dance Theatre About the Future During Uncertain Times
A Poem About the Unknown is a dance theatre performance directed by Chinese dance artists Lian...
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A Marriage of Art and Cultures: Leung Ming-kai and Kate Reilly
Sitting in a decidedly Hong Kong-flavoured café in Prince Edward, Leung Ming-kai and Kate Reilly...
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A Son, His Father, and Steampunk: Reliving Days of Future Past
Filmmaker Sun Yang discusses his recent documentary about visual artist Ma Liang, also known as...
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Transnational Chinese Theatres in Pandemic Times
I have hesitated for a while to engage with the increasingly ubiquitous “[insert own subject...
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Chinese Director Wang Chong Publishes “Online Theatre Manifesto”
The Lunar New Year of 2020 struck Chinese people as unprecedented as Coronavirus forced Wuhan to...
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REGIONAL MANAGING EDITORS FOR CHINA
YIZHOU HUANG
ROSSELLA FERRARI
CHENG-HAN WU
YAN CHEN
YICHEN LU
