China
SPOTLIGHT ON CHINESE THEATRE
On Stage And In A Wheelchair
Posted by Liu Qing | Oct 5, 2023 | China, Review, Theatre and Disability
A Beloved Chinese Classic Gets a Weightless Adapta...
Posted by Chen Tian | Jul 1, 2023 | China, Chinese Theatre and Opera, Review
On China’s Broadway, IP Is King — For Now
Posted by Wu Changchang | Jul 1, 2023 | China, Essay, Musical Theatre
The Sphinx’s Riddle Remains Unsolved. Scattering C...
Posted by Anna Gryszkiewicz | Apr 14, 2023 | China, Festivals, Review, Transmedia
Celebrity Culture Under the Spotlight at Para Site
Posted by Oliver Giles | Jan 2, 2023 | China, Hong Kong, Producing, Theatre and Art
“The Interrupted Dream” by Hong Kong...
Posted by Rossella Ferrari | Oct 1, 2022 | Adaptation, China, Directing, Festivals, Hong Kong, Poland, Review
The Troubled State of Performing Arts in Hong Kong
Posted by Molly Grogan | Jul 10, 2022 | China, Hong Kong, News, Producing, Theatre and Politics
Welcome to the Slug Parade: Representation of Asex...
Posted by Yizhou Zhang | Jul 5, 2022 | China, LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Disability, United Kingdom
The Spotlight on China showcases new developments in Chinese theatre both at home and abroad. From performance reviews and interviews, to an ever-growing archive of essays, the series offers The Theatre Times' readers a window on the Chinese theatre landscape.
Current Plans: Hong Kong’s Collaborative Art Space
The Troubled State of Performing Arts in Hong Kong
Transnational Chinese Theatres in Pandemic Times
Tianjiao Li and Xuexi Li from Quirky Moth Theatre – China’s leading theatre company discuss the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on China’s theatre and its communities from the perspective of a theatre maker and spectator. Tianjiao Li and Xuexi Li talk about how the particular situation of artists in China made them resilient to the COVID-19 pandemic, encouraged experimentation, and increased their own visibility. They also explain why they think Theatre will survive the pandemic.
Is There a Right Way to Make Chinese Opera?
by Guo Chenzi | Dec 16, 2023 | China, Essay
With countless adaptations, The Peony Pavilion is China’s answer to Swan Lake. But recent attempts...
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On China’s Broadway, IP Is King — For Now
by Wu Changchang | Jul 1, 2023 | China, Essay, Musical Theatre
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China Asks: How Many Cultural Landmarks Is Too Many?
by Xudong You | Dec 18, 2021 | China, Essay
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How China’s Musicals Lost Their Groove
by Wu Changchang | Nov 15, 2021 | China, Essay, Musical Theatre
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On Stage And In A Wheelchair
“I Want My Own Sky”: Chinese Migrant Mothers Onstage
The Play That Never Sleeps: “Macbeth” In China
Chinese Vagina Monologues And Beyond
Cross-cultural Encounters In World Theatre: Bertolt Brecht, The “Alienation” Effect And Chinese Drama
by Letizia Fusini | May 20, 2018 | Acting, China, Essay
The German playwright and drama theorist Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is particularly famous for...
Meet The Masters Behind Hong Kong’s Most Extraordinary Bamboo Theatre
by Zolima Citymag | Jun 19, 2020 | China, Design, Essay, Hong Kong
For generations, bamboo theatres have been a thread that ties together Hong Kong’s present and...
“The Interrupted Dream” by Hong Kong’s Zuni Icosahedron in Wrocław, Poland
by Rossella Ferrari | Oct 1, 2022 | Adaptation, China, Directing, Festivals, Hong Kong, Poland, Review
Tang Xianzu’s sixteenth-century classic, Peony Pavilion (1598), is a play about boundaries and...
“Gangsters Of Hong Kong:” A New Stage Play Fleshes Out Triad Drama
by Zolima Citymag | Feb 23, 2019 | China, Festivals, Hong Kong, News, Playwriting
Hong Kong’s reputation as a safe city is well-deserved. It ranks frequently among the top 10...
The Troubled State of Performing Arts in Hong Kong
by Molly Grogan | Jul 10, 2022 | China, Hong Kong, News, Producing, Theatre and Politics
Hong Kong’s branding campaign as “Asia’s World City” sings the praises of its liveability,...
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How “Hamilton” Got Chinese Thinking About Who Tells Their History
by Yi Yang | Aug 12, 2020 | China, News, Theatre and Politics
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On Stage And In A Wheelchair
by Liu Qing | Oct 5, 2023 | China, Review, Theatre and Disability
Zhao Hongcheng has made hundreds of videos about the challenges of life as a disabled person. Now...
Hustling at the Bottom of the Stand-Up Pyramid
by Hou Xueqi | Jan 5, 2022 | China, Interview, Theatre and Gender
All the rage in Beijing’s stand-up circuit, Pazilye Parhat says much of comedy stems from...
Welcome to the Slug Parade: Representation of Asexuality and Autism in “The Slug Show”
by Yizhou Zhang | Jul 5, 2022 | China, LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Disability, United Kingdom
As London celebratess the 50th anniversary of the Pride Parade on July 2, I’m reminded of the only...
Hustling at the Bottom of the Stand-Up Pyramid
“Toolbox Manoeuvre”: The Beat of Hong Kong On Stage
Anthony Wong in Theatre and Indie Films
The Man Who Played With Fire
Interview With Jin Xing on Drama, Dance, Freedom
“Trace:” Powerful Portrayal of Duty, Sacrifice and Strength Through the Keys of a Piano
by Kennedy Fiorella | Nov 30, 2019 | Canada, China, Chinese Theatre Abroad, Review
The story of familial sacrifice is one that runs through Canadian identity. In Jeff Ho’s Trace, he...
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Chinese Vagina Monologues And Beyond
by Ling Tang | Apr 19, 2018 | China, Chinese Theatre Abroad, Documentary Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
A Son, His Father, and Steampunk: Reliving Days of Future Past
by Fu Beimeng | Dec 10, 2020 | China, Directing, Interview, Puppetry, Theatre and Opera
Filmmaker Sun Yang discusses his recent documentary about visual artist Ma Liang, also known as...
In China’s Voguing Houses, Queer Millennials Strike a New Pose
by Wang Xuandi and Fan Yiying | Feb 1, 2021 | China, LGBTQ+ Theatre, News, Theatre and Dance
Ballroom culture is quietly flourishing in China’s cities, creating a safe space for young LGBT...
A Son, His Father, and Steampunk: Reliving Days of Future Past
by Fu Beimeng | Dec 10, 2020 | China, Directing, Interview, Puppetry, Theatre and Opera
Filmmaker Sun Yang discusses his recent documentary about visual artist Ma Liang, also known as...
The Sphinx’s Riddle Remains Unsolved. Scattering Chinese Art with “The First-Ever Metaverse Theatre Festival”
by Anna Gryszkiewicz | Apr 14, 2023 | China, Festivals, Review, Transmedia
Even though for the last decade there have been numerous attempts to unleash Chinese theatre’s...
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Two Productions of “The Plague” Push the Boundary of Theatre
by Molly Grogan | Jun 5, 2021 | Adaptation, China, Covid-19, Hong Kong, Review, Transmedia
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Chinese Director Wang Chong Publishes “Online Theatre Manifesto”
by Yizhou Huang | Sep 12, 2020 | Adaptation, China, Covid-19, Transmedia
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