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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](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Eunice-Tsang-Cover-440x264.jpg)
Current Plans: Hong Kong’s Collaborative Art Space
![The Troubled State of Performing Arts in Hong Kong](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Hong-Kong-Cover-440x264.jpeg)
The Troubled State of Performing Arts in Hong Kong
![“Sky of Darkness” Comes to NYC: A Chinese Reimagination of “Heart of Darkness” in Our Neocolonial World](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Bildschirmfoto-2022-06-02-um-11.34.37-AM-440x264.jpg)
![The Small-Time Reality TV Hit Reviving Chinese Theater’s Big Dreams](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/unnamed-440x256.jpg)
![In China’s Voguing Houses, Queer Millennials Strike a New Pose](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/477-440x264.jpg)
![Transnational Chinese Theatres in Pandemic Times](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/zuni-440x264.jpg)
Transnational Chinese Theatres in Pandemic Times
![How “Hamilton” Got Chinese Thinking About Who Tells Their History](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/392-440x264.jpg)
![China’s Live Performances Go Virtual Amid COVID-19 Epidemic](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/unnamed-1-440x256.jpg)
![Enter Ghost: China’s Growing Obsession With Immersive Plays](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/237-440x264.jpg)
![Hong Kong Ballet Brings Back “Le Corsaire”–An Encounter With Its Rising Young Star, Garry Corpuz](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1000_667.Garry-Corpuz_1_Hong-Kong-Ballet_Le-Corsaire_Zolima-CityMag-1-440x264.jpg)
![The Immigrant Dragons – Part III: Creating A Dragon That Will Last 100 Years](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1000_666.ImmigrantDragons_6_ZolimaCityMag-1-1-440x264.jpg)
![The Immigrant Dragons–Part II: On The Hunt For The Right Master](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1400_888.pink_dragon_tin_hau_BP_zolimacitymag-1-440x264.jpg)
![“Gangsters Of Hong Kong:” A New Stage Play Fleshes Out Triad Drama](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1400_933.1_Gangsters-of-hong-Kong_Loong_Man_Hong_Zolima_CityMag-440x264.jpg)
![“Super Vocal,” Chinese TV Talent Contest For Opera Singers And Musical Performers, Scores Top Ratings](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1-440x264.png)
![Li Cunxin, The Ballet Star Who Could Never Really Leave The Stage](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/li-e1348751369102-440x264.jpg)
![Manuel Pelmus Examines The Performance Art Of Hong Kong Protest](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSC3929-378x264.jpg)
![Tisa Ho, The Maestro Behind The Hong Kong Arts Festival](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1400_840.Bosch_2-440x264.jpg)
![Play Written By And For Cancer Patients Tours Shanghai, Beijing](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-11-at-7.33.33-PM-440x264.png)
![A 160-Year-Old Pirate’s Ballet Makes Its Asian Debut In Hong Kong](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Le_corsaire_SD_1-440x264.jpg)
![Chinese Opera Festival: Showcasing Troupes from Across China](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-10.37.50-AM-440x264.png)
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](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-1-440x264.jpeg)
On Stage And In A Wheelchair
![A Beloved Chinese Classic Gets a Weightless Adaptation](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/941-440x264.jpeg)
![The Sphinx’s Riddle Remains Unsolved. Scattering Chinese Art with “The First-Ever Metaverse Theatre Festival”](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_2206-440x264.jpg)
![“The Interrupted Dream” by Hong Kong’s Zuni Icosahedron in Wrocław, Poland](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/07_Photo_Tobiasz-Papuczys-e1673937857431-440x264.jpeg)
![Welcome to the Slug Parade: Representation of Asexuality and Autism in “The Slug Show”](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/236246286_4780130942015999_3581902783599911545_n-440x264.jpeg)
![Nonverbal “King Lear” Review – Conflict in Visuals, Sounds, and Imaginations](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/King-Lear-1-440x264.jpeg)
![“Every dollar is a soldier/With money you’re a dragon”: A Virtual Promenade between Two Migrant Fates](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1-photo-credit_-Ian-Gallagher-e1630462674788-440x264.jpg)
![How a Polish Master, Krystian Lupa, Brought Lu Xun’s Madness to Life](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Lu-Xun-featured-440x264.jpeg)
![Two Productions of “The Plague” Push the Boundary of Theatre](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/The-Plague-1-440x264.jpeg)
![“Sisters” Act: The Hollow Feminism Of China’s Hottest New Show](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/unnamed-440x256.jpg)
![“Trace:” Powerful Portrayal of Duty, Sacrifice and Strength Through the Keys of a Piano](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/trace-440x264.jpg)
![“Farewell My Concubine” Is Rekindling Hong Kong’s Interest in Cantonese Opera](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Farewell-My-Concubine_01_1_keith-lai_zolima-citymag-440x264.jpg)
![“I Want My Own Sky”: Chinese Migrant Mothers Onstage](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Maternity-Chronicle-3-440x264.jpg)
“I Want My Own Sky”: Chinese Migrant Mothers Onstage
![How “The Penis Monologues” Challenges China’s Toxic Masculinity](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/225-440x264.jpg)
![The Play That Never Sleeps: “Macbeth” In China](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/371-440x264.jpg)
The Play That Never Sleeps: “Macbeth” In China
![Guiding Principles: A New Play Takes Hong Kong’s Educational System To Task](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1000_666.Campus_Crisis_Principle_ZolimaCityMag-440x264.jpg)
![A Tragedy With A Happy Ending: “The Emperor And The Concubine” By The China National Peking Opera Company At London’s Sadler’s Wells](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/29京剧《太真外传》-440x264.jpg)
![Peking Opera At The British Library: The Triumph Of Xieyi](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/WeChat-Image_20181014113748-1-440x264.jpg)
![The Futility Of Mediated Communication: “Together” At Camden Underground](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Factory-Irregular’s-Together-at-Camden-Underground-London.-Photo-Max-Hsieh.-440x264.jpg)
![Chinese Vagina Monologues And Beyond](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/5-440x264.jpg)
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](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/parhat-featured-440x264.jpeg)
Hustling at the Bottom of the Stand-Up Pyramid
![“Toolbox Manoeuvre”: The Beat of Hong Kong On Stage](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Toolbox-Cover-440x264.jpeg)
“Toolbox Manoeuvre”: The Beat of Hong Kong On Stage
![From Daily to Beckett: Godot in Wuhan. Wang Chong and Peng Tao in Conversation with Tomasz Wiśniewski and Katarzyna Kręglewska. Part 2.](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/English-scaled-440x264.jpg)
![From Daily to Beckett: Godot in Wuhan. Wang Chong and Peng Tao in Conversation with Tomasz Wiśniewski and Katarzyna Kręglewska. Part 1.](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/线上戏剧《等待戈多》宣传照2-scaled-440x264.jpg)
![Chinese Actress, Qi Xi, Wants More Roles for Women, by Women](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/291-e1618954254622-440x264.jpg)
![Dramaturgy as “A Poem About The Unknown”: Producing Dance Theatre About the Future During Uncertain Times](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/BEIJING-1b-photo-by-Wu-Shi-吴士-440x264.jpg)
![A Marriage of Art and Cultures: Leung Ming-kai and Kate Reilly](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Forbidden-City-3_Memories_Leung-Ming-kai_Kate-Reilly_zolima-citymag-440x264.jpg)
![A Son, His Father, and Steampunk: Reliving Days of Future Past](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/99-440x264.jpg)
![The Show Must Go On: How Cirque de Soleil Survived China’s Lockdown](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/63-440x264.jpg)
![Tianjiao Li and Xuexi Li On The Pandemic And Post-Pandemic Theatre](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-clock-god-from-the-west-2-scaled-440x264.jpeg)
![Adapting Traditional Chinese Theater For The Modern Day: An Interview With Xuexi Li And Tianjiao Liu](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-clock-God-from-the-west-1-440x264.jpeg)
![“The Greatest Event in a Doll’s Life.” A New Work on Marriage in Contemporary China](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/WechatIMG2_Fotor-440x264.jpg)
![An Interview with Stan Lai on “The Village,” His Artistic Vision, and Hong Kong](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Village-show-image-2-OzAsia-2019-e1571801045924-440x264.jpg)
![Tradition and Modernity in Chinese Theatre: Interview with Shule Li, Director of “Pythonland”](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/mmexport1549204145680-440x264.jpg)
![Anthony Wong in Theatre and Indie Films](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/image-4-440x264-1.jpg)
Anthony Wong in Theatre and Indie Films
![The Man Who Played With Fire](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sixth-tone-Featured-440x264.jpg)
The Man Who Played With Fire
![Curating LookOUT, The First Chinese Arts Festival On Gender: An Interview With Fabrizio Massini](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Wang-Zirun-Men-Spaces-credit-Wang-Zirun-440x264.jpeg)
![Fredric Mao Blasts Away Convention in a New Cantonese Opera](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-27-at-8.34.24-PM-440x264.png)
![Interview With Jin Xing on Drama, Dance, Freedom](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/875-440x264.jpg)
Interview With Jin Xing on Drama, Dance, Freedom
![Chinese Theatre-Maker Lu Ang on Bridging Past and Present, East and West](https://thetheatretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/chinese-opera-dong-and-li-by-lu-ang-s3-mask-440x264.jpg)
“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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