By Choon Tan – Arts and Entertainment Editor Many great literary classics from China have been translated into English over the years but it may surprise you to know that the works of Shakespeare are increasingly popular in China. And now these special Chinese versions are coming to the UK. After a successful tour of […]
马嬿泠 – Ma Yanling – Amy Li Gallery Art15 Olympia, London 22-23 May 2015 Art15 is the third edition of London’s global art fair, with 134 galleries from 41 countries. There will be a significant number (32%) of Asian galleries at the Fair, from Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Taiwan and Singapore. Huang Rui – Hong […]
Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA) presents the UK Premiere of Deathless Love a live performance by Chinese performance artist Li Binyuan on Thursday 14 May as part of his current CFCCA exhibition Social Behaviours. Li Binyuan will enact his ground-breaking performance, Deathless Love to a live audience at CFCCA during Manchester After Hours 2015, […]
An excerpt from The Legend of the Willow Patterned Plate (1926), newly restored by the BFI National Archive, was screened yesterday at the opening night gala of The Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF). Carol Morley’s The Falling, supported by the BFI, is also screening In Competition at the festival on Saturday 18th April with rising star Florence Pugh, who plays Abbie […]
Wang Jiajia and Miao Ruimin from Shenyang Normal University, China, on stage at Shakespeare’s Globe as part of the tenth Sam Wanamaker Festival, the largest showcase of young acting talent in the UK. They joined 38 students from top drama schools across the UK and two from the USA who presented scenes from Shakespeare and his contemporaries […]
Visit Manchester Two of Manchester’s creative arts organisations, HOME and Brighter Sound, have joined forces on an international creative collaboration, which will take place in sister-city Wuhan, China, between Wed 18 and Thu 26 March 2015. EIGHT, which is considered a lucky number in China, will see eight musicians and artists – four from Manchester […]
Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA) presents a range of works by Chinese performance artist Li Binyuan in an exhibition entitled Social Behaviours. CFCCA presents Social Behaviours, an exciting collection of solo works by the bold, idiosyncratic and experimental Beijing based artist Li Binyuan. His work ranges from video art to live action pieces to […]
Culture Secretary Sajid Javid has announced the ratification of a landmark film co-production treaty between the UK and China at the GREAT Festival of Creativity. The deal, which was negotiated for the UK by the British Film Institute (BFI) and China’s Film Bureau and China Film Co-production Corporation, with support from the Department for Culture, […]
(c) Robert Workman An enchanting tale about a young orphaned girl, her nasty stepmother and a lost shoe. Will Yeh Shen be able to attend the New Year Festival? Will she ever find happiness? And how can a fish, a dragon and a horse help her? The story of Yeh Shen first appeared in 9th Century […]
The Poverty Line is a collaboration between Stefen Chow and Hui-Yi Lin, which began in China in 2010 and has since expanded to 24 countries across 6 continents. The Poverty Line uses the universal lens of food to examine the choices you would face if you lived at the poverty line. It’s not simply trying […]