It’s been a summer season for British East Asian talent on the London stage. The Arrest of Ai Weiwei at the Hampstead Theatre, Chimerica transferring from the Almeida to the West End, Yellow Face at the new Park Theatre and coming soon The Extreme World of Happiness at Royal National Theatre in their temporary space […]
Category: The Arts
British Chinese Artist Timothy Hon Hung Lee: Visitations
Tim Lee’s large-scale ink drawings and paintings on rice paper are, at a first glance, tightly bound with the visual aesthetics of Chinese painting, while simultaneously referencing elements of traditional European art. The conflation of these visual cultures is unsurprising: Lee is a British artist of Chinese descent. But the work does not just amount […]
Wedding Photographer Profile: Terry Li
Talented female wedding photographer Terry Li gave up a promising career in recruitment to pursue her dream job. She creates natural and engaging photographs for weddings, engagement shoots and lifestyle portraits. By Nee Hao Magazine’s Ling Thompson Where are you from? I am from Hong Kong, have been living in the UK for 8 years […]
The Fu Manchu Complex by Daniel York
Directed by Justin Audibert at Ovalhouse, produced by Ovalhouse & Moongate Productions in association with Mark Cartwright. Cast: Paul Chan, Chipo Chung, Andrew Koji, Jennifer Lim, Moj Taylor Who is Fu Manchu? Sinister Chinaman, criminal genius, racist myth.. Challenging the ‘Yellow Peril’ racist stereotype, five East Asian actors white up to play the traditional colonials […]
Hua Gallery announces exhibition for photographer: Han Bing
hanbingart.com Born in 1976 and raised in a small village in rural China, Han Bing is a Beijing-based multidisciplinary artist whose language encompasses photography, performance, installation and painting. Han Bing’s main research is centred on the critical theme of modernisation in China today, and delves into issues caused by the frantic and dramatic urban transformation […]
Looking for China by H.R. Bell – Francis Kyle Gallery
Smoke and steam In 2011 H. R. Bell visited China from autumn into winter, dividing her time between the urban environment of Beijing and the countryside around Lijiang and Shaxi in Yunnan Province. In sharp contrast with her experiences painting in Morocco and also, to a lesser extent, India, in China she found a society […]
Martial arts: New book to unveil the mysterious power of Xing Yi Quan
Xingyi Quan is an ancient form of boxing in China, and is an attacking art that has been developed from generation to generation by ordinary people. It has evolved from simple forms to an elaborate art and over time has changed from a deadly all-out attacking form into an internal boxing that promotes health and strengthens the body. The […]
Liz Liew & Yuyu Rau : SNAPSHOTS – Bedford Fringe Festival
British Chinese musician and composer LIZ LIEW and Taiwanese choreographer/dancer YUYU RAU are showcasing their live music and dance piece ‘Snapshots’ at Bedford Fringe Festival on Friday 26 July 2013. ‘Snapshots’ is an exploration of emotions around key moments in life, told through Chinese classical and contemporary dance, an evocative live original soundtrack on piano, […]
CAMERON MACKINTOSH open auditions for Miss Saigon
CAMERON MACKINTOSH is holding open auditions for East & South East Asians for his new production of Miss Saigon. For over 45 years Cameron Mackintosh has been producing more musicals than anyone else in history, including the three longest running musicals of all time, Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera and Cats which are still running extraordinarily successfully across the world. […]
GLOBAL VOICES SERIES – Actress Kunjue Li
This is part of an on-going series of interviews by Yinsey Wang with East Asian voices around the globe. The series aims to introduce perspectives from different walks of life. Kunjue Li is an actress and model that has heralded leaps – although she humbly considers them minuscule steps – for the East Asian acting […]