SUSTAIN is a new contemporary public art commission for Chinatown London on the corner of Gerrard Place/Shaftesbury Ave produced by Chinatown Arts Space in partnership with Asia House and funded by Shaftesbury PLC. This project aims to deliver public art that fully captures the imagination of all those that visit, work or live in and around […]
Art of Change: New Directions from China (7 September – 9 December 2012) presents some of the most interesting art to come out of mainland China over the past three decades. The first major exhibition in the UK to focus on contemporary installation and performance art from China, it brings together works by nine of the […]
One of the most remarkable exhibitions of Chinese artefacts outside China graces the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge until 11th November 2012. Lovers of, and newcomers to Chinese history will be mesmerised by this lucrative and luxurious display of treasures from the tombs of the Han imperial family (in the northern “cradle” of Chinese history) and […]
This summer the eyes of the world will be on the London Olympics. 2012 is also the Year of the Dragon and the 2nd Chinese Visual Festival. This festival of film, art and music will hold its Opening Gala on June 22nd, the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, at the Free Word Centre in […]
The Royal Court is running an 11-week playwriting group starting in June 2012 to develop and nurture new playwrights of Chinese, East and South-East Asian descent. Each weekly session will involve sharing ideas, reading and talking about plays and writing exercises. Those in the group will work towards writing a new play, which we will read […]
Shu fa is the Chinese art and theorem of writing, traditionally known as calligraphy, which the Yangjiang Group utilise as a unique form to develop diverse contemporary art practices and experiences. Yangjiang is an artistic group founded in 2002 by Zheng Guogu, Chen Zaiyan and Sun Qinglin. They used the name Yangjiang as a tribute to a new […]
Social enterprise feature film Fortune Cookies is now one step nearer to Production with the support of Elstree Film Studios, which has pledged provision of studio space for the fictional game show section of the film’s shoot. A quirky British comedy, Fortune Cookies centres around the heart of a Chinese family who are obsessed with Les […]
Jason Lee from San Ramon, CA, has two main passions in his life, his family and photography. He decided to combine the two with amazingly artistic results. In November 2006, he started a personal blog that chronicled the lives of his 2 daughters, Kristin and Kayla. You can really see the love between father and daughters coming […]
Building on Theatre Royal Stratford East’s seasoned reputation for developing and staging new musicals, Takeaway follows in the footsteps of THE BIG LIFE – the first Black British musical in the West End; THE HARDER THEY COME – currently in pre-production for its second international tour after successful runs at Barbican and in the West […]
Chinatown Arts Space (CAS) was initiated in 2003 by a group of British East Asian (BEA) artists who foresaw the need to champion the development of East Asian performing and visual arts in London. Led by Yellow Earth Theatre (YET), the UK’s flagship BEA company, a consortium was formed with support from Westminster City Council […]