Stage
Jay Chou
Taiwan pop singer and songwriter Jay Chou has enjoyed great popularity in China for around 10 years. His original music style has greatly influence today's music scene in China. He recently starred a movie remake of 1960s television series The Green Hornet.
7:30 pm, June 25
Shanghai Stadium, 666 Tianyaoqiao Road
021-6217-2426
180-1,680 yuan
The Kingdom of Desire
Taiwan dramatist and artistic director of the Contemporary Legend Theatre, Wu Hsing-Kuo, has adapted Shakespeare's Macbeth, giving it a definite Chinese twist by creating a Peking opera of the play, entitled The Kingdom of Desire.
7:15 pm, June 25, 26
Shanghai Grand Theater, 300 Renmin Avenue
021-6386-8686
60-500 yuan
Juliet and Romeo
The classic Shakespearean love story is told in an Italian musical. Composed by Riccardo Cocciante and Pasquale Panella, the musical premiered in Verona in 2007. A glorious production with fantastic lighting, and music and stage settings, the show hopes to inspire more interest in Italian culture.
7:30 pm, June 25-July 29
Luwan Gymnasium, 128 Zhaojiabang Road
021-6217-2426
160-1,000 yuan
Exhibitions
Yin Zhaoyang
Yin Zhaoyang's latest exhibition features his portrait oil and watercolor paintings, and sculptures. The highlight is Yin's largest painting The Flood, which is 9 meters long and 4 meters high.
Until July 11
Shanghai Art Museum, 325 Nanjing Road W
021-6327-2829
Lieve Dejonghe
Belgian artist Lieve Dejonghe's first solo exhibition in China is called "The Bearable Fastness of Being". Lieve began her career painting large abstract works. But in 1995, she switch to realism. Her present work is a symbiosis of both, the apotheosis of all her previous experiences with pure aesthetic emotion, elaborate content, proper techniques and subtle use of colors. She has also created a giant installation for the Belgian Pavilion at the Expo 2010 Shanghai on the theme of chocolate.
Until June 30
Shanghai Spring Gallery, No 5, Lane 209, Nanchang Road
021-6473-7578
Imminent
Sweden artist Per Httner's solo exhibition looks at strange premonitions about transformations growing in the minds of people across the globe. Virtually every human shares a sense that a great change is imminent. It makes everyone act in unexpected ways and triggers conflict where peace recently was taken for granted.
Opening: 6 pm, June 19
11 am-6 pm (Sunday, Monday closed), Jun 20-July 10
Fei Contemporary Art Center, Building No 40, 2F, 709 Lingshi Road
021- 6630-7268
(China Daily 06/18/2010 page45)
