Category Archives: Performing Arts

Beijing’s music underground rocks Carriageworks in Sound Kapital

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

Sound Kapital, Creative Asia’s first major production for 2012, and the largest showcase of Beijing rock to hit Australian shores yet, went off with a bang last week at Carriageworks in Redfern. The night began with an artist talk by … Continue reading →

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SOUND KAPITAL: SPEND AN EVENING IN BEIJING’S MUSIC UNDERGROUND

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

Carriageworks and Creative Asia Present SOUND KAPITAL 3 Feb 2011 Discover Beijing’s seething music underground in this one night only special event at Carriageworks An associated event of the City of Sydney Chinese New Year Festival Projections by Matthew Niederhauser … Continue reading →

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Move over Sydney, Guangzhou’s new Opera House opens

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

Arts venues, they can do. Whether they have the content and programming to fill them is still part of China’s ongoing struggle for cultural development, but in the meantime amazingly high tech and visually stunning new arts venues are popping … Continue reading →

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Ama and Chan – Theatre and social media collide

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

What do you get when you merge live theatre, Youtube, Facebook and reality TV?  Ama and Chan, a completely new, refreshing and fun take on a multimedia production by Urban Theatre Projects, opening May 4 at Bankstown Arts Centre. Described … Continue reading →

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Beijing theater embraces the short form – and a 111th Birthday present for Lao She

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

It was a week of short and sweet theatre in Beijing last week, with  the launch of Fish out of Water, the third annual Beijing International New Short Play Festival. Hosted by the Beijing Innovative Theater Experience (BITE), the 2011 festival … Continue reading →

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Hanggai rock The Spiegeltent for Sydney Festival

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

  ‘Welcome To Ride The Mongolian Horse!’ What’s not to love about a beaming, mock-horse-whipping, gold smock-wearing Mongolian downing a beer onstage mid song? The Spiegeltent was packed last night and reverberating with the sounds of Mongolian band Hanggai, making … Continue reading →

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