CHINA THEATRE NEWSROOM

Shanghai is preparing to welcome one of Asia’s most influential performing arts celebrations later this year, as organizers announce details for the 25th China Shanghai International Arts Festival.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra hosted two fundraising concerts at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall on 7 & 8 February 2026 (Saturday & Sunday) successfully.

M+ will present an exhibition titled SEEING SOUND, HEARING TIME, featuring Ryuichi Sakamoto's installation music, exploring the intersection of sound and visual art.

The 2026 Youth Music Culture the Greater Bay Area (YMCG) event began today in Guangzhou, featuring performances and masterclasses across multiple cities until February 12.

Tarmo Peltokoski will conduct Shostakovich 11 on 24 April 2026 at Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra will welcome the return of Maestro Daniele Gatti in January 2026 for a programme featuring masterpieces by Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Mahler.

The inaugural Verbier Festival in Asia is set to debut in Shenzhen early next year, bringing world‑class classical music performances to southern China.

The Ghana National Theatre will undergo major renovations thanks to help from the Chinese government.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) will perform a concert led by Long Yu featuring music by Joe Hisaishi and Johannes Brahms next year.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra will present three remarkable programmes this November and December, featuring Mao Fujita, Emanuel Ax and Lang Lang at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall.

The Hong Kong Palace Museum will host Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums in a major exhibition organised in collaboration with the Supreme Council of Antiquities

M+ has announced that its critically acclaimed Special Exhibition I.

Shanghai’s MIFA 1862 Theater has unveiled its 2025/2026 season, introducing new works and premieres from China, the UK, Russia, and Argentina, along with immersive and mixed-reality performances.

The curtains have risen, and the verdict is in: The Message, the ambitious new musical adaptation of Mai Jia's revered spy novel, is a must-see event of the season.

 HKDance’s critically acclaimed, Grand Dance Poem A Dance of Celestial Rhythms.

Following its sold-out 2023 Taiwan premiere at the National Taichung Theater, Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s Next to Normal will return this December for a limited engagement at the Taipei Performing Arts Center.

Following its sold-out, acclaimed 2023 national premiere run at the National Taichung Theater, Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s Pulitzer-winning hit 2009 Broadway musical “Next To Normal” is coming back to Taiwan (performed in English), this time at the Taipei Performing Arts Center for a bri

A thought-provoking reworking of Mozart's popular opera.

Renowned for its technical brilliance, innovative programming, and artistic excellence, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, one of China's premier traditional orchestras, will make its long-awaited Australian debut.

The hit family musical TAKE A QUACK AT IT!, a rock-infused sequel to Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling, has extended its run in Taiwan following strong audience demand.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra has announced the opening of its 2025/26 Season with a programme featuring conductor Daniel Harding and pianist Paul Lewis at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall.

The Títeres Etcétera, a winner of the ASSITEJ Spain Award for Theatre for Children and Youth, will make its debut in China and present to the Chinese audience its masterpiece Dreaming the Carnival of the Animals.

Following the success of its Singapore and Europe tour in 2024, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra will return to Europe for a four-concert tour ahead of its 2025/26 Season.

Resident Conductor Lio Kuokman leads the HK Phil to visit Hyogo and Kawasaki of Japan and present Tchaikovsky’s spectacular First Piano Concerto with Kyohei Sorita, second prize winner at the 18th Chopin Competition.