Blog Tag - Shakespeare

Drunk Shakespeare Returns With Twelfth Night and a Christmas Twist
Drunk Shakespeare will be returning to Beijing with Twelfth Night for two booze-fueled weekends (Nov 24 and 25 and Dec 1 and 2)! Now an annual event...
Drunk Shakespeare Returns With As You Like It and Plenty of Booze
To drink or not to drink, that is the question. Well, with Drunk Shakespeare there is only one answer: drink! Back in December last year the capital...
Experience Shakespeare's Midsomer Night's Dream with a Drunken Twist
Ah, William Shakespeare. We owe him A Midsummer Night’s Dream, widely performed across the world before reaching you, dear reader, here in Beijing....
From Stratford-upon-Avon to The Far East: Author Nancy Pellegrini's talks Chinese Interpretations of Shakespeare, Oct. 25
Many native English speakers struggle to understand Shakespeare, so how could the Bard's work ever catch on in the Middle Kingdom? Surprisingly...
International Festival Chorus Presents Shakespeare in Song, April 23
As this year is the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, the International Festival Chorus are honoring Shakespeare by performing an all-Bard...
Watch Benedict Cumberbatch in 'Hamlet' at UCCA March 26
If jetting off to London for the weekend for a visit to the West End isn't in your budget, the next best thing may be watching Sherlock/The Imitation...
Shakespeare Lives Brings Shakespeare to China Throughout 2016
In celebration of Shakespeare's achievements on the 400th anniversary of his death, the British Council and British Embassy are bringing his best...
'The Complete Works of William Shakespeare' (Abridged)' Opens Friday Night
If while you were reading William Shakespeare in high school you thought, “This would work better as a cooking show,” you’re in luck. The Complete...
Think You Can Act? Audition for 'The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)' March 1-2
"Does acting in or watching a Shakespeare play sound like a bad high school flashback? Well this isn't like anything you've seen, or possibly...
Tim Robbins' Actors Gang to Peform 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in Beijing in June
Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins' Actors Gang is coming to Beijing in June, to present, appropriately, Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's...
Shrew Story: A Battle of the Sexes
If you want insight into China’s collective consciousness, think about the cultural imports it consumes. Do your Chinese friends love TV shows like...
Have a Nice Laugh: Beijing Improv’s Interactive Arts Festival
All this sunshine got you down? Yeah, me too. (Har har.) That’s why it’s a good thing the BIIAF is coming to town, which lots of gut-busting...