East West Theater's staging of Edward Albee's The Zoo Story and Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter will provide Shanghai with a double-dose of theater of theater of theater of theater of the absurd, to kick off their new performance season. more ›

It's shaping up to be an epic weekend. Beijing got the first taste of Bob Dylan but the musical legend is finally in town and ready to rock the stage tonight. However, let's not let that overshadow everything else going on over the next three days. East West Theater is putting on a new comedy, Jiashan is also marking a first: its first farmer's market that is, Andrew Field is debuting his 'Indie in the PRC' film and prolific techno producer Orlando Voorn will be mixing at Shelter. Sunday begins with the Jinqiao 8k race and finally, Chefs Willy and Saito are battling it out Iron Chef style. And if that's still not enough, head over to our more ›

So the big event this weekend is no doubt the music festival happening in nearby Suzhou - The Suzhou Holisland Music Festival, but in case you can't make it out, or you don't like live music, there's still a whole bunch of things to do here in the city. more ›

Last week, Claire Barco interviewed the director of East West Theater's new production, Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things. She then went to go see it. Below, her impressions of the event. more ›

Tomorrow brings us East West Theatre’s twelfth production to date with The Shape of Things, written by Neil LaBute. The story centers around four angsty students from some Midwest college, all getting in each others business (read: pants), and leading to some drastic outcomes - a tale we're sure some of us will find hits a little close to home. more ›

Time for the most exciting theater happening of this week - East West Theater premieres this friday with California Suite, Neil Simons' 1976 bittersweet comedy. EWT is one of Shanghais first locally-based English theater groups in Shanghai. In an interview with Shanghaiist, producer and actress Rosita L. Janbakhsh and directors Jonathan Geenen and Daniel Connelly, tell their thoughts around the play, life as an artist in China, male dominance within the theater world, and much more. more ›

We're holding our breath for this next production - it made the rounds on Broadway and on the big screen, and now it's coming to Shanghai at the East West Theater, which recently also hosted productions of Life X 3 and Waiting for Godot. more ›