Seen on the streets of Wuhan: A girl puts three guys on a leash and takes them out for a walk on a busy street. Performance artist Kang Yi, the man behind the act, said he hoped to provoke a discussion about gender equality. He's also hoping to bring his little act to a city near you. Next stops for the performance: Chengdu, Nanjing, Hangzhou and Shanghai. more ›

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 ›

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Shanghai Repertory Theater premieres its staging of The Vagina Monologues tonight at the Ke Center for Contemporary Arts, a show which serves as the highlight of SRT's June Extravaganza. We caught a dress rehearsal last night, and can report with confidence that several performers managed to transmit the full power of the original text penned by Eve Ensler. more ›

The 24-hour theater experiment put on by H.A.L. Publishing and Shanghai Repertory Theater at the Ke Center for Contemporary Arts was a grinding test of endurance, with a variety of results on the evening. more ›

Everyone's favorite Chinese pianist, Lang Lang, posted a video clip of his recent performance of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic in Central Park. more ›

From April 1 to 10, Irish violinist Gregory Harrington will be coming to China to perform his blend of classical and contemporary music. Besides dates in Guangzhou, Beijing, Tianjin and Dalian, Harrington will be passing through Shanghai for a recital with pianist William Lewis at the Oriental Art Center on April 3. Intrigued by a musician who has been described as combining “velvet smoothness with intricate passion”, Shanghaiist got the scoop up once he landed in the Middle Kingdom. more ›

Looking for a dose of Shanghainese culture immersion? You will do well to skip Zhou Libo and those yappy middle-aged ladies at the neighborhood market. Check out what we'd stumbled upon last weekend at Club G+. Homeboys rappin' up a storm in the Shanghainese dialect, complete with bubble machines, gorilla suits, confetti and cardboard props. more ›

Photos and text by Jeremy Breningstall Ever wonder what the story of Oedipus would be like if it were told through the language of Beijing Opera? These photos offer a glimpse of that as well as Humans in the Year 2222, a Vietnamese drama. Both are among the many performances happening as part of the 2009 UNESCO Chair ITI Asian Pacific Expo of Theatre Schools & 5th Shanghai International Experimental Theatre Festival is taking place this week at the Shanghai Theatre Academy and other venues across town. This festival brings thespians from across the Pacific region for a range of workshops and performances. more ›

Concertgoers of all shapes and sizes descended upon Yun Feng theater last night to see Grammy award winning artist John Legend perform a tight, crisp set that displayed his famed musical chops as well as an unexpected showmanship that more than made up for Yun Feng's less than stellar setting. more ›

Screw Shakespeare and forget that Chinese opera business - right now, preparations are underway to bring a sing-song version of Karl Marx's Das Kapital to the Shanghai theater. more ›

In March we introduced you to the "mother" of Chinese opera, Kunqu. This weekend Shanghai residents will have a chance to see if this ancient performing art can be transformed into something — how shall we put it — easier on the ears by blending in a touch of Jazz. more ›

Editor's Note: This is an update to that flash mob we told you about earlier. The writer was the organiser of the event. more ›

This year, the concert series "Piano aux Jacobins" is happening again, and the jazz pianist who they are bringing this time is Jacky Terrasson, who won the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition in 1993. The competition, which is limited to participants under 30 years old, is among the most illustrious in the world, as winners and finalists often are offered record deals immediately which springboard their career. This was certainly the case with Terrasson, who was signed to Blue Note Records after winning the festival and has since continued performing and touring the world with the best musicians in jazz. more ›

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