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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.

                            

Beautiful Thing, Shanghai's first gay play directed by Michael Darragh, received two standing ovations at the Zhijiang Dream Factory last weekend. The play was followed by a pink tie party organised by Shanghai LGBT in which they crowned their Drag King and Queen of the year.

One of William Shakespeare's most famous plays comes to Shanghai tonight as TNT's production of Hamlet begins its run over at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre on Anfu Lu. Arguably among the most intriguing and complex of the tragedies penned by the Bard, Hamlet explores the themes of revenge, madness (both apparent and real), and, ultimately, death — all in the "rotten" state of Denmark. Featuring some of Shakespeare's most famous and revered moments (the 'to be or not to be' speech and the 'play within a play' scene, for example), the tale of Prince Hamlet's attempts to avenge his father's murder contains great drama throughout.