Serving as the kick-off event for Shanghai Repertory Theater's June Extravaganza, Friday night's Creative Collaborators Competition began as an easygoing play-reading affair, and ended as a rollicking standing-room only theater party. more ›

After wrapping its successful production of the Irish play, The Cure, Shanghai Repertory Theater is continuing its spring season with one of Shakespeare's best-known comedies - Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night (or What You Will) premieres this Thursday at 8pm and will be followed by daily shows until April 3rd (except on March 28). more ›

This winter, Shanghai Repertory Theater brings one of Hans Christian Anderson's most well-loved fairy tales to life with their newest dramatic piece, The Snow Queen. Adapted for the stage by Arran Hawkins and Natasha Portwood, The Snow Queen tells the story of two child best friends, Kay and Gerda. When Kay is stolen away by the Snow Queen, Gerda embarks on a long search encountering robbers, royalty, a sorceress, and more in order to bring her best friend back home. more ›

Amidst a hubbub of networking at Drift's launch party on Saturday at Abbey Road, we caught up with Shanghai Repertory Theater's producer, Rosita Janbakhsh, to talk about their new production Drift. The play makes its English-language world premiere at Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center from September 7th to September 12th. more ›

Lots to do this week! In case you missed it, we've already outlined several opportunities to get involved with Earth Hour celebrations as well as enjoy the last couple days of the JUE Festival. Now, for the other stuff: more ›

Every Monday, we bring you the best of what's to come in the next couple of weeks. And aren't you lucky - there's quite a bit to add to your calendars. Besides plenty of birthday and anniversary celebrations, there's also theater, concerts and ways to give back to the community. more ›

It's been a while since we've seen A Christmas Carol, and we tend to forget exactly why we're so drawn to it. To put it lightly, Shanghai Repertory Theater reminded us in spades with an overwhelmingly heartwarming rendition. It was like Dickens on overdrive: Scrooge was crotchety, Bob Cratchit was an exemplar of optimistic vivacity, and little Tiny Tim charmed our socks off with unfeigned innocence. In the course of a short hour and a half, we forgot the cultural importance of the play, and entered into the virtues and vices of mankind, something that Dickens was aiming for long before his play became the centerpiece of the Christmas canon. more ›

• We've found a mascot uglier than Haibao: Yabi, who represents the 2010 Taipei International Flora Expo. And the two of them standing together kind of looks like a turd floating in water. [CRI English]
• Hellooooo sailor, Fleet Week's here - U.S. Coast Guard cutter "Rush" is now throwing its uniformed men onto our shores. [CNN Go]
• Wanna see robot butlers, robot cooks, robot nurses and robot teachers? Check out the China International Industry Fair, which has come to the Shanghai New International Expo Center and lasts until Saturday. [Shanghai Daily]