This Week's Tickets: Crazy Club Party elrow Is Back; 'Kinky Boots' and 'Cats' Continues
Shanghai is slowing down a bit as we head into the heat of the summer. If you're trapped in the city for July, how about taking in a show? The nightclub goes to the circus, via Brazil, at next weeke...
Shanghai is slowing down a bit as we head into the heat of the summer. If you're trapped in the city for July, how about taking in a show? The nightclub goes to the circus, via Brazil, at next weekend's elrow party and we've also got your advance tickets to Shanghai's big ongoing musical theater events. Click through for details.
For the first time in China, the musical comedy production "The Little King" is coming to Shanghai! Created by 3 French artists from Ardeche, the show utilizes 10,000 balloons to create a balloon fairytale world before your eyes. Follow the story of the King and Princess, who long ago lived in a castle built of thousands of balloons. Back then, balloons were more valuable than money! But along came a greedy dark knight and an evil wizard, who kidnaps the Princess to force the King to hand over the seeds of the balloon tree. Will the little king succeed in saving the princess? Find out, with song, plenty of audience interaction and even a chance to create your own balloon animal! Tickets available right here.
A 100% interactive musical experience where the audience is the show! Samajam, a Quebecois company that usually runs training workshops, has introduced a show for families, creating musical happenings with the help of their audiences. Each audience member is given several musical instruments when they enter, including tambourines, musical tubes and drumsticks, which they'll use throughout the show. The lively showleaders on stage will teach the audience basic music theory and lead parents and kids in percussive group performances. It's sometimes quiet, often very loud, infectious, exciting and educational! Perfect for children 3 years and older. Tickets available right here.
Candor's putting on another original "Dark Circus" experience, taking you from the muggy heat of Shanghai to a spring night in Venice, Italy. Candor's dancers twist and twirl lasciviously on the cozy little stage, in a dark and sexy carnival. Every guest gets a mask to wear. Tickets available right here.
Kids and parents alike, contain your excitement! The one and only Peppa Pig is coming to Shanghai with her brand new live theatrical tour, Peppa Pig's Surprise! Starring Peppa, George, Mummy, Daddy and the cast of the beloved kid's cartoon, it's a 90 minute song-and-dance extravaganza, with games, sing-alongs. Perfect for children aged 2 years and above. This show is in Chinese. Tickets available right here.
One of the most successful musicals of all time comes to China. This is an English-language production (with Chinese subs) of Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running hit musical. Originally adapted from TS Eliot's whimsical poems about the personalities and sociology of cats, the performance features the classic songs “Memory” and “Magical Mr. Mistoffelees”. It's the story of the hidden society, rules and manners of felines, and it's won over fans across the globe. Jelical cats come out tonight! From July 25 to July 28, shows are located in Shanghai Grand Theatre. Tickets available right here.
The Pearl’s Cabaret Soiree shows are back, bigger and better then ever before. First on the line-up is Cabaret Soiree: Fantasy. With a brand new host, Jeremy (The Penguin), the Pearl crew takes you on a journey through fantasies and dreams, exploring your fickle sensualities and desires. A little something for everyone, or, as they say, an exploration of the "Principles of Lust through our performers." Oh my. The premiere's on July 25, with regular shows until the end of August. They've also got DJ EP on the decks until late. Tickets available right here.
elrow, the craziest partymakers in the world! With more than 100 shows and festivals under its belt, they pull in over 2.4 million attendees all over the world, every year. They're bringing the electronic-music-infused SAMBOWDROMO DO BRASIL to Shanghai's Modern Sky Lab! You've crashed in the jungle! Thank God DJs Shiba San, Mario Biani and Jasmine Li have crashed along with you, and now you're surrounded by pulsating rhythms, wild animals, lost explorers and fun-loving jungle dwellers. Anything is possible in the Sambo jungle and you will be right in the middle, so just get dancing! Tickets available right here.
Ended on Sun Aug 5, 2018 at Shanghai Culture Square
The winner of six 2013 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Kinky Boots features a Tony Award-winning score by Cyndi Lauper, a book by Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, and direction and choreography by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell. Inspired by true events, Kinky Boots takes you from a gentlemen’s shoe factory in Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan. Charlie Price is struggling to live up to his father’s expectations and continue the family business of Price & Son. With the factory’s future hanging in the balance, help arrives in the unlikely but spectacular form of Lola, a fabulous performer in need of some sturdy new stilettos. This joyous musical celebration is about the friendships we discover, and the belief that you can change the world when you change your mind. Tickets available right here.
