Listings

The Smash Hit Musical - The Bodyguard

Date: June 30-July 16 - 7:15 pm/2 pm

Venue: Shanghai Culture Square

Price: 180-880 yuan

Based on the Warner Bros. film written by the acclaimed, Oscar-nominated screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan (Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Big Chill, The Empire Strikes Back), with a book by Oscar-winner Alexander Dinelaris (Birdman), this extraordinary production is currently dazzling audiences in Germany, Korea, on a US Tour and Utrecht. The Bodyguard has just completed a sellout runs in London's West-End, and a tour throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe and later this year productions will open in Toronto, Australia, Italy and Spain. Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge - what they don't expect is to fall in love.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Activities & Nightlife

Rembrandt and His Time Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection

Date: June 24-Sept 3 - 9 am

Venue: National Museum of China

Price: Free Entry

As part of its mission to stimulate a wider appreciation and understanding of seventeenth-century Dutch art, The Leiden Collection's first international traveling exhibition will bring a group of some seventy works to the National Museum of China, Beijing from June 17, 2017 through September 3, 2017. The Leiden Collection exhibition makes history by presenting the largest assemblage of Dutch Golden Age paintings ever to visit China. It will include eleven paintings by Rembrandt - the greatest number of works by the master in private hands - as well as Vermeer's Young Woman Seated at a Virginal, the first painting by the celebrated artist to travel to Beijing.

Contact: 010-6401-2252

Dinosaur ZoobyErth Visual & Physical Inc

Date: July 4-15 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Guangzhou Opera House

Price: 80-700 yuan

Meet awesome prehistoric creatures, from cute baby dinos to some of the largest carnivores and herbivores that have ever walked the planet! Erth's dinosaurs are unmistakably "alive" and mostly friendly in this fun, educational and unique performance that will delight all audiences from ages 5 years and up. Get up close and personal with an amazing array of creatures from bygone eras, connecting young audiences to the real science of paleontology. Meet a menagerie of insects and dinosaurs that once roamed free around the world and are now in daily residence at Erth's Dinosaur Zoo. Learn how to feed and engage with Erth's dinosaurs in a once in a lifetime interactive experience. Children can watch wide-eyed from a safe distance or dare to get right up close to these prehistoric creatures.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Sports

Monster Jam 2017

Date: July 29 - 7 pm

Venue: National Stadium, Beijing

Price: 180-680 yuan

Monster Jam is a live motor sport event tour and television show operated by Feld Entertainment. The series is sanctioned under the umbrella of the United States Hot Rod Association and takes place primarily in the United States. Although individual event formats can vary greatly based on the "intermission" entertainment, the main attraction is always the racing and freestyle competitions by monster trucks. At Monster Jam shows, monster trucks face off in two different forms of competition - Racing and Freestyle. In the smaller shows they have a wheelie competition and a doughnut contest. The goal in the wheelie competition is to hit a ramp and get big air while remaining perpendicular to the ground. In the doughnut competition a driver tries to spin their truck until he gets dizzy, the truck can't go any more, or they think they have a high enough score to win. Side-by-side racing is traditional heads-up tournament racing, where the first truck to cross the finish line moves onto the next round until it is eliminated or wins the racing trophy by winning the Championship race. The freestyle competition allows drivers two minutes on an open floor to show off their skills as they drive the trucks over cars, and doing stunts and tricks with their trucks. The freestyle winner is determined by 6 judges each giving a score out of 10.

Contact: 400-610-3721