Listings

OneRepublic 2017 Live

Date: Sept 27 - 8 pm

Venue: Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai

Price: 380-1,280 yuan

From track to track, OneRepublic parallel the extraordinary scope of the album's creation by blending altrock, gospel, synth-pop, nu-disco, and folk. OneRepublic are now setting their sights on another journey across the globe. With extensive touring in the future, including support to U2 on their Joshua Tree Tour, the band looks forward to bringing even more new music back to the very places where it first came to life.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Musical West Side Story

Date: Nov 23-Dec 6 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Shanghai Culture Square

Price: 200-1,000 yuan

rovocative finger snapping of street gangs, Puerto Rican girls' whirling skirts on New York City's flat roofs, derelict West Side backyards - just a few notes of Leonard Bernstein's world-famous score, featuring songs such as Maria, Tonight, Somewhere, America and I Feel Pretty, immediately evoke these images of West Side Story. At its 1957 Broadway premiere the musical redefined an entire genre both musically and in terms of dance. The genius of its four creators - Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim - produced a piece whose great artistic quality remains unquestioned to this day. The film version won ten Oscars and brought the masterwork to an audience of millions just a few years later. Today West Side Story stands unchallenged as the No. 1 of American musical theater - daring, realistic, and as relevant as on the day of its premiere.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

Activities & Nightlife

Kooza in Shanghai

Date: Oct 1-Dec 23 - 3 pm

Venue: Expo Park, Shanghai

280-1,980 yuan

As a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil, Kooza tells the story of The Innocent, a melancholy loner in search of his place in the world. Between strength and fragility, laughter and smiles, turmoil and harmony, Kooza explores world with audiences in a light and delightful atmosphere, and also offers a nice family time together. As the largest theatrical producer in the world, Cirque du Soleil stands out for its theatrical, character-driven approach and the absence of performing animals. It combines two circus traditions to Kooza: acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. Kooza has Balancing on chairs, Contortion, High wire, Hoop, Unicycle duo, Wheel of death and more to develop the storyline. The show is set in an electrifying and exotic visual world full of surprises, thrills, chills, audacity and total involvement! You can fully enjoy this masterpiece that swept Europe, America, Asia and Australia, only when you are under the Cirque du Soleil marquee. There are more than 175 costumes and 160 hats in the show - 1,080 items in all, including all the shoes, props, wigs and so on. One army costume features more than 400 individuallysewn metallic flaps to create the effect that it is armored. With a stream of uplifting songs with timeless influences where forms and styles intertwine seamlessly, the music of Kooza is live played by six musicians during each performance: trumpet, trombone, bass, drums, percussion, saxophone, electric guitar, and keyboard. There are also two singers who sing live during each performance. The Kooza circular stage provides the audience with excellent sight lines through 260 degrees. Everything is done out in the open with simplicity and transparency in order to focus attention on the artists and the acrobatic performances. The stage is dominated by one major set element, a traveling tower called the Bataclan. The decoration of the Bataclan is inspired by Hindu culture, Pakistani buses and Indian jewelry. The Kooza stage is the highest stage ever designed by Cirque du Soleil. With 39 feet height, the need for extra space is fulfilled for the Jack-in-the-Box hydraulics. The cast and crew of Kooza, representing 18 nationalities, are carefully selected and well-trained artists. Approximately 120 people travel with the tour including more than 100 members of the cast and crew.

Contact: 010-6655-0000