British Council China Arts E-Newsletter (Dec)


Our Latest Events:

1. Performing Arts: Best of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival - a
     Celebration of UK Performance
2. Performing Arts: International Radio Playwriting Competition 2009
3. Performing Arts: TNT Theatre Britain's The Canterville Ghost
4. Music: AirplayUK Reel 4 Animation Music Video Screening
5. Film: First Annual European Union Film Festival in China
6. Film: UK Shorts Night@2008 Guangzhou International
     Documentary Film Festival
7. Training Opportunities/Special News: China-UK Creative
     Entrepreneur Network

1. Performing Arts: Best of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival - a Celebration of UK Performance
From 4 November to 7 December, this Festival brings together some of the UK's finest new productions in Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing. Over the course of five weeks, you will have a rare opportunity to sample a range of the unique styles and traditions that make up contemporary UK theatre. Alongside the performance programme, the Festival will include a series of post-show talks open to the general public. There will also be forums and late night networking opportunities in Beijing and Shanghai to enable Chinese artists and producers to talk with the companies about their work, creative process and the UK arts scene. Please click here to read more.


2. Performing Arts: International Radio Playwriting Competition 2009
The British Council, in partnership with BBC World Service, launched its 11th International Playwriting Competition on 18 October 2008. The competition invites writers from around the world to write a one-hour radio play on any subject, with the winning entries being broadcast on BBC World Service in November 2009. The closing date for applications will be 31 March 2009. Please click here to read more.


3. Performing Arts: TNT Theatre Britain's The Canterville Ghost
TNT theatre is coming back to China! The Canterville Ghost is a popular 1887 novella by Oscar Wilde, widely adapted for the screen and stage. Despite its contradictions and evasions, it is still a fairy story, which is not the same thing as a children's tale. It is a mark of Wilde's skill that he is able to write a modern fairy story that is as macabre and complex as anything by the brothers Grimm or Hans Anderson. Please click here to read more.

<Beijing>
Venue1: Peking University Hall, Beijing
Dates: 7:00PM, 28 (Fri), 29 (Sat), 30 (Sun) November 2008
Venue 2: Mei Lan Fang Theatre, Beijing
Dates: 7:30PM, 12 (Fri), 13 (Sat), 14 (Sun) December 2008
<Shanghai>
Venue: Shanghai Lyceum Theatre (No. 57 Maoming Road)
Dates: 7:30PM, 2, 3, 4 December 2008
<Guangzhou>
Venue: Chamber Hall of Xinghai Concert Hall, Guangzhou
Date: 8PM, 10 December 2008


4. Music: AirplayUK Reel 4 Animation Music Video Screening
The 4th edition of AirplayUK features another selection of the most creative and entertaining music videos produced in Britain over the past few months. These are for a combination of new artists, up-and-coming bands, and established acts that all have new material released in the UK recently. This edition also includes a director profile, in this case a music video director who has made a significant contribution to music video creativity in the UK over a considerable period. Rupert Jones has directed both acclaimed videos, and short films for more than a decade, and he tells us about his work. Please click here to read more.

<In North China>
China Agriculture University
Time: 19:00-20:30, Friday, 19 December 2008
Venue: Multifuction Room, China Agriculture University
Address: 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China

<In South China>
1. The Third Edition of AirplayUK Screening
Time: 19:00-20:30, Thursday, 11 December 2008
Venue: Room D102, Education District, Xinhua College, Sun Yat-sen University
Address: No.19, Huamei Street, Longdong, Tianhe District, Guangzhou

2. The Third Edition of AirplayUK Screening
Time: 19:30-21:30, Tuesday,16 December 2008
Venue: Audio Room, 1/F, College of Communication and Design, Sun Yat-sen University
Address: No. 132, Waihuandong Lu, University Town, Guangzhou


5. Film: First Annual European Union Film Festival in China
From 1 December 1 to 20 December 2008, the first annual European Union Film Festival in China will take place in Beijing during the French presidency of the European Union. This event is co-organized and co-financed by the Delegation of the European Commission to China and the French Embassy in Beijing. All 24 movies will be shown once only, with screenings at the Centre Culturel Français (French Cultural Center), the Instituto Cervantes (Cervantes Institute), the Instituto Italiano di Cultura (the Italian Institute of Culture) and the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art. Please click here to read more.

The Last King of Scotland (UK)
Time: 7PM, Tuesday 9 December 2008
Venue: Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Italian Institut of Cutlure)
Address: 2, Sanlitun Dongerjie, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Tel: +86 010 65322187


6. Film: UK Shorts Night@2008 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival
In December 2008, the British Council brings the best UK creative short films to Chinese audiences in the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival -"UK Shorts Night".  Fifteen award-winning UK animations, fictions and documentary short films will be screened, including selected works from British Animation Awards and Blank Slate'02, many of which have been nominated or won international awards. British director Finlay Pretsell is also invited to attend, to show his experimental documentary film Standing Start, screened in many international film festivals, and share his inspirations and techniques in making films. Please click here to read more.

UK Shorts Night + Meet the Director
1. Time: 19:00-21:30 Tuesday 2 December 2008
Venue: Audio Room, 1/F, College of Communication and Design, Sun Yat-sen University, No.132, Waihuandong Road, University Town, Guangzhou

2. Time: 19:00-21:30 Wednesday 3 December 2008
Venue: Feiyang Cinema, 7/F Grandview Mall, No.228, Tianhe Road (Exit D, Tianhe sports centre tube station), Guangzhou

Director's Talk - Finlay Pretsell
Topic: Standing Start - Research and Development
Time: 10:00-11:30 Tuesday 2 December 2008
Venue: Small Theatre in Art Building, Faculty of Arts, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Xiao Guwei, Panyu District, Guangzhou


7. Training Opportunities/Special News: China-UK Creative Entrepreneur Network
The UK was among the first to identify the potential and look to nurture creative talents and develop the industry. To share the UK experience and to support local creative industry, the British Council has invited six successful creative entrepreneurs from the UK and China to share their experience and business models at the Third Guangzhou International Design Week on 1 December 2008. At the same time, the British Council is proud to launch the 'China-UK Creative Entrepreneur Network'as an interactive platform for creative talents to communicate and demonstrate their capability, as well as kicking off the 2009 Young Creative Entrepreneur Awards in music, design, performing arts, visual arts and interactive media at this first network meeting. Please click here to read more.

Time: 13:30 - 17:00, Monday, 1 December 2008   
Venue: Haizhu Room, Guangzhou Jinhan Exhibition Centre, China

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