We all love going to the cinema, but it has to be said that a trip to the movies in China is slightly different to back home... 1. You don't have salty popcorn?!? COME'ON This is probably expats biggest complaint about going to the

Who can resist the lure of fame and fortune? When you believe that this fame and fortune is inherently linked to the heart of the object of your desire, perhaps a man can be moved in ways unbefitting of him. This is a juxtaposition

On hearing that Urban Aphrodite were adapting Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby for the stage, my first realization was that I had never seen a horror theatrical before. Horror being my favourite genre of film, this struck me as odd, but with cinema’s

New Year's Eve, Berlin, 1929. Desire, decadence, despair. Cliff, a struggling writer, escapes conservative middle-America in the Kit-Kat Club where gaiety is strictly enforced, where the outrageous and raunchy are celebrated, and where the outside world is ignored. There is inspiration to be found

Extra: Pitchfork TV presents Mac DeMarco’s short documentary film Pepperoni Playboy The Story of Common People (56 minutes) After the dust settled on the 90s Britpop phenomenon, one song stood head and shoulders above all others penned at the time... That song was

Founder of the Illumin8tors Arts Collective, co-creator and coordinator of its projects since 2010, Estel Vilar talks us through a couple of exciting events she has coming up... The Magic of Co-creation Art can be a powerful tool for self-discovery and healing. Through it,

Urban Aphrodite Presents: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory May 1st and 2nd at Shanghai Theatre Academy Tickets available at: 247tickets.cn and tickets@urbanaphrodite.nl

Urban Aphrodite presents: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! May 1st and 2nd Shanghai Theatre Academy Tickets available at: 247tickets.cn and tickets@urbanaphrodite.nl

The first Golden Ticket is found! Urban Aphrodite presents: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! May 1st and 2nd Shanghai Theatre Academy Tickets available at: 247tickets.cn and tickets@urbanaphrodite.nl

They're Baaaack! These guys are chomping at the bit to get back in front of you... We are "rebooting" The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Revised), our huge Fall hit just for you! Barron Weyerhauser, Alex Gomar and Paul Giblin combine

I started the photography blog ‘Shanghai BoBo’ when I relocated here in January this year from Hong Kong. The blog works like a visual diary, with each image accompanied by a brief description. It’s populated weekly with images captured around the streets of

) Tickets available from 247tickets.cn and tickets@urbanaphrodite.nl Old and new schools of religious ideology intersect with explosive allegations of sexual abuse in Urban Aphrodite’s adaptation of Doubt: A Parable. Written by Academy Award-winner John Patrick Shanley in the wake of the

This masterpiece of modern drama centers on the dealings a Mother Superior in 1960's America who is determined to shut down a priest for her suspicions that he is guilty of an unspeakable crime. Faith, sexuality and power are all in question as this