A Streetcar Named Desire with Rachel Weisz, at the Donmar Warehouse – review

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/charlesspencer/5930319/A-Streetcar-Named-Desire-with-Rachel-Weisz-at-the-Donmar-Warehouse—review.html
Rachel Weisz rises to the challenge for an intense and memorable Steetcar . Rating: * * * *
 
By Charles Spencer
Great play though it undoubtedly is, Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) is an exceptionally tough nut to crack.
The mixture of brutal realism and haunting stage poetry can make for grinding, dramatic gear changes, and [...]

Beijing’s longest music festival

For a month, the Olympic Sports Center turns into a party land for music fans. Under the musical extravaganza Summer Pilot 2009, 15 concerts will be held at the sporting venue every week through August 30.
For organizer Pilot Records, an independent record label, the event is an exciting venture in an otherwise depressing economic atmosphere. “All the artists we invited showed thei support, which helped us make this dream come true,” Zeng Yu, the company’s spokesman, said.

Friday, July 24

Exhibition
Civilization of Qin and Han Dynasties and Roma
Where: Beijing World Art Museum, 9A Fuxing Lu, Haidian District
When: Until October 7, daily, 9 am – 6 pm
Admission: 30 yuan
Tel: 5980 2222
Image Tricks –Han Lei + Photography
Where: Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, E06, 798 Art District, 2 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District
When: Until September 6, daily except Monday, [...]

Saturday, July 25

Exhibition
10th Open Performance Art Festival
Where: Open Realization Contemporary Art Center, 798 Art District, 2 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District
When: Until September 27, daily except Monday, 10 am –6 pm
Admission: Free
Tel: 5978 9152

Where the Spirit Lives –Exhibition on the Occasion of 100th Anniversary of Abstract Paintings
Where: PIFO New Art Gallery, B-11, 798 Art District, 2 Jiuxianqiao Lu, [...]

Sunday, July 26

Exhibition
From the Pacific Ocean to the High Seas –Shi Zhiying Solo Exhibition
Where: White Cube and Black Box, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), 798 Art District, 2 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District
When: Until August 30, daily except Monday, 10 am  – 7 pm
Admission: 15 yuan
Tel: 8459 9269

Spanish Contemporary Paintings
Where: Beijing World Art Museum, 9A Fuxing Lu, [...]

Backstage with the agents – Where live acts are born

Becoming a live promoter in Beijing does not have to stay a dream. Young music lovers have been working behind the scenes for many years already, bringing new talent and foreign artists to the stage. These managers have helped artists left outside the mainstream find new listeners.

Gloomy Hao Makes a Case for Chinese Consumer Spending

There’s plenty of evidence that China’s economy right now is flush with cash. And then there’s Wang Hao.
Mr. Wang — best known on the Chinese Internet as Yu Men Hao, or Gloomy Hao — had already made his name on the Internet for his campaign announced to limit weekly living expenses to 100 yuan, or [...]

Foxconn suicide turns spotlight on China counterfeiting

One week after the apparent suicide of a Chinese factory worker accused of stealing a carefully guarded Apple iPhone (AAPL.O) prototype, one question remains unanswered: what happened to the missing phone?

China releases Xinjiang ‘most wanted’ list

Police in China’s Urumqi city have issued a list with photos of 15 suspects wanted in connection with ethnic unrest this month that the government says left 197 dead.

Cars and girls: email ‘codewords’ that put MI5 on terrorist alert

The messages, intercepted by the security service, allegedly showed that an extremist cell in Manchester was communicating with a commander in Pakistan to execute an Easter bombing campaign.