Guide to 32 Shanghai shows Oct 24, 2026–Jan 3, 2027: concerts, musicals and theater across the city. Tickets from RMB80; 50% off Taixu Dreamscape (age 16+).
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Woodstalk '26 @ The Melting Pot Qingpu
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On Saturday, October 24, The Melting Pot in Qingpu transforms into a one-day, not-for-profit festival for all ages—and you're invited!
Gates open at 11.30am, the first kids' act hits the main stage at midday, and the last campfire song fades out long after dark.
Come for an hour or stay for the weekend: make it yours with customizable Festival Passes covering your ticket, transport, and camping or hotel accommodation.
Woodstalk '26 is a true community gathering.
READ MORE: This Shanghai Family Festival is Gonna Be Epic
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Sat Oct 24, 11.30am-Late; RMB150 Adults, RMB70 Kids, Packages Available
Qiyuehong Music & Arts Village, No.28, Lane 112, Shangcai Lu, Qingpu District
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Taixu Dreamscape @ 1862 Theatre
In 1940s occupied Haicheng, an opera troupe is forced to stage The Dream of Red Mansions by foreign powers using five travel passes as bait.
But as betrayals unfold and the truth emerges, the passes reveal themselves as fiction—everyone, including the city, exists only as preordained code in a vast program.
Taixu Dreamscape revolutionizes traditional theater. Wearing Apple Vision Pro, six live performers merge with virtual characters as you explore a 360° world where reality and illusion coexist.
Powered by the world's first theatrical deployment of 4D Gaussian Splatting, this 60-minute walking immersive experience has no fixed seats. Wherever you stand becomes your private camera angle.
Normally priced at RMB298-398, we are selling tickets to performances of TAIXU Dreamscape for just RMB199.
READ MORE: 50% OFF! World's 1st Mixed Reality Immersive Theater
Age: 16+.
Language: Chinese.
Note: No eyeglasses under the headset (contact lenses recommended). Not suitable for pregnant women, those 65+, or individuals with epilepsy, heart conditions, or hypertension. No late entry after 15 minutes.
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Daily, 3.30pm, 5pm, 7pm & 8.30pm; RMB199
1862 Theatre, 1777 Binjiang Dadao, by Rizhao Lu, Pudong District 滨江大道1777号, 近日照路
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Twilight Candlelight Concert @ Shanghai City Theater
This candlelit chamber concert, presented by ECM European Voices on their 2026 national tour, reimagines beloved film scores in an intimate live setting.
Centered around the Twilight saga and featuring carefully selected pieces from Titanic, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Interstellar, Call Me by Your Name, and more, the program weaves together stories of love, destiny, and memory.
Performed by a talented ensemble of young European musicians—featuring strings, piano, and clarinet—the arrangements retain the emotional depth of the original soundtracks while adding fresh, nuanced layers.
Set in a theater aglow with warm candlelight, the experience transcends mere listening; it becomes a shared journey through iconic cinematic moments.
When the lights dim and the music begins, these timeless melodies return not from the screen, but from the heart of the live stage.
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Sat Nov 14, 7.30pm; RMB80-190
Shanghai City Theater, 4889 Dushi Lu, Minhang District 闵行区都市路4889号保利上海城市剧院
Nova Duet @ Fotografiska Shanghai
Nova Duet—clarinetist Vasko Dukovski and pianist Wang Shunyin—traces the American century through the clarinet, from Gershwin's ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ and ‘Summertime’ to Joplin ragtime, Artie Shaw's ‘Concerto,’ and Sarasate's fiery ‘Carmen Fantasy.’
Seats chosen from 4pm, concert at 5pm.
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Sun Oct 25, 5pm; RMB200, includes museum entry and one drink, RMB100 for members
Fotografiska Shanghai, 4/F 127 Guangfu Lu, by Jinyuan Lu, Jing'an District 光复路127号, 近晋元路
Alabaster DePlume @ Singer Space
What's Missing, What's Here.
London-based saxophonist, poet and composer Alabaster DePlume makes his Shanghai debut as part of his first-ever China tour.
Merging jazz improvisation, folk melody, spoken word and collective creation, his performances are shaped by the room, the moment, and the people in it.
Expect material from his 2025 album 'A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole' — an emotional arc spanning spoken word, contemporary jazz, folk, chamber music and traces of dub and reggae, woven through saxophone, strings, guitar and vocal harmonies.
Whether you follow contemporary jazz, love live music or are simply curious to hear something new, this is an invitation to slow down, listen closely and share an evening that takes shape in the room.
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Wed Oct 28, 8.30-10pm; Advance RMB188, Door RMB228
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Xu Junshuo's 'How Are You Today' @ West Bund Theatre
Xu Junshuo's new solo concept concert, How Are You Today. In this unique performance, Xu Junshuo takes on the role of a 'music buyer,' curating a selection of songs from various styles and eras.
Blending personal expression with diverse musical works, he invites the audience into his one-of-a-kind 'buyer's shop.'
Here, familiar and new melodies become treasured collections, each tied to a memory, a person, or a moment.
The work explores how music preserves our emotions and stories across time. Don't miss this intimate journey through sound and memory at Shanghai West Bund Theatre.
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Fri & Sat Oct 30 & 31, 7.30pm; RMB380-880
West Bund Theatre, 2290 Longteng Da Dao, by Longyao Lu, Xuhui District 龙腾大道2290号, 近龙耀路
He Who Falls @ SIDC
Internationally renowned artist Yoann Bourgeois, whose choreography has appeared with Coldplay, Harry Styles, and FKA twigs, brings his acclaimed work, He Who Falls, to Shanghai.
Six performers stand on an unstable platform that shakes, loses horizontality, and spins faster—like shipwrecked souls on a raft.
They adapt to physical forces beyond their control, struggling to maintain balance in a mesmerizing exploration of gravity, trust, and human vulnerability.
Bourgeois, described by The New York Times as "a dramatist of physics," blends circus arts, dance, and theater.
Part of the 25th China Shanghai International Arts Festival, the show supported by Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.
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Fri & Sat Oct 30 & 31; RMB180-880
Shanghai International Dance Center, 1650 Hongqiao Lu, by Shuicheng Lu 虹桥路1650号, 近水城路
Creation: Pictures for Dorian @ Theatre YOUNG
Gob Squad, the British-German artist collective founded in 1994 and now based in Berlin, presents Creation: Pictures for Dorian.
Inspired by Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, the work explores beauty, morality, ageing, and power through the dynamic between artist, subject, and spectator.
Four Gob Squad performers are joined by six Shanghai guest performers across generations. Using cameras, frames, rotating plinths, and mirrored screens, the collective meditates on youth and age, art and life, visibility and invisibility.
Language: English and Chinese
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Fri & Sat Oct 30 & 31, 7.30pm
Sun Nov 1, 2pm
RMB180-580
Theatre YOUNG, 1155 Kongjiang Lu, Yangpu District 上海市杨浦区控江路1155号
Echoes of Life: Yu Yuan and Wang Liya Flute & Piano Recital @ Shanghai Concert Hall
Echoes of Life: Yu Yuan and Wang Liya Flute & Piano Recital comes to Shanghai Concert Hall on Saturday, October 31.
Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra principal flutist Yu Yuan and Wang Liya, first Chinese mainland pianist to win the ARD International Music Competition, unite on stage.
The program spans Reinecke, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Duigou and Prokofiev, with a special encore appearance by flutist Ma Yong.
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Sat Oct 31, 7.30pm, RMB180-380
Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 Yan'an Dong Lu, by Jinling Zhong Lu, Huangpu District 延安东路523号, 近金陵中路
Dmitri Alexeev @ Shanghai Concert Hall
Dmitri Alexeev, the Russian piano virtuoso and Leeds Competition gold medalist, returns to Shanghai Concert Hall after a sold-out 2025 appearance.
The recital features Liszt's 'Variations on a Theme of Bach' and his transcriptions of Schubert songs and Wagner's 'Isoldens Liebestod,' plus Chopin's 'Nocturne in A-flat major,' 'Op. 32 No. 2,' and Schumann's 'Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13,' with posthumous variations.
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Sun Nov 1, 7.30pm, RMB180-580
Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 Yan'an Dong Lu, by Jinling Zhong Lu, Huangpu District 延安东路523号, 近金陵中路
Legendary Duo: Assad Brothers Guitar Duo Recital @ Shanghai Concert Hall
Legendary Duo: Assad Brothers Guitar Duo Recital comes to Shanghai Concert Hall on Wednesday, November 4.
Hailed as the pinnacle of guitar duos, Brazilian brothers Sérgio and Odair Assad make their Shanghai debut after 60 years together, on their farewell tour.
The program journeys through South American music—Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Gnattali, Gismonti, and Sérgio Assad's own works, including 'One Week in Rio.'
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Wed Nov 4, 7.30pm, RMB180–380
Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 Yan'an Dong Lu, by Jinling Zhong Lu, Huangpu District 延安东路523号, 近金陵中路
Authentic @ Theatre YOUNG
Polish group JK Opole Theatre presents Authentic, directed by Norbert Rakowski, Vice President of the European Theatre Convention.
Continuing Krystian Lupa's exploration of the subconscious, this 60-minute psychological experiment blends physical performance, imagery, and space to interrogate what ‘real’ means when reality is shaped by others' narratives.
Two live gorillas share the stage with five performers, blurring the boundaries between human and animal, reality and fiction.
Language: Polish with Chinese and English surtitles
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Thu Nov 5, 7.30pm
Fri Nov 6, 7.30pm
Sat Nov 7, 2pm
RMB180–580
Theatre YOUNG, 1155 Kongjiang Lu, Yangpu District 上海市杨浦区控江路1155号
Dresden String Quintet Concert @ Shanghai Concert Hall
The Dresden String Quintet comes to Shanghai Concert Hall.
Four of its five members hold principal chairs in the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, one of the world's oldest orchestras, founded in 1548.
This rare lineage lends their playing both symphonic depth and chamber-music intimacy.
The program spans Handel, Beethoven, and Schubert, culminating in Schubert's String Quintet in C major, D. 956.
Several historic instruments are featured, including a 1730 Gobetti violin and a 1970 Peresson cello built for Jacqueline du Pré.
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Fri Nov 6, 7.30pm, RMB180-480
Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 Yan'an Dong Lu, by Jinling Zhong Lu, Huangpu District 延安东路523号, 近金陵中路
Javier Perianes @ Shanghai Concert Hall
Javier Perianes, the Spanish piano star and ICMA 2019 Artist of the Year, makes his Shanghai recital debut at Shanghai Concert Hall.
The program pairs Falla and Albéniz works with Chopin nocturnes, mazurkas, a waltz, and the Berceuse, then closes with Falla's Four Spanish Pieces and selections from Albéniz's Iberia.
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Sat Nov 7, 7.30pm, RMB180-480
Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 Yan'an Dong Lu, by Jinling Zhong Lu, Huangpu District 延安东路523号, 近金陵中路
Thikra: Night of Remembering @ Shanghai International Dance Center
Akram Khan Company's final touring production, directed and choreographed by Akram Khan, with visual direction, costume and scenography by Manal AlDowayan. "Thikra" is Arabic for memory, recollection and longing for the past—imagined as a ritual night where past and future intertwine. Blending Bharatanatyam and contemporary dance, an all-female cast evokes ancestral memory and spiritual healing. A profound farewell and legacy from one of the world's most renowned dance artists.
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Fri Nov 13, 7.30pm
Sat Nov 14, 7.30pm
Sun Nov 15, 2pm
RMB280–1080
Shanghai International Dance Center, 1650 Hongqiao Lu, by Shuicheng Lu 虹桥路1650号, 近水城路
Baroque Splendour: Fabio Biondi & Europa Galante @ Shanghai Concert Hall
Baroque Splendour: Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante comes to Cadillac·Shanghai Concert Hall on Saturday, November 14.
Baroque violin master Fabio Biondi, directing from the violin, leads Italy's renowned period ensemble back to Shanghai after eight years.
The first half traces the Italian concerto grosso from Corelli through Geminiani to Locatelli; the second presents Vivaldi's complete Four Seasons.
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Sat Nov 14, 7.30pm, RMB180-680
Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 Yan'an Dong Lu, by Jinling Zhong Lu, Huangpu District 延安东路523号, 近金陵中路
Pushkin Stories @ Shanghai Oriental Art Center
The Vakhtangov Theatre of Russia presents Pushkin Stories at the SHOAC Opera Hall.
Directed by Anatoly Shulyev, this adaptation weaves four of Pushkin's tales into a poetic seasonal cycle: The Lady Peasant, The Shot, The Blizzard, and The Stationmaster.
Following ordinary Russians—a disguised noblewoman, a vengeful marksman, lovers parted by snow, and a devoted stationmaster—their lives are irrevocably altered by chance, with Pushkin's romantic poetry interwoven throughout.
This award-winning production from the century-old Vakhtangov Theatre offers a richly poetic theatrical experience.
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Sat Nov 14, 7.15pm
Sun Nov 15, 2pm
RMB380-1,080
Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu, by Shiji Dadao, Pudong District 丁香路425号, 近世纪大道
Le Roi Soleil | The Sun King @ Shanghai Culture Square
After dazzling over a million spectators across France, Belgium, and Switzerland, legendary French musical Le Roi Soleil (The Sun King) is coming to Shanghai—the exclusive Chinese stop—for the very first time.
Be transported into the opulent world of Louis XIV, experiencing the king’s legendary life, unforgettable melodies, spectacular choreography, and magnificent Versailles-inspired costumes.
A once-in-a-lifetime cultural event not to be missed.
Language: French with English and Chinese surtitles
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Sat Nov 14, 2pm & 7.30pm
Sun Nov 15, 2pm & 7.30pm
RMB480-1,280
Shanghai Culture Square, 597 Fuxing Zhong Lu, by Shaanxi Nan Lu, Huangpu District 复兴中路597号，近陕西南路
Schnellertollermeier @ Singer Space
Three measures. Three bodies.
Swiss trio Schnellertollermeier — bassist Andi Schnellmann, guitarist Manuel Troller and drummer David Meier — come together as a restless organism, weaving a present held tight yet always unfolding.
Formed in 2006, the group fuses modern composition, minimalism, free improvisation and raw rock energy, pushing bass, guitar and drums beyond their conventional roles into a shared, pulsing time.
Their 2008 debut 'Holz' established them as a rising force in Switzerland's underground scene; 'X' (2015) was named among the year's best by The Wall Street Journal, and 'Rights' (2017) earned another year-end accolade from global sound project Cities and Memory.
With tours taking them from Canada's FIMAV and Tokyo's SuperDeluxe to Germany's Haldern Pop, South America and China, their live shows return to a central challenge: how to preserve the unexpected within meticulous control, while pushing sound to its fullest intensity.
In 2026, their 20th anniversary year, Schnellertollermeier return with a new album, 'Shadow Web.' Released on 13 November, the record will receive its world live premiere on this China tour.
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Sat Nov 14, 8-9.30pm; Advance RMB158, Door RMB188
Singer Space
Diana Krall @ SHOAC Concert Hall
Diana Krall returns to Shanghai with her trio—Sebastian Steinberg on bass and Matt Chamberlain on drums—for an evening of standards from her Songbook: ‘The Look of Love,’ ‘I've Got You Under My Skin,’ ‘S'Wonderful,’ ‘Almost Like Being in Love,’ and more.
The only jazz singer with eight chart-topping Billboard Jazz albums, Krall brings two Grammys and a voice The New York Times calls "cool and sultry, wielded with a rhythmic sophistication."
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Wed Nov 18, 7.30pm; RMB380–1,580
SHOAC Concert Hall, 425 Dingxiang Lu, by Shiji Dadao, Pudong District 丁香路425号, 近世纪大道
The Heartbeat of Muqam @ Shanghai International Dance Center
An original ballet by Shanghai Ballet inspired by Chinese Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam, a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity. Follow young musician Gul on her return journey to hometown Xinjiang—from retrieving childhood memories to rediscovering the enduring vitality of Muqam today. The work embodies a contemporary exploration and praise of the cultural roots of the Chinese nation, and a mutual pursuit and artistic integration between Western ballet and Muqam. Produced by ZHANG Songhua, with Artistic Director XIN Lili and General Choreographer WANG Ge.
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Fri Nov 20, 7.30pm
Sat Nov 21, 7.30pm
Sun Nov 22, 2pm
RMB180–580
Shanghai International Dance Center, 1650 Hongqiao Lu, by Shuicheng Lu 虹桥路1650号, 近水城路
The Nature of Forgetting @ Jasmine Theater
British company Theatre Re brings The Nature of Forgetting to Shanghai's Jasmine Theater.
This wordless visual theater piece follows Tom, a man with early-onset dementia preparing for his 55th birthday as buried memories flood back.
Developed with neuroscientists and the Alzheimer's Society, it blends live music with striking physical performance to explore memory, identity, and what remains when remembering fades.
Language: English with Chinese surtitles
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Wed & Thu Nov 25 & 26, 7.30pm; RMB180-580
Jasmine Theater, 247 Beihai Lu, by Yunnan Zhong Lu, Huangpu District 北海路247号，近云南中路
Spanish Violinist & Madrid's Teatro Real Orchestra Soloists @ Shanghai Concert Hall
Spanish violinist Leticia Moreno joins elite soloists from Madrid's Teatro Real Orchestra—Spain's foremost opera house, founded 1850—for their Shanghai debut.
Moreno both directs and performs in a Vivaldi × Piazzolla "Four Seasons" program: Vivaldi's ever-popular Four Seasons in the first half, then Piazzolla's Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (arr.Desyatnikov) after intermission, its "Summer–Autumn–Winter–Spring" order creating a transcontinental counterpoint to Vivaldi.
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Fri Nov 27, 7.30pm, RMB180–580.
Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 Yan'an Dong Lu, by Jinling Zhong Lu, Huangpu District 延安东路523号, 近金陵中路
LUDWIG² – THE KING IS BACK @ Shanghai Culture Square
This winter, the majestic stage concert LUDWIG² – THE KING IS BACK returns to Shanghai Culture Square for an exclusive seven-performance run.
Following its acclaimed debut as a 2024 Year-end Hit, this grand production returns with significant upgrades: a stellar cast of leading stars, an expanded ensemble, and newly added songs and scenes from the original musical.
The symphony orchestra continues to anchor the work in classical grandeur, bringing the Bavarian fairy-tale king’s dreams and legends to life with resounding melodies.
The story follows Ludwig II, who ascended the throne at 18, only to face noble opposition for his pacifist ideals and obsession with Wagner’s operas.
His vision—embodied by the iconic Neuschwanstein Castle—led to his infamous deposition and mysterious death, yet his mythical world endures.
Don’t miss this limited engagement, the production’s only stop in China, offering a breathtaking blend of history, art, and myth on an epic musical scale.
Language: German with English and Chinese surtitles
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Dec 2-9, 7.30pm
RMB580-780
Shanghai Culture Square, 597 Fuxing Zhong Lu, by Shaanxi Nan Lu, Huangpu District 复兴中路597号，近陕西南路
Sarah @ Theatre YOUNG
Berliner Ensemble presents the Asian premiere of Sarah by Oliver Reese, a piercing one-man meditation on authenticity, the American Dream, and a marriage coming apart.
Marc Oliver Schulze delivers a critically acclaimed performance as Scott, shifting seamlessly between tenderness, fury, and drunken haze.
Language: German with Chinese and English surtitles
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Fri & Sat Dec 4 & 5, 7.30pm
Sun Dec 6, 2pm
RMB280-580
Theatre YOUNG, 1155 Kongjiang Lu , Yangpu District 杨浦区控江路1155号
Meng Su & Félicien Brut | Guitar & Accordion Concert @ Shanghai Concert Hall
Guitarist Meng Su and accordionist Félicien Brut share the Shanghai Concert Hall stage for their first collaboration.
Su, the first Chinese winner of the 'grand slam' of major guitar competitions, teaches at the San Francisco Conservatory. Brut performed at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
Their program travels from France to Brazil, featuring Piazzolla's Café 1930, Legrand's Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, Assad's Latin Tresillo Journey, and Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5.
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Sat Dec 12, 7.30pm, RMB180-480
Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 Yan'an Dong Lu, by Jinling Zhong Lu, Huangpu District 延安东路523号, 近金陵中路
Einstein – A Matter of Time @ Shanghai Culture Square
Experience the Chinese premiere of the electrifying German original musical Einstein – A Matter of Time, landing at Shanghai Culture Square in December.
From acclaimed composer Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde) and director-writer Gil Mehmert, this epic new production brings the extraordinary life of Albert Einstein to the stage—from his student days in Zurich and his revolutionary theory of relativity, to his turbulent marriage, anti-war activism, forced exile, and final years at Princeton.
Blending soaring rock-infused anthems with intimate lyricism, the score and stunning visual design trace the human story behind the icon: a man torn between genius and doubt, love and isolation, principle and fame.
Critics have hailed it as "flawless in dramatic structure" and "masterful from lyrical to rock" (Südwest-Presse), and the production swept four wins (including Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor) at the 2025 Deutscher Musical Theater Preis.
This is a must-see theatrical event for musical lovers and history enthusiasts alike. Don't miss this journey through time with one of history's most brilliant minds.
Language: German with Chinese and English surtitles
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Sat-Thu Dec 12-17, 7.30pm; RMB480-1,080
Shanghai Culture Square, 597 Fuxing Zhong Lu, by Shaanxi Nan Lu, Huangpu District 复兴中路597号，近陕西南路
Moulin Rouge! The Musical @ Shanghai New Bund 31 Performing Arts Center
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Prepare to be swept away into a world of splendor, romance, and eye-popping excess.
This winter, Shanghai New Bund 31 Performing Arts Center will transform into the legendary Parisian nightclub as the multi-award-winning Moulin Rouge! The Musical makes its grand Shanghai debut as part of its first-ever world tour.
This is not just a musical; it is a spectacular, high-octane celebration of truth, beauty, freedom, and—above all—love.
Inspired by Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary 2001 film, the stage production remixes the story into a dazzling new musical mash-up extravaganza.
With a book by John Logan, direction by Alex Timbers, and choreography by Sonya Tayeh—all three Tony Award winners—the show is a masterclass in theatrical innovation that has captivated over 12 million audience members worldwide.
READ MORE: 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' to Dazzle Shanghai This Winter
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Dec 15, 2026-Jan 3, 2027, 2pm & 7.30pm; RMB180-1,480
Shanghai Grand Theatre, 300 Renmin Da Dao, by Huangpi Bei Lu, Huangpu District 人民大道300号, 近黄陂北路
Shakespearology @ Lyceum Theatre
This isn't a typical one-man show—it's a live video call across centuries.
Sotterraneo connects with Shakespeare, who refuses to be a dusty icon. He talks back, dismantling clichés, conspiracy theories, and academic baggage with sarcasm and wit.
For once, the Bard interprets us, turning the mic on the audience. After 400 years of being dissected, he finally gets his say—emerging not as a marble statue but as a living, flawed, gloriously unpredictable Shakespeare.
Funny, irreverent, and far more interesting than any footnote. An impossible interview where the subject becomes the interrogator.
Language: Italian, with English and Chinese subtitles.
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Wed Dec 16, 7.30pm; RMB180-480
Lyceum Theatre, 57 Maoming Nan Lu, by Changle Lu, Huangpu District 茂名南路57号, 近长乐路
Interstices @ Shanghai International Dance Center
City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) Artistic Director Sang Jijia's new creation for 2026 explores the hidden spaces of our hyper-dense metropolis. Combining high-voltage physicality with multimedia stagecraft, the work distills the restless pulse of urban life into a compelling exploration of body, space and psyche. Sang Jijia studied under William Forsythe in Germany and has been awarded the Hong Kong Dance Awards' Distinguished Achievement Award (2024) and Artist of the Year (Dance).
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Fri Dec 18, 7.30pm
Sat Dec 19, 7.30pm
RMB80–680
Shanghai International Dance Center, 1650 Hongqiao Lu, by Shuicheng Lu 虹桥路1650号, 近水城路
Molière @ Shanghai Culture Square
From the creator of Mozart L'opéra Rock and Le Roi Soleil comes this electrifying French musical phenomenon.
Premiering in Paris in 2023, Molière boldly fuses rap, urban music, and street dance to tell the life story of France's greatest playwright—from his defiant youth to his dramatic final curtain call.
With over 160 sold-out performances and 500,000 viewers across France, the show swept seven trophies at the 2024 French Musical Comedy Awards.
In 2026, the original French cast returns to bring this dazzling, modern tribute to theatrical genius back to life.
Language: French with English and Chinese surtitles
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Wed-Sun Dec 30-Jan 3, 2pm & 7.30pm; RMB280-1,080
Shanghai Culture Square, 597 Fuxing Zhong Lu, by Shaanxi Nan Lu, Huangpu District 复兴中路597号，近陕西南路
Tango II: Buenos Aires @ Shanghai International Dance Center
Marcos Ayala Tango Company marks its 10th anniversary with the grand return of one of Argentina's most celebrated tango companies. This century-long panorama traces tango from the streets, alleyways and bars of Buenos Aires through its Golden Age—ensemble dances and intimate duets bringing to life the love, passion, regret and revelry of the early 20th century. Meticulously choreographed by world-renowned tango artist Marcos Ayala, with immersive stage design and evocative lighting.
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Thu Dec 31, 7.30pm
Fri Jan 1, 7.30pm
Sat Jan 2, 2pm
RMB180–580
Shanghai International Dance Center, 1650 Hongqiao Lu, by Shuicheng Lu 虹桥路1650号, 近水城路
Art Exhibitions
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Skate of the Art | Skateboarding Across Cultures @ Fotografiska Shanghai
Skate of the Art: Skateboarding Across Cultures is a major group exhibition that redefines skateboarding not merely as a sport, but as a global visual and cultural language.
The show traces the culture’s evolution from the sun-drenched empty pools of 1970s California to the dynamic streets of contemporary cities worldwide.
Featuring over 20 photographers from five continents—including iconic figures like Hugh Holland and Ed Templeton, alongside global documentarians such as Luisa Dörr and local Chinese artists like Jedi Zhou and Jeff Yiu—the exhibition charts skateboarding’s migration and its adaptation across diverse cultures.
Highlights include the historic image of Danny Way jumping the Great Wall and intimate portraits of communities from Bolivia to Beijing.
Beyond photography, the exhibition integrates multimedia installations and street-textured environments to create an immersive experience.
As a cultural partnership with Nike SB, the show extends beyond the gallery with public programs, celebrating how the camera lens has not only documented but actively shaped skate culture.
It is an invitation to explore the freedom, creativity, and cross-cultural dialogue that define this enduring global youth movement.
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Until Oct 25
Daily, 10.30am-11pm
RMB80-100, ticket covers all ongoing exhibitions in Fotografiska Shanghai
Fotografiska Shanghai, 127 Guangfu Lu, by Jinyuan Lu, Jing'an District 光复路127号, 近晋元路
Robert Zhao Renhui | Trying to Remember a Tree @ Fotografiska Shanghai
Trying to Remember a Tree is a contemplative solo exhibition by Singaporean artist Robert Zhao Renhui—the representative for the Singapore Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale.
The show centers on the complete lifecycle of a single fallen rain tree, transforming overlooked urban debris into a profound meditation on nature, memory, and human perception.
Through five interconnected bodies of work—spanning photography, moving image, surveillance footage, and installation—Zhao presents the meticulous documentation of 28,017 individual leaves, severed trunk fragments, and 24-hour monitoring of the tree's decomposition.
In modern cities, dead trees are routinely cleared as waste; Zhao's patient observation reclaims these remnants, inviting us to truly attend rather than merely see.
His guiding axiom—"without looking at a tree, there is no forest"—grounds the exhibition in a micro-level focus that resists grand ecological narratives in favor of intimate, grounded encounters.
Running until November 6, 2026, the exhibition asks viewers to slow down and reconnect with the vital, often invisible entanglements between urban life and the natural world.
It is a quiet but powerful reminder that remembering a single tree might be the first step toward remembering our shared ecosystem.
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Until Nov 6
Daily, 10.30am-11pm
RMB80-100, ticket covers all ongoing exhibitions in Fotografiska Shanghai
Fotografiska Shanghai, 127 Guangfu Lu, by Jinyuan Lu, Jing'an District 光复路127号, 近晋元路
Huang Jingyao | La Dénivelée @ Fotografiska Shanghai
Huang Jingyao's solo exhibition 'La Dénivelée' is part of Fotografiska Shanghai's emerging artist program.
The title draws on French theorist Hubert Damisch's argument that photography persistently unsettles history rather than merely recording it.
For Huang, the term signals multiple ruptures: data glitches that shatter images, photography's intrusion into art, the individual's anxiety against the city's cold order, and the gap between memory and material form.
The featured series 'Chaotic Data Fences, Baraka, and the Cityscape' grew from a 2021 accident when a corrupted memory card produced fractured, yellow-cast, and blue-blocked images of Guangzhou's skyline, which she treated as a Morse code to decipher.
Inspired by the abstraction of traditional patterns, she breaks city photographs into geometric modules and rebuilds them with acrylic, moving between photography and object-making.
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Until Dec 6
Daily, 10.30am-11pm
RMB80-100, ticket covers all ongoing exhibitions in Fotografiska Shanghai
Fotografiska Shanghai, 127 Guangfu Lu, by Jinyuan Lu, Jing'an District 光复路127号, 近晋元路
Tan Yingjie | Nocturnal Reflections @ Fotografiska Shanghai
Tan Yingjie's solo exhibition 'Nocturnal Reflections' at Fotografiska Shanghai marks the Chinese artist's first major institutional solo show in the city.
Born in Hunan in 1992 and trained in sculpture at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Tan works across spatial installation, video, performance, and images.
The exhibition centers on his signature language of 'folding,' which began as a physical gesture—folding a two-dimensional image upright to create volume and space—and evolved into a conceptual tool spanning form, urban reality, and inner psychology.
Oversized images exceeding ten meters are cut, folded, and reassembled into sculptural installations, compelling viewers to duck, turn, and navigate the gallery with their whole bodies rather than simply look.
The show draws on Tan's insomnia and anxiety after moving to Shenzhen, his loss of a studio, and the death of his grandmother, whose five-day funeral rites and folk songs about the bitterness of night shaped the work 'San Xian Hua.'
Other pieces include 'Night of the Earth,' a giant central installation modeled on the orbicularis oculi muscle of a closed eye, using NASA night imagery with human light points erased so imagination can pass through the gaps and 'House of Trivia,' a performance in a home-like structure expressing suppressed emotions.
Through repeated acts of folding, Tan links personal memory to parallel universes of time and space.
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Until Jan 10
Daily, 10.30am-11pm
RMB80-100, ticket covers all ongoing exhibitions in Fotografiska Shanghai
Fotografiska Shanghai, 127 Guangfu Lu, by Jinyuan Lu, Jing'an District 光复路127号, 近晋元路
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Era 2: Spirit of Shanghai @ Shanghai Circus World
Acrobatics, dance, theater and even extreme sports – long-running Shanghai multimedia spectacular Era's second season is in full swing at Shanghai Circus World.
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