PlaceCulture
St Ignatius Cathedral
The cathedral gives a Xujiahui architecture walk a distinctive landmark.
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PlaceCulture
Former Residence of Sun Yat-sen in Shanghai
A historic residence provides a contained museum visit near Fuxing Park.
PlaceCulture
M50 Creative Park
Gallery doors and reused industrial buildings shape an art-focused wander.
PlaceConcerts
Shanghai Circus World
A circus performance can anchor an evening away from the riverfront.
PlaceCulture
Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum
Personal histories and surviving streets give a Hongkou museum visit its depth.
PlaceCulture
Shanghai Museum on People’s Square
The landmark beside People’s Square, currently devoted to a ticketed exhibition on ancient civilisations of the Americas.
PlaceConcerts
POTENT
Electronic music above Huaihai Middle Road, with a dance-floor programme that gives central Shanghai an after-dark pulse.
EventActivities
Shanghai Ballet: The Heartbeat of Muqam
A young musician’s return home provides the story for a ballet shaped by Uyghur Muqam traditions.
EventConcerts
Symphoniacs in Concert
Bach and Vivaldi meet electronic rhythm in Symphoniacs’ tenth-anniversary concert.
PlaceCulture
Shanghai Culture Square
Musical theatre and large stage productions give this Fuxing Road venue its place in Shanghai’s evening calendar.
EventActivities
Robert Wilson: Dorian
Dorian Gray, Francis Bacon and Oscar Wilde meet in a music-theatre work shaped by Robert Wilson’s visual language.
EventActivities
Game of History
The contest between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang becomes a chessboard in this Jiangsu dance drama.
PlaceCulture
Wanping Theatre
Chinese opera and stage productions share the bill at Wanping Theatre in Xuhui.
EventActivities
Cassiel Gaube: Soirée d’Études
House dance footwork becomes a series of choreographic studies for three dancers.
EventActivities
Pillars
Ancient Chinese buildings and the people who protected them inspire a dance drama about architectural memory.
PlaceCulture
Tianchan Yifu Theatre
A Fuzhou Road stage for Chinese opera, from full productions to programmes centred on celebrated performers.
EventConcerts
Shanghai Grand Opera House Opening Concert
Chinese and international singers join Shanghai ensembles for the new Grand Opera House’s opening concert.
EventConcerts
Anna Netrebko in Concert
Anna Netrebko joins Artur Ruciński and Alexander Kopeczi for an evening of opera arias and ensembles.
PlaceCulture
Huangpu Cultural Centre
Exhibitions, theatre and community culture come together in a terraced building on Zhonghua Road.
EventConcerts
Joshua Bell and Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell directs and plays Dvořák’s Violin Concerto before Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony.
EventActivities
Lucinda Childs: DANCE
Lyon Opera Ballet performs Lucinda Childs’ DANCE, where repeated movement meets Philip Glass and Sol LeWitt.
PlaceCulture
Museum of Art Pudong
Large exhibitions meet the riverside skyline at this Pudong museum opposite the Bund.
EventActivities
Rosas: Exit Above, After the Tempest
Walking becomes a starting point for thirteen performers moving through blues, pop and choreography.