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Suzhou Entertainment Guide | August 22 – 28

Elmer The Patchwork Elephant Show

Time: 7:30 p.m., August 28

Venue: Suzhou Bay Grand Theater

Tickets: RMB280/180/120/80 yuan

Duration: Approximately 60 minutes, no intermission

Starring an elephant who is “brave enough to be himself” and 21 colorful and lifelike muppets, the musical has gained in popularity among over 200 million children worldwide

Castle in the Sky Joe Hisaishi & Hayao Miyazaki Theme Concert

Time: 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., August 28

Venue: Suzhou Bay Grand Theater

Tickets: RMB380/280/180/80 yuan

Duration: Approximately 90 minutes with a 15-min intermission

The concert will give the audience a chance to enjoy the scores written by Joe Hisaishi and experience the wonderful moments in Hayao Miyazaki’s films.

King Lear High-definition Screening

Time: 10:30 a.m., August 28

Venue: No. 1 Hall, Suzhou Arts Cineplex (Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre Branch)

Tickets: RMB180/100 yuan

Duration: approximately 156 minutes, no intermission.

Suggested age: 12 and above

Directed by Antoni Cimolino and starring Colm Feore and Sara Farb, the play was staged at Canada Stratford Festival in 2014 and won 2016 Canadian Screen Awards.

Les Misérables: The History of The World’s Greatest Story High-definition Screening

Time: 7:30 p.m., August 28

Venue: No. 1 Hall, Suzhou Arts Cineplex (Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre Branch)

Tickets: RMB180/100 yuan

Duration: approximately 90 minutes, no intermission.

Suggested age: 12 and above

In this new documentary, the scintillating journey of Hugo’s universal story is traced from book to stage to screen with contributions from many who have starred in or helped to create this entertainment phenomenon.

Pirates of the Caribbean – Oscar Famous Movies Music Concert

Time: 7:30 p.m., August 27

Venue: Suzhou Bay Grand Theater

Tickets: RMB200/150/100 yuan

Duration: Approximately 90 minutes with a 15-min intermission

Shanghai Contemporary Chamber Orchestra (Shanghai CCO) will present pieces of classical film scores.

Six Records of a Floating Life Classical Garden-version Kunqu Opera

Time: 7:30 p.m., July 27

Venue: The Surging Waves Pavilion

Ticket Price: RMB1580 yuan

It is the first immersive opera performance in China. Performed in the Surging Waves Pavilion, the oldest garden in Suzhou, it will recreate the scene of listening to Kunqu opera in the classical gardens in ancient times.

Breath 2022 x Wan Xiaoli

Time: 7:30 p.m., July 27

Venue: Suzhou Poly Grand Theatre

Ticket Price: RMB200/100 yuan

Wan Xiaoli is a Chinese independent musician and hailed as “China’s Bob Dylan”.

Andrei Ivanovich Piano Recital

Time: 7:30 p.m., July 26

Venue: Taicang Grand Theatre

Ticket Price: RMB160/100 yuan

Andrei is a world-renowned Russian pianist and professor and one of the most outstanding representatives of the Russian piano school.

Echoes of Mt. Qomolangma Unfolding Thoughts in Modern and Contemporary Art in Tibet

Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., August 23 to October 8 (From Tuesday to Sunday, no admission after 5:30 p.m.)

Venue: Hanshan Art Museum

Ticket Price: RMB20 yuan

Including 32 well-known Chinese and Tibetan artists spanning three generations, it is the first academic exhibition on the Chinese mainland that systematically teases out the development of Tibetan modern and contemporary art.

Cézanne: The Four Seasons Immersive Art Exhibition

Time: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., August 18 to December 4 (From Tuesday to Sunday, no admission after 5 p.m.)

Venue: Ui ART Center

Ticket Price: RMB180/150 yuan

Based on the classical works of Cézanne, the “father of modern art”, this immersive art exhibition uses state-of-the-art technologies to show his art and legendary life.

Invitational Exhibition of Chinese Paintings by Masters in Yangtze River Delta

Time: August 17 to September 4 (From Tuesday to Sunday)

Venue: No. 1, 2 and 3 Exhibition Halls, Suzhou Art Museum

More than 60 works by 52 famous Chinese painters from the Yangtze River Delta region are on display.

Great White

Director: Martin Wilson

Stars: Katrina Bowden, Aaron Jakubenko, Kimie Tsukakoshi

Genre: Horror, Thriller

In Theaters: August 26, 2022

Runtime: 91 minutes

Language: English

A fun filled flight to a remote atoll turns into a nightmare for five passengers when their seaplane is destroyed in a freak accident and they are trapped on a raft, 100 miles from shore with man-eating sharks lurking beneath the surface.

A Dog Named Palma

Director: Aleksandr Domogarov

Stars: Liliya, Viktor Dobronravov, Leonid Basov

Genre: Drama, Family

In Theaters: August 26, 2022

Runtime: 110 minutes

Language: Russian

The film is inspired by an incredible story of a shepherd dog named Palm who was inadvertently left in the airport by her owner. She befriends nine-year old Nicholas whose mother dies leaving him with a father he barely knows – a pilot who finds the dog at the airport. It’s a story of amazing adventures, true friendship and unconditional love.

Belle

Director: Mamoru Hosoda

Stars: Kaho Nakamura, Ryô Narita, Shôta Sometani

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama

In Theaters: August 26, 2022

Runtime: 122 minutes

Language: Japanese

Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters “U”, a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.

The School of Magical Animals

Director: Gregor Schnitzler

Stars: Emilia Maier, Leonard Conrads, Loris Sichrovsky

Genre: Adventure, Family

In Theaters: August 23, 2022

Runtime: 90 minutes

Language: German

The charming live-action adventure with CGI animated animals about an unusual school where the children receive a magical animal as a companion. When objects keep disappearing at school, the children and the magical animals must stick together to solve the mystery of the school thief.

The Mauritanian

Director: Kevin Macdonal

Stars: Tahar Rahim, Nouhe Hamady Bari, Saadna Hamoud

Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller

In Theaters: August 23, 2022

Runtime: 129 minutes

Language: English

Mohamedou Ould Slahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.

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