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Suzhou Entertainment Guide | December 18 – 24

Matilda The Musical

Time: 7:30 p.m., December 19 to 22; 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m., December 23 and 24
Venue: Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre苏州文化艺术中心大剧院
Tickets: 1080/880/680/480/380/280/180 yuan

Produced by British Royal Shakespeare Company, Matilda The Musical is the story of an extraordinary little girl who, armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny.

Russia Royal Ballet: Swan Lake

Time: 7:30 p.m., December 21
Venue: Suzhou Bay Grand Theatre苏州湾大剧院
Tickets: 440/340/240/140/90 yuan

Swan Lake is a romantic ballet in four acts. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote the music.

Travel Around the World: Animal Kingdom English Musical for Children

Time: 7:30 p.m., December 22
Venue: Changshu Grand Theatre 常熟市保利大剧院
Tickets: 280/180/100/50 yuan

Let the music take you and your children into the kingdom of animals.

Harry’s Wizarding World Concert

Time: 7 p.m., December 23
Venue: Suzhou Chinese Orchestra Concert Hall苏州民族管弦乐团音乐厅
Tickets: 280/180/100 yuan

Classic scores from Harry Potter films will take you on a journey to the wizarding world.

Monkey Magic Shadow Play

Time: 10:30 p.m., 3p.m., December 23
Venue: Suzhou Bay Grand Theatre苏州湾大剧院
Tickets: 280/220/160/100 yuan

The elements of Chinese ink and wash, black and white paper cuts, Chinese mythology, immortals and monsters are combined together and shown on one screen.

Chamber Music III: Jazz Age

Time: 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m., December 24
Venue: Jinji Lake Music Hall苏州金鸡湖音乐厅
Tickets: 100 yuan

JOSEF ZAWINUL/NICK LANE arr. Birdland
GLENN MILLER/GOE GERALD arr. In the Mood
EDWARD POLA & GEORGE WYLE The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
BART HOWARD/SAMMY NESTICO arr. Fly Me to the Moon
JIANGSU FOLK MUSIC/SPYRIDON KATSOURIS arr. Jasmine Flower
PAUL WHITE Synonymic Bossa
IRVING BERLIN/RAY LEONARD arr. Puttin’on the Ritz
GEORGE SHEARING/MIKE CROTTY arr. Lullabay of Birdland
WALTER DONALDSON/DAVE WOLPE arr. Makin’ Whoopee
SONNY ROLLINS/MARK TAYLOR arr. St. Thomas
BEN BERNIE/SAMMY NESTICO arr. Sweet Georgia Brown
GERALD MARKS & SEYMOUR SIMONS/BILLY BYERS arr. Al of Me
LOUIS PRIMA/DAVE WOLPE arr. Sing Sing Sing
*Program is subject to change.

Vienna State Ballet: The Nutcracker High-definition Screening

Time: 10 a.m., December 24
Venue: Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre苏州文化艺术中心
Tickets: 180 yuan

The original libretto by Alexandre Dumas was completely revised by Rudolf Nureyev who gave his version of The Nutcracker a psychoanalytic dimension: Drosselmeyer and the Prince are one and the same person, representing the ideal man dreamt up by the heroine, ready to leave her childhood and become a teenager.

Vienna State Ballet: Swan Lake High-definition Screening

Time: 2 p.m., December 24
Venue: Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre苏州文化艺术中心
Tickets: 180 yuan

Swan Lake is about a prince named Siegfried. He falls in love with the Swan princess, Odette. She is a swan by day, but a young woman at night. She is under a magic spell that can only be broken by a man who will make a promise to love her for all time. Siegfried makes the promise. He is tricked though by the magician who cast the spell. The ballet ends with the deaths of Siegfried and Odette.

SAMAJAM: YOU are the Show Canadian Musical for Children

Time: 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m., December 24
Venue: Dushu Lake Theater独墅湖影剧院
Tickets: 380/280/180 yuan

It is a fully participatory, fun and highly engaging musical experience where the audience actively performs 90% of the show. It combines interactive participation, musical learning, rhythmic challenges, video games, comedic sketches, and exploration of diverse songs and rhythms from around the world.

Exhibition in Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Suzhou College of Fine Arts

Time: December 8, 2023 to January 7, 2024
Venue: Yan Wenliang Memorial Hall颜文梁纪念馆

Suzhou College of Fine Arts was founded by Yan Wenliang, Hu Cuizhong and Zhu Shijie in 1922. The three of them are collectively hailed as the “Three Talents in Canglang.”

Engraved Images on Steles Suzhou Society in Ming and Qing Dynasties

Time: December 14, 2023 to April 7, 2024
Venue: Suzhou Museum of Inscribed Stone Tablets苏州碑刻博物馆

The exhibition features 42 sets (55 pieces) of rubbings represented in the form of “line-paintings on steles.”

Soft-Surface Maze Solo Exhibition of Chen Mutian

Time: December 24, 2023 to April 7, 2024
Venue: Suzhou Bay Digital Art Museum苏州湾数字艺术馆

The exhibition focuses on the identity change of a women and comprises the artist’s representative and latest works, covering sculpture, film, installation and interactive media.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Director: James Wan
Stars: Jason Momoa, Ben Affleck, Patrick Wilson
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2023

Aquaman balances his duties as king and as a member of the Justice League, all while planning a wedding. Black Manta is on the hunt for Atlantean tech to help rebuild his armor. Orm plots to escape his Atlantean prison.

La La Land

Director: Damien Chazelle
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2023

While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.

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