As the weather gets hotter, theaters or concert halls are becoming popular options for many people to relax and escape the summer heat, including students who are enjoying their summer vacation. The following shows in Guangzhou are entertaining for both kids and adults alike.
Concert featuring classic pieces sparkling in animated movies
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New Age Symphony Orchestra will present symphonic suites mainly originating from classic Hollywood animated films, including "Frozen", "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Prince of Egypt", which are both beloved masterpieces for children and memories of many adults' childhood.
Based on orchestral music and accompanied by animation, the concert will also integrate modern electric sound, vocals and other musical expressions of New Age music. Audienceswill beboth visuallyand auditorilyentertained.
Time: 16:00, Sunday, July 10, 2022
Duration: About 120 minutes (with intermission)
Venue: Guangdong Friendship Theater (廣東省友誼劇院)
Ticket prices: RMB 180, 280, 380, 480
Add.: No. 696 Renmin Bei Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou (廣州市越秀區人民北路696號)
Nearest metro station: Take Metro Line 2 or 5, get off at the Guangzhou Railway Station and use Exit D4
Concerts sharing pieces of Broadway musicals
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As a metonym of musical, Broadway theaters have presented countless classics. This concert will select nine famous Broadway musicals, such as "Les Misérables", "The Phantom of the Opera", "The Lion King" and "Cats". The theme music will be recomposed into orchestral suites, creating an audio-visual feast for the audience.
Time: 20:00, Sunday, July 10, 2022
Duration: About 120 minutes (with intermission)
Venue: Guangdong Friendship Theater (廣東省友誼劇院)
Ticket prices: RMB 180, 280, 380, 480
Drama showing a magical night in the gallery
The heroine Lena unintentionally opens a picture album, from which flies out a magical firefly. Under its guidance, Lena enters a magic art gallery. In this fantasy world, the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky, Claude Monet, Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh and many other masters are alive...
The multimedia magic show "One Starry Night: Out of the Blue" is an "adventure" that involves adults and children alike. Audiences can also enjoy a live piano performance and a magic show.
Time: 10:30 & 15:30, Sunday, July 23, 2022
Duration: About 70 minutes
Venue: Guangdong Art Theatre (廣東藝術劇院)
Ticket prices: RMB 180, 280, 380, 480
Add.: No. 1229, Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Tianhe District, Guangzhou (廣州市天河區廣州大道中1229號)
Nearest bus stop: Take Bus No. 136, 140, 252, 303A, 303, 30, 502, 504, 508, 51A, 51, 540, 56, 6, 804, 836, 841, B12, B16 or B6, and get off at the Guangzhou Sport University Station (廣州體院站)
Children's theater showing a fantasy world
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Flowers in the Mirror, a fantasy novel written by Qing Dynasty novelist Li Ruzhen, was adapted into a stage play performed entirely by children. With masks and puppets, the young cast will lead the audience to go on a series of Gulliverianstyleadventures.
Members from the Compagnie Philippe Genty, a French troupe specializing in theater puppetry and visual arts, joined in the production as art advisers. They helped realize some of the more surreal aspects of the scenery and plot through puppetry and new media techniques.
Time: 19:30, Thursday to Friday, July 28 to 29, 2022
Venue: Opera Hall, Guangzhou Opera House (廣州大劇院)
Ticket prices: RMB 80, 180, 280 VIP
Nearest metro station: Take Metro Line 3 or 5 and get off at the Zhujiang New Town Station, and then use the GT Land Plaza Exit
Show about the wonderful world of physics
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We live in a world controlled by physics. In "THAT PHYSICS SHOW", the protagonist Dr. WHY will bring the scientific magic from the world of physics to Guangzhou. Based on hundreds of physics experiments, the show features segments on friction, motion, vacuum, energy, density, sound waves and sound vibration, light waves and many more from real life.
Time: 10:30 & 15:30, Sunday, July 30, 2022
Duration: About 120 minutes (with intermission)
Venue: Guangdong Friendship Theater (廣東省友誼劇院)
Ticket prices: RMB 180, 280, 380, 480
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