New Live in China announces eclectic shows

The new season of live theater program New Live in China, announced by Beijing-based company ATW Culture on June 23, will invite 33 productions from different genres in the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia and France.

The highlights of the program, which will be broadcast online, will include National Theatre Live's Cyrano de Bergerac, featuring actor James McAvoy, Royal Opera House Cinema's Don Giovanni, and Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema's Le Corsaire.

In addition, Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show and Plácido Domingo 50th Anniversary Gala Evening will be played.

Since 2015, New Live in China, supported by the British Council, has been brought to Chinese viewers by ATW Culture, the main distributor of Britain's National Theater Live in the country.