Art beat in August

Bicycle flies

Black Light Theater Srnec will present The Flying Bicycle at Shanghai Children's Theater. The Czech Republic company is the world's first black light theater and is founded and directed by Jiri Srnec. The company uses a simple device known as "the black cabinet" often used by magicians. On stage, black-clad puppeteers seem to disappear against the black background, creating an effect of objects moving on their own. The story of the Flying Bicycle tells the story of a young inventor enthralled by the wings of birds. He becomes obsessed by the idea of a flying bicycle. After many attempts and failures, he finally realizes that only love can defy gravity.

7:15 pm, Aug 9. Shanghai Children's Theater, 800 Miaojiang Road, Shanghai. 021-962388.

A cappella group sings Chinese song

Female ensemble, Carmel A Cappella, will sing popular Chinese folk song, The Love Song of Kangding, at their debut concert in Beijing. The vocal quintet, from Haifa, Israel, specializes in a cappella and unaccompanied polyphonic music and will present a unique interpretation of the Chinese folk song, along with other classic songs, including Beethoven's Symphony No 5, Vivaldi's Four Seasons and five songs from the movie, The Sound of Music. The ensemble has performed around the world, singing vocal arrangements of well-known classical pieces, Israeli folk songs, musical theater hits, jazz and popular music.

7:30 pm, Aug 10. Forbidden City Concert Hall, inside Zhongshan Park, Xicheng district, Beijing. 010-6559-8285.

S.H.E's 12 years of pop

Taiwan girl group S.H.E will make its Guangzhou debut on Aug 10 with a glamorous concert that will take a look back at the singers' 12-year career. Fans have been waiting for this reunion ever since Selina Jen suffered an accident in 2010. Besides more than 40 of their signature pop songs such as Super Star and Don't Wanna Grow Up, the group members, who are no longer as young and girly as they were 12 years ago, will showcase their new maturity through solos of different styles including alternative and rock. S.H.E is on a national concert tour and will stage the performance in Beijing on Sept 13.

8 pm, Aug 10. Guangzhou

Gymnasium, 783 Baiyun Avenue South, Baiyun district. 400-610-3721.

A Chinese production of Agatha Christie's detective story And Then There Were None will be staged. In the play, 10 people are tricked into visiting a remote island. They are the only people there and all are killed, one after another, in a manner that seems to parallel the deaths listed in a nursery rhyme. The play by Shanghai Dramatic Art Center is so highly anticipated that the tickets sold out weeks ahead of the show's opening night. The theater has had to sell standing tickets to accommodate more people.

7:30 pm, Tuesday-Sunday, July 11-Aug 11. Art Theater, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, 1F, 288 Anfu Road, Shanghai. 021-6473-0123.