Art beat: Seminar & workshop

Life's drama

Lee Li-chun, one of the founders of Performance Workshop, Taiwan's best-known acting and musical theater, gives a lecture to share his 40-year-long career as a versatile artist in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

Lee is a respected figure in the field of crosstalk, live theater, movie and TV drama. He will talk about his love for acting and his insights about the relationship between life and drama.

As one of the personnel who reinvigorated cross talk in Taiwan in the 1980s, Lee's humor will definitely spice up the lecture.

7:30-9:30 pm, July 20. Fangsuo Commune, TaiKoo Hui shopping mall, 383 Tianhelu, Tianhe district, Guangzhou, (Exit D of Shipaiqiao Station of subway line 3). 020-3868-2327.

Symphonic Mystery Tour

Imagine The Beatles playing a symphony orchestra concert. Beatlemania! The Symphonic Mystery Tour is more than just a rock concert. The show presents more than 20 Beatles tunes sung, played, and performed exactly as they were written. Hear Penny Lane with a live trumpet section, experience the beauty of Yesterday with an acoustic guitar and string quartet and enjoy the rock/classical blend on the hard-edged I Am the Walrus.

7:45 pm, Aug 11, Shanghai Lujiazui Central Greenbelt, 15 East Lujiazui Lu, Shanghai. 021-5887-5487.