The festival calendar has an eclectic mix of programs that include: (Top) Hamlet from Lithuania's OKT Theatre; (middle) Zhang Yimou's Peking Opera production You and Me; (above) A Midsummer Night's Dream from the Globe Theater.

If you go

Jonny Berouette's Little Cart

Les Matapestes of France

7:30 pm; Dec 5, 6. Experimental Theater of Beijing People's Art Theater, 22 Wangfujing Dajie (Street), Dongcheng district, Beijing. 400-610-3721.

The Little Mermaid

The National Ballet of China

7:30 pm; Dec 6, 7. National Centre for the Performing Arts, 2 Xichang'an Jie (Street), Xicheng district, Beijing. 400-620-6006.

Krapp's Last Tape

Change Performing Arts of USA

7:30 pm; Dec 6, 7. National Theatre Company of China (NTCC), 277 Guanganmenwai Dajie (Street), Xicheng district, Beijing. 400-610-3721.

Ren

Fria Teatern of Sweden

7:30 pm, Dec 6, 7. Oriental Pioneer Theater, 8-2 Dongdan Santiao, Dongcheng district, Beijing. 010-6527-6911.

Countryside Memories

China's Central Academy of Drama

7:30 pm; Dec 10, 11. National Centre for the Performing Arts, 2 Xichang'an Jie (Street), Xicheng district, Beijing. 400-610-3721.

Macbeth

Vaso Abashidze Music and Drama Theatre of Georgia

7:30 pm; Dec 12, 13. Chang'an Grand Theatre, 2 Jianguomennei Dajie (Street), Dongcheng district, Beijing. 400-610-3721.

Yunzhihe (Grand Canal)

Jiangsu Performing Arts Group

7:30 pm; Dec 13, 14. National Centre for the Performing Arts, 2 Xichang'an Jie (Street), Xicheng district, Beijing. 010-6655-0000.

Trilogy of Oresteia

National Theatre of Ping Opera, China

7:30 pm; Dec 15, 16. China Pingju Opera Theatre, 19 Xiluoyuan Xiqu, Fengtai district, Beijing. 400-818-3333.

As You Like It

Kote Marjanishvili State Drama Theatre of Georgia

7:30 pm; Dec 17, 18. Small Theater of National Theater of China, 277 Guanganmenwai Dajie (Street), Xicheng district, Beijing. 400-610-3721.

Cesarean Session

Teatr ZAR/Inst. Grotowski of Poland

7:30 pm; Dec 17-19. Experiment Theater of Beijing People's Art Theater, 22 Wangfujing Dajie (Street), Dongcheng district, Beijing. 400-610-3721.

Demons

Eugeny Vahtangov State Academic Theatre of Russia

7:30 pm; Dec 19, 20. Tianqiao Theater, 30 Beiwei Lu (Road), Xicheng district, Beijing. 400-811-8510.

My Hamlet

Kote Marjanishvili State Drama Theatre and Fingers Theatre of Georgia

7:30 pm; Dec 20, 21. Small Theater of National Theater of China, 277 Guanganmenwai Dajie (Street), Xicheng district, Beijing. 400-610-3721.

The Sound of Music

Andrew Lloyd Webber

7:30 pm; Dec 10-21. Beijing Exhibition Theater, 135 Xizhimenwai Dajie (Street), Xicheng district, Beijing. 400-610-3721.

Yongle

Lin Zhaohua Drama Studio, China

7:30 pm; Dec 22, 23. Tianjin Grand Theatre, 58 Pingjiang Dao (Avenue), Hexi district, Tianjin. 022-8388-2000.

Visitors on the Snow Mountain

National Center for the Performing Arts, China

7:30 pm, Dec 24, 25, 26, 28. National Centre for the Performing Arts, 2 Xichang'an Jie (Street), Xicheng district, Beijing. 010-6655-0000.

Riverdance

Riverdance Irish Dance Troupe

7:30 pm, Dec 26, 27. Beijing Exhibition Theater, 135 Xizhimenwai Dajie (Street), Xicheng district, Beijing. 400-600-8012.