Deling and Cixi

Beijing Performing Arts Centre (Tongzhou), Drama Theatre, Beijing, China

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7:30 PM

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You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
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Important Info

Type: Play

City: Beijing, China

Starts at: 19:30

Duration:

Ticket delivery: E-Tickets

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

Can I choose my seats?

Cast

Creators

Playwright: He Jiping

Director: Li Ren

Director: Roy Szeto

Overview

The performance is in Chinese.

Entry with a paper ticket only.

Exchange your booking for a paper ticket at the collection point, bringing the identity document used for the booking. Children taller than 1.2 metres require a ticket; children 1.2 metres tall or shorter cannot enter. The building opens 90 minutes before the performance and the auditorium opens 45 minutes before it. There is no cloakroom; keep your belongings with you and take care of valuables.

Follow staff instructions and venue announcements on prohibited items, including food, drinks, professional photography and recording equipment, and lighters.

A sharp-witted young aristocrat meets the formidable Empress Dowager in He Jiping's palace drama.

Educated in the West, Deling enters the tightly controlled world of the Forbidden City. Her curiosity and candour challenge court convention, bringing her into an unexpected relationship with Cixi and the troubled Emperor Guangxu. Humour and tension reveal the people behind imperial power. Written by He Jiping, directed by Roy Szeto and revived by Li Ren.

Venue Info

Beijing Performing Arts Centre (Tongzhou) - Beijing
1 Lvxin Road, Tongzhou District, Beijing (北京市通州区绿心路1号院)

Beijing's 'Cultural Granary' in Tongzhou, one of the three major buildings of the city sub-centre, with a 1,000-seat Drama Theatre and a Concert Hall.

Beijing Performing Arts Centre, nicknamed the Cultural Granary and one of the three major buildings of Beijing's city sub-centre, opened on 27 December 2023 beside the Urban Green Heart Forest Park. Its Drama Theatre seats 1,000 and has a proscenium stage of about 1,800 square metres and a 122-speaker sound system with concealed main loudspeakers.

Important Info

Type: Play

City: Beijing, China

Starts at: 19:30

Duration:

Rising Fanfare: YUAN Ding and NCPAO

Beijing National Grand Theater (NCPA) - Beijing

8 Nov 2019, Fri, 7:30 PM