This Chinese cultural celebration will feature a sumptuous selection of artistic presentations. These will include screening of a short film about how different groups in the Chinese community celebrate the festival, Chinese music performed through collaboration between Chinese and Western musicians, Festival Poetry performed in Mandarin and English, Festival songs performed by leading Chinese vocalists (along with a local community choir) and a multimedia dance piece based on the myth upon which the Festival is based.

Audience members will also be treated to samples of the traditional festival MOON CAKES and Chinese tea.

‘Moonlight Reveries’ is funded by Liverpool Primary Care Trust, Arts Council England and Merseyside Police Authority, and is supported by Merseyside Dance Initiative, Confucius Institute, Hope Street Ltd.

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Following the successful events in Manchester and Birmingham, this is the 3rd in the Networking Series.

In this kind of economical environment, it's not necessarily how good you are at what you do, but more, who you know. Join us in our London Networking event and see who you can meet. It could lead to better opportunities in employment, better sales leads and/or collaborative partnerships. Who knows what the future holds.

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The mighty Rustic-- Anyone with a passing interest in the Beijing music scene will have no doubt come across the hair metal-loving, punk pathetique-referencing, stage-dominating threesome, and fallen in love with their outrageously enjoyable performances.” --- Time Out Beijing

This September, catch the outrageous rock band RUSTIC from China as they tour the UK!

London -- 229 The Venue -- 10 Sept.
Manchester -- Ruby Lounge -- 13 Sept.
Newcastle -- The Cluny -- 14 Sept.
Glasgow -- The Soundhaus -- 15 Sept.
Liverpool -- The Zanzibar -- 17 Sept.
Birmingham -- The Adam and Eve -- 18 Sept.





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Atsuko Tanaka was one of the foremost members of Gutai, a group which focussed on experimental art forms, their manifesto proclaiming a new relationship between the materials and the human spirit. Within this primarily male-orientated group, Tanaka was particularly unconventional and stood out from the other Gutai members, as indeed she did from other international avant-garde artists of her time. This was due not only to her radical and metaphorical expression, but also the relationship between the body of work created especially between 1953 and 1957, and her way of thinking.

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BCN are hosting a Directed Networking Event in Manchester in March 2011. We have invited some prominent Chinese professionals to give speeches, and also Mr W Wing Yip OBE has kindly agreed to come for a Q&A session as well. More details about this event can be found at

http://e-voice.org.uk/bcn/events-registration/networking/







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CAS + HKAF presents Piccadilly Revisited @ City Hall Theatre, 25-26 Feb, 2010.

Chinatown Arts Space is one of the successful commissions of New Music 20x12, part of the Cultural Olympiad for the London Olympics. Andy Leung and Liz Liew will compose and perform XXXY, a musical tug-of-war reflecting contrasting themes of multicultural London: male vs female, traditional vs experimental, young vs young-at-heart, British culture vs world culture, lo-fi vs hi-fi: XX vs XY.

It celebrates and explores the 'clashes and matches' in this diverse city, embracing the team and competitive spirit of the Olympics, with traditional instruments, contemporary sounds and urban youth junk drummers. Let battle commence!

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Sophie Yau, a London based Indie Folk Pop Singer-Songwriter, is a kaleidoscope of talent, charm and blithe sagacity. Her 'Some Great Union Autumn/Winter UK Tour' confirmed has been confirmed. 8 Cities in 8 Weeks.

For tour dates, keep an eye out on Sophie's website at www.sophieyau.com