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2019
Lancaster Chinese New Year Carnival 2019
15th January 2019
Join us on Sunday, 3rd February 2019 to celebrate Chinese New Year in Lancaster! Funfair and Street Markets 10am to 4pm Entertainment and Performances 10am to 4pm Dragon Parade From 2pm Find streets full of tasty international food, exciting funfair rides for the family and entertainment throughout the day with artists, musicians and martial arts […]
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Lancaster Chinese New Year Carnival 2017
18th November 2016
Lancaster’s streets will come alive again with colour and sound as Chinese New Year comes round. The Manchester Airports and Hainan Airlines Stage in Market Square will feature live performances from Pagoda Arts Chinese Youth Orchestra, Wanlin Dance School, More Music Long Walk Chinese Ensemble, Northern Dragons Martial Arts, Blackpool Qilin Team and Lancaster’s own […]
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Playwriting Workshops at Dukes Theatre with Daniel Matthew
9th December 2016
Professional playwright and screenwriter Daniel Matthew will lead a two hour workshop exploring the different ways that writers generate material. Using both source material and memory; participants will take part in group discussion and writing exercises as they find out the differences and similarities in writing what you know personally and writing what’s unfamiliar. For […]
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‘Raveling Threads’ Arts Installation
9th December 2016
Lancaster’s historic squares and streets become the backdrop for original work commissioned through the Lancaster Chinese Arts Festival’s Artists Residency programme. Gale Chen’s work responds to the unique spaces of Lancaster’s city centre and central to her work is her exploration of both British and Chinese traditions of storytelling through fabric and embroidery. Lancaster’s history […]
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‘Taking Flight’ Evening of 3 Short Plays
9th January 2017
Red Dragonfly Productions, the team behind the critically acclaimed ‘Diao Chan’ and ‘The Autumn of Han’ are proud to present an evening of new writing from first time playwrights. Red Dragonfly launched Taking Flight a competition aimed at finding three new short plays from writers within the British East Asian, South Asian, and South East […]
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12th Anniversary Chinese New Year Gala
18th January 2017
Join us at our 12th Anniversary Gala as we toast the end of the Festival’s programme and the start of the Year of the Rooster. Coinciding with the Chinese Lantern Festival (also known as Yuanxiao Jie), enjoy an evening inspired by the nostalgia of early 20th Century Shanghai. Performances including renown Guzheng soloist Zilan Li […]
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Monkey! Puppet Theatre at Preston Harris Library
2nd February 2017
PuppetCraft presents MONKEY! A fantastic production following the adventures of a comical, fantastical superhero, inspired by ‘Journey to the West’ a classic of Chinese literature. The Lancaster Chinese Arts Festival will host two versions, a full theatrical performance of Monkey! for anyone from 4+ years in Preston and SuperMonkey a fun singalong experience for children […]
Find out moreMonkey! Puppet Theatre at Lancaster Central Library
4th February 2017
PuppetCraft presents MONKEY! A fantastic production following the adventures of a comical, fantastical superhero, inspired by ‘Journey to the West’ a classic of Chinese literature. The Lancaster Chinese Arts Festival will host two versions, a full theatrical performance of Monkey! for anyone from 4+ years in Preston and SuperMonkey a fun singalong experience for children […]
Find out moreMonkey! Shadow Puppet Making Workshops at Lancaster Central Library
4th February 2017
PuppetCraft presents MONKEY! A fantastic production following the adventures of a comical, fantastical superhero, inspired by ‘Journey to the West’ a classic of Chinese literature. The Lancaster Chinese Arts Festival will host two versions, a full theatrical performance of Monkey! for anyone from 4+ years in Preston and SuperMonkey a fun singalong experience for children […]
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Lycamobile Lancaster Chinese New Year Carnival 2016
5th December 2015
Live Music, Dance and Theatre Live performances from 11am of dance, music and theatre throughout the day with artists from across the UK. See the lions and dragons roar into town alongside the Festival street markets along the city’s historic streets with a range of international foods, gifts and more. The Lycamobile Stage in Market […]
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Diao Chan: The Rise of the Courtesan
30th December 2015
After the success of The Autumn of Han Red Dragonfly returns with another exciting adaptation of a Chinese classic. Based on the ancient Chinese legend of DiaoChan, part of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, this production has been called a Chinese Macbeth, and brings to the stage an epic story of lust, jealousy and […]
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Chinese New Year Celebrations
1st January 2014
Join friends and family to take in the sights and sounds of the Chinese New Year markets – right in the heart of Lancaster! Market Street will be packed with a range of food, drink, crafts and gift stalls. There will also be live performances in Market Square throughout the day! Northern Dragons Lion Dance […]
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Wu Chi-TSUNG: Recalibrate
1st January 2014
Wu Chi-Tsung is interested in how images are made and seen. Landscape, nature and the urban environment feature in his work and the themes are central to the national Recalibrate programme. Although his early influences come from painting, specifically Eastern shan shui works and Western watercolour landscapes, his powerful work is often realised through video, […]
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Sigh of the Sea
1st January 2014
Join us on North Beach in central Morecambe to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the cockling tragedy in 2004. There will be a small decorated tented village with food and hot drinks, lanterns to decorate, a sculptural bonfire, music and singing. Send your wishes and thoughts out on the tide and in the wind. “The […]
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Golden Era : Chinese New Year Gala Dinner
1st January 2014
The Hua Xian Chinese Society presents an evening with the theme ‘Golden Era’ – harking back to the glamourous heydays of jazz and swing with a Chinese twist. Join other distinguished guests at Lancaster Town Hall’s prestigious Banqueting suite to enjoy a Chinese feast and enjoy performances by: Northern Dragons Lion Dance; More Music Long […]
Find out moreCultural Day
1st February 2014
The Hua Xian Chinese School presents an afternoon of free fun activities for children and adults at Lancaster Library. Come down, get creative and enjoy learning about Chinese culture through language, arts and crafts workshops! Try Chinese calligraphy, watercolour painting, origami, papercutting and also learn to speak or write in Chinese! You can also meet […]
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2011
Chinese Film Season
30th January 2010
To celebrate the Chinese New Year, The Dukes has partnered with the Hua Xian Chinese Society to present a season of contemporary Chinese films. The Warlords, 2007 Little Big Soldier, 2010 Young and Restless in China, 2009 Aftershock, 2010
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Cantonese Opera Gala at the Dukes
30th December 2010
One of the most established Chinese Opera Troupes in the UK – the Manchester Cantonese Operatics Society – present an evening of traditional Cantonese Opera. This is a unique opportunity to experience a form of Chinese performing arts with centuries of tradition for the first time in Lancaster at the Dukes Theatre. Combining powerful vocals […]
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East Arts Project
1st January 2011
‘East’ a pop-up art exhibition by artists of East Asian heritage from different backgrounds. Working together, they will transform a space from ordinary retail shop to a new creative space in which you can explore. Across two weeks, artists will interact with the space – exhibiting work and creating new original pieces or respond to […]
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Bengal Tiger, Shanghai Dragon
1st January 2011
Presented by Live at LICA, Lancaster University. ‘Bengal Tiger, Shanghai Dragon’ combines sagas, time-cycles and inflected vocal styles from India and Bangladesh and ancient classical show-pieces and folk tunes of China with jazz improvisation, latin rhythms and surprising harmonic twists. The 9 piece line-up features Grand Union’s Indian and Bangladeshi musicians. A huge success at […]
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Forty Degrees North
1st January 2011
Presented by Live at LICA, Lancaster University. The astonishing virtuoso is one of the world’s leading guitarists. Her programme for ‘Forty Degrees North’ explores the tantalising idea that Beijing and Madrid share the same latitude through a beguiling selection of her own arrangements. There will be an opportunity to meet Xuefei Yang at 6.45pm. She […]
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Chinese Film Season at The Dukes
1st January 2011
To celebrate Chinese New Year, The Dukes has partnered with the Hua Xian Chinese Society to present a season of contemporary Chinese films. 投名狀, The Warlords (2007, 15) Directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan 2007, China Hong Kong, 108mins, Subtitles Starring: Andy Lau, Jet Li A drama of friendship, ambition and betrayal set during a bloody […]
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Memento
15th January 2011
The exhibition – Memento – by Ed Pien, is a walk-through environment created from knotted ropes, paper-cut silhouettes, video projections, rotating mirrors, sand-bags, shadows, and sound. In the dim light, the visitor plunges into another world, navigating their way amidst the shadows beneath a rope net canopy, while projected images spin around the gallery walls. […]
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Cultural Day
1st January 2014
The Hua Xian Chinese School presents an afterrnoon of free fun activities for children and adults at Lancaster Library. Come down, get creative and enjoy learning about Chinese culture through language, arts and crafts workshops! Try Chinese calligraphy, watercolour painting, origami, papercutting and also learn to speak or write in Chinese! You can also meet […]
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