On December 25th , 2013, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, represented by its Director-General Ms. Irina Bokova, and The Central Academy of Drama, China, represented by its President, Mr. Xu Xiang, have signed an official contract where the two...

On Nov.29 the symposium “New-type Training System of Stage Managers” was held by the Department of Theatre Management. Prof. XU Yongsheng, Vice President of the Academy and the Director of the Department of Theatre Management, moderated the symposium and directors and producers o...

Prof. LIU Xinglin and Prof. HU Yaohui respectively won Best Stage Design and Best Lighting Design for the production “ Xu Pi Pa” in the 13th All-China Theatre Festival which was closed on Nov.25. In this year’s Festival 35 productions of more than 20 different genres were present...

On Nov. 30 a Chinese version of the renowned musical theatre ”Into The Woods ” was premiered in the Experimental Theatre. It was the first time for the play to be staged in China. The musical theatre was directed by Thomas J Ossowski and performed by Class 2011 of the Department...

Ms. Beate Seidel, Chief Dramaturg of Germany’s National Theatre, gave lectures to Theatre Management students of the Academy from Nov. 10 to 18. Ms. Seidel introduced the stage managing mode in Germany to the students, discussing the differences between Germany and China in the a...

“The 2nd National Training Class of Stage Managers and Theatre Directors”, sponsored by the Innovation Office of the Ministry of Culture, China and hosted by the China Collaborative Innovation Centre For Theatre Arts Management (CCICTAM), was opened at the Chang Ping Campus of th...

Prof. ZHANG Xian, the Director of the Dramatic Literature Dept. and a member of IATC Excom attended the 2013 2nd Excom Meeting of IATC and the Romanian 23rd National Theatre Festival in Bucharest from Oct. 26 to Nov.2. In the Excom Meeting, Prof. ZHANG Xian introduced the prepara...

Prof. XU Xiang met Mr. HISHINUMA YOSHIAKI, Director of ITI Japan Centre and Mr. ITO TOMOKO, Director of the Sino-Japanese Theatre Exchange Centre on Nov.18. Mr. HISHINUMA YOSHIAKI introduced the Studio of Japanese Traditional Theatre Arts held by the Ministry of Culture Japan and...