At present Shanghai is a popular place for Australian artists - we just saw The Urban Dream Capsule in Xintiandi yesterday and tomorrow we are going to watch The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) at Shanghai Oriental Art Center. Both programs are presented by the Australian artists.
The Urban Dream Capsule is the most weird live art performance - four artists live in a sealed window for 12 days. They are fully self sufficient and eat, sleep, cook, shower... do everything in the window in front of the live audience for the next 10 days. You can even watch them live on line here and here . 
We are most fascinated by their motive and enthusiasm of presenting this art performance and were amazed by the constant interaction between the artists and the audience (they can't hear each other, but only use sign languages and white board.) How tiring that would be when an endless stream of audience demand your attention 24 hours a day for 12 days. But the artists were being very responsive and active.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) will be presented by The Reduced Shakespeare Company from Australia tomorrow night at the new theater in Pudong - the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. 
We are always interested in the architecture of the theater which symbolizes a blossoming butterfly orchid. So we will kill two birds with one stone tomorrow night - check out the fabulous theater and watch the award-nominated comedy - how good is that!
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