The Red Brick Art Museum in Beijing Photo: VCG

Xu Bing: Art beyond the Karman Line - art exhibition 

This is an exhibition about space and art. It focuses on renowned Chinese contemporary artist Xu Bing's extraordinary project in which he collaborated with a privately run Chinese space company to send several of his artworks to outer space. The exhibition shows the works involved in this project. The exhibition's unique name - Art beyond the Karman Line refers to the line that delineates the end of Earth's atmosphere and outer space. To go beyond this line represents that the artist's imagination is free from unknown limitations.  

Where: Red Brick Art Museum, Cuigezhuang, Chaoyang district, Beijing. 

When: November 6 to April 12, 2022.

Price: 110 Yuan 

Cinderella - Ballet musical 

The musical will be especially exciting if you are a fan of the classic fairy tale Cinderella. As a folk story that has been interpreted numerous times by creative works around the world, this performance in Beijing spices things up by combining ballet elements with a musical. 

The ballet performance is going to include three chapters. The performance will begin with introducing the main heroine Cinderella and the witch-looking godmother who saves Cinderella by giving her a pair of glass slippers. It is going to be an exciting visual-audio journey performed by the National Ballet of China. 

Where: National Center for the Performing Arts, Xicheng district, Beijing 

When: December 1-2

Price: 80 Yuan 

My Bucket List - contemporary musical 

My Bucket List is a contemporary Chinese language musical that has been running for more than five years. It was created with the main themes of "youth," "friendship," "life" and "love" in mind. Telling the stories of young people, the musical has proven particularly popular amongst younger audiences, who have described it as "warming and touching" as well as "moving the audience with true emotions," according to a review on Douban, a Chinese rating platform. 

Where: Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, Xicheng district, Beijing

When: November 13

Price: 180 to 609 Yuan 

Weekends release - standup comedy 

This standup comedy session is sure to bring some good laughs to help you get rid of the boredom and down feelings from the work week. It is also going to be an improv show that gives everyone the opportunity to hold the mic and tell some jokes. This one and a half hour event is sure to attract some interesting souls, so why not come along for the ride?

Where: Dongsi south street, Dongcheng district, Beijing  

When: November 13 to December 4

Price: 89 Yuan