Here are the most famous Beijing stage theaters for you.
Beijing Concert Hall 北京音乐厅
Address: 1 Bei Xinhua Jie, Liubukou,
Tian’anmen
六部口北新华街1号
Tel: 8610-6605-7006
Fax:8610-6603-6348
Built in 1985, this was China’s first ever professional concert hall with high quality
sound facilities. The performance space on first ground seats over 1,000, while art
exhibitions are mounted on the upper levels. It’s a place for serious music.
Beijing Exhibition Center Theater 北京展览馆剧场
Address: 135 Xizhimen Waidajie,
Xizhimen
西直门外大街135号
Tel: 8610-6835-1383, 6835-4455
Fax: 8610-6835-4455
Web: www.bjexpo.com
Located within the Russian architectural styled Exhibition Center in Xizhimen, the
theater is one of the largest in Beijing and there is a total of 2,700 seats. Holds
many classic ballets, Chinese folk dance and international modern dance
performance, musical and dramas.
Poly Theatre 北京保利剧院
Poly Plaza, 14 Dongzhimen Nandajie,
Dongzhimen
东直门南大街14号保利大厦
Tel: 8610-6500-1188
Fax: 8610-6501-1854
Web: www.polytheatre.com
One of the best-run and best-funded performance spaces in town can hold up to
1,500 people and runs a regular slate of top-notch performances ranging from
international musicals, ballet, modern dance, symphony concerts and Chinese
dramas.
Chang An Grand Theater 长安大戏院
Address: 7 Jianguomen Neidajie,
Jianguomen
建内大街7号
Tel: 8610-6510-1309
Web: www.changantheater.com
Fax: 8610-6510-1308
This is the place to explore the culture of Jingju, or Beijing opera. The theater
seats 800, and books in a wide-range of traditional Chinese performance on a
regular schedule. The first floor also sells Chinese paintings and folk handicrafts.
The People’s Art Theater 人艺小剧场
Address: 22 Wangfujing Dajie,
Wangfujing
王府井大街22号
Tel: 8610-6525-0123, 6525-0996, 5524-9847
Web:www.bjry.com
This performance hall inside Beijing People’s Art Theater in Wangfujing holds
regular dramas in Chinese, host audiences of up to 400.
Beijing Exhibition Theater
Address: 135 Xizhimenwai Dajie, Xicheng District,
Xizhimen
Tel: 8610-6835 4455
Beijing Seven-Color Light Children’s Theater 北京七色光儿童剧院
Address: 14A, Ju’er Hutong, Jiaodaokou,
Gulou
交道口菊儿胡同甲14号
Tel: 8610-8402-2285
Beijing Theater 北京剧院
Address: 10 San Qu Anhui Li, Yayuncun,
Olympic Area
亚运村安慧里三区10号
Tel: 8610-6491-1228
Fax: 8610-6489-4549
A little drab, but this performance space–one of the few in the Olympic area–
hosts dance, drama and film events.
Beijing Yingzhibao Theater 北京英之宝剧院
Address: 2 Lize Dongerlu,Wangjing
Just inside the wuhuanlu, next to Merceded Benz dealership
丽泽东二路2号
五环旁边，奔驰代理商旁边
Tel: 8610-6439-8559
Brand new high tech performance space, joint venture between Mercedes and the
Beijing Youth Daily media group.
Capital Theater 首都剧场
Adress: 22 Wangfujing Dajie,
Wangfujing
王府井大街22号
Tel: 8610-6512-1598
Web: www.bjry.com
Fax: 8610-6523-3227
The main performance space for the Beijing People’s Art Theater is housed inside
a beautiful Soviet style building in Wangfujing and can hold about 1,000 people.
Most of the performances are in Chinese.
Century Theater 世纪剧院
Address: Sino-Japanese Youth Center, 40 Liangmaqiao Lu,
Nuren Jie
亮马桥路40号中日友好交流中心
Tel: 8610-6468-3311 ext. 3163
Fax: 8610-6462-8470
Located behind the Lufthansa Center in the third embassy area, the theater mainly
holds symphony concert and is frequented by expats.
Haidian Theater 海淀剧院
28 Zhongguancun Dajie,
Haidian
中关村大街28号
Tel: 8610-6254-6839, 6255-5898
Web: www.hdjy.com.cn
Oriental Pioneer Theatre 东方先锋剧场
Address: 8-2 Dongdan Santiao ,
Wangfujing
Northeast corner of Oriental Plaza
东单三条8-2号
东方广场东北角
Tel: 8610-6527-6911, 6559-7394
As the name says, a theater for avant-garde dramas by young Chinese
performers. Has a seating capacity of 320, it’s the best-equipped studio theater in
Beijing, where leading drama director Meng Jinghui’s works are played regularly.
