Reading Roars!

I remember watching Chinese Opera on the streets of Penang and thinking that it was fantastic, even though I couldn’t quite follow the story. On Monday 19 February, somewhat amazingly, the magic of Chinese Opera will come to Reading.

Invited by Dr Ashely Thorpe of the University of Reading, the International Centre for Beijing Opera will be performing “Adventures of the Monkey King” at the University’s Myra McCullock Theatre. Some of the performances will be done in English.

The Monkey King seemed familiar, so I did a bit of quick research. Those of you into video games (as I am, geekily) will remember the character Monkey in the hugely playable Kung Fu Chaos, and there are references in Halo 2 and Soul Calibur. The Monkey King also had a role in the cartoon series Jackie Chan’s Adventures.

Interested? Tickets are just £10 (£7 concessions).