Jersey Boys

Jersey Boys is a Broadway musical that dramatizes the rise and fall of Frankie Valli and the 1960s rock 'n' roll group Four Seasons.

According to Selladoor Worldwide, the group's Beijing tour will see a brand-new production of the musical, which features Luke Sheppard as director, Mark Crossland as music director and Cressida Carre as choreographer.

Since its 2005 premiere in New York, the musical has won 57 major awards worldwide, including the Tony Award for Best Musical, the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.

If you go:

2:30 pm and 7:30 pm, Jan 5 to Jan 13. Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, 9 Tianqiao Nandajie, Xicheng district. 400-635-3355.

Ticket: 199 - 1,299 yuan ($30 - 200)

Large-scale immersive show

The large-scale immersive show Memory 5D+, directed by Ulan Xuerong, is ongoing in Beijing from Jan 4 to 7.

The show follows the emotional entanglement between black and white spirits, representing yin and yang, and the flora girl. As a demonstration of traditional Chinese art, the show centers on cultural inheritance and includes live performance of guqin, a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument, guzheng, a Chinese plucked zither, konghou, an ancient plucked stringed instrument and horse-head fiddle, as well as acrobatics, Khoomei, shadow play and Mongolian folk song, even chants from The Book of Songs.

If you go:

7:30 pm, Jan 5; 2:30 pm/7:30 pm, Jan 6; 7:30 pm, Jan 7. Beijing Exhibition Theater, 135 Xizhimenwai Dajie (Street), Xicheng district.

Ticket: 180-1,080 yuan

London Philharmonic Orchestra set to thrill Beijing

The London Philharmonic Orchestra will wrap up its China tour with two recitals in Beijing on Jan 5 and 6.

Under the baton of Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko, the orchestra will perform H. Berlioz's Overture to Beatrice et Benedict and P.I. Tchaikovsky's Fantasia on Romeo and Juliet and Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33, featuring Swedish-Danish cellist Andreas Brantelid, along with other pieces.

If you go:

7:30 pm, Jan 5-6. Concert Hall, National Center for the Performing Arts, 2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng district.010 -6655-0000.

Ticket: 380 - 1,680 yuan

Many facets of a patriot

Yan Fu is remembered as a pioneering Chinese scholar and translator who introduced Western ideas to China. A new exhibition in the capital showcases more facets of this key figure in recent Chinese history.

The Calligraphic Art of Yan Fu features more than 100 of his handwritten works, such as copies of calligraphy, letters, annotations, couplets and inscriptions for friends and acquaintances.

If you go:

8:30 am-4:30 pm, through Jan 28, closed on Mondays. Palace of Prolonging Happiness (Yanxi Gong) in the eastern wing of the Palace Museum. 4 Jingshan Qianjie, Dongcheng district.

Ticket: 40 yuan (Entry ticket for the Palace Museum); Online reservations of tickets are necessary and available at www.dpm.org.cn.

Russian army's troupe to return after restart

The Russian army's official dance and choir troupe, the Alexandrov Ensemble, is staging five shows in Beijing from Jan 4 to 7, with a variety of songs, dances and instrumental performances.

The ensemble, also known as the Red Army Choir, was founded in 1928 and has toured the globe performing Russian folk tunes and patriotic songs using Western classical music and traditional Russian instruments.

The repertoire on Saturday comprises 24 songs and dance pieces, including Song of the Soviet Army, The Sacred War, Moscow Nights and Festival March.

If you go:

7:30 pm, Jan 5-7, 2:30 pm, Jan 6. Opera House, National Center for the Performing Arts, 2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng district.010 -6655-0000.

Ticket: 180-1,000 yuan

Works of Chinese master woodcarver

A solo exhibition of Chinese woodcarving master Lu Guangzheng is underway at the National Museum. The exhibition is a showcase of traditional woodcarving techniques unique to the city of Dongyang, East China's Zhejiang province.

If you go:

9 am -5 pm (closed on Mondays), through Jan 21. National Museum of China, 16 East Chang'an Avenue, Dongcheng district. 010-6511-6188.

Ticket: Free