As LIMEHOUSE NIGHTS continue to attract glowing reviews, Dimsum's Kevin Han catches up with director James Yeatman for the story behind the play.

Cecily Liu reviews documentary Home Sweet Home to explore the reality of 2008 Sichuan Earthquake and a reform in China’s film industry

Within three weeks to UK’s first Chinese independent short-film festival, programmer Tianqi Yu speaks about her work and the development of new generation independent Chinese films

The first and only Vietnamese art gallery in the UK, Apricot Gallery, has just been launched in Mayfair, London. The current exhibition, themed Genesis, is now open for public viewing and purchase until 22 May 2010. Sally Maier-Yip reviews.

With the Terracotta Far East Film festival starting in May, is there an over abundance of festivals focusing on Asian cinema? Is London getting too crowded for yet another player trying to carve a slice of the film festival pie?

Wah-Yin Rixon reviews the harrowing portrayal of the Rape of Nanking
during the Second Sino-Japanese war.

HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH

The Apricot Gallery opens in Mayfair, London on 22 April - the only gallery in the UK to specialise in contemporary Vietnamese art.

Part Two of our special feature on Piccadilly Revisited focuses on the music behind this multi-media production. Dimsum speaks to co-composer Ruth Chan about her influences in creating the new contemporary score.

Cecily Liu reports on the recent symposium hosted by the Wellcome Trust in collaboration with the Chinese Arts centre, and its explorations in modern Chinese identity.

With the launch of Yellow Academy, Dimsum’s Kevin Han speaks with Jonathan Man and Clive Duncan about their search for Britain’s East Asian stars of the future.

With less than three weeks to the premiere of Piccadilly Revisited, Dimsum begins a 3 part focus on this ambitious cross-artform production. Co-writers David Tse Ka-Shing and Alice Lee talk about the evolution of their work and their admiration for this celestial star.