Having always been interested in the performing arts, I recently had the opportunity to sit in on the London leg of the Yellow Academy audition workshops. Yellow Academy is the new actors initiative presented by Yellow Earth and ALRA, the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts.

One of the most popular festivals in the Chinese calendar, Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month; this year that falls on June 16. Jean Chua finds out the origins of Duanwu Jie.

Lia Liang reviews Kandinsky's latest play LIMEHOUSE NIGHTS.

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.