Discounted arts festival tickets go on sale
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Theatergoers queued overnight for discounted tickets to the 2019 China Shanghai International Arts Festival, which went on sale yesterday.
The tickets cover 58 productions at this year鈥檚 festival which runs from October 18 to November 17. The festival traditionally offers discounts of 50 percent or more on selected performances. This year, buyers can purchase up to six discounted tickets at a time.
Shanghai Majestic Theater is among 18 discounted ticket vendors around the city. Wang Fuqing, 59, was the first in the queue when sales kicked off at 9am yesterday.
Wang said he started queuing at the theater on Wednesday morning 鈥 24 hours in advance.
鈥淚t鈥檚 my third straight year to queue for discounted tickets,鈥 said Wang, who equipped himself with a folding chair, umbrella and snacks. 鈥淪ome of the performances are world-class, and I noticed that more youngsters are appearing in the queue this year.鈥
Wang paid 1,080 yuan (US$150) for six tickets covering three popular shows: the festival鈥檚 opening acrobatic play 鈥淏attle of Shanghai,鈥 opera 鈥淭he Magic Flute鈥 by Italy鈥檚 Teatro alla Scala and a concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
According to Yang Jing, deputy secretary of the festival, the performances included in the discount policy cover major sections of the festival, including Art Space and Rising Artists鈥 Works sections, as well as an outdoor concert series at Shanghai Gongqing Forest Park.
鈥淭his year, we have improved the variety of the performances involved. Discounted tickets take up about 10 percent of the total amount,鈥 said Yang.
Other recommended performances include 鈥淭he Exhibition of Hans van Manen鈥 by Dutch National Ballet, 鈥淭he Disguised Gardener鈥 by Teatro alla Scala, and French rock opera 鈥淟e Rouge et le Noir,鈥 to name a few.
Discounted tickets are sold at 18 spots around the city yesterday and today. Remaining tickets will be sold through the festival鈥檚 official website from October 17.
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