Weekend Options: Dance, Drama and DJs

It's a great week to head to the theater as the The Sixth Beijing International Theater & Dance Festival hits its stride and the capital's stages are inundated with a swag of great shows. Picks of the bunch include the musical Aida, Flamenco Passion and, towards the end of the week, the Martha Graham Dance Company. The Best of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival also continues this week with The End of Everything Ever. There's also plenty of quality DJ and live music events to tempt you out on a chilly winter night, Friday has Wax Tailor take to the decks at YGYS and Long Shen Dao do their Chinese reggae thing over at New Get Lucky. Saturday is rich with pickings, Black Cat Bone are inviting some special guests around to help them celebrate the release of their debut CD, Stone Throw Records' James Pants enters the White Rabbit warren, while some lesser-known new comers take to the stage at Star Live as part of Beijing Calling Vol. 3. For more details on these and other events take a look at the 7 Days e-mail newsletter which normally goes out late Thursday evening, but is running a little late this week (apologies). You can take a look at the online version here.