London Chinese Cultural Centre

Background on Year of the Monkey

The Chinese New Year day falls on 22nd January 2004.

This year it will be the Year of the Monkey.

According to the Chinese zodiac people who are born in the year of the Monkey are:

• Clever and resourceful,
• lively and agile,
  
• like talking and competition,
  
• intelligent and adaptable,
  
• quick and witty but also unscrupulous,
  
• selfish to devious,
  
• like the crowd,
  
• readily fall in love but too unstable to find happiness.

Festival Highlights

Variety show packed with new repertoires to be performed by visiting acrobats from China (across London, various dates)

• Puppet theatre from Taiwan (Purcell Room 27th Jan)
• New dance drama (Purcell Room 27th Jan)
• New Year Celebration Evening (Queen Elizabeth Hall 5th Feb)

The sixteen Chinese New Year Festival (2004) features visiting artists from China, Taiwan and local artists. It comprises a wide range of disciplines including puppets theatre, acrobatic, dances, music exhibition, and film.