Chinese New Year Celebrations at Rich Mix Theatre

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A traditional Chinese music ensemble played by the UK Chinese Ensemble was led by world-famous pipa (4-stringed Chinese lute) performer Dr Cheng Yu.

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A lucky draw stall at the Rich Mix Theatre Chinese New Year celebrations.

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Stall in Richmix Chinese New Year Celebrations 2013.

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British transport polices, to talk to the comunity about transport polices in Richmix Chinese New Year Celebrations 2013.

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Craft, travel and cake stalls pictured at the Rich Mix Theatre Chinese New Year celebrations.

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Stall sale Chinese New Year card to Chinese New Year Celebrations 2013 held in Richmix.

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Children playing with sand painting in Richmix Chinese New Year Celebrations 2013.

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A father carry her daughter looking at the live performing for the Chinese New Year Celebrations 2013 in Richmix.

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Lion dance and Chinese martial arts performed by Jimmy Lee's UK Pak Mei Kung Fu Club inside the Rich Mix Theatre.

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Chinese folk dance performed by the award-winning Harrow Chinese School Dance Group held in Richmix Chinese New Year Celebrations 2013.

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Chinese folk dance is performed by the award-winning Harrow Chinese School Dance Group inside the Rich Mix Theatre.

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People's queue for foods inside Richmix Chinese New Year Celebrations 2013.

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People queue for food inside the Rich Mix Theatre.

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Chinese cake stall inside Richmix Chinese New Year Celebrations 2013.

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Two children learn with scissors cuting inside Richmix Chinese New Year Celebrations 2013.

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Traditional Chinese music is performed inside the Rich Mix Theatre as part of the Chinese New Year celebrations.

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Multi-instrumentalist Liz Chi Yen Liew plays violin inside the Rich Mix Theatre as part of the Chinese New Year celebrations.

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Elton Leong perform with his guital inside Richmix Chinese New Year Celebrations 2013.

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Christine Tse sings in Chinese and English as she performs inside the Rich Mix Theatre as part of the Chinese New Year celebrations.

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Music from recently premiered 'Snapshots', an autobiographical work composed by the superlative multi-instrumentalist. Dennis Kwong Thye Lee perform Chinese flute inside Richmix Chinese New Year Celebrations 2013.

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Members of the traditional Chinese music ensemble perform inside the Rich Mix Theatre as part of the Chinese New Year celebrations.

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A traditional Chinese music ensemble played by the UK Chinese Ensemble was led by world-famous pipa (4-stringed Chinese lute) performer Dr Cheng Yu.

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Traditional Chinese music ensemble, Dr Cheng Yu perform inside Richmix Chinese New Year Celebrations 2013.

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A Chinese folk dance is performed by the award-winning Harrow Chinese School dance group inside the Rich Mix Theatre as part of the Chinese New Year celebrations.

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Chinese folk dance performed by the award-winning Harrow Chinese School Dance Group held in Richmix Chinese New Year Celebrations 2013.

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Chinese New Year celebrations were held at Rich Mix Theatre with a sale of craft, clothes and food and a variety of traditional Chinese music and a Lion dance performance.

KUNG HEI FAT CHOY! (A common greeting people say to each other during the Chinese New Year, which means ‘May you prosper!’)

Free and open to all, this event aims to be an occasion in which people from different communities and cultures join together and share the joy of the Chinese New Year.

You will have the chance to see a number of high quality cultural performances, including:

• Lion dance and Chinese martial arts performed by the Jimmy Lee's UK Pak Mei Kung Fu Club

• Traditional Chinese music ensemble played by the UK Chinese Ensemble led by world-famous pipa (4-stringed Chinese lute) performer Dr Cheng Yu

• Chinese folk dance performed by the award-winning Harrow Chinese School Dance Group

• Music from recently premiered 'Snapshots', an autobiographical work composed by the superlative multi-instrumentalist Liz Chi Yen Liew and performed by herself (piano, violin) and Dennis Kwong Thye Lee (xiao - flute, guzheng - zither).

Also try delicious Chinese food and purchase arts and craft products at our charity stalls, or join our children's arts workshops (watercolour painting and sand painting)!

This event is supported by Tower Hamlets Council, East End Community Foundation, News International and SeeWoo Foods Limited.