荣威·上海儿童艺术剧场

The Roewe Shanghai Children's Art Theatre stands at 800 Miaojiang Road in Huangpu District, on the west bank of the Huangpu River inside the former Expo 2010 site, close to South Xizang Road and East Longhua Road. It occupies the former SAIC-GM pavilion of Expo 2010, which the China Welfare Institute converted into a children's theatre; it opened on 1 June 2013 and is also known as the SAIC Roewe Children's Culture Centre. The theatre covers a site of 10,529 sqm with 15,148 sqm of floor area, four storeys and a height of 28 m, and seats up to 1,088. Its streamlined silver envelope has earned it the nickname "Big Whale", and an "Angel Eye" LED screen wraps part of the facade. Inside are two professional auditoria plus a large lobby, a 270-degree riverside viewing platform, VIP rooms, art classrooms, rehearsal rooms, a recording studio, a cinema and an art corridor; a large outdoor car park serves visitors. Programming is aimed at children under 16 and their families, mixing theatre, music, dance and multimedia work from China and abroad. The venue pioneered performances for children under three in 2015, introduced dedicated shows for children with special needs in 2017, and runs the long-term Haixing Zhiyuan (Starfish Wish) arts programme for children with special needs; annual attendance exceeds 100,000. Metro Lines 4 and 8 stop at South Xizang Road, about a fifteen-minute walk away, while Line 13's Expo Museum station and several bus routes serve the surrounding Expo area.