Miu Miu at Wuzhen Water Theatre — Miu Miu Women's Tales Screening (2023)

Wuzhen Water Theatre hosted a special screening and dinner party for Miu Miu's Women's Tales short-film series.

The venue

Wuzhen Water Theatre is an outdoor performance venue in Wuzhen, a canal town in Jiaxing, Zhejiang. It belongs to the town's theatre-festival circuit and is used for drama and festival performances. The venue sits beside the town's waterways and historic streets, giving audiences an open-air setting that differs from a standard cinema or conference hall.

How the space was used

For the project, the theatre became a screening room and dinner setting. On 26 April, guests watched the Women's Tales shorts and stayed for a dinner party, with a live performance. On 27 April, the associated lakeside theatre screened all 25 films through the day. The programme used stage, seating and surrounding areas for film, conversation and dining.

Why it works here

A theatre in a canal town gives a film series about women directors a cultural setting rather than a retail one. Wuzhen already carries film and drama festival associations, so a screening here reads as cultural programming. The venue's festival setting supports an evening event and a daytime screening.