OUIGUR STATE MUSICAL THEATRE

This theater, inaugurated in Almaty in 1934, has one special feature: it's the only professional Uyghur theater in the world. And given China's policy in Xinjiang, you're unlikely to see Uyghur culture expressed elsewhere, so ignore the language barrier and go for it! Since its inception, the program has included classics of Uyghur culture as well as a number of European plays, notably Molière and Shakespeare.