Chickenshed is an inclusive theatre company who create theatre for all ages and run successful outreach projects, education courses and membership programmes. Its mission for inclusion has never been lost and is central to the work Chickenshed does and the projects it undertakes. This year Chickenshed in association with Performance Infinity, the Xia Men Min Nan Theatre company and CPAA, collaborated in bringing Chinese children together to create their own production. The children were given a brilliant grounding in all aspects of theatre, helping to build confidence and social awareness. In conjuncture with director David Carey the children had a key input into the creation of their own play ‘Looking for Green Land’, a non-traditional piece which the children helped to write, develop and create. The play was performed both in the U.K and China. Performance Infinity was delighted to help be part of this fantastic collaboration aiming to inspire and educate Chinese children through the theatre.

This year saw the unique ‘Malasombra’ perform in China for the first time. As the lead producers on this project Performance Infinity proceeded to promote this show to a suitable theatre in China, handling all international communications and scheduling the tour and technical requirements. ‘Malasombra’ combines various forms of artistic expression including video art, dance, object theatre and live music. The end result was the creation of a collective fantasy based upon a scenario by renowned Spanish Cartoonist, Max. The piece, inspired by Adelbert von Chamisso’s “Peter Schlemihl’s Remarkable Story”, tells the tale of a world in which all humans are embodied with a soul of darkness and light. Asking the question, what would happen if that soul where to be stolen? On the back of the success of the collaboration between ‘Malasombra’ and Performance Infinity the show has been programmed into the China International Children’s Festival, 2016.