Disadvantaged Girls Project

Disadvantaged Girls Project

  • Arranged for UK based artists and educational professionals to travel China, pioneering the divised project for Elite Group’s charity school for disadvantaged girls.
  • Initiated a long-term strategy for the Disadvantaged Girls Project, beginning with a week-long workshop programme created by Dave Carey and Michael Bossisse of Chickenshed Theatre.
  • Planning a original musical devised with the girls under the frame of a traditional Chinese story, to be produced in July 2018, as part of the celebrating events of Elite Group’s 30 years anniversary.

The Disadvantaged Girls Project is a collaborative programme between Jingying Entertainment Group (Elite Group) and Performance Infinity. The aim of the programme is to develop an ongoing initiative that will see British artists travel to a charity school in Shijiazhuang, China. Using theatrical education, a relatively new concept in Chinese teaching, the girls will create a piece of work that will allow them to share their own stories, and life experiences. Each of the girls at the school come from either a socially, economically or financially challenging background, and so the project aims to give these young girls a voice. This year Dave Carey of the renowned Chickenshed Theatre together with his colleague Michael Bossisse travelled to Shijiazhuang for a week-long workshop, which culminated in a production developed by the girls themselves. Next year, all the partners will look to expand this initiative further, potentially bringing the students to the UK for a standalone performance.

Jakop Ahlbom Company & Alamo Race Track

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  • Arranged the first tour of Lebensraum in China. Pitching the show to the most suitable venues in China
  • Managed the media and promotional campaign throughout the productions run in China.
  • Organized the logistical elements of the production performing in China, ensuring clear communication between partners working in Europe and China.
  • Placed the production in the programme for the China Mime Festival. The festival of physical theatres was the largest event of its type in China to date.

This year saw the unique Lebensraum from the legendary theatre artist Jakop Ahlbom and the rock music band Alamo Race perform in China for the first time. As the lead producer on this project Performance Infinity proceeded to promote this show to a suitable theatres in China, handling all international communications and scheduling the tour and technical requirements. On the back of the success of the collaboration between Lebensraum and Performance Infinity the show has been programmed into the Shanghai International Comedy Festival, 2017.

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Finding Joy
(Vamos Theatre)

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  • Developed the first China tour for the leading British mask theatre company
  • Organized two workshops, one for professionals and one for general public to explore the charm of mask theatre and the basic skills

Several years ago, there was a Spanish mask theatre company became very popular in China. To discover the mask theatre’s charm through different companies and their works, we invited Vamos Theatre to be the guest performing group to bring their unique and powerful performances to the Chinese audience. Worked together with the local professionals, drama students and ordinary audience, Vamos Theatre brought lots of inspiration to the Chinese theatre makers.

Translunar Paradise
(Theatre Ad Infinitum)

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  • Created a possibility of touring two very different productions from the same company to showcase the diversity of the company’s creativity.
  • Organized a 4-day workshop for the young Chinese professionals in Shanghai for creating the possibility of international collaborations in producing new works.

Using a live accordion accompaniment, this exquisite piece of mask and movement theatre was a multi-award winning, critically acclaimed sellout at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011. Theatre Ad Infinitum is an award-winning international ensemble based in London, developing new and original theatre for a multi-cultural audience.

Performance Infinity has developed a new touring destination for Theatre Ad Infinitum when they returned in China since their first tour in 2016, this performance has also been programmed in first China International Mime Festival in Guangzhou.

Light
(Theatre Ad Infinitum)

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  • Created a possibility of touring two very different productions from the same company to showcase the diversity of the company’s creativity.
  • Organized a 4-day workshop for the young Chinese professionals in Shanghai for creating the possibility of international collaborations in producing new works.

Developed a new touring destination for Theatre Ad Infinitum when they returned in China since their first tour in 2016.

The Pianist
(Thomas Monckton & Circo Aereo)

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  • Developed two cities tour for the company’s second time visit in China
  • Managed smooth tours between cities and also supported the local venues to promote the show properly.
  • Developed a lecture for the drama and music school students for inspiring the new talents and developing new audience.

Provided the suitable local support for delivering the performances smoothly and successfully in short switching time in different cities. This process involved organizing the tour schedule, helping to ensure clear communications between international partners and developing media interest in a company operating in multiple Chinese venues.

China Mime Festival

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  • Inspired by London International Mime Festival, developed a strategy to present a series of physical productions through a festival platform.
  • Planned, curated, coordinated and managed all the 6 shows from 5 different countries.
  • Created a festival website in Mandarin and collaborated with most of the popular theatre industry medias and social medias to promote all the companies’ productions in China.
  • Organized several workshops for both professionals and public audience during each company’s visit.

Featuring 6 distinct physical productions from theatre companies based all over the world, the inaugural China Mime Festival brought some of the world’s leading physical theatre companies to China between October to December, 2017. The festival is majorly hosted in Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Centre. Some productions are also toured in different cities before or after the festival. The festival offered something unique in terms of their narrative, origin and production development but each shared one key characteristic exceptional physical theatric creativity.

Ada/Ava
(Manual Cinema)

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  • Developed three cities’ tour for the company’s first time visiting in the major cultural cities in China includes Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
  • Managed smooth tours between cities and also supported the local venues to promote the show properly.

Overcame the challenge of presenting a cutting-edge production in China the first time; targeted the right audience to see the productions and achieved a good figure for the company’s merchandise sales.

Get Happy (Told by an Idiot)
Beijing International Comedy Festival

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  • Supported Beijing International Comedy Festival first time programmed a British theatre production Get Happy from Told by an Idiot.
  • Organized all logistical elements for the company’s performance in China including the visa applications, flight schedule, hotel arrangements, local set producing and on-site tech management and communication with the Beijing venue.
  • Organized the trademark “how to be an idiot” workshop with the local Chinese theatre professionals with the support from our partner in China – Elite Group.

Get Happy is a brilliant family production created by the critically acclaimed Told by an Idiot. Their performance at the Beijing International Comedy Festival represents the first time that a theatre company from Britain has performed at this festival. Entering a world of artfully controlled chaos, physical comedy, live music, acrobatics and silly dancing the audience is brought into a world of hilarious mayhem. Performance Infinity was proud to have brought this great family comedy to China and organized the two-day workshop with our Chinese partner – Elite Group.

Wuzhen International Theatre Festival

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  • Presented Portraits in Motion (Germany) and Water Stain (Brazil) at the Wuzhen International Festival as part of the festivals specially invited performances.
  • Worked closely with the curating team to recommend and plan the suitable productions.
  • Organized the touring and logistical schedule for two companies performing for the first time in China.
  • On-site management for delivering performances successfully.

There are many arts festivals all over the world and indeed throughout China, but few can match the picturesque beauty of the Wuzhen International Theatre Festival. With a particular focus on both international new works and emerging Chinese talents in the water-town of Wuzhen. One of the unique qualities of the Wuzhen International Theatre Festival is the charm and variety of the theatre spaces. Each venue is within walking distance of each other, and include outdoor performing spaces and indoor venues adapted from ancient Chinese buildings.

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