- Presented Wild Thing! at the 2026 Shanghai Jing’an Theatre Festival, bringing the Herald Angel award-winning Edinburgh Fringe production to audiences in China.
- Worked closely with our Chinese partners, the Shanghai Jing’an Theatre Festival and Shanghai Art Theatre, in supporting international programming.
- Ensured smooth communication between the company and our venue partners in every aspect of the visit, from artists’ schedules and technical preparations to media campaigns, including bilingual press materials, and various works related to the visit.
- Assisted administrative tasks including the artists’ visa applications, flights, local accommodation, and on-site management for delivering the performance successfully.
31/05/2026 Shanghai, Shanghai Art Theatre
1 human. 48,000 species. A gloriously absurd physical performance combining animal impressions, clowning, sound, projection and immersive technology, offering a bittersweet reflection on biodiversity loss and life in an age of extinction.
Created and performed by Tom Bailey, Wild Thing! is a sequel to Mechanimal’s acclaimed 2019 production Vigil. Following its premiere at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, the production embarked on a UK tour from Autumn 2025.
In this ambitious one-hour performance, Bailey attempts to embody 48,000 extinct and endangered species, bringing their extraordinary and often bizarre names to life through physical comedy, movement and imaginative animal impersonations. What begins as a hilariously unconventional challenge gradually unfolds into a more profound exploration of humanity’s relationship with the natural world.
Beneath its playful exterior lies a deeply moving meditation on extinction, loss and our responsibility towards the living world. Wild Thing! transforms an urgent environmental issue into an entertaining yet thought-provoking theatrical experience, reminding us of the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth — and how much we stand to lose.
