2026.5.17-18 Shanghai, Shanghai Young Theatre 

Following the acclaimed presentation of The Nature of Forgetting by Theatre Re in 2023, BIRTH brings another deeply moving story to audiences in Shanghai. Created by the internationally renowned Theatre Re, the production explores the often unspoken experience of pregnancy loss, giving voice to a subject that remains largely hidden from public conversation. Through stories of grief, memory, and resilience, the work shines a light on an experience shared by countless families.

Developed over fifteen months, BIRTH investigates how experiences, emotions, and memories are passed from one generation to the next. Collaborating with leading researchers in neuroscience and philosophy, the creative team explores profound questions about inheritance, identity, and the origins of memory.

At the heart of the performance are Sue, Katherine, and Emily—three generations of women whose lives are connected through an invisible web of family history. Through their intertwined journeys of self-discovery, acceptance, and hope, BIRTH offers a powerful reflection on loss, love, and the enduring miracle of life.

2026.10.27-28 Shanghai, Shanghai Theatre Academy
2026.11.1-2 Beijing, Beijing Performing Art Centre

On the occasion of his 44th birthday, Bill has prepared everything for the perfect party—drinks, snacks, decorations, and music. There is only one problem: no one has arrived. Created and puppeteered by Dorothy James and Andy Manjuck, Bill’s 44th combines ingenious puppetry, visual comedy, and imaginative stagecraft to turn an ordinary birthday celebration into an extraordinary theatrical experience.

Balancing humour with tenderness, the performance explores loneliness, memory, and the passing of time through a rich world of balloons, miniature figures, and surreal transformations. Wordless yet deeply expressive, Bill’s 44th is a touching reminder of our shared need for companionship, belonging, and celebration.

2025.9.5-7 Taipei, Taipei Experimental Theatre
2025.9.12 Taitung, Taitung Arts Festival
2025.10.17-19 Shanghai, Great Theatre of China
2025.10.26 Jiangsu Grand Theatre

In Du Bout Des Doigts, Belgian artists Gabriella Iacono and Grégory Grosjean transform fingertips into dancers and miniature sets into entire worlds. Combining live cinema, choreography, theatre, photography, and visual art, the performance creates a mesmerising dialogue between the intimate and the epic, where every movement is captured in real time and projected onto a large screen.

Through the story of a woman and a man journeying together across time, the work explores love, memory, and the passage of life while revisiting landmark moments in dance history. From the influence of Pina Bausch and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker to the worlds of ballet, musicals, rock, and hip-hop, Du Bout Des Doigts is a breathtaking celebration of dance, storytelling, and cinematic imagination.

2025. 10 – 12

In Motion: British Physical Theatre Showcase in China was a touring programme supported by Arts Council England and produced by Performance Infinity. The project presented contemporary British physical theatre to audiences across China through a combination of live performances, film screenings, and engagement activities.

The programme featured four live productions and four theatre-on-screen presentations from six independent theatre companies based in England. Spanning a range of practices including physical theatre, puppetry, movement, live cinema, and visual storytelling, the selected works offered audiences an insight into the diversity of contemporary performance-making in England.

Presented across seven cities in China, In Motion also included workshops, artist talks, and professional exchange activities that brought together artists, audiences, presenters, and cultural organisations. The project created opportunities for artistic dialogue, audience engagement, and international collaboration between the performing arts sectors of the United Kingdom and China.

2025.10.25-26 Wuzhen, Ancient Courtyard Theatre

My Lover Was a Salmon in the Climate Apocalypse is an award-winning gig theatre production by Irish company Bradán that combines live folk music, storytelling, and dark comedy to explore the climate crisis through a distinctly unconventional lens. When climate anxiety drives Fin to believe he is becoming a salmon, the performance embarks on a surreal journey through ecology, food systems, mythology, colonialism, and environmental collapse. Blending humour with urgency, the work invites audiences to reflect on humanity’s relationship with the natural world while finding moments of collective connection and resilience.

The production won the Staging Change x VAULT Award 2022, recognising innovative theatre-making that demonstrates environmental awareness and sustainable practice. Since its premiere in 2022, the show has been presented at venues and festivals including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, VAULT Festival, and VOILA! Festival of European Theatre, receiving widespread critical acclaim with multiple

2025.10.23-25 Wuzhen, Portal Hall

Created by Italian company Teatringestazione, Monás is an immersive performance that combines participatory installation, choreography, live video, and electronic sound. Inspired by the ancient Greek notion of the monás—the fundamental unit of existence—the work invites audiences into a constantly shifting environment where bodies are filmed, transformed, and projected in real time, blurring the boundaries between reality, image, performer, and spectator.

Rejecting linear narrative, Monás explores how identity is shaped through acts of looking and being looked at. Through a carefully constructed dialogue between technology, movement, and participation, the performance offers a poetic reflection on perception, presence, and the power of images in contemporary life.

Premiered at Hangartfest in 2023, the work has toured to festivals and performance platforms across Italy. Teatringestazione, founded in Naples by Gesualdi | Trono in 2006, is internationally recognised for creating socially engaged and participatory performance works, with presentations at festivals including Festival TransAmériques, Santarcangelo Festival, and Teatri di Vetro.