The 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe saw one of Shakespeare’s most renowned plays, Macbeth, performed in an entirely unique style, that of a traditional Cantonese opera. Presented by the Zhuo Peili Cantonese Opera Studio the production combined the intrigue, jealousy and deep levels of human emotions known to Macbeth with the style, flair and vibrant colour of Cantonese opera.

New City, New Sound was an ensemble production brought to Edinburgh to highlight the musical and cultural talents emanating from the Chinese city of Shenzhen. Combining a range of performances, the show offered audiences a first-hand opportunity to hear traditional Chinese instruments and singing, as well as witness authentic dancing, unique to the region of Shenzhen. The stunning production offered a brilliant opportunity to experience both traditional and contemporary music and culture indigenous to Shenzhen.

The production of Sink is a new piece of writing based on the true story of Chinese playwright Lao She. As a writer of great esteem renowned throughout China, Lao She was given the title of People’s Artist. However, this would all change during the cultural revolution, as Lao She was deemed a reactionary and publicly humiliated. The production asks questions of freedom, identity, history and our own place and role in contemporary society. The show was performed in English by Chinese actors at the Fringe; but in the director’s native language of Mandarin at the Southbank’s China Changing Festival.

Every two years, British Council selects a range of performances to be part of its showcase programme. The aim is to help promote and highlight the work of companies, plays and individuals that the British Council feel are deserving of special recognition, from across the British Isles. On behalf of the British Council, Performance Infinity wrote, translated and edited a series of articles that were published in China, that aimed to expose these productions to Chinese audiences, and give context, not only to the shows themselves, but also their history, development and place within the British theatre landscape. The articles published looked at a cross section of companies and individuals such as: Kneehigh Theatre , Scottish Dance Theatre, Volcano Theatre, Jess Thom and Theresa Ikoko. Each publication was written and edited by Joseph Edwards and Chengyu Tan.

White Rabbit, Red Rabbit has been called a play. But it’s a lively, global sensation that no-one is allowed to talk about. Its award-winning playwright, Nassim Soleimanpour, is Iranian. His words have escaped censorship and are awaiting your audience. With 2 years effort of finding right partner, Performance Infinity has happily worked with Beijing Inside-out Theatre for a exciting journey together of exploring the similarity and difference of such a play can be accepted and understood in China reflecting the real society issue.

Jakop Ahlbom company’s Horror has been premiered on London International Mime Festival on 2016. With very good audience feedback and media review, the show was invited back to London for a longer run. Performance Infinity supported the company to fundraise from Elite Group in China.

Oleanna is a two-character play by David Mamet, about the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students.

The theatre play Oleanna, was a collaborative production between Welsh director Natasha Betteridge and creative team from Guangzhou Dramatic Art Centre, including actors, lighting designer, costume designer and set designer. This play has been performed in U13 theatre from 26th of May to 4th of June, received widely acclaimed and has also been totally sold out for the 9 days’ run.

Internationally acclaimed dance theatre troupe Scottish Dance Theatre returned to China in 2018 with their four productions, including Dreamers, Process Day, Innocenceand TuTuMucky.They performedin Shanghai International Dance Centre and Shaanxi Grand Theatre Opera House on 31 October to 10 November. Collaborating with NFA International, Performance Infinity participated in the management of SDT’s tour in both locations and provided necessary assistance with our understanding of the Chinese performing arts industry and market. The performances on both sites gained positive reviews and feedback.

Rabbit Hole is a play written by David Lindsay-Abaire. It was the recipient of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play premiered on Broadway in 2006, and it has also been produced by regional theatres in cities such as Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. This version of Rabbit Hole is produced by Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Centre in collaboration with professor Brain Kite from UCLA theatre department.

Twelfth Night is a production which was put on at Guangzhou Arts Centre from 12 October to 21 October 2018. Twelfth Night is part of The Shakespeare Folio Translation Project, the project is an initiative led by the Royal Shakespeare Company as part of the celebrations for the upcoming 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s first folio in 2023. The project aims to translate the entire works of Shakespeare into Mandarin drawing on the expertise of Chinese translators, theatre makers, actors, directors and playwrights from both the UK and China.