Projects

Projects

Connected through a shared past, they are transported to one pivotal moment in 1880 when a dangerous ideology was born: one that would impair the way the world views Deaf people for over a century.

Extraordinary Wall [of Silence] @Beijing

Liam can’t switch off, can’t sit still, and is chaotic at school and at home. Three doors down, 91-year-old Albert keeps to his routines and misses his late wife. When their paths cross, what slowly grows is a friendship both of them need. Created through Community Conversations across the UK about ADHD, loneliness, ageing and connection, this full-mask, wordless production was named one of The Stage’s Top 50 Shows of 2024 and won an OffComm Award. “Poignant exploration of loneliness, connection and friendship” (The Stage).

Boy on the Roof @ Beijing / Hangzhou

Bob and Bernard don’t have much in common. But after a chance meeting at their weekly hospice group, they realise they share one ambition – to do some serious living before they die. With a bottle of Bollinger and the keys to Bernard’s Bentley, they hit the road for one final, death-defying adventure.

Dead Good @ Beijing

Since its 2017 premiere, The Nature of Forgetting has moved audiences from New York to Seoul, São Paulo to Shanghai, and played to sold-out houses across the US, China and beyond; establishing itself as one of the most powerful theatrical experiences of the past decade.

The Nature of Forgetting @ Shenzhen / Aranya

Written and performed by Peruvian artist Pepa Duarte and directed by Sergio Maggiolo, Eating Myself turns the stage into a Peruvian kitchen, where a traditional soup is cooked live and its aroma fills the auditorium. Drawing on Pepa’s childhood in Peru and her journey to a new life in England, this solo show combines storytelling, physical theatre, music and real cooking to explore womanhood, body image, diet culture and cultural identity – a reminder that food is a gift, and an excuse to be with the ones we love.

Eating Myself @ Beijing / Guangzhou / Nanjing

What if Romeo and Juliet didn’t die, but grew up and lived happily ever after – or at least lived? Now 40-ish, with at least one of them in the grip of a mid-life crisis, they feel mocked by their teenage selves and haunted by being the poster couple for romantic love.

Juliet & Romeo: A Guide to Long Life and Happy Marriage @ Beijing / Shenzhen

In 1910, the then-unknown Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel set sail from Liverpool to New York as members of Fred Karno’s famous music hall troupe. On the voyage, they shared a cabin, comedy routines and laughter.

Charlie & Stan @ Shanghai / Beijing

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.

Wild Thing! @ Shanghai Jing’an Theatre Festival

Zugunruhe: an ornithology term for ‘migratory restlessness in birds’. Zugunruhe explores the incredible flight of a marsh warbler, the world’s only bird whose song echoes its migration route. Body-compasses, magnetic fields, African sunsets, star-chasing, storm-riding, homing… in the context of human migration, Zugunruhe offers a wild, fresh look at animal migration.

Zugunruhe @ Shanghai Jing’an Theatre Festival

Brazilian Stage on Record is a showcase of four significant productions from Brazil, presented in Asia for the first time through filmed theatre performances.

Brazilian Stage on Record – Brazilian Theatre Documentary Showcase @ Shanghai / Beijing

“Food is a gift. Something you give to others. A privilege. An excuse to be with the ones you love.” In Pepa’s childhood home in Peru, the rich flavours of traditional cooking were forbidden, except when her grandmother slipped in a steak and a handful of spices. Moving to England sent Pepa on a journey inward, where she discovered that food could be shared with a new family around a new table. Written and performed by Peruvian artist Pepa Duarte and directed by Sergio Maggiolo, Eating Myself turns the stage into a Peruvian kitchen. A traditional soup is cooked live throughout the performance, and its aroma fills the auditorium.

Eating Myself @ Nantong / Shenzhen

Birth @Shanghai Young Theatre

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.

Bill’s 44th @ Shanghai / Beijing

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.

Du Bout Des Doigts @ Taipei / Taitung / Shanghai / Nanjing

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.

In Motion: British Physical Theatre Showcase in China

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.

My Lover Was a Salmon in the Climate Apocalypse @Wuzhen International Theatre Festival

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.

Wild Thing! @ Shanghai Jing’an Theatre Festival

Zugunruhe: an ornithology term for ‘migratory restlessness in birds’. Zugunruhe explores the incredible flight of a marsh warbler, the world’s only bird whose song echoes its migration route. Body-compasses, magnetic fields, African sunsets, star-chasing, storm-riding, homing… in the context of human migration, Zugunruhe offers a wild, fresh look at animal migration.

Zugunruhe @ Shanghai Jing’an Theatre Festival

Brazilian Stage on Record is a showcase of four significant productions from Brazil, presented in Asia for the first time through filmed theatre performances.

Brazilian Stage on Record – Brazilian Theatre Documentary Showcase @ Shanghai / Beijing

“Food is a gift. Something you give to others. A privilege. An excuse to be with the ones you love.” In Pepa’s childhood home in Peru, the rich flavours of traditional cooking were forbidden, except when her grandmother slipped in a steak and a handful of spices. Moving to England sent Pepa on a journey inward, where she discovered that food could be shared with a new family around a new table. Written and performed by Peruvian artist Pepa Duarte and directed by Sergio Maggiolo, Eating Myself turns the stage into a Peruvian kitchen. A traditional soup is cooked live throughout the performance, and its aroma fills the auditorium.

Eating Myself @ Nantong / Shenzhen

Happy Days is one of Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett’s most celebrated plays. This new production by Brazil’s Armazém Companhia de Teatro, directed by co-founder Paulo de Moraes, presents it as a pared-back, highly concentrated survival monologue poised between absurdity and endurance.

Happy Days @ Shanghai Jing’an Theatre Festival

In Du Bout Des Doigts, Belgian artists Gabriella Iacono and Grégory Grosjean turn their fingertips into dancers and miniature sets into entire worlds. A man and a woman dance together through time, living through some of the world’s greatest events, as iconic 20th-century dance pieces are reimagined on a miniature scale.

Du Bout Des Doigts @Aranya / Shanghai

Two black-and-white film characters are trapped inside an endlessly looping silent movie. Every day they repeat the same actions, the same rhythm and the same story: one runs, one waits, one keeps trying, one keeps failing.

Vrij / Free @ Aranya Theater Festival

How long does it take for a grain of sand to become a mountain? In Er rent een berg voorbij (A Mountain Runs By), the answer is 4.54 billion years. Forests crawl across the stage, mountains crumble into beaches, coastlines appear in an instant, and the moon waltzes with the sea.

Er rent een berg voorbij / A Mountain Runs By @ Aranya Theater Festival

How was love born? Why do we keep searching for it, again and again, even when we know some stories will never have an ending? Created by Barcelona-based Agrupación Señor Serrano, winner of the Silver Lion at the 2015 Venice Biennale, History of Love (Historia del amor) features a single performer taking on the impossible task of understanding why we love, and why we love the way we do.

Historia del Amor @ Aranya Theater Festival

One performer, one guitar, one microphone, fourteen songs. In this minimalist yet daring adaptation, Dublin-born artist, musician and writer Rob McGlade takes Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy apart and rebuilds it as a one-man musical.

Romeo & Juliet: One-Man Musical @ Aranya Theater Festival

Who is Q? Some say he is a truck driver, some say a dreamer, and others think he is simply someone who refuses to bow to reality. More than four hundred years ago, Cervantes wrote of a man who read so many tales of chivalry that he set off on a scrawny horse to save the world, mistaking windmills for giants and inns for castles. The windmills are still here.

Not Quichot @ Aranya Theater Festival

FIREBIRD is a monumental concert experience and otherworldly light show. It is an epic adaptation of Igor Stravinsky’s 1919 Firebird Suite, performed by an orchestra made entirely of recycled car tail lights. Created by Amsterdam-based collective Touki Delphine (Bo Koek, Rik Elstgeest, Chris Doyle and John van Oostrum), the work transforms music into light: each musical voice is reimagined as a luminous signal, turning the score into a living, pulsing choreography that surrounds the audience.

FIREBIRD @ Aranya

Since its 2017 premiere, The Nature of Forgetting has moved audiences from New York to Seoul, São Paulo to Shanghai, and played to sold-out houses across the US, China and beyond; establishing itself as one of the most powerful theatrical experiences of the past decade.

The Nature of Forgetting @Shanghai / Nantong / Guangzhou

Connected through a shared past, they are transported to one pivotal moment in 1880 when a dangerous ideology was born: one that would impair the way the world views Deaf people for over a century.

Extraordinary Wall [of Silence] @Beijing

Liam can’t switch off, can’t sit still, and is chaotic at school and at home. Three doors down, 91-year-old Albert keeps to his routines and misses his late wife. When their paths cross, what slowly grows is a friendship both of them need. Created through Community Conversations across the UK about ADHD, loneliness, ageing and connection, this full-mask, wordless production was named one of The Stage’s Top 50 Shows of 2024 and won an OffComm Award. “Poignant exploration of loneliness, connection and friendship” (The Stage).

Boy on the Roof @ Beijing / Hangzhou

Bob and Bernard don’t have much in common. But after a chance meeting at their weekly hospice group, they realise they share one ambition – to do some serious living before they die. With a bottle of Bollinger and the keys to Bernard’s Bentley, they hit the road for one final, death-defying adventure.

Dead Good @ Beijing

Since its 2017 premiere, The Nature of Forgetting has moved audiences from New York to Seoul, São Paulo to Shanghai, and played to sold-out houses across the US, China and beyond; establishing itself as one of the most powerful theatrical experiences of the past decade.

The Nature of Forgetting @ Shenzhen / Aranya

Written and performed by Peruvian artist Pepa Duarte and directed by Sergio Maggiolo, Eating Myself turns the stage into a Peruvian kitchen, where a traditional soup is cooked live and its aroma fills the auditorium. Drawing on Pepa’s childhood in Peru and her journey to a new life in England, this solo show combines storytelling, physical theatre, music and real cooking to explore womanhood, body image, diet culture and cultural identity – a reminder that food is a gift, and an excuse to be with the ones we love.

Eating Myself @ Beijing / Guangzhou / Nanjing

What if Romeo and Juliet didn’t die, but grew up and lived happily ever after – or at least lived? Now 40-ish, with at least one of them in the grip of a mid-life crisis, they feel mocked by their teenage selves and haunted by being the poster couple for romantic love.

Juliet & Romeo: A Guide to Long Life and Happy Marriage @ Beijing / Shenzhen

In 1910, the then-unknown Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel set sail from Liverpool to New York as members of Fred Karno’s famous music hall troupe. On the voyage, they shared a cabin, comedy routines and laughter.

Charlie & Stan @ Shanghai / Beijing

Birth @Shanghai Young Theatre

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.

Bill’s 44th @ Shanghai / Beijing

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.

Du Bout Des Doigts @ Taipei / Taitung / Shanghai / Nanjing

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.

In Motion: British Physical Theatre Showcase in China

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.

My Lover Was a Salmon in the Climate Apocalypse @Wuzhen International Theatre Festival

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.

Monás @Wuzhen International Theatre Festival

The New Musical Lady M was created by talented British artists James Beeny and Gina Georgio

New Musical Lady M (International Production) @Shanghai Culture Square

The Mandarin version of 25Feet was co-produced with Shanghai 2332 Studio, in 2020, and staged in Beijing and Shanghai in 2022. This year, 25 Feet is back at the Shanghai International Dance Centre and Macau City Fringe.

The100Hands – 25 Feet @Shanghai International Dance Centre/Macau City Fringe

Work.txt, an innovative production by British Artist Nathan Ellis, its Mandarin version was produced by Shanghai 2332 Studio and staged at Shanghai Theatre Art Centre's D6 Space from 19th to 21st January 2024.

Work.txt @Shanghai Theatre Art Centre’s D6 Space

FeastFest Festival is a London-based community-led festival, we worked with our Chinese partner closely

FeastFest Festival @Shanghai Young Theatre

Having seen Control Freak created by Israeli artist Kulu Orr at the BE festival in London

Kulu Orr – Control Freak @Anaya Theatre Festival

The British dance theatre Juliet and Romeo was produced by Lost Dog and was staged at the Shanghai Young Theatre and the Shenzhen Biennial.

Lost Dog – Juliet and Romeo @Shanghai Young Theatre/ Shenzhen Biennial

Dance Theatre Drown Town was produced by Rhiannon Faith Company and staged as part of the Wuzhen International Theatre Festival in Exhibition Hall 5 from 23rd to 25th October.

Rhiannon Faith Company – Drown Town @Wuzhen International Theatre Festival

The British student theatrical production Hole was one of two selected student productions invited and staged at the Wuzhen International Theatre Festival from 24th to 25th October.

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School – Hole @Wuzhen International Theatre Festival

razilian theatrical masterpiece Bras Cubas was the latest work by director Paulo de Moraes and produced by his renowned Armazém Theatre Company

Armazém Cia de Teatro – Bras Cubas @Wuzhen International Theatre Festival

Teatr Biuro Podróży - Eurydice @Wuzhen International Theatre Festival

Teatr Biuro Podróży – Eurydice @Wuzhen International Theatre Festival

The internationally acclaimed modern dance spectacle The Creamery and Cheese by New Zealand's Java Dance was staged at the Theatre Young’s main stage in Shanghai from 24th to 26th November.

New Zealand’s Java Dance – The Creamery and Cheese @Shanghai Young Theatre

In December 2023, the poignant physical theatre piece Nature of Forgetting produced by Theatre Re, concluded its run at the Theatre Young in Shanghai, marking a profound moment in the cultural landscape we've cultivated.

Theatre Re – Nature of Forgetting @Shanghai Theatre Young

White Rabbit, Red Rabbit (International Production) @ Beijing Inside-Out Theatre and Shanghai Jing'an Modern Drama Valley

White Rabbit, Red Rabbit (International Production) @ Beijing Inside-Out Theatre and Shanghai Jing’an Modern Drama Valley

Nassim is an acclaimed work created by renowned Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour, transcends cultural barriers and connects audiences through the universal language of theatre.

Nassim (International Production) @Beijing Inside-Out Theatre and Xi’an Shanxi Grand Theatre

The interactive physical performance 25 Feet is a unique Dutch-Chinese collaboration, created by The100Hands, a renowned dance group from the Netherlands.

The100Hands – 25 Feet (International Production) @Beijing 77 Theatre and Shanghai International Dance Centre

Developed and facilitated the collaboration between the Dutch Performing Arts and the Shanghai International Dance Centre, to produce Dance Out of The Box Festival.

Dutch Performing Arts – Dutch Focus @Dance Out of the Box Festival, Shanghai International Dance Centre Theatre

Uber Happy is an exuberant theatrical piece that captures the lively and sometimes tumultuous lives of delivery drivers.

Vamos Theatre – Uber Happy (International Production) @Shanghai Jing’an Modern Drama Valley

Oedipus and Kings of War was produced by Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, and screened as part of the Wuzhen International Theatre Festival 2021, from 17th October to 20th October.

Internationaal Theater Amsterdam – Oedipus & Kings of War (Screening) @Wuzhen International Theatre Festival

ILIAS produced by Orkater was screened as part of the Jinxi Ancient Town Art Festival 2020 in China.

Orkater – ILIAS (Screening) @Jinxi Ancient Town Arts Festival, Jiangsu Province

Jo Strømgren Kompani - A Doll's House (Screening) @Jinxi Ancient Town Arts Festival, Jiangsu Province

Jo Strømgren Kompani – A Doll’s House (Screening) @Jinxi Ancient Town Arts Festival, Jiangsu Province

Told by An Idiot – My Perfect Mind (Screening) @Jinxi Ancient Town Arts Festival, Jiangsu Province

Chinese TakeV - An Artistic Pandemic Survival Solution

Chinese TakeV – An Artistic Pandemic Survival Solution

In 2020, the outbreak of the pandemic prompted the development of the innovative Dutch Focus (China) digital platform.

Dutch Performing Arts – Dutch Focus Digital Platforms @China

Shades of Change was produced by the Shandong Academy of Arts and the Shandong Provincial Theatre Creation Studio.

Shades of Change (International Co-production)

Aiming towards contributing to audience development and cultural diversity in the UK, we launched a series of audience events among the UK-based Chinese community.

Audience Event

We interviewed the participating Chinese theatre professionals and academics during the 2-day event and provided full-coverage of the event through UK-based Chinese media platforms.

Performing China on the Global Stage @ Leeds

We offered consulting services for the Cultural Division of the Taipei Representative office in the UK, to introduce Mr. Wu Hsing-Kuo, the famous Taiwanese artist, actor and Director of the Contemporary Legend Theatre, to Londoners through local audience events.

Mr. Wu Hsing-kuo’s
Masterclass and Workshop

Collaborating with the contemporary art magazine ART.ZIP, which is a seasonal English-Mandarin bilingual magazine published throughout the Asian and UK markets, we delivered the special theatre issue featuring more than 30 British theatre companies, venues, educational organisations, academics and professionals. Educated and informed Chinese readers about theatre “new writing” through rich content and well-planned structure.

ART.ZIP ISSUE09 – “New Writing”

Inspired by the success of our collaboration the previous year, we continued our co-operation with art magazine ART.ZIP, contributing to yet another edition. As our company has grown and become more deeply rooted in London, we were delighted to share our network of British Theatre professionals, and set the issue theme as “Visual Theatre”.

ART.ZIP ISSUE12 – “Visual Theatre”

We took charge in the project for CPAA to achieve the first UK-China theatre management experience tour at the end of 2014, organizing a 4-day event for 20 leading Chinese theatre managers and artistic directors to visit leading British theatres.

UK Theatre Management Training

Building a closer relationship between British and Chinese theatre / The Guardian

Building a closer relationship between British and Chinese theatre / The Guardian

We provided touring management and marketing support for the National Theatre of China to tour their Fringe version of Green Snake. Starting from 20th to 25th August 2014, 6 shows in total were successfully completed and received positive feedback from the media and the audiences. It has been listed as “a must see” on ‘What’s on Stage’ and also received recommendation in reviews from The Scotsman, The Stage, Fest magazine and Fringe Review, amongst others.

National Theatre of China
Green Snake @ Edinburgh Fringe

This was the first time that Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture had planned to present a ‘Taiwan Season’ at Edinburgh Fringe, as the showcase of Taiwan’s emerging performing arts including contemporary dance, physical theatre and music concerts.

Taiwan Season 2014 @ Edinburgh Fringe

We provided consultant and curating services to a tourist destination town near Shanghai to develop an arts festival according to the local history and landscape.

Local Arts Festival in China (Zhejiang) – curating consultant

We provided consulting services to a leading Chinese property developer to understand the London theatre environment and cultural landscape to support their mid-size theatre development and programming project.

Theatre Development Plan (Shenzhen)

USHERS: The Front of House Musical follows a shift in the lives of the stagiest people in the theatre

Usher: The Front of House Musical West End Transfer

We provided the one-stop services for the China Performing Arts Agency (CPAA) to achieve their London premiere of Silk Road, including tour management, marketing support, and event management.

Silk Road @ Peacock Theatre

We were contracted to provide the Taiwanese Ministry of Culture with a one stop service for the second season of Taiwanese work at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Taiwan Season 2015
@Edinburgh Fringe

Following the success of Silk Road with the China Performing Arts Agency (CPAA) last year, we are pleased to present Legend of the Sun, a traditional tribe story of the Zhuang people in Guangxi Province, to British audiences once again. This time, as the first stop of the show’s European Tour, we did our best to ensure outstanding local promotion.

Legend of the Sun @ Sadler’s Wells

Following the success of Silk Road with the China Performing Arts Agency (CPAA) last year, we are pleased to present Legend of the Sun, a traditional tribe story of the Zhuang people in Guangxi Province, to British audiences once again. This time, as the first stop of the show’s European Tour, we did our best to ensure outstanding local promotion.

Beauty and the Beast
UK performance with workshops

Night of Beijing is a traditional Chinese folk music concert performed by China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra and numerous solo artists. It took place in Indigo- O2 on the 21st of June 2015.

Night of Beijing @ London O2

From the Czech Republic dance-theatre group, Spitfire Company, comes a powerful multi-genre piece about boxer Muhammad Ali and his greatest fight to date: his battle with Parkinson’s disease.

One Step Before the Fall & Antiwords
@Tianjin Grand Theatre & Beijing Penghao Theatre

In 2012, the National Theatre of China (NTC) came to London to perform a reimagined version of Richard III upon Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre stage as part of the Globe to Globe Festival.

National Theatre of China Richard III
@ Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

Titus Andronicus is the much anticipated production of Shakespeare’s bloody play produced by WeAct theatre company- a premier amateur theatrical drama group in China.

Titus Andronicus
@ Edinburgh Fringe

oker Night Blues is co-produced by Beijing TinHouse Productions and Theatre Movement Bazaar.

Poker Night Blues
@ Edinburgh Fringe

Bringing together a diverse range of talent from the British arts and cultural establishment, Performance Infinity developed a series of training events for managers of theatres from across China. Held throughout the U.K.

CPAA Training

In conjuncture with the official programme commemorating the 400th year anniversary of the deaths of Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare,

Macbeth: Without Words
(Ludens Ensemble)
@Hangzhou & Shanghai Theatre Academy

As part of the initiative to reach as diverse an audience as possible Performance Infinity managed ‘Little Soldier Zhang Ga’.

Little Soldier Zhang Ga
Jing Ying Elite Theatre Group @ Spotlites

Performance Infinity managed the ‘Zhejiang Kunqu Opera Troupes’ version of Tang Xianzu’s ‘The Peony Pavilion’ one of the most iconic plays of the Kunqu style.

The Peony Pavilion
Zhejiang Kunqu Opera Troupe
@New Town Theatre, Edinburgh

This production was part of the official 400th year anniversary to commemorate the deaths of Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare,

A Medley of Four Dreams of Yinchuan
Jiangxi Ganju Opera Troupe
@New Town Theatre, Edinburgh

Performance Infinity is committed to advancing and show-casing the best of China’s new wave of young talent.

As You Like It
@ Shanghai Theatre Academy

Performance Infinity in collaboration with the Hunan Kunqu Opera Troupe, assisted in managing their performance of the tragic romance

Romeo and Juliet
(Hunan Kunqu Opera Troupe)
@New Town Theatre, Edinburgh

Performance Infinity produced this production alongside the Shijia Drama Club and Chongqing Foreign Language School. ‘Little Shakespeare’ is a medley of three of Shakespeare’s most famous works,

Little Shakespeare
Shijia Drama Club, Chongqing Bashu and Chongqing Foreign Language School

As part of the official programme commemorating the 400th year anniversary of the deaths of Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare

Hamlet — The Malachites
@Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Centre

Performance Infinity helped to mark a significant year in global theatre, the four-hundred-year anniversary of two of the world’s most noted playwrights

Coriolanus and Du Liniang
(Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe)
The Peacock Theatre

Chickenshed is an inclusive theatre company who create theatre for all ages and run successful outreach projects, education courses and membership programmes.

Chickenshed Summer Camp

Malasombra

Malasombra

In association with ART.ZIP the first U.K based bilingual contemporary arts magazine, Performance Infinity collaborated on a special feature edition dedicated to ‘Theatre for Young People’.

Theatre for Young People
ART.ZIP

The Disadvantaged Girls Project is a collaborative programme between Jingying Entertainment Group (Elite Group) and Performance Infinity.

Disadvantaged Girls Project

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.

Jakop Ahlbom Company & Alamo Race Track

Several years ago, there was a Spanish mask theatre company became very popular in China.

Finding Joy
(Vamos Theatre)

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.

Translunar Paradise
(Theatre Ad Infinitum)

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

Light
(Theatre Ad Infinitum)

Provided the suitable local support for delivering the performances smoothly and successfully in short switching time in different cities.

The Pianist
(Thomas Monckton & Circo Aereo)

Featuring 6 distinct physical productions from theatre companies based all over the world, the inaugural China Mime Festival brought some

China Mime Festival

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.

Ada/Ava
(Manual Cinema)

Get Happy is a brilliant family production created by the critically acclaimed Told by an Idiot.

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

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.

Wuzhen International Theatre Festival

Delighted to invite a host of working partners, colleagues and valued friends to the reception at Southbank Centre to launch a range of highly ambitious projects due in 2018

Partnership with
Jingying Entertainment Group
(Elite Group)

Now in its second year at the London Southbank Centre, the China Changing Festival is a wonderful event that showcases a range of contemporary performance arts from across China.

China Changing Festival

Hominus Brasilis tells the story of humanity in the most unique way. Five actors use their bodies and vocal sounds to tell important episodes from earth’s history.

Beijing Comedy Week
Hominus Brasilis
(Cia de Teatro Manual)

The dance production In-Between, was a collaborative production between artists from the UK working alongside performers and artists from the Chinese city of Jinan.

In-Between
(International Co-production)

Since 2016, one of the leading documentary producers from China Central TV station has been planning the documentary shooting of Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu

CCTV Documentary

Edinburgh Young Theatre Critic Camp aims to help young Chinese-English theatre critic learn English critic writing skills to apply to reviews written in Chinese

Edinburgh Young Theatre
Critic Camp

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.

Macbeth:
A 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.

New City, New Sound

The production of Sink is a new piece of writing based on the true story of Chinese playwright Lao She.

Sink

Every two years, British Council selects a range of performances to be part of its showcase programme.

British Council
Edinburgh Showcase 2017
Promoting Articles

White Rabbit, Red Rabbit has been called a play. But it’s a lively, global sensation that no-one is allowed to talk about.

White Rabbit, Red Rabbit
(Mandarin version)

Jakop Ahlbom company’s Horror has been premiered on London International Mime Festival on 2016.

Horror

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

Oleanna

Internationally acclaimed dance theatre troupe Scottish Dance Theatre returned to China in 2018 with their four productions

Scottish Dance Theatre China Tour 2018
(In collaboration with NFA International)

Rabbit Hole is a play written by David Lindsay-Abaire. It was the recipient of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Rabbit Hole at the Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Centre
(Associate artist Ding Ding)

Twelfth Night is a production which was put on at Guangzhou Arts Centre from 12 October to 21 October 2018.

Twelfth Night at the Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Centre
(Associate artist Ding Ding)

Partnered with the London based theatre company Chickenshed and our Chinese partner Elite Group, and supported by the funding from British Council China.

The Lotus Lantern: Cultural Connections in China

After a triumphant run in 2017, Lebensraum by the legendary theatre artist Jakop Ahlbom and the rock band Alamo Race returned to 1862 Arts Centre in Shanghai, China.

Jakop Ahlbom’s Lebensraum China Tour at 1862 Theatre, Shanghai

Guo Degang is one of the most famous and influential cross-talk masters in China with over 67 million followers on his Weibo (China’s Twitter).

Guo Degang & De Yun She 2018 London and Manchester Tour

It is Performance Infinity’s second year working alongside China Performing Arts Agency, Shandong Grand Theatre and Shandong Arts Academy to find international artists to collaborate on a dance production.

Folding Shadow at the Shandong Grand Theatre
(International Co-production)

The Wuzhen International Theatre Festival is an annual theatre event founded in 2013 in China.

Breaking the Silence at the Wuzhen International Theatre Festival

This year’s China Changing Festival was the final edition of Southbank Centre’s three-year festival showcasing contemporary China

China Changing Festival – The Sea & The Injustice to Tou O

Inspired by the Energy Show, which is directed and co-written by Martin Lamb, and premiered at London’s National Science Museum in 2014

Science Detective
(International Co-production)

The British Council in China commissioned BOP Consulting to produce this briefing note mapping theatre for young audiences in China

Theatre for Young Audiences in China Report 2018
(In collaboration with BOP Consulting)

Paradiso is the magical place where old people turn back into babies. Here, death is not the end – it’s the beginning of the circle of life.

PARADISO at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018

Finish Your Plate was the opening play in the 2019 Children's Theatre Season in the Inside-Out Theatre Beijing and also as the official programme of the 2019 Shanghai Jing'an Modern Drama Valley which was performed in the Malanhua Theatre.

Toneelmakerij – Finish your Plate – 2019 China Tour

Coco Chanel was co-produced by Ulrike Quade Company (Netherlands) & Jo Strømgren Kompani (Norway), performed at the Daning Theatre in Shanghai

Ulrike Quade Company – Coco Chanel – 2019 China Tour

Inspired by the world of indoor kite flying and stories such as The Snowman and The Red Balloon, Kite is a play without dialogue, but it is full of drama elements, original music, dance, puppets and of course kite.

The Wrong Crowd – Kite @ 2019 Shanghai Jing’an Modern Drama Valley

Presented one of the four tragedies – Othello to The Great Theatre of China in July 2019, produced by English Touring Theatre.

English Touring Theatre – Othello @ Shanghai Great Theatre of China

ead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) is produced by Kneehigh Theatre which is considered one of Britain’s most exciting theatre companies.

Kneehigh – Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) @ Shanghai Great Theatre of China

In collaboration with Beijing Inside-Out Theatre alongside with British artists and local actors to produce a Chinese vision of Frankenstein and staged at Beijing Inside-Out theatre in 2019.

Frankenstein (International Co-production)

Armazém Theatre Company – Hamlet – 2019 China Tour

Light from Theatre Ad Infinitum (United Kingdom) was performed as part of the 2019 Art & Tech Festival at Inside-Out Theatre.

Light – Art & Tech Festival 2019 Beijing Inside-Out Theatre

Imbalance from Joli Vyann (United Kingdom), represented by Turtle Key Arts, was performed as part of the 2019 Art & Tech Festival at Inside-Out Theatre.

Imbalance – Art & Tech Festival 2019 Beijing Inside-Out Theatre

During these 2 weeks summer/winter camp students will learn about the literature giant Shakespeare and get a taste of some of his most famous works.

Midsummer Night’s Dream Theatre Summer Camp @Shanghai

Performance Infinity has brought together the theatre companies all around the world and produced the FeastFest at London and Edinburgh in July and August 2019.

FeastFest 2019 @ London & Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Lippy was widely regarded as one of the most extraordinary works to come out of Ireland in 2013 and was the winner of two OBIE Awards in New York

Dead Centre – Lippy @ Wuzhen International Theatre Festival 2019

Paperwork was produced by BetweenTwoHands (Netherlands) and staged as part of the Wuzhen International Theatre Festival 2019 in Zhaoming Academy

BetweenTwoHands – Paperwork @ Wuzhen International Theatre Festival 2019

China Shanghai International Arts Festival (ChinaSPAF) is a state-level annual international arts festival hosted by the Chinese government and organized by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government.

Dutch Preforming Arts – Dutch Focus Presentation @ ChinaSPAF 2019, Shanghai

In 2018, the theatre company Told By An Idiot and the Barbican Centre collaborated to organise an improvisational experiment performance workshop

Told By An Idiot – Let Me Play the Lion Too @ Inside-Out Theatre, Beijing

Worked alongside with the British Council China in organising this accessible theatre workshop with the Beijing Inside-Out Theatre.

British Council China – Accessible Theatre Workshop @ Inside-Out Theatre, Beijing

Collaborating with the contemporary art magazine ART.ZIP, which is a seasonal English-Mandarin bilingual magazine published throughout the Asian and UK markets, we delivered the special theatre issue featuring more than 30 British theatre companies, venues, educational organisations, academics and professionals. Educated and informed Chinese readers about theatre “new writing” through rich content and well-planned structure.

ART.ZIP ISSUE09 – “New Writing”

Inspired by the success of our collaboration the previous year, we continued our co-operation with art magazine ART.ZIP, contributing to yet another edition. As our company has grown and become more deeply rooted in London, we were delighted to share our network of British Theatre professionals, and set the issue theme as “Visual Theatre”.

ART.ZIP ISSUE12 – “Visual Theatre”

Building a closer relationship between British and Chinese theatre / The Guardian

Building a closer relationship between British and Chinese theatre / The Guardian

In association with ART.ZIP the first U.K based bilingual contemporary arts magazine, Performance Infinity collaborated on a special feature edition dedicated to ‘Theatre for Young People’.

Theatre for Young People
ART.ZIP

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Connected through a shared past, they are transported to one pivotal moment in 1880 when a dangerous ideology was born: one that would impair the way the world views Deaf people for over a century.

Extraordinary Wall [of Silence] @Beijing

Liam can’t switch off, can’t sit still, and is chaotic at school and at home. Three doors down, 91-year-old Albert keeps to his routines and misses his late wife. When their paths cross, what slowly grows is a friendship both of them need. Created through Community Conversations across the UK about ADHD, loneliness, ageing and connection, this full-mask, wordless production was named one of The Stage’s Top 50 Shows of 2024 and won an OffComm Award. “Poignant exploration of loneliness, connection and friendship” (The Stage).

Boy on the Roof @ Beijing / Hangzhou

Bob and Bernard don’t have much in common. But after a chance meeting at their weekly hospice group, they realise they share one ambition – to do some serious living before they die. With a bottle of Bollinger and the keys to Bernard’s Bentley, they hit the road for one final, death-defying adventure.

Dead Good @ Beijing

Since its 2017 premiere, The Nature of Forgetting has moved audiences from New York to Seoul, São Paulo to Shanghai, and played to sold-out houses across the US, China and beyond; establishing itself as one of the most powerful theatrical experiences of the past decade.

The Nature of Forgetting @ Shenzhen / Aranya

Written and performed by Peruvian artist Pepa Duarte and directed by Sergio Maggiolo, Eating Myself turns the stage into a Peruvian kitchen, where a traditional soup is cooked live and its aroma fills the auditorium. Drawing on Pepa’s childhood in Peru and her journey to a new life in England, this solo show combines storytelling, physical theatre, music and real cooking to explore womanhood, body image, diet culture and cultural identity – a reminder that food is a gift, and an excuse to be with the ones we love.

Eating Myself @ Beijing / Guangzhou / Nanjing

What if Romeo and Juliet didn’t die, but grew up and lived happily ever after – or at least lived? Now 40-ish, with at least one of them in the grip of a mid-life crisis, they feel mocked by their teenage selves and haunted by being the poster couple for romantic love.

Juliet & Romeo: A Guide to Long Life and Happy Marriage @ Beijing / Shenzhen

In 1910, the then-unknown Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel set sail from Liverpool to New York as members of Fred Karno’s famous music hall troupe. On the voyage, they shared a cabin, comedy routines and laughter.

Charlie & Stan @ Shanghai / Beijing

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.

Wild Thing! @ Shanghai Jing’an Theatre Festival

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