Dozens of Chinese Acts to Perform at Edinburgh Fringe

While the world's attention is on Edinburgh, more than a dozen Chinese acts will take part in the globally renowned fringe festival.

China Daily reports: "From Aug 2-12 theater fans can watch the National Theater of China's Luocha Land at C Venues. The play follows Maji, who finds himself in an island kingdom of flesh-eating demons. Maji's plans for escape become confused as the other worldly laws of this mysterious place, where beauty and ugliness are reversed, take their toll on his psyche.

The Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center and British physical theater company Gecko will put on a joint performance of The Dreamer at the Pleasance Grand between Aug 2 and 15. The production draws duel inspiration from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion, which is one of China's most enduring love stories and was written in the 16th century.

From Aug 3-27 visitors to the Assembly Hall will be treated to a fusion of acrobatics, pop music, traditional Chinese art forms, and Broadway storytelling with the spectacle China Goes Pop.

The show sees the Shandong Acrobatic Troupe and the China Arts Entertainment Group put through their paces by choreographer Patti Colombo and director Shanda Sawyer, who is known for the stage production of The Marvel Universe.

The Shanghai Theater Academy will put on an experimental Peking Opera adaptation of Anton Chekhov's one-act play The Fools at Grassmarket from Saturday to Monday."

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The Fringe began in 1947 when eight groups arrived in Edinburgh hoping to perform at the newly formed Edinburgh International Festival but were refused entry. Rather than being discouraged from performing, they went ahead and performed on the fringe of the Festival anyway and so the Edinburgh Festival Fringe was born.

2017 marks the 70th anniversary of these eight groups' defiance and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is now the largest arts festival in the world.

The Fringe is a truly open access festival where, in the spirit of the original eight, no one is denied entry, making it the largest platform on earth for creative freedom.

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