Artists from Shanghai arrive tomorrow

We’re busy preparing for a week of activity with two artists, Liu Lei and He Ju, who are coming from Shanghai to spend a week in London. Liu Lei is a writer and also runs the burgeoning education department at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre while He Ju is an actor and director. The week has grown out of the workshops delivered in Shanghai last November and will be hosted jointly by 100 Words and Theatre503. Liu Lei and He Ju will have a packed schedule including meetings with some of our leading theatre companies, a writers’ workshop, an informal performance and a discussion on the theme of making, showing and sharing new work in China and the UK. The week forms part of an ongoing collaboration between 100 Words, Theatre503 and Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre and has been generously supported by a China-UK Cultural Exchange Award from Visiting Arts and British Council.