Wordless dialogue

A pad turns into a disc, jumps on to the gramophone and plays itself. A painting unfastens itself from the hook while humming songs. Walls tire of their dreary life and start lying down. A couple express their feelings for each other by tearing off pages of notepads on their faces.

These are just some examples of the spectacular illusions created by celebrated Swiss mime-quad Mummenschanz, comprising four artists from Switzerland, the US and Italy.

Mummenschanz 311 is on at the People's Liberation Army Theater, entertaining audiences with the newest evolution of their wordless theatrical form. The four mine masters revisit some of the characters they have created in their innovative history.