Prolific producer

He has come a long way - from being an unknown to one of China's most popular theater directors. Mu Qian catches up with Meng Jinghui to find out what keeps the man going.

As one of China's most commercially successful theater directors, Meng Jing-hui says he feels freer than ever because almost whatever he does will sell. Meng's signature work Rhinoceros in Love, a story about a lonely young man's secret love for a woman, celebrated its 1,000th performance in August, a record for contemporary Chinese theater. Two months before that, his new work Guns, Lies and Roses astonished audiences when actors hysterically smashed everything they found on stage.

Then earlier this month, his rendition of To Live challenged audiences' nerves again.