BRICS theater treat for children

Twelve theater groups from the five BRICS countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, are staging 12 original shows (36 performances) in Beijing until Aug 20, as part of an ongoing children's theater festival.

The opening show is The Man Who Loved Boxes by children's theater group Artesanal Cia de Teatro from Brazil. The play, directed by Gustavo Bicalho and Henrique Gon?alves, has no dialogue and features actors, puppets, masks and music.

"This is the first time that the show is in China," says Edeilton Medeiros from Artesanal Cia de Teatro about the performance. "I can see the cultural influence on children and the younger generation, and though there is no dialogue, audiences from different cultures feel the emotion delivered in the play.