3、The 2007 Asia Contemporary Theatre Festival

The 2007 Asia Contemporary Theatre Festival kicked off on Nov.8 at Shanghai Drama Arts Center and last for 3 weeks. It is the 3rd ACT Festival held in Shanghai since 2005. Artists from China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Philippine, UK, Australia, Hungary brought more than 50 performances of 21 plays, ranging from experimental musicals and traditional operas to puppetry and physical theater.

Australia's Chunky Move dance theater staged "Glow," an intimate, interactive solo performance. The Turkish State Theater presented "Fool House," a splendid mask and physical theatrical experiment. Hungary's renowned Kretakor Theater brought a three-hour adapted version of Chekhov's "The Seagull. At the festival, Shanghai Peking Opera House and Taiwan's Lee Qingzhao Company premiered their Peking Opera version of "The Death of the Servant," another Chekhov work, and writer Eileen Chang's signature piece "Cao Qiciao."