“Fringe Shanghai” Presentations in 2007 and early 2008

Although “Fringe Shanghai” did not run a full-scale festival in 2007, it continued to present a series of innovative, alternative programs throughout the year.

In April, the “Fringe Shanghai” team provided marketing, ticketing and administrative support to the China debut in Shanghai of the Iceland Dance Company.

In October, at about the same time that Shanghai hosted the Special Olympics, “Fringe Shanghai”  presented a program called “Equal ARTpportunities“ and organized a series of public exhibitions of works by physically and mentally challenged artists.

In November, Fringe Shanghai presented a series of performances by Hong Kong artists at the Asian Contemporary Drama Festival organized by the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center. This collaboration was arranged to mark 2007 as the 10th Anniversary of the reunification of Hong Kong and its Chinese motherland.

“Fringe Shanghai” and the Hong Kong Fringe Club have jointly presented five outstanding non-mainstream theatre groups from Mainland China during the 2008 City Festival. Titled “The Free, Young and Daring – New Theatre from Mainland China Since 1997”, this series of performances is a highlight in the City Festival’s “Creative China” theme program.