The Year of the Tiger

TAKING BIGGLES TO BEIJING

BigglesForBeijing

For the Spring Festival celebrations in Beijing this year, China Here And There are providing the Manchester-based Biggles Wartime Band to play in the Chaoyang Park New Year programme, in the Chinese capital. Read more

SILVIA JOINED US

Silvia

After having studied Chinese Language and Culture
in Rome, Silvia decided to come to Manchester to experience from the inside the activities of ChinaHereAndThere. Read more

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WHAT TIME IS IT, MR WU?

The Book


Stories from a changing China, published March 2010. Read more

CARERS IN THE CITY

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A rare and moving insight into the lives of carers in the UK. Carers in the City is published by the Manchester Carers Centre, and is the result of a series of eight creative writing workshops and art work from China Here And There.

The project, for the Manchester Carers Centre, was developed by Ged Neary (workshop leader and editor), Amy Lai (artwork and design), Jonathan Shard (photography) and Manchester-based actors Hellen Kirby and Daniel Wallace, all of whom have worked on previous CHAT projects in theatre, music, literature and film.

The book (ISBN 978-0-9559270-0-3) retails at £5, and is available from us either by email: chinahereandthere@googlemail.com or by phone on 07981 623246. Please allow £1 for UK postage.

About Us

Welcome to the China Here And There website.

Based in Manchester, China Here And There (CHAT) is a non-profit arts development organisation creating and producing new work with a China or Chinese focus, in theatre, film, literature and music.

The organisation was founded in the year 2000, by Dr Amy Lai, and has received funding and support from the Arts Council of England, the National Foundation for Youth Music, North West Playwrights, the UK Film Council and the Manchester Community Chest.

In music, literature, film and theatre, China Here And There is now developing an exchange programme with China, mixing two new Chinese cultures: “here, in England, and there, in China".