June 2008 saw the publication of a rare and moving insight into the lives of carers in the UK. The new book 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@yahoo.co.uk or by phone on 07981 623246. Please allow £1 for UK postage.

After the well-received script-in-hand performances at Contact, Manchester and The Point theatre, Eastleigh, we are now heading for the premier of the full performance of What Time Is It, Mr Wu? at Manchester’s Contact theatre, in January 2009, to coincide with the Chinese New Year.

This premier will be followed by performances at other venues in the North-West, then travelling down to SE England at venues radiating out from The Point theatre, Eastleigh. Exact dates will be confirmed in autumn 2008.

GET INVOLVED WITH MR WU!

If you’d like to join in with the Mr Wu theatre project, either artistically, in admin or fundraising, or out of an interest in contemporary China theatre, please send an email to Ged on chinahereandthere@yahoo.co.uk