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".