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Dance theatre · Puppetry

Deep Blue

深蓝

Everyday objects become an ocean of possibility.

Deep Blue
Production photograph · Touch Laboratory
Recommended age2+
Running time · no interval45min
Performance languageA few words in Mandarin

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Synopsis

Follow a little shadow-puppet fish from golden beaches into the ocean’s depths. Birds, turtles, crabs and a whale shark emerge from discarded everyday objects. With sand, water, light and movement, the performers create an ocean on stage.

Production poster

Deep Blue — production poster
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Creative team

Director / Stage & character design
Liu Xiaoyi
Lighting design
Chang Qingsong
Original music
Zhang Shu
Poster design
Cao Xue
Producer
Wang Linzi
Stage manager
Yuan Mengjiao

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Performance history

  • 2018 · Southbank Centre, London, UK
  • 2019 · Gold Coast, Australia
  • 2022 · 9th Wuzhen Theatre Festival, China
  • 2023 · Aranya Family Theatre Festival, China
  • 2023 · Opening performance for the Black Box Theatre at Macao Cultural Centre
  • 2025 · 23rd Gimcheon International Family Theatre Festival, South Korea

Touring locations

Shanghai, Beijing, London, Macao, Yinchuan, Shenzhen, Gimcheon (South Korea), Suzhou, Xi’an, Shenyang, Wenzhou, Nantong…

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Touring & technical information

Suitable venues include black-box, small, medium-sized and large theatres, alternative performance spaces, and stages with the audience seated on stage. Contact us for details.

Touring party

7people

3 performers, 1 stage manager, 1 director, 1 lighting technician and 1 tour leader

Contact us for details.

Ms Wang · +86 18518246029

[email protected]

Promotional video