Playtext – Running the Silk Road

Playtext of Running the Silk Road (2008), a signed copy kept by the company, with the envelope in which it was originally stored. Written by Paul Sirett; conceived and directed by David Tse Ka-shing. Presented in association with Beijing Opera Theatre and Watford Palace Theatre. Issued by Bloomsbury Publishing on 9 June 2008. ISBN: 978-1840028577.

Exhilarating, refreshing and richly visual, Running the Silk Road blends East and West, telling a modern story mixed with Chinese myths.

In the year of the Beijing Olympics, a group of friends from London set themselves an epic challenge – to run the ancient Silk Road trading route to China, carrying an “alternative” Olympic flame. Once on the road, complications and conflict test friendships and soon threaten their chances of success.

Weaving in and out of the contemporary story are the magical and timeless myths, performed using the spectacularly acrobatic, whirling excitement that is the Beijing Opera Theatre.

Performed in English and Mandarin with surtitles