Source: CCTV.com

06-26-2007 09:51

Summer is here. School's out and China's National Puppet Theatre offers a puppet banquet for the holidays. Performances include popular western fairy tales as well as traditional Chinese repertoires. There are seven shows in Beijing, and they're meant for kids, no matter how old they may be.

"The Three Little Pigs", is an aged story, told in a completely fresh way. The interactive show is performed in English and Chinese, accompanied with music something like rap.

Mr.Magic came to China from the U.S. 13 years ago. He's the man who adapts, directs, composes, sings and appears between each act to inspire English-learning through some hand magic. The experienced teacher put entertainment and education together to create "edu-tainment" which he believed to contain the secret to holding children's interest.