Draft:QFUNTHEATER

Introduction
In 2008, Director Li Haotian, together with Producer Wang Nan, embarked on the path of children's theater education in China. After five years of exploration and practice, they created ultimately a theater education system that is truly suitable for Chinese children. In 2013, QFUNTHEATER Children's Experimental Theater was founded, with Director Lin Zhaohua as its Artistic Director.

QFUNTHEATER consists of children aged 6-14, who are the core creative team. They work as scriptwriters, directors, stage artists, choreographers and music producers, and QFUNTHEATER invites artists from home and abroad to support and help the children to express themselves freely. QFUNTHEATER currently has over 100 kids nationwide, who are based in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Zhuhai.

Every year, QFUNTHEATER creates an original play under the theme of "Classics and Me" series, in which children rewrite classic Chinese stories from a contemporary perspective. Children in QFUNTHEATER has created dozens of original plays such as “A Chinese Bestiary”, “ZHONGKUl-The King of Ghosts”, “The Red Kid”, “Flowers in the Mirror”, “Compendium of Materia Medica”, “Young People and Poetry”, and the series of the twenty-four solar terms, “Spring”, “Summer”, “Autumn”, and “Winter”.

Carrying the mission of "Be original in China and enjoy the world", QFUNTHEATER aims to showcase the creativity and artistic view of Chinese children today to the whole world. It takes international art festivals as its main platforms for performances. QFUNTHEATER has played and performed on dozens of international and domestic art festivals, including Edinburgh Art Festival, Festival OFF d'Avignon, TPAM Festival in Yokohama, MEET IN BEIJING International Art Festival, Daliangshan International Theatre Festival, etc.

QFUNTHEATER SAGA & MILESTONES
In 2013, QFUNTHEATER Children's Experimental Theater was founded in Beijing.

In 2018, the original play "A Chinese Bestiary " was listed in "China Focus" recommended plays by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

In 2018, the original play "A Chinese Bestiary" was presented at the Edinburgh Art Festival.

In 2019, another original play “ZHONGKUl-The King of Ghosts” was listed in “China Focus” recommended plays by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

In 2019, the original play “ZHONGKUl-The King of Ghosts” was presented on the stage of Festival d'Avignon.

In 2019, the original play “ZHONGKUl-The King of Ghosts” was presented at the Edinburgh Art Festival in the UK.

In 2020, the original play “The Red Kid” co-produced by China and Japan was presented on the stage of TPAM Festival in Yokohama.

In 2022, the original play “Flowers in the Mirror” co-produced by China and France was presented on the "MEET IN BEIJING" International Arts Festival.

In 2022, QFUNTHEATER officially landed at Guangzhou Opera House and established the Children's Theater Incubator Base in the Greater Bay Area together with Guangzhou Opera House.

In 2022, QFUNTHEATER collaborated with Guangzhou Opera House Production Center and created China's first children's musical paly “Compendium of Materia Medica”.

In 2023, QFUNTHEATER kicked off an oversea performance tour, bringing two plays of “Flowers in the Mirror” and “Compendium of Materia Medica” once again to the Festival d'Avignon.

In 2023, QFUNTHEATER landed at Jinwan Art Center in Zhuhai as its fourth residence in China.

In 2024, QFUNTHEATER presented the original musical play “The Brightest Star in the Sky” together with film star Gao Yuanyuan at the CCTV Aerospace Night Gala.

In 2024, QFUNTHEATER unveiled its global premiere of their new original play “Young People and Poetry” at Beijing Poly Theatre, collaborated closely with China National Traditional Orchestra and the OGHUZ Band, with over 100+ cast in total.

In 2024, QFUNTHEATER’s original play “Young People and Poetry” was invited by the Association Sino-Europeenne D'arts Des Enfants (ASEDE) to perform at Musee Guimet in Paris, France, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Sino-French diplomatic ties.