Cho Cho

Overview

Musical theatre fans and opera lovers may be tempted by the upcoming Sydney Season of Cho Cho, the award-winning offering from The National Theatre of China and PlayKing Productions.

Starring Chinese pop singer/composer Wang Zheng (whose piano-playing and TV judging skills have landed her comparisons to Delta Goodrem) and Aussie musical theatre star Scott Irwin (Hairspray, They’re Playing our Song), Cho Cho will appeal to anyone who likes their theatre on the musical side with a dash of puppetry.

Set in 1930s Shanghai, the show is a reworking of Cho Cho San, Australian playwright Daniel Keene's own retelling of Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly. You know the story: handsome young American lieutenant meets beautiful young Chinese girl, doomed love, tragic ending.

As Australia's first bilingual musical, it features new work from Chinese composer Cheng Jin and is directed by Peter Wilson (puppetry director of King Kong and most recently the STC’s Storm Boy).