What Can Mu-Lan Do For You?

The Company formally stopped producing orginal work on 31 January 2005.

This website remains online to celebrate the achievements of Mu-Lan Theatre Company and to remind us all of Mu-Lan's place as the theatre company that started British-East-Asian theatre, with a pedigree of producing critically acclaimed shows that no other company has matched to date. Check out our past productions and see for yourselves. Check out our awards and Time Out Critics' Choice inclusions. Read full reviews without judicious editing.

Mu-Lan still offers a service to help advise companies and event managers about hiring quality British-based Oriental entertainers. Email us with your query and we will try to help.

About Mu-Lan: A Quick History & Our Philosophy

Established in 1988, Mu-Lan is the UK's most innovative, multi - award winning British-East-Asian theatre company. Mu-Lan is committed to providing a voice for the British-East-Asian community, and we are especially concerned to develop opportunities for new writing. We take a deliberately fluid view in our production style, and do not wish to work in any rigidly defined artistic form. Above all, we seek to produce high quality theatre work that improves cultural understanding, and is accessible to a wide audience. We strive to produce work that is relevant to and resonates with contemporary British-Chinese issues.

Should we use the term "Oriental" ?

We are fully aware that this term carries with it a lot of baggage. We debate this at every quarterly board meeting and it was decided at the last meeting that since the term 'Asian' already has a predetermined definition in the UK, Mu-Lan would promote use of the term 'East-Asian' as a means of self-expression...at least until the next board meeting. Your views would be of great interest on this topic. Please email us with your comments.

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