This 400-year-old Chao Opera classic follows imperial spy Jiang Liuyun as he infiltrates Prince Anxi’s house and meets Princess Baihua along the way... This legendary love story combines music, dance, adventure and martial arts. Performed by the award-winning Guangdong Chao Opera Institute, this production showcases the beauty of Chao opera, a highly popular genre rarely seen in Europe. Sung in Chinese with English surtitles.

Space access information: Stair-lift with folding seat to 1st floor from foyer (requires transfer from wheelchair to stair-lift chair at ground level, transfer from one stair-lift chair to another at first floor level, and transfer back to wheelchair at second floor). Staff can carry an unoccupied manual wheelchair up the stairs while the wheelchair user uses the seated stair lift. Electric wheelchairs and heavy wheelchairs cannot be carried upstairs. If not taking the stair lift the space is accessed by one flight of stairs. Unadapted toilets at rear of ground floor foyer.

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The Princess Gives Her Lover a Sword

From reimagined classics to the very latest new creative work, discover the undiscovered at our original, unfettered Royal Mile festival venue. Nightly live music and cabaret. Part of the vibrant, vivacious variety of C ARTS: a curated programme of international, independent work taking place at multiple city-centre locations, and online, in our 35th year at the Fringe. It’s a festival all of its own. Make sure you see it all.

The Princess Gives Her Lover a Sword

Asian Arts Global with Guangdong Chao Opera Institute (China)

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