This book details the history of Chinese theatre, and British representations of Chinese theatre, on the London stage over a 250-year period.

This is the first text to address British Chinese culture. It explores British Chinese cultural politics in terms of national and international debates on the Chinese diaspora, race, multiculture, identity and belonging, and transnational `Chineseness'.

This book combines essays by scholars of Asian studies, theatre studies, ethnomusicology and human geography with reflective accounts by Hong Kong and Singapore-based performing arts practitioners to highlight the diversity, vibrancy and complexity of creative projects that destabilise notions of identity, belonging, and nationhood.