Children and Friendlies.[sina.com]

The theater cooperative responsible for the new show held a press conference in Yan Huang Art Museum this Monday, with the entire production team, including producer Zhang Hongsheng and director Shao Zehui, in attendance.

The fairy-tale drama tells of how five animals come to be friendlies (or fuwa). The show will utilize many dazzling stunts, most notably acrobatics. The difficulty of the acrobatic performances is said to reveal the spirit of Olympic competition.

The Beijing Children's Art Theater Cooperative has organized numerous activities to publicize the new show. For example, people can get free tickets by calling a hotline from 2 to 2:08 pm. Also, programs performed by children 4 to 14 years of age have a chance of becoming part of the children's programs scheduled for the Olympics. The selected programs will be presented in Poly Theater August 13th.

Following its premiere in China's capital, the show is scheduled to tour other Olympic cities, including London and Sydney.