The ninth China Shanghai International Art Festival Trade Fair opened yesterday and will run through Friday at the Shanghai Exhibition Center.

Organizers from world-famous art festivals, show agencies, and artists from more than 30 countries and regions and more than 20 provinces or cities nationwide are taking part in the fair. Latvia and Morocco are taking part for the first time in the event’s nine-year history.

The overseas versions of top domestic plays will be introduced to foreign art institutions on the fair. The shows include the Peking Opera“Struggle for Imperial Power”adapted from Shakespeare’s“Hamlet”by the Shanghai Peking Opera Theatre, the folk musical“June 6th—Plateau of Red Flowers”and“The Green Green Qinghai,”as well as a solo concert by well-known baritone Liao Changyong.

Nearly 30 live shows will be staged at the fair, including a percussion show by the Shanghai Oriental Jiangzhou Drum Theatre and clown shows from US-based Tomfoolery Inc.