On the Way to the Front brings together artists from Asian People’s Theatre Festival Society (Hong Kong) and Théâtre de l’Ordinaire (France), presenting an innovative Mask Theatre performance, fusing live music, movement, juggling and stories between the East and West, then and now, to reveal the political, tragic and sentimental histories that made up the grand History. The production re-creates the life and times of the Chinese Labour Corps, the 140,000 workers recruited by the French and British Armies to the Western Front of First World War who worked under extreme conditions. At the embarrassing situation of meeting of cultures, what happened to the Chinese workers, who had never travelled, when they arrived at the countryside of France, with radical cultural differences between them and the locals? Being a creative commemoration at the centenary of First World War, this artistic exchange, tours from North of France to Hong Kong and China. Creating a fantastic and non-realistic universe, this highly musical and visual show is bringing you to a world of poetry and humour, exploring the hope of a world of solidarity.