P4 THEATER / COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE

P4’s ecology of co-creation

P4’s ecology grows as participants initiate projects, collaborate, record their processes and bring theatre into everyday life.

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Kousi Theatre · Meat Grinder
口死戏剧｜绞肉机
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101剧团｜BODY
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北风剧社｜漩涡
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How collaboration takes shape

P4’s working position

P4 understands co-creation as a rhizomatic social practice: participants move between projects, formulate their own questions and organise actions. The rhizome, drawn from Deleuze and Guattari, is P4’s interpretation of this method. Theatre concerns how people reorganise their lives, relationships and capacity to act; emancipation remains a direction for continuing practice.

Participants can initiate
P4U’s 2020 rules connect initiation, creation, observation and feedback. By 2022, the archive records participants starting 101 Theatre and Theatre Public Toilet. [2] [7] [5]
Rehearsal enters everyday life
The 25 Meat Grinder uploads include titles documenting script reading, auditions, street and subway rehearsals, discussions and run-throughs. Dates, places and stages remain tied to the original titles. [30] [31] [32]
Keep disagreement and responsibility visible
The 2024 retrospective describes disagreement alongside responsibility for collective outcomes. Co-creation retains individual credits, judgements and responsibilities. [1]
Creative relationships extend into action
The 2023 book-and-clothing collection call by Wormhole Theatre and Heimei explicitly names P4 as a co-initiator. The archive preserves the call; delivery outcomes require subsequent records. [8]
Keep the process available
Fourth Log’s public catalogue contains 158 uploads and 1,489 parts. Readers can move from a document to a rehearsal, then follow a credited participant into another project. [30]

Groups, projects and working relationships

Follow documented joint initiation, project development, venue support and participation across projects. Each relationship has dated sources; groups retain their names and founders.

Creation and observation

P4U3P Group

Source dates: 2020-12-27

P4U connects P4’s creative projects with the 3P Group’s documentation and feedback. The roles overlap. The source names Huang Lucang, Zhang Shaohua and He Fa as 3P’s initiators. [2]

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2020-12-27｜p4剧场承接发起人的创作，3P小组负责记录观察。 2020-12-27｜当然剧组和3P小组并不完全分离，二者会有交叉。 2020-12-27｜3P小组：由黄麓苍、张绍华、何发三人发起的艺术小组

Joint initiation

P4 TheaterNorth Wind / 北风

Source dates: 2021-12-07 / 2022-07-18

Qu Wenhao and He Fa established North Wind, according to He Fa’s first-person account. [3] [4]

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2021-12-07｜文豪和我就以这九条基本原则向大家发出邀请 2022-07-18｜发起人曲文豪与我后来成立了《北风剧社》 2021-12-07｜绝大部分的组织任务都交给了文豪，后来我也就逐渐淡出了。

Project development

P4XPurples / Purple Action

Source dates: 2022-07-18

The Arena developed from P4X into Purple Action. Shen Bolun, He Fa and Shao Yifan formed the art group, according to He Fa’s 2022 account. [4]

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2022-07-18｜在p4X的项目中的《斗兽场》孵化成了《紫色行动》，发起人沈博伦、我和邵逸凡成立了紫色行动艺术小组

Support for an independent initiative

P4 TheaterTheatre Public Toilet / 戏剧公厕

Source dates: 2022-03-18

Theatre Public Toilet describes support from P4 and North Wind in its recruitment text. Jiang Haizhu is credited as writer and director of Spiral Staircase. [5]

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2022-03-18｜在P4剧场和北风戏革（两个破烂儿）的支持怂恿下建立的戏剧假想空间。 2022-03-18｜关于本戏编剧/导演：姜海柱。

A participant starts a new initiative

North Wind / 北风Theatre Public Toilet / 戏剧公厕

Source dates: 2022-07-18

The 2022 account traces Jiang Haizhu’s participation in North Wind and his independent work through Theatre Public Toilet. [4]

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2022-07-18｜姜海柱的《戏剧公厕》、王倾尔的《玻璃剧团》、徐锦江和曹健松的《101剧团》等等都冒了出来，凑巧的是他们都曾参与过《北风剧社》的创作

Shared participation

North Wind / 北风Glass Theatre / 玻璃剧团

Source dates: 2022-04-07 / 2022-07-18

Wang Qing’er participated in North Wind. Glass Theatre’s own account names Wang Qing’er and Wang Xinrui as co-founders and dates its founding to 8 May 2021. These founding credits are retained. [6] [4]

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2022-04-07｜我叫王倾尔，是这个戏的导演，也是玻璃剧团的创始人之一，另一位创始人呢，就是我们的海报设计王鑫蕊小姐姐。 2022-04-07｜2021年的5月8号，我和鑫蕊在去资料馆的路上创立了玻璃剧团。 2022-07-18｜姜海柱的《戏剧公厕》、王倾尔的《玻璃剧团》、徐锦江和曹健松的《101剧团》等等都冒了出来，凑巧的是他们都曾参与过《北风剧社》的创作

Participants start a new group

North Wind / 北风101 Theatre

Source dates: 2022-05-18

After performing in North Wind’s Iceberg, Xu Jinjiang formed 101 Theatre with Cao Jiansong, according to the May 2022 editorial postscript. [7]

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2022-05-18｜他在今年的1月1日出演了北风剧社的《冰山》。如今，他与本文的作者曹健松一起成立了他们自己的剧团——101剧团

Joint call for a social initiative

P4 TheaterWormhole Theatre / 虫洞剧团

Source dates: 2023-02-01

A February 2023 call links Wormhole Theatre and Heimei in a book-and-clothing collection for older people and children in Daliangshan. It explicitly names P4 as a co-initiator. The call does not establish final delivery totals. [8]

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2023-02-01｜本次活动由P4联合发起 2023-02-01｜于是，有了“虫洞剧团VS黑妹公益计划”，为四川大凉山村寨的留守老人和儿童募集图书和衣物，直接邮寄形式，经黑妹和黑哥负责落地传送。

Project collaboration and acknowledgements

P4 TheaterWormhole Theatre / 虫洞剧团

Source dates: 2022-08-18 / 2022-09-19

Arcsu is credited as writer and director of Encounter. A later announcement thanks He Fa of P4 and CC of 101 Theatre, among others; acknowledgements retain their original scope. [9] [10]

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2022-08-18｜我是戏剧《相逢》的编剧兼导演 Arcsu 2022-09-19｜特别鸣谢友情嘉宾： P4剧场主理人：何发 2022-09-19｜101剧团：CC

Initiation and participation across projects

P4 TheaterKousi Theatre / 口死戏剧

Source dates: 2023-08-25 / 2024-05-13

Zhao Xuan initiated Kousi Theatre’s Meat Grinder. His 2023 biography also records co-creation in P4’s Romance Theatre and a musician’s role in The Last Rehearsal. [11] [1]

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2023-08-25｜人类投降派 R赵轩——《 “ 北京第一实验 ”》 2023-08-25｜曾发起口死戏剧《绞肉机》，参与共创p4剧场《恋爱戏剧》，在《最后的排练》中是演奏者 2024-05-13｜从 510 走出的剧团有：戏剧公厕、玻璃剧团、虫洞剧团、101 剧团、非戏剧活动、幸福王国、破月剧团、偶发过程、四目、喵喵剧团、北风戏革、口死戏剧、紫色行动等等。

A participant connects projects

Kousi Theatre / 口死戏剧101 Theatre

Source dates: 2023-08-25

Huang Meng’s public biography records co-creation in North Wind’s Porphyria, Kousi Theatre’s Meat Grinder and 101 Theatre’s Black Trio. [11]

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2023-08-25｜人类投降派 A 黄蒙——《…然后你又变成了小女孩…》 2023-08-25｜曾参与共创北风剧社《波菲利娅》、口死戏剧《绞肉机》、101剧团《黑色三重奏》

Venue collaboration and production credits

P4 TheaterBroken Moon / 破月

Source dates: 2023-11-28

Broken Moon credits Li Yaxin as writer, Xu Shuai as director and He Fa as supervising producer. Beijing P4 Theater and 321 Space are credited separately as collaborating venues. [12]

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2023-11-28｜编剧：李亚鑫 2023-11-28｜导演：徐帅 2023-11-28｜监制：何发 2023-11-28｜合作空间：321空间北京p4剧场

A participant’s continuing practice

P4 TheaterBroken Moon / 破月

Source dates: 2023-11-27 / 2023-11-28

Xu Shuai, also named Zichou in the source, participated in Chengfeng Polang, Four Eyes and Kingdom of Happiness, and later directed Broken Moon. [13] [12]

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2023-11-27｜他真名叫徐帅，却给自己起了名字叫做子丑 2023-11-27｜他最早来参与 p4 的是《成风破浪》的项目，后来又参与《四目》、《幸福王国》 2023-11-28｜导演：徐帅

Project and activity facilitation

P4 TheaterKingdom of Happiness

Source dates: 2023-06-22 / 2024-05-13

Kingdom of Happiness appears in P4’s calls and archive. The notice for 24 June 2023 names Shi Jiating as facilitator of that activity. [14] [1]

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2023-06-22｜带领着：史佳廷 2023-06-22｜活动内容是人体彩绘，使者会引导参与者在脸上用不同的颜色描绘出自己真正的画像，破坏掉原本的大面具。 2024-05-13｜从 510 走出的剧团有：戏剧公厕、玻璃剧团、虫洞剧团、101 剧团、非戏剧活动、幸福王国、破月剧团、偶发过程、四目、喵喵剧团、北风戏革、口死戏剧、紫色行动等等。

Independent project and public records

P4 TheaterFour Eyes / 四目

Source dates: 2023-04-09 / 2024-05-13

Four Eyes has recruitment texts, participants’ writing and a notice for its 16 April 2023 exchange event. He Fa’s 2024 account places it within the 510 network. [15] [1]

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2023-04-09｜事件：《四目》实验话剧交流会 2023-04-09｜时间：2023/4/16（星期日） 19:30 2024-05-13｜从 510 走出的剧团有：戏剧公厕、玻璃剧团、虫洞剧团、101 剧团、非戏剧活动、幸福王国、破月剧团、偶发过程、四目、喵喵剧团、北风戏革、口死戏剧、紫色行动等等。

Creative group and retrospective account

P4 Theater…BY ACCIDENT

Source dates: 2024-01-29 / 2024-05-13

…BY ACCIDENT describes a group of artists, architects, designers and theatre directors. He Fa’s 2024 retrospective includes it in the network emerging around 510. [16] [1]

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2024-01-29｜偶发过程 ...BY ACCIDENT _ 一个由艺术家，建筑师，设计师，戏剧导演等组成的创作小组。 2024-05-13｜从 510 走出的剧团有：戏剧公厕、玻璃剧团、虫洞剧团、101 剧团、非戏剧活动、幸福王国、破月剧团、偶发过程、四目、喵喵剧团、北风戏革、口死戏剧、紫色行动等等。

Venue and workshop collaboration

P4 TheaterRealm Nexus

Source dates: 2021-06-02

Realm Nexus and P4 circulated a call for an in-person theatre laboratory at P4 in June–July 2021. This source documents the announced collaboration. [17]

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2021-06-02｜Realm Nexus连结空间是一个专注于发展个人创作力和个人思想的艺术平台。 2021-06-02｜在今年的六月，我们将走到线下，在北京的p4剧场开展一次时长更长、互动更密集的工作坊活动。 2021-06-02｜时间：2021年6月28日-7月4日（共7天）每天下午3:00-6:00

Name in a retrospective

510Non-theatre Activities / 非戏剧活动

Source dates: 2024-05-13

He Fa’s May 2024 account lists Non-theatre Activities among the initiatives emerging around 510. A separate founding account is not yet available here. [1]

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2024-05-13｜从 510 走出的剧团有：戏剧公厕、玻璃剧团、虫洞剧团、101 剧团、非戏剧活动、幸福王国、破月剧团、偶发过程、四目、喵喵剧团、北风戏革、口死戏剧、紫色行动等等。

Name in a retrospective

510喵喵剧团

Source dates: 2024-05-13

He Fa’s May 2024 account lists 喵喵剧团 among the initiatives emerging around 510. This spelling is retained separately from the 猫猫剧团 credit in Fourth Log’s Feedback upload. [1]

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2024-05-13｜从 510 走出的剧团有：戏剧公厕、玻璃剧团、虫洞剧团、101 剧团、非戏剧活动、幸福王国、破月剧团、偶发过程、四目、喵喵剧团、北风戏革、口死戏剧、紫色行动等等。

Rehearsals and recorded encounters

158 public uploads and 1,489 parts from Fourth Log. Search projects, names, original titles or part names. Upload dates remain separate from recording dates stated in titles; original credits are retained.

Entering and leaving everyday life · Fourth Log

走入日常

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How collaboration takes shape

P4’s working position

Participants can initiate

Rehearsal enters everyday life

Keep disagreement and responsibility visible

Creative relationships extend into action

Keep the process available

Groups, projects and working relationships

P4U ↔ 3P Group

P4 Theater ↔ North Wind / 北风

P4X ↔ Purples / Purple Action

P4 Theater ↔ Theatre Public Toilet / 戏剧公厕

North Wind / 北风 ↔ Theatre Public Toilet / 戏剧公厕

North Wind / 北风 ↔ Glass Theatre / 玻璃剧团

North Wind / 北风 ↔ 101 Theatre

P4 Theater ↔ Wormhole Theatre / 虫洞剧团

P4 Theater ↔ Wormhole Theatre / 虫洞剧团

P4 Theater ↔ Kousi Theatre / 口死戏剧

Kousi Theatre / 口死戏剧 ↔ 101 Theatre

P4 Theater ↔ Broken Moon / 破月

P4 Theater ↔ Broken Moon / 破月

P4 Theater ↔ Kingdom of Happiness

P4 Theater ↔ Four Eyes / 四目

P4 Theater ↔ …BY ACCIDENT

P4 Theater ↔ Realm Nexus

510 ↔ Non-theatre Activities / 非戏剧活动

510 ↔ 喵喵剧团

Rehearsals and recorded encounters

P4U3P Group

P4 TheaterNorth Wind / 北风

P4XPurples / Purple Action

P4 TheaterTheatre Public Toilet / 戏剧公厕

North Wind / 北风Theatre Public Toilet / 戏剧公厕

North Wind / 北风Glass Theatre / 玻璃剧团

North Wind / 北风101 Theatre

P4 TheaterWormhole Theatre / 虫洞剧团

P4 TheaterWormhole Theatre / 虫洞剧团

P4 TheaterKousi Theatre / 口死戏剧

Kousi Theatre / 口死戏剧101 Theatre

P4 TheaterBroken Moon / 破月

P4 TheaterBroken Moon / 破月

P4 TheaterKingdom of Happiness

P4 TheaterFour Eyes / 四目

P4 Theater…BY ACCIDENT

P4 TheaterRealm Nexus

510Non-theatre Activities / 非戏剧活动

510喵喵剧团