P4 / WEBSITE HISTORY
Dates, invitations, counts and wording belong to this historical edition. Follow the current project pages for later updates.
Current projects and newly added research remain above. The earlier editions and passages below keep their original documents, images and reading links available alongside them.
Earlier material · 2026-10-08
The following passages retain the wording of the earlier record. The current text and revised credits remain above.
Start with the English homepage or Start Here, then choose a project. He Fa's artist website opens the complete works and chronology; every article opens as a complete English edition with a direct Chinese switch.
Earlier material · 2026-10-20
The following passages retain the wording of the earlier record. The current text and revised credits remain above.
Earlier material · 2026-10-26
The following passages retain the wording of the earlier record. The current text and revised credits remain above.
An encounter in a theatre can become a photograph, a film or a record for others to read. These six entries lead to works and their documentation.
The 2 January performance, rehearsals and participants’ accounts.
Performance at P4 on 31 October, with rehearsal and interview records.
Project documents describe a 2021 reworking and its rules, organisations and mechanisms.
Relational Image-Making examines P4 and Shoot Self with You in writing. Its 44-page Chinese and 55-page English editions share one DOI. The project archive also preserves performances, interviews and participants’ texts.
Start with a book, an essay or a work. Follow each entry to the full text, images and sources.
From the founding around 2015 to the book and public reading projects in 2026. Each entry links to a record.
Chinese and English editions with a DOI record.
Earlier material · 2026-10-26
The following passages retain the wording of the earlier record. The current text and revised credits remain above.
He Fa co-initiated P4 and also maintains an individual artistic practice. Fa re-review and his other individual works have their own artist-site records.
Explore the studio work through three added recordings and four earlier records.
Books by He Fa, criticism by Cen Zhao, method essays and project documents retain their authors and subjects.
A critical study of photography, moving image and theatre, including Mountain Beyond Mountains. The complete essay retains 106 paragraphs and eight artwork images.
He Fa is a co-initiator of P4 and the director of Shoot Self with You. His individual works and P4’s collective projects retain their own participants and credits.
Earlier material · 2026-10-26
The following passages retain the wording of the earlier record. The current text and revised credits remain above.
The 2 January performance at P4, rehearsals and participants’ accounts.
Directed by Huang Yiyin; performed at P4 on 31 October. Explore the rehearsals and interviews.
Project materials from 2019–2020: the production poster and a stage clip showing a circular light field and two performers.
Dance theatre directed by Huang Yiyin, performed at P4 on 31 October 2020. The production poster is paired with a live photograph.
Poster and live photograph from the P4 performance at 19:30 on 2 January 2021.
Earlier material · 2026-10-26
The following passages retain the wording of the earlier record. The current text and revised credits remain above.
From one-to-one photography theatre in 2019 to filmmaking in 2023–2024, works, participants and records form a continuing practice.
He Fa’s book Relational Image-Making studies P4 and Shoot Self with You. Its 44-page Chinese and 55-page English editions share one DOI. P4’s archive separately preserves performance records, interviews and participants’ texts.
Earlier material · 2026-10-26
The following passages retain the wording of the earlier record. The current text and revised credits remain above.
Explore collaborative projects, the P4U programme and performances presented at P4. Each entry retains its authors, participants and collaborations.
For collaboration, research, screenings or archival enquiries, use the public contacts below. Each work’s page records its dates and credits.
Earlier material · 2026-10-26
The following passages retain the wording of the earlier record. The current text and revised credits remain above.
P4 Theater is an experimental theatre and arts initiative founded in Beijing around 2015 by He Fa and Zhang Shaohua. Its work spans performance, photography, moving image and writing.
Earlier material · 2026-10-26
The following passages retain the wording of the earlier record. The current text and revised credits remain above.
P4 Theater is an independent experimental theater initiated in Beijing around 2015 by He Fa and Zhang Shaohua. This website archives its projects, articles, rehearsal footage and collaborative practice.
A one-to-one encounter initiated by Zhang Shaohua and He Fa.
Zhang Shaohua and He Fa initiated Real Image in June 2019. Its one-to-one photography theatre brings the person photographed, the photographer and the viewer into a shared encounter.
P4 Theater was initiated in Beijing around 2015 by He Fa and Zhang Shaohua. Its practice spans experimental theatre, photography, moving image and writing.