AN interactive drama for children based on the classic story, “The Wizard of OZ,” debuted in Bao’an District on Saturday and Sunday, bringing the joyful and meaningful experience of drama to children.

The drama was jointly organized by the Edinburgh-Shenzhen Creative Exchange (ESCE), Shenzhen Creative Investment Group and Digital Tiger Co. Ltd. with support from the University of Edinburgh as a major activity in Creative December.

ESCE has been organizing activities for Creative December for three years, focusing on culture and technology projects in Shenzhen and Edinburgh.

It was the first time that both Chinese and British drama experts jointly designed an interactive drama for children between the ages of 4 and 8 that used digital media and other cutting-edge technologies.

Based on the plot of “The Wizard of OZ,” the drama guided and encouraged the young players to stage all of the scenes with a spirit of interaction and teamwork, passing on love, wisdom and courage to the children.

ESCE hopes to incubate more projects that can link Chinese culture with other cultures through interactive drama.

The incubator has had a series of achievements since its establishment with support from both the Shenzhen and Edinburgh governments. It introduced a robot project from Edinburgh named Adabotics to settle in Bao’an earlier this year.

By joining hands with Doctorate Association this year, ESCE hopes to help more overseas Chinese doctoral students return to China and start their own businesses.

The incubator’s parent company, Shenzhen Creative Investment Group, this year developed a platform, Smart Shenzhen, which links creative cultural projects and firms with overseas partners. (Zhang Qian)