Tao Yandi, b.2001. A Shanghai Acrobatic Show being performed by Tai Shan Circus, from Tai'an City in Shandong province. They have been performing every night of the week to coachloads of foreign tourists at the San Lin Expo Culture Center Theatre in Pudong. Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

Huang ning b.2002 A Shanghai Acrobatic Show being performed by Tai Shan Circus, from Tai'an City in Shandong province. They have been performing every night of the week to coachloads of foreign tourists at the San Lin Expo Culture Center Theatre in Pudong. Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

Xu Tianyi b.2004. A Shanghai Acrobatic Show being performed by Tai Shan Circus, from Tai'an City in Shandong province. They have been performing every night of the week to coachloads of foreign tourists at the San Lin Expo Culture Center Theatre in Pudong. Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

Zhang Tao, b.2002. A Shanghai Acrobatic Show being performed by Tai Shan Circus, from Tai'an City in Shandong province. They have been performing every night of the week to coachloads of foreign tourists at the San Lin Expo Culture Center Theatre in Pudong. Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

Xiao Long b.1995. A Shanghai Acrobatic Show being performed by Tai Shan Circus, from Tai'an City in Shandong province. They have been performing every night of the week to coachloads of foreign tourists at the San Lin Expo Culture Center Theatre in Pudong. Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

Yin Jia Le b.2003. A Shanghai Acrobatic Show being performed by Tai Shan Circus, from Tai'an City in Shandong province. They have been performing every night of the week to coachloads of foreign tourists at the San Lin Expo Culture Center Theatre in Pudong. Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

Qin Jianjun b.2002. A Shanghai Acrobatic Show being performed by Tai Shan Circus, from Tai'an City in Shandong province. They have been performing every night of the week to coachloads of foreign tourists at the San Lin Expo Culture Center Theatre in Pudong. Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

Qin Chaofan b.2002. A Shanghai Acrobatic Show being performed by Tai Shan Circus, from Tai'an City in Shandong province. They have been performing every night of the week to coachloads of foreign tourists at the San Lin Expo Culture Center Theatre in Pudong. Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

Zhu Qiong b.2000 A Shanghai Acrobatic Show being performed by Tai Shan Circus, from Tai'an City in Shandong province. They have been performing every night of the week to coachloads of foreign tourists at the San Lin Expo Culture Center Theatre in Pudong. Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

Zhu Qiong b.2000. A Shanghai Acrobatic Show being performed by Tai Shan Circus, from Tai'an City in Shandong province. They have been performing every night of the week to coachloads of foreign tourists at the San Lin Expo Culture Center Theatre in Pudong. Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

A Shanghai Acrobatic Show being performed by Tai Shan Circus, from Tai'an City in Shandong province. They have been performing every night of the week to coachloads of foreign tourists at the San Lin Expo Culture Center Theatre in Pudong. Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

A Shanghai Acrobatic Show being performed by Tai Shan Circus, from Tai'an City in Shandong province. They have been performing every night of the week to coachloads of foreign tourists at the San Lin Expo Culture Center Theatre in Pudong. Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

A Shanghai Acrobatic Show being performed by Tai Shan Circus, from Tai'an City in Shandong province. They have been performing every night of the week to coachloads of foreign tourists at the San Lin Expo Culture Center Theatre in Pudong. Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

The girls put on heavy make prior to every performance in the dressing room. A Shanghai Acrobatic Show being performed by Tai Shan Circus, from Tai'an City in Shandong province. They have been performing every night of the week to coachloads of foreign tourists at the San Lin Expo Culture Center Theatre in Pudong. Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

The girls put on heavy make prior to every performance in the dressing room. A Shanghai Acrobatic Show being performed by Tai Shan Circus, from Tai'an City in Shandong province. They have been performing every night of the week to coachloads of foreign tourists at the San Lin Expo Culture Center Theatre in Pudong. Shanghai and London photographer. All images © Jonathan Browning

In between rehearsals and performance two boys catch up on dinner and play games on phone. A Shanghai Acrobatic Show being performed by Tai Shan Circus, from Tai'an City in Shandong province. They have been performing every night of the week to coachloads of foreign tourists at the San Lin Expo Culture Center Theatre in Pudong.

An American tourist from Texas comes to watch the performance.

An American tourist from California comes to watch the performance.

Tourists fill the theater for the action packed show.