SET in a Chinese restaurant designed to look as if it could be found in any city anywhere across the globe, The Golden Dragon is a compelling fable for modern life.

This tale, which has been wowing audiences across the world, will be stopping off at The Anvil on October 12.

Brought to life by Hungarian composer Peter Eötvös, The Golden Dragon is a thrilling and thought-provoking piece of music-theatre set in an anonymous Pan-Asian restaurant which explores issues of migration and exploitation with a combination of both humour and pathos.

Director of Music Theatre Wales, which is taking the show on the road, Michael McCarthy said: “In preparation for its UK Tour, I am constantly reminded of the fact that the opera is a fantastic piece of music-theatre, based on a masterful play.

“The composer’s extraordinary music deepens the power of the original text and provides an additional layer of characterisation.

“As far as I’m concerned, this is the perfect territory for Music Theatre Wales.

“For audiences who don’t know us, it’s a brilliant introduction to our work and to the world of music theatre.”

At its heart The Golden Dragon is an East-meets-West tale, when the discovery of a decayed tooth in a bowl of soup kicks things into life.

The tooth belongs to a kitchen boy, a long way from home and with no papers. He’s looking for his sister, but she’s been forced into a very different kind of service just next door.

The original play is by one of Germany’s most important and recognised playwrights – Roland Schimmelpfennig.

His work explores troubling contemporary political and social issues through overtly theatrical means.

In the case of The Golden Dragon, the performers each play an array of roles and personally introduce the characters they are about to play.

Golden Dragon shines a light on the plight of so many lives lost and exploited through migration, but never in a didactic or tub-thumping way. This isn’t the old theatre of political protest, but a thoroughly entertaining and engaging piece of storytelling that draws us in and leaves us thinking about what may be going on right under our noses, right here and now.

Tickets cost £27, £24 for over 65s and students for £14

For more information and to purchase tickets visit anvilarts.org.uk.