for their coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing. They regarded criticism of their cultural engagement with the event as hypocritical, whilst acknowledging human rights issues in China. According to Hewlett: "If you start to boycott China...America has to be next". 2007 cast and crew Cast The Monkey King: Fei Yang/Yang Fukai (understudy) Tripitaka: Yao Ningning Pigsy: Xu Kejia Sandy: He Zijun The White Horse: Chen Jihu/Wang Kai Subodhi/Buddha: Liu Chang White Skeleton Demon/Princess Iron Fan: Tang Ling Queen Mother of Heaven/Guan Yin: Jia Ruhan The Dragon King: Wang Wei Spider Woman: Zeng Li The Volcano General: Yu Fengnian Crew Acrobatic Director: Yang Jiansheng Martial Arts Director: Zhang Jinhghua Aerial Director: Caroline Vexler Musical score: Damon Albarn Musical Director: David Coulter Conductor: André de Ridder Special instruments : Thomas Bloch (ondes Martenot, glass harmonica, cristal Baschet) Visual concept and design: Jamie Hewlett Dramaturgy: David Greenspan Libretto and direction: Chen Shi-Zheng Sound Designer and Mix Engineer: Barry Bartlett References External links Monkey animation for BBC 2008 Olympics coverage The musicians of the UK Chinese Music Ensemble about the project review on Monkey:Journey to the west at Spoleto USA 2008 Ba Ban Chinese Music Society of New York participation in Monkey US premiere 2008 Telegraph.co.uk, Review of Journey to the West 2007 operas Culture in Manchester Shenmo fiction Works based on Journey to the West Operas by Damon Albarn Operas set in India Operas