"Stage on Paper", the first international performing arts poster design exhibition, is being held at the National Center for the Performing Arts, offering to the public view some classic posters by world-famous designers.

The exhibition features more than 100 original works from 14 designers from Germany, Japan, Switzerland and Finland.

The exhibition also presents 54 Peking Opera posters made by Chinese students under the guidance of virtuoso German designer Christof Gassner. Another 60 posters for classic Broadway plays, musicals and dramas of the past six decades are also on display.

The exhibition, which runs from Aug 10 to Sept 5, will move to Suzhou in October.