LONDON— David Alton, Baron of Liverpool, was impressed by the powerful message Shen Yun Performing Arts delivered at the Eventim Apollo venue on April 19.

“It’s a wonderful show; it underlines the beauty of Chinese civilization and culture,” said Lord Alton. “What a tragedy that a show like this can’t be shown in China itself,” he said.

“It’s of a very high standard indeed,” he said.

“Hearing the soprano, who sang this evening, talking about the wonder of creation … are things that people should be free to talk about and think about,” he said. “It’s something that many of us from different traditions, different backgrounds, different countries hold in common … and the Chinese Communist Party dictatorship doesn’t allow it.”

He was particularly moved by the story-based dance portraying the persecution of Falun Dafa, a meditation discipline based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a persecution against the practice in 1999, and adherents have since been subjected to unprecedented imprisonment, torture, and abuse.

“This is a very real live issue; it’s before the British Parliament at this moment,” he said. “Forced organ harvesting … is a hideous crime.”

“I think that people will go away from this performance talking about this,” he said. “This will alert people all over the world … about the enormity of what is being done.”

“It was good … to be reminded that we are not alone in this world, that there is a Creator, and that we are answerable as well for our actions to the Creator,” he said. “That is a story that comes through in tonight’s performance … the struggle between good and evil,” he said.

“This is a show you shouldn’t miss; you must go to see it and then go away and think about the messages that it communicates.”