Orchestral Manoeuvres in China tells the extraordinary inside story of classical musicians abroad.Western style orchestras regularly travel the world performing to wide and varied audiences from many cultures. What few of us realise, however, is the extraordinary obstacles and difficulties involved in taking 80 plus classical musicians (and their valuable instruments) across countries and continents. This documentary takes a peak behind the travelling curtain to glimpse the often chaotic scenes as organisers attempt to complete a concert tour of China with the London based Amadeus Orchestra. In an extraordinary litany of setbacks and disasters, we witness illness, instrument failure, travel fatigue and plain bad luck as the inevitable cultural clash between western musicians and Chinese administration plays out below the smooth performing surface of the orchestra. The musicians and their instruments are pushed to the limits as they attempt to put on the very best professional concerts despite all the vicissitudes that a tour of the Far East can throw at them.