Guangzhou drama stage classic re-enactment of the original innovative works have successively appeared

At the beginning of the Year of the Tiger, on the Guangzhou drama stage, classic re-performances and original innovative works will alternately land, and the "hard goods" will be full. Just after the Spring Festival, the No. 13 Theater of Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Center unveiled two overweight original plays for the audience - "Avenue" and "The King of Nanyue".

The opening drama of the Guangzhou Opera House also chose drama, "The Diary of a Madman" directed by Christian Lupa, the "giant of the European Theater", which interprets Chinese literary classics with a world drama vocabulary.

Guangzhou Daily all-media reporter Zhang Suqin

The theater is a scenery in Guangzhou

Famous works are frequently and intensively performed

In the 2022 annual performance repertoire just announced by the Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Center (referred to as Cantonese), from March to December, the "hard goods" are full. Many beloved classics that have not been seen for a long time will be presented again this year, such as "The King of South Vietnam", "Resurrection", "Macbeth"... After the news was released, the "iron fans" with wide talk said, "In the past two years, there has not been such a frequent and concentrated performance of famous works, and you can enjoy the drama." ”

It is particularly worth mentioning that the Cantonese phrase "one book per year", this year to meet the audience is the Chinese drama masterpiece, Mr. Cao Yu's classic "Sunrise". It is reported that Cantonese will invite the famous director Li Bonan to direct the play. Last year, he directed "Activity Into Human Form", based on the novel of the same name by the famous writer Wang Meng, which was hailed as the "annual drama ceiling".

In addition to the classic re-enactment, there are also many newly created plays. There have been 5 new plays such as "Soai" and "Mr. and Mrs. Kramer" arranged. Among them, "Soai" is adapted from the novel of local writer Zhang Xin, and the local theater group and the writer are strongly combined, which is worth looking forward to; the movie "Kramer Couple" is very classic, in fact, while creating the film script, the drama script has also been born, and Cantonese will bring the world premiere of the drama of "Kramer Couple".

At the beginning of the new year, cantonese words came out of the "king fried"! The real-life masterpiece "Avenue", the large-scale historical and humanistic classic "The King of South Vietnam", and the international contemporary masterpiece Tony Award winner "Reconnaissance" all issued tickets together, and the big drama and good drama agreed with the audience.

Over the years, Cantonese, stationed at the top of the Shahe River, as the "pioneering cattle" in the field of Guangzhou drama, have lit a light for the city. When the lantern first came on, people came here, escaped from the hustle and bustle of reality, obtained a moment of tranquility, accepted the nourishment of art, and sought spiritual nobility. "When every time we left and the audience stayed to talk, my sense of happiness was full, and we and the audience were like family." Wang Xiaoping, chairman of Cantonese and a national-level director, said.

And in this city, in the Guangzhou Opera House, in the Friendship Theater, in the Guangdong Arts Theater, in the Bud Theater... In theaters large and small, there are always all kinds of plays playing out...

More and more people are entering the theater, and the theater has become a scenery of the city, where people have spiritual exchanges.

Guangzhou Opera House Opening Drama "Diary of a Madman"

Interpret Chinese literary classics in the vocabulary of world drama

The Opening Year drama "Diary of a Madman" at the Guangzhou Opera House will be staged twice on February 19 and 20. The drama is directed by Christian Lupa, and performed by yan nan, Mei Ting and many other powerful actors. As the closing drama of the Fifth Lao She Drama Festival and the opening drama of the Aranya Theatre Festival, the play has toured in Shanghai, Suzhou, Changsha, Shaoxing, Nanjing and other places, and has become a cultural event that has aroused heated discussion among domestic audiences and scholars.

On May 15, 1918, New Youth, Volume IV, No. 5, published a novel signed "Lu Xun", "Diary of a Madman". "Diary of a Madman" is like a cry from Lu Xun. This classic work of cross-epochal significance in the history of Chinese literature, through the image of "madman" and the self-narrative description of "madman", reveals the "cannibalistic" nature of feudal etiquette, expresses Mr. Lu Xun's resistance, and also pins his hopes on future China.

The play "Diary of a Madman" is the second part of a "trilogy" directed by Christian Lupa, the "giant of the European theater", after "Alcoholics". Lupa was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 13th European Theatre Awards and one of the three most important directors of the Polish theatre scene of the 20th century.

On the basis of interpreting the original work, Lu Pa's "Diary of a Madman" directed by Lu Pa expands and extends it in combination with many works of Mr. Lu Xun. With the expression of multimedia and reality blending, across the dimensions and time and space, the secret of the "madman" experience is unfolded, leading the audience into an unprecedented "Lu Xun universe".

Historical and Humanistic Classics "The King of Nanyue"

The story of a man, the history of a city

Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Center has a 10-year collection of fine plays, 2007-2010 Annual Drama Golden Lion Award Outstanding Repertoire, 2006-2007 National Stage Art Quality Project Nomination Repertoire, 100th Anniversary of Chinese Drama and the Fifth National Drama Outstanding Repertoire Award-winning Works... "The King of Nanyue" will be staged from April 7 to 18.

In 204 BC, Zhao Tuo founded the State of Nanyue, which was "more than ten thousand miles from the east to the west". From the age of 30 to the age of 106, Zhao Tuo, the king of South Vietnam, wrote the epitome of the entire history of South Vietnam with a unique life course of more than 70 years. Through the story of one person, the history of a city is revealed, and the beauty and splendor of the process of history and the complex blend of life are presented under the background of a large era.

"The King of Nanyue" is a large-scale historical drama of Guangzhou's local culture, interpreting "the story of a person, the history of a city." Its artistic director and director Wang Xiaopeng said that the play is not a serious historical drama, but focuses on the expression of cultural integration and humanistic care, "The artist is lucky to be able to let his thoughts and emotions travel through time and space at will; he can experience and create an infinite life with a limited life." This may be the elixir that Qin Shi Huang was painstakingly looking for! Again, the audience is lucky! ”

Realistic masterpiece "Avenue"

A group of people looking up at the stars

Before the Spring Festival, "Avenue" was the opening drama of the 13th Theater in 2022, and three performances were sold out. The post-festival highlights will continue and will be staged from March 18 to 27.

The openness and inclusiveness of the Culture of Lingnan, the forefront of the rise in the coastal areas of Guangdong; from the absurd life of being cheated of two million and causing his wife and daughter to be separated, to the leader of the leading Chinese telecommunications company; from the performance of fighting for a phone from scratch, to the high-tech company leading independent innovation... What You Daosheng and his "Guoxun" have experienced is the wisdom flash of China's rapid development of communication technology for more than three decades.

The brilliance of reason guides the protagonist to a desperate situation, just as in the drama we use the power of contemporary speculation to contemplate real life. This is a "present tense" story, and when you walk out of the theater, the audience will feel that real life is far richer and more magnificent than what the theater presents.

International Contemporary Masterpiece "Reconnaissance"

A "cat and mouse game" of four characters

Suspense mystery drama master Anthony Schiffer's classic masterpiece, Tony Award for Best Screenplay, Broadway staged a thousand classic masterpieces... "Reconnaissance" will be staged from April 26 to May 1.

A well-established suspense novelist, he is best at making up all kinds of twists and turns and bizarre tricks "routine" readers. But he did not expect that one day, he would put everything carefully planned in the book into practice. The story that was thought to end successfully made another wave, the husband, lover, wife, and detective four characters entangled into a "cat and mouse game", the most unexpected things seem to have just begun...

Source: Guangzhou Daily