On the evening of May 13, the 2024 Shanghai Jing'an Modern Drama Valley "One Drama Award" award ceremony was held in the small theater of Yihai Theater, and 14 awards were announced one by one. The 2024 Shanghai Jing'an Modern Drama Valley also came to a successful conclusion.
This year's "One Drama Awards" received a total of 155 applications and more than 600 awards, setting a new record for the number of applications in previous years. The repertoire of the participating plays shows a young and diversified development trend, and the applicants are not only state-owned theater troupes and private theater troupes, but also college drama clubs, drama studios, and many new performing arts institutions and theatrical performance groups. In addition to drama, the types of performances declared also include opera, musicals, children's dramas, dance theaters, immersive performances, etc., reflecting the extensive influence and attractiveness of the "One Drama Awards".
On May 11, the final jury composed of director Wang Xiaoying, Song Baozhen, director of the Drama Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts, Wang Wei, director of the Guangdong Provincial Art Research Institute, Wang Baoshe, a national first-class screenwriter, Liu Wenguo, a national first-class director, Mao Shi'an, a famous literary critic, and Jiao Yuan, an actor from Hong Kong, China, produced a list of major awards of the year from more than 20 shortlisted plays.
In the end, "Song of Long Hatred" (Shanghai Dialect Version) won the "Drama of the Year", "Camel Xiangzi" (Beijing Version) director Fang Xu won the "Best Director of the Year", "Best Actor and Actress" was won by Liu Xuanrui, the actor of "The Validity Period of Facts" and Wan Qian, the actor of "Hello, Madman", "The Quiet Don River" won the "Best Imported Repertoire of the Year", "Running to the Moon" director Cha Wenyuan won the "New Director of the Year", "The Validity Period of Facts" won the "Best Small Theater of the Year", and "Faust" won the "Best Stage Art of the Year". "Classic Rehearsal of the Year", Hong Kong Repertory Theatre and "Where is the nearest accessible toilet?" won the "Media Attention of the Year Award".
This year's new "Best Producer of the Year" was won by Zhou Dan and Zhao Haichun of "Detective Zhao Catching Goose". With a keen market vision, they explored the "drama + space" operation model, and performed 125 times in four months, and the venue was full, triggering a continuous boom in theater-watching. This year's "Best Adapted Screenplay of the Year" and "Best Original Screenplay of the Year" were respectively won by the screenwriter of "From Admiralty to Moscow" Pan Huisen and the screenwriter of "Countdown Marriage" Huang Zhikai.
The annual "Outstanding Contribution Award for Chinese Drama" was awarded to Yu Luosheng, a drama performance artist. Yu Luosheng has starred in more than 50 classic dramas such as "La Traviata", "Nightclub", "If I Am Real" and "Horse", and directed drama works such as "Lady Left Behind" and "Accompanying Lady", and has won many awards such as the Golden Lion Award for Chinese Drama and the Leading Role Award of Shanghai Magnolia Drama Performing Arts Award.