On March 25, a press conference was held on the original drama "Serial Counting" produced and performed by the National Drama Theatre of China. The play will be performed in the first round of 6 performances at the National Drama Theatre from April 9 to 14, and will also participate in the 5th China Original Drama Invitation Exhibition.
The leaders of the hospital took a group photo with the main creator
"Serial Scheme" screenwriter Zhang Hanlun, director Lin Xiyue, stage design Tan Shaoyuan, lighting design Han Jiang, actors Dong Yong, Xia Lisheng, Zhang Ruochen, Liu Yang, Han Ying, Ma Ang, Yu Xiaoming, Gao Qian starred. The play tells the story of an old Beijinger, Band Yuan, who is constantly moving in order to help his son solve a series of problems he encountered in his growth... After several "contests", After "combing" his emotions, values, and ideologies, Bandel finally walked out of the "confusion" and bravely walked in the direction of his heart, and he finally understood what is home and what is happiness.
Rehearsal photo of the drama "Serial Count"
The script of "Serial Counting" lasted for four years, changed its draft eight times, and began rehearsals on February 13, and has been working intensively without rest. Part of the plot of the play is set in Mapo Town, Shunyi District, in order to better get close to the role and feel the local culture and folklore, the crew of 24 people went to Shijiaying Village and Majuan Village in Mapo Town to collect wind, feel the development and changes of the times life and the new countryside, draw nutrients from life, and lay a solid foundation for the second creation.
Stream of consciousness incorporated into the elements of Kyo-wei'er,
Realism is within reach
"Serial Counting" adopts the creative method of stream of consciousness, and the plot changes according to the flow of consciousness of the protagonist Bandelyuan. Time and space are completed in interspersed transformation, the rhythm rises and falls, the plot has tragedy and joy, and the language is spicy and humorous.
Screenwriter Zhang Hanlun
Zhang Hanlun, a young screenwriter, is a dramatist with multiple identities as a screenwriter, director and actor, and his representative works include dramas such as "Golden Dream of Leaving the Edge", "General Li", Peking Opera "Xi Xiaobo", "Dong Zhongshu" and so on. When talking about the original intention of the creation of the play, Zhang Hanlun said: "What I want to show is the spiritual outlook of the real Beijingers, restore the spiritual temperament that Beijingers should have in the form of art, remove the 'label' for the city of Beijing, and strive to create a theatrical work with 'Beijing temperature' and 'era texture'." He confessed: "This is a play about small people, the story is easy to fall into the cliché, so I integrated the Elements of Peking Opera that I am good at in the script, which not only meets the background of creation, but also makes the image of the protagonist more full, achieving a universal and unique effect." ”
Directed by Lin Xiyue
Director Lin Xiyue is an outstanding actor in the National Theatre of China, and has starred in many excellent film and television works such as "Silent Witness" and "A Woman's Life". In 2014, he starred and assistant director in the drama "The Tempest", and in 2015, he directed the small theater drama "Frog". Directing "Serial Scheme" this time, Lin Xiyue has the simplest idea - to arrange a play that the people like. "The series of sour, sweet and bitter stories told in 'Serial Count' take place in the lives of each of us, focusing on the house, family affection and love of the elderly that ordinary people are most concerned about, which is very grounded and can be said to be a completely people-centered work of art." Speaking about the highlights of the show, Lin Xiyue said: "The biggest highlight is that the performance is real. The requirements for the actors in this play are very high, and I hope that the audience will be comfortable after watching the play, and this comfort requires the actors' expressions to be natural and real, which is also the most important point in our current rehearsal. ”
Stage design Tan Shaoyuan, lighting design Han Jiang
The stage designer is the famous visual artist Tan Shaoyuan, whose representative works include "Cherry Orchard" and "Rhinoceros in Love". He created a stage art space with graffiti style and high comedy elements for "Serial Counting", and the space design style of scenery, painting and even sketching allows the audience to understand the plot more intuitively. Tan Shaoyuan said: "The design of switching scenes can help the protagonist shuttle between dream and reality and better serve the plot. Among them, the design of the stage, Beijing city background, text signage, etc. will be integrated into the plot, participate in the performance, and make the drama more vivid. ”
Han Jiang, an excellent lighting designer of the National Theatre of China, combined with the presentation of stage design, created a multi-level stage lighting for "Serial Count". He said: "This time the lighting will have two identities, that is, the actual lighting and the props of the lamp itself, the light and the luminous lamp, will enter the play, giving the audience different feelings." ”
The overlapping balance of tradition and modernity,
Rustic interpretation of the truth of life
Dong Yong plays Bandeyuan
The actor Ban Deyuan is played by the famous actor Dong Yong, who has starred in many excellent film and television works such as "Six Groups of Serious Cases", "No War in Peking", "Marshal Peng Dehuai" and so on. On the stage of the drama this time, Dong Yong was deeply touched and had a deep understanding of the role: "Band is a positive and selfish person, he is not willing to run the dragon set, trying to become a 'horn', in the process selfishly hurt the heroine Wang Jinhua, but he is very spoiled for his son, is a typical Chinese father, for the happiness of his son has been moving, trying to find himself, seeking a balance between selfishness and selflessness." His real confusion comes from this era, the conflict and fusion of tradition and modernity, the differences in concepts and understanding of the two generations, which are all reflected in "Serial Counting". He also lamented the difficulty of drama actors: "The drama is too testing the skills of the actors, I once thought about quitting on the fourth day of rehearsal, the pressure was so great that I often lost sleep, and I constantly adjusted my mentality during the rehearsal, I am very grateful to every colleague of the crew for their help to me, I believe that we will eventually present a high-quality and interesting drama for the audience." ”
Xia Lisheng plays Wang Jinhua
The actress Wang Jinhua is played by Xia Lisheng, a national first-class actor of the National Drama Theatre of China, whose representative works include the drama "Balcony", "Monument", "Lanling King" and so on. Xia Lisheng, who has extensive stage experience, said: "The most difficult part of this play is to break my own inertia, and the previous stage experience seems to be invalid here. For the Peking Opera singing in the play, I even learned to walk again. When talking about how to portray the role of Wang Jinhua, Xia Lisheng said: "Shaping the role is a process that stems from life but is higher than life, the Jinhua in the play seems ordinary, cooking and singing for children every day, but her love affair with Bandyuan when she was young is sincere, simple, vigorous, and reckless. Interpreting these plots sincerely and movingly, this play is extremely beautiful. ”
Zhang Ruochen, an outstanding actor at the National Theatre of China who plays his son Ban Shaoyuan in the play, speaks an authentic Beijing dialect, laying a solid foundation for character shaping. The roles of his girlfriend Sasha and her mother in the play are played by Liu Yang and Han Ying, outstanding actors of the National Theatre of China, and the two have caused a lot of trouble for the old class family about their marriage, but they have also realized the true meaning of life. The three lingren played by the outstanding actors ma ang, Yu Xiaoming and Gao Gao of the National Drama Theatre of China are the finishing touches in the play, from beginning to end throughout the play, there are not many scenes, but all three have good performances.
"Serial Scheme" presents the epitome of the small people in the torrent of the big era, it highlights the fireworks in the world, there is no sensational storyline, but through the delicate and vivid performance of the actors, with the unique charm derived from reality and higher than reality, the depths of life are shown to the audience with heart and affection.
National Theatre of China performed the drama "Serial Counting"
Time: 2019.04.09-04.14 19:30
Venue: Beijing | National Theatre of Drama - Theatre
Price: 50 rmb 100 RMB 280 RMB 380 RMB
Text/Wang Yingyuan
Photo/ Wang Haochen
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