The May Day holiday is also the golden age of various literary and artistic performances. The major theaters in Beijing, with colorful and distinctive performances and dramas, will bring everyone a variety of cultural and artistic spirit enjoyment, and accompany everyone to spend a beautiful, fulfilling and pleasant holiday.
Yang Ting director Wu Qiong starred in the musical light comedy "Oh, Mom"
Show times
May 4 at 7:30 PM
May 5 at 2:30 PM/7:30 PM
May 8 at 7:30 PM
May 9 at 2:30 PM
Venue of the show
Barley Super Theater
Beijing Culture and Art Fund 2019 Annual Funding Project "Oh, Mom! The plot is adapted from Molière's five-act comedy "Miserly Man", directed by Yang Ting, artistic director of Damai Chao Theatre, and starring wu Qiong, a famous Huangmei opera performance artist. Director Yang Ting had a sudden idea to change Abagong in "Miserly Man" to a woman to play, adding modern elements to the plot, making its character image and storyline more in line with the rhythm of the times and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
The iron tree bed is born, and the train runs all over the table... Huang Mei tianhou meets Molière: the famous host challenges rock music... A mix of electronic, rock and plum plays, a hilarious and thought-provoking classic, a comedy with magical realism, once again ignited the enthusiasm of early summer!
Combining the singing voice and song style of traditional Chinese opera Huangmei opera in the use of musical elements is a bold attempt and innovation of drama and Huangmei opera on the stage, which is refreshing.
Guo Baochang directed the National Drama Theatre drama "The Gate of the Great Mansion"
April 28 - May 5
National Centre for the Performing Arts
Produced and performed by the National Theatre of China, the drama version of "The Gate of the Great Mansion" is written by Liu Shen and directed by Guo Baochang and Li Xinling, and Guo Baochang condenses more than 70 episodes of classic TV dramas into a two-and-a-half-hour drama, condensing the ups and downs of the Bai family from the early years of Guangxu to the nearly one hundred years after the founding of New China.
Compared with the TV drama version's panoramic display of the big era, the drama version is more closely related to the theme of "Big Mansion Gate", with "Seventh Master" Bai Jingqi as the core, depicting the sorrow, joy and anger of all beings inside the Mansion Gate. The story is introduced by a "cross-over" dialogue between the elderly Bai Jingqi and the teenager Bai Jingqi during the night patrol, and is connected with guo Baochang's intermission narration of the family's past, laying out the most classic bridge sections and the most distinctive characters in the story of the mansion door one by one, guiding the audience to immerse themselves in the moving story of the Bai family in the Bai family in the Bai family hall.
National Drama Theatre Drama "New Young People in the Village"
April 29-April 30
May 2- May 4
Theater of the National Theatre of China
The drama "New Young People in the Village" of the National Drama Theatre of China is precisely through the art form of drama, which reflects the big times with small characters, presents the touching story of young poverty alleviation cadres leading the masses to struggle with youth and passion, composes the historic achievements of poverty alleviation, and shows the Chinese miracle of comprehensive poverty alleviation.
"The New Young Man in the Village" jumped out of the previous creation routine of the theme of poverty alleviation, selected the perspective of ordinary young people to cut into the theme, made the temperament of the whole stage more vigorous and energetic, and made the plot rhythm like a narrative poem. Rural revitalization requires the addition of young blood, in this drama, young village cadre Sun Qianqian led the people of Fengxi Village in Shanxi Province to gradually get rid of poverty, and achieved personal transformation and growth.
Yingda directs Beijing Renyi drama "Raisins in the Sun"
April 23 - May 9
(Closed on Mondays) 7:30 p.m
Capitol Theatre
Raisins in the Sun is a well-deserved world-famous play written by African-American playwright Loren Hansberg, which was staged on Broadway in 1959 and was a great success. Later, Yingda's mother, the Beijing artist and translator Wu Shiliang, discovered that the work translated it into Chinese. This time, director Yingda returned with the original team of Ma Wang Xihua, Jin Han, Xu Jingyao, Xu Cenzi, Zhang Fuyuan, Wang Ning, Chen Hongxu, ANan, and Wang Kun, which not only made the audience infected by the humorous comedy plot in the play, but also felt the humanistic care across time, space and culture.
The work depicts a poor African-American family in contemporary Chicago who receive a large sum of insurance money after the death of their elderly father. This huge amount of money that can turn life around makes every member of the family have different expectations, so conflicts, contradictions and external discrimination from within the family are generated......... Although the background and plot of the story are some distance from the Chinese audience, the humanity and reality dilemma shown in the work can resonate with the audience.
Beijing Renyi Drama "Three Rules of Ding Xilin's Comedy of the Republic of China"
April 30 - May 17 (closed on Tuesdays)
Beijing Renyi Experimental Theater
"Ding Xilin's Three Comedies of the Republic of China" is selected from the three one-act comedies of physicist and playwright Mr. Ding Xilin - "A Horse Bee", "After Drinking" and "Blind Eye", all three dramas are marriage and emotional themes, in a very interesting way, presenting the concept of love, marriage and life of the gentry of the Republic of China. In the three comedies of the Republic of China, whether it is the subtle waves of life or the still water of love, the small and trivial things that are almost nothing, there is the clarity that we yearn for today.
Monday Wei starred in the Drum Tower West drama "Pillow Man"
April 28 - May 2
Poly Theater
Martin McDonagh's Pillow Man is known as a genius in the history of modern theater, a fairy tale of darkness and light, a world of hopelessness and hope, a drama in which tears and smiles coexist. After its premiere in London in 2003, the show caused a huge sensation, and was subsequently adapted on Broadway in New York and embarked on a series of international tours. In 2004, Pillow Man won the Olivier Award for Best Play in the United Kingdom, and in 2005, it won the American Theater Critics Circle Best Drama Award, and six nominations for the American Tony Award. In 2014, "Pillow Man" was officially authorized for the first time Chinese mainland, as the opening drama of the Drum Tower West Theater, it shocked four seats and continued to perform for seven years. This time, director Zhou Ke × lead actor Monday Wei × producer Shi Hang brought the 2021 star coliseum version of "Pillow Man" hit hard, attracting attention.
Huang Ying directed the National Centre for the Performing Arts drama "Cross Street"
April 21 - May 9
Drum Tower West Theater
Directed by the sixth generation of film director Zhang Yang, the seventh anniversary drama of the Gulou West Theater " Inspector Visits" is the most famous theatrical work of the famous British writer Priestley. The play tells the story of the privileged Burling family's originally warm engagement night banquet is suddenly interrupted, and the visiting inspector Guer comes to investigate the suicide case of a young female worker. Who is responsible for the death of the female worker? Under the pressure of the inspector," the truth of the death of the female worker gradually surfaced, everyone in the Burling family seemed to be inseparable, and a trial that unfolded in the middle of the night opened the curtain...
April 30 - May 7
In 1937, the then 16-year-old Bai Yang and the 22-year-old Zhao Dan, under the direction of director Shen Xiling, presented a period of life choices of young people in Shanghai during the Republic of China period on the big screen. To make a film history classic on the drama stage, it is not only necessary to complete the transformation from the lens language to the stage scheduling, but also how to give it fresh vitality while retaining the essence of the classic, which is a test.
In the performance of "Cross Street", in addition to the space of the existence of the drama itself and the actions of people, director Huang Ying also used the stage space as a film editing platform. Narrative threads such as the old images of the previous artists, the lively live performances of the actors, and the real-time projection of the live shooting are all used as materials and juxtaposed on the stage with the concept of montage. The actors' live performances, in addition to recreating the original story line in a modern way, also need to jump out of time and space, look back at what happened eighty-four years ago, and then make a discussion. This is the part that any young person can transcend the times and resonate spiritually in essence, and it is a dialogue between two generations of young people that has traveled through the past eighty-four years.
Tribute to the centenary of the founding of the Party "Xinhua Newsboy"
April 30 - May 2
Beijing Tianqiao Art Center
It's a musical dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, but it has a different face. Thrilling plot, blood-burning juvenile temperament, rock + rap hardcore music style, all new attempts are to achieve different expectations, bring fresh points of view, so that the audience can feel the charm of music at the same time, get the sublimation and baptism of patriotism.
Although the musical "Xinhua Newsboy" and the movie "Newsboy" are based on the same historical event, the historical event of Xinhua Daily exposing the truth of the "Anhui Southern Incident" in 1941, they have made a new interpretation of the story, telling the story of the hearts of the little people of a group of newspaper boys who have fallen into the streets, and their gradual growth into patriotic teenagers who dared to struggle against the diehards of the Kuomintang under the care and inspiration of the Chinese Communist Party. Teenagers are confused, confused, unwilling and angry to survive in a chaotic world, and they also feel the vivid love and love. The youthful mood coupled with the suspenseful and brain-burning spy texture makes the classic glow with a completely different youthful temperament.
Chen Peisi directed the comedy "Childcare"
May 1st~5th, 7:30, Beijing Comedy Theatre
May 1-5
Beijing Comedy Theatre
As Chen Peisi's first stage comedy work, "Childcare" once blew a whirlwind of comedy across the country at the beginning of its birth. Since its debut in 2013, "Childcare" has set a record for high-grossing sales in both large and small theaters, and is both a classic and a new work, constantly renovated and attracting the attention of audiences. "Childcare", performed by Chen Dayu and other young actors of Avenue Culture, combines the traditional narrative of comedy with fashion interpretation methods, and the plot adjustment closely follows the characteristics of the times, and the communication of the main theme is more clear. In the nearly two-hour performance, the performances of the young actors made the audience believe in the comedy stories that happened on the stage, and they melted into the stage time and space to enjoy the beauty of comedy.
Beijing Opera Troupe Opera "Beijingers"
May 2 - May 4
Skybridge Theatre
Created in 1940 and published in 1941, the drama "Peking Man" is widely regarded as the most successful play written by Cao Yu. The story depicts the tense atmosphere and sharp conflict between three generations in the 1930s, when a large and dilapidated feudal family in Beijing was about to collapse, showing the tension and sharp conflict between people in a declining feudal family. Those who live in this family are either "the living dead, the dead and the living" or the "living dead.". It not only exposes the darkness of the feudal family, but also reflects the flame of bravely breaking free from this feudal quagmire of new youth life. "Beijinger" is Mr. Cao Yu's most proud stroke, which implies the plot of the people in the play, Yu Fang and Rui Zhen running to the light and defecting to Yan'an. This is the inevitable choice of the times, the spiritual height of the creation of "Beijinger", and also the original intention of the Beijing Opera Troupe to launch the Beijing opera "Beijinger" this year to pay tribute to the centenary of the founding of the party.
Tao Body Theater Digital Series "4/6"
May 4 - May 5
The digital series of works of the famous dance company Tao Body has always regarded the physical movement characteristics as an important channel for artistic exploration. Why move? The body generates speculation in the rhythm of movement. Through the study of the fully rational understanding and analysis of body movement, the body is released in the repetitive and restrictive movement process, and a unique aesthetic and training system is refined.
Ten of Tao's "digital series" dance works have been created so far, and this time the digital series "4" and "6" will be staged at the Tianqiao Art Center.
Shanghai Opera House Opera "Sister Jiang"
April 30 - May 1
As the most widely circulated and highest-performance opera in the history of Chinese national opera, the opera "Sister Jiang" immediately caused a sensation as soon as it was performed in 1964, and then won a warm response from all walks of life in the national tour. This year, the opera "Sister Jiang", which will be presented at the Shanghai Opera House at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, is run by the famous conductor Zhang Guoyong and the young conductor Zhang Chengjie in turn.
The two post-85s sixth-generation "Jiang Sisters" He Xiaonan and Zhou Chen have studied with Teacher Ren Guizhen for many years, and they have been taught by Teacher Ren orally. Among the leading actors of other important roles, whether it is a young but experienced "veteran" or a "recruit" who has few times on the big stage, he has also been taught by the previous starring teachers in the rehearsal of the past few years. Ma Da, a young director of shanghai opera house, Zhu Jiajun and Liu Shenhui, outstanding young designers, encouraged and cooperated by stage designers Han Sheng, Mo Xiaomin, Min Xiaomei and other predecessors, with the stage design of sketching strokes and printmaking styles, based on historical times and also integrated into the current aesthetic character modeling, closer to modern life, making this classic opera timeless and more youthful.
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