The 9th Beijing Huimin Cultural Consumption Season "Performing Arts Banquet" section organized theater theaters, cultural exhibition halls, and characteristic performance institutions, and launched themed performances for the benefit of the people, theater linkage and other activities. Joint auction institutions, exhibition and sales agencies, carry out cultural relics and artwork auctions, art markets, public lectures, skill experience and other activities. The key event of the "Performing Arts Feast" section 2021 Beijing International Youth Theater Festival "Twins" will be staged on November 2-3 at the Small Theater of the National Theatre of Beijing, don't miss it
【Show Time】
November 2-3, 7:30 PM
【Performance Location】
Beijing National Drama Theatre Small Theater
【Duration】
120 minutes
【Fare】
100-280
Synopsis of the "Twins" repertoire
The story begins with a casual viewing of the film, and the fate of Fang Suo, a middle school history teacher, changes - the supporting actor named Anton who appears in the film is exactly the same as his own facsimile, from his appearance and voice to the mole on his arm and the scar on his knee. Who is he? Lost twins? Purely biological wonder? Or a devious replica of the assembly line of creation? The presence of this Cool Shaw easily disrupts the order that Fang Soo is trying to maintain, and morality and sanity are swept into a vortex of chaos. In the midst of fear, curiosity and paranoia, he begins a frenzied investigation into this strange "twin"...
About Twins
The drama "Twins" makes extensive use of multimedia technology, striving to condense the emotions in the original text and extend the inner world of the characters. Using poetic stage vocabulary to present a variety of narrative forms, reconstructing the "magical reality" with a very Saramago temperament. The recapital version of the exploration of video and performance will be more mature, with both the fun of experimental drama and the tension of realism. The two characters are completely integrated into one, presenting the audience with a "performance marathon" in which one person plays the triangle.
Original: José Zaramago
Twins is based on the novel of the same name by The Portuguese national treasure writer and Nobel Laureate in Literature, José Zaramargo, and is genuinely licensed by the Salamago Foundation.
José Zaramago, representative works such as Chronicles of the Monastery, The Tale of Blindness, Twins, Elephant Travels, etc. In 1995, he was awarded the Cammons Prize for Literature, the highest award in Portuguese literature. In 1998, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and the first Portuguese-speaking writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for his "allegorical stories full of imagination, sympathy and satire that constantly deepen our understanding of illusory reality".
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The only Nobel laureate in literature in the Portuguese-speaking world
Adaptation of the works of the literary giant Salamago
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The professional technical team challenges the literary classics
The perfect blend of literary and avant-garde
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The first work of the Great Bobcat Troupe
Showcasing the vibrancy of a new generation of theatre companies
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One-man performance "Marathon" in a triangle
Challenge actors to explore the limits of acting
Creative team
The Bobcat Theater Troupe is a new generation troupe founded by a group of post-90s dramatists, composed of young dramatists from first-class professional acting schools in China such as Chinese opera and North Dance. The team is committed to creating a variety of contemporary performances, based on literature, integrating experimental elements such as images, limbs, paintings, and installations, and exploring the infinite possibilities of theatrical art in a limited theater space.
Director Profile
Young director Screenwriter Designer
He is the director of the Big Bobcat Theater Troupe, the Master of Directing Department of the Central Academy of Drama, and the Bachelor of Stage Art Design of the Beijing Dance Academy. He has directed "Twins" and "It Takes a Few Steps to Put the Moose in the Trash". Most of his works focus on the spiritual dilemmas of contemporary life, and are committed to exploring the boundaries of textual expression in visual language. He has devoted himself to the practice of drama creation for many years, and has explored the art of multiple fields such as screenwriting, directing and stage technology. He has worked in the Lin Zhaohua Drama Invitational Exhibition, the Beijing New Dance International Art Festival, the technical director of the tour of "Spirit desire on the Strings"; and the prop design of Christian Lupa's work "Alcoholics Can Not Be".
Director elaborated
It is a play adapted from Saramago's novel Twins. At first, it seems to be misconstrued as a suspenseful work with sci-fi overtones. However, as the plot progresses, the audience will gradually join Fang Suo in opening the "Pandora's Box" containing human nature and self-will.
In the deconstruction of novels to dramatic texts, I have adapted the original to a certain extent, and tried to extend the stage time and space through multimedia technology, presenting a variety of narrative forms with poetic stage vocabulary, to reconstruct the "magical reality" that conforms to Theramago temperament. The truth of everything is hidden behind the seemingly absurd logic.
Rather than condemning the choice of roles, I hope someone can see their plight. Just like in creation, we ask each other countless times, if you encounter the same situation, what would you do?
When you look at the stage, you may see yourself.
Cast Profile
Yang Yuxiao as Fang Suo/Anton/Common Sense
Department of Theatre Directing, Central Academy of Drama
Young director and actor. Representative works of drama performance: the 1st Shenzhen Vientiane Drama Festival "Seagull"; the 13th Art Academy Stage Art Exhibition Zhou Chunhua Qiushi's "Ophelia's Shadow Theater"; the Central Academy of Drama Directing's Work "Three Sisters"; The Chengdu Eastern Suburbs Drama Exhibition Season Invitational Work "The Nest of winter swamps", etc.
Representative works of film and television performances: short films "Out of Thin Air", "Getaway", "Waiting for Words", "Red-headed Flies", "In Time", etc.
Li Jingjing as Zhang Shu
Department of Drama Education, Central Academy of Drama
Young actor and acting teacher. He used to be a drama performance teacher at Beijing Normal University Affiliated Middle School, Beijing Yerba Buena International School, and Beijing Chengguan Primary School; and the assistant director of the song and dance drama "Ye Hesong".
Representative works of performance: drama "Dark Night Chasing Light" Geese and Geese; drama "Mr. Lao Wang Decided to Go Far" Xiaoxia; fairy tale drama "The Emperor's New Clothes" Piglet; fairy tale puppet drama "Tongshu Puppet Drama" Selling matches Little Girl Grandma, etc.
Wu Chuyue as Charlene
Voice degree culture dubbing director Voice actor
Cross-border performers, performance representative works: experimental art film short film "Fish Tank"; women's theme drama "Cleaning"; the 10th Nanluoguxiang Drama Festival "Beethoven in China"; the 2nd Longfu Drama Month Voice Actor Drama "Long Live the Girl"; the 2nd BOND Wei · International virtual performance exhibition and monologue drama "Watching".
Film and television dubbing representative works: the movie "Peerless", "Xue Xian", "The Wandering Earth", "Journey", "Hypnotic Ruling", TV series "Mountains and Seas".
Director/Song Bai
Original/[Portuguese] José Zaramago
Screenplay adaptation/Song Bai
Drama Composition / Li Jingjing
Actor/Yang Yuxiao Li Jingjing Wu Chuyue
Video Director/Ma Xiaoyuan Zhang Yanqiao
Composer/Dayao
Dance Design / Tang Yupei
Performance Director / Li Ziyu
Technical Director /Cao Still
Stage Design / Xu Yiming
Prop Design / Xu Yiming Yu Siyang
Lighting Design / Wang Huaixuan
Styling design / Xia Xueqing
Sound design /Da Yao
Sound Executive/Tian Yulin
Assistant Stage Supervisor / Han Yunfei Lin Kexin Yuan Yu
Producer/Li Mohan
Production Assistant/Zhao Yiming
Publicity Execution/Zhao Tianyang
New Media Operations/Zhang Yuanziyi
Graphic Design/Song Bai Xu Yiming Cheng Xu
(Source: Beijing Youth Theatre Festival)