Cover news reporter Xun Chao
On the evening of May 21, "Pillow Man", known as a genius in the history of modern theater, premiered at the Sichuan Grand Theatre. On the stage, the powerful actor Monday Wei led the starring role, incarnated as the "black fairy tale" writer Catullan, bringing a wonderful and psychedelic healing dark story to the Audience in Chengdu. After the performance, he was interviewed by a cover news reporter backstage on Monday to share his love for "Pillow Man".
Some people say that "Pillow Man" is a genius good story. This stage play, written by Martin McDor, won the 2004 Olivier Award for Best Play, the 2005 Tony Awards in the United States, and the New York Theater Critics Circle Best Drama Award. The play tells the story of a small town where three children are missing one after another. Two of them have been confirmed to have been brutally killed, while the whereabouts of the third child remain unknown. A barrage of evidence points the suspicion to Katullan, an amateur writer who works in a small-town slaughterhouse.
In the interrogation room, with the in-depth investigation of detectives Tuposki and Eril, the works of black fairy tales written by Catullan are also presented to the audience. Writer and the mentally handicapped brother of the writer, who is the real murderer? Are Catullan's novels merely "black fairy tales" or are they a true record of the "spiritual essence" of the real world? The fear, death, and childhood shadows presented in the play have aroused many thoughts.
In Monday's view, the male protagonist Catullan "is an unlucky child, with such a childhood, and then trying to live." But what he left behind, presumably that's what this character made me see. As for what is hidden behind this story, it is really too difficult to explain, what the audience sees is what it is, and I believe that everyone has their own understanding and interpretation. ”
Many years ago, when Zhou Wei was still an audience, he was deeply attracted to "Pillow Man". From the audience to the lead actor Monday Wai bluntly said that he liked the script very much. "I love the spiritual nature of this script. How they look at life, how they look at each individual, their compassion, their sympathy, and what they recognize as the real reality of society, let them write such a tragic story, and finally they want the audience to re-examine themselves. Although it is a tragedy, what is hidden behind the tragedy is how will we live our lives? This question has something in common with some of the themes I've been thinking about, which is how we're going to get through our lives, and that's interesting. ”
In the nearly 3-hour performance, Monday Wei was fully engaged, and his acting skills broke out, winning the recognition of the Chengdu audience and continuous applause. On the other hand, the audience also saw the hard work of Monday Wei, such as the pull-over, neck tightening, and head being pressed into a bucket during the trial. The soaring of large paragraphs of lines and the release of emotions also make people feel his dedication and strength. "This drama is too tiring, on the one hand, he really consumes physical strength, on the other hand, this story, such a person, he is also very laborious, and it is indeed more challenging for the performers." I also told them that I would perform this play for another 5 years at most, and I really said that it was impossible to keep acting non-stop, and I couldn't move it later. ”
It is understood that on the evening of May 22, the drama "Pillow Man" will be performed again at the Sichuan Grand Theater.
【Dialogue】
Cover News: How is film and television drama performance different from drama performance?
Zhou Wei: Although both are performances, the form of performances is actually very different. The respective forms look the same, but in fact they are completely different, they are not easy, and each has its own difficulties. So no matter what form can be done well, it is very worth talking about.
Cover News: For you, which is more challenging than film and television or drama?
Monday: For example, a drama, the duration of three hours is longer, its advantage is coherence, the disadvantage is that the time lasts too long, as we said, this is a marathon-length event, but also have to sprint non-stop. Unlike film and television drama shooting, the middle can be stopped, when there is a feeling and when to start again, this is the difference between film and television and drama performance. But coherence has the benefit of coherence, and coherence has the benefit of incoherence. So, in fact, we will be better from the consequential theory, if the result is more pleasant to see this, that is this good, if the result to see that more pleasant, that is that good.
Cover News: "Pillow Man" was staged for the first time in Chengdu, what do you hope to bring to the audience?
Monday: It's hard to say exactly what it's conveying in this play, and it's hard to say whether every aspect of his story is real. Then let the audience come to their own conclusions after watching it, who sees what, where it stops, and what it gets is what it is.
Cover News: For Pillow Man, you went through a shift from audience to lead actor, and did this shift change your understanding of the show?
Zhou Wei: I used to like this play very much, I think its impact energy is very large, but it is very painful when acting, which is indeed a very obvious difference.
Cover News: During the performance, will it be impossible to get out of the emotions of the characters in a certain moment?
Zhou Wei: In fact, in terms of performance, everything is sober and rational, only a few clips, and it may be enjoyed in the moment, such as those fragmentary movie performances, which are likely to make the actors more into a certain state and a certain emotion. The stage is full of technology, and the 21 days we rehearsed is a process of completely letting go of the senses, such a process is to make people feel extremely sensitive, during this time my sleep will have a big problem. In the process of this, I got a lot of things, and some things really lived in my heart for a long time.
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