The Paper's reporter Liao Yang
"Two years ago in Xi'an, I saw some parents sending their children to the door of the theater and waiting outside. I asked a dad why he didn't go in? He said, this is for the baby to see, I look at it is not interesting. This incident inspired me and the team how to let parents and children watch parent-child dramas together and do things together as family members. That's why There's Paddington Bear Cubs. Cao Yebo, general manager of Hongyang International and general representative of Broadway on-demand network in Greater China, said.
On May 7, the parent-child drama "Paddington Bear's Bear Home" was released in Shanghai. The national treasure bear is a household name in the UK, and after conquering New York audiences, it flew from Off Broadway to Shanghai, where it will perform at the Shanghai Hongqiao Arts Center from June 3 to 6.
Paddington Bear Cubs Homeside poster
It's a newly created comedy story, a big domestic adventure triggered by sugar borrowing: Paddington goes to neighbor Mr. Curry's family borrows granulated sugar, the neighbors are preparing for his aunt's arrival, Paddington decides to help him tidy up the house together, but the kind help causes a series of accidents: the cake is overturned, the water pipe is burst, the vacuum cleaner is broken, the wallpaper is pasted...
The Chinese production version is co-directed by Jonathan Rockefeller, the original director of Outer Broadway, and Gao Shengyun, the Chinese director, and is newly presented by Chinese and foreign actors, aiming to restore the original production of Off-Broadway.
Stills from the Off-Broadway version of Paddington Bears
"The bear will have six shapes on the stage, the bear looks like it is very small, in fact, it needs two people to operate, and the tacit understanding between the two actors is very important." Gao Shengyun revealed that they spent a long time wondering how to make this bear come alive, so they customized a seat with pulleys for the actor (puppeteer), and the actor needed to spend a lot of arm strength and endurance to focus on the performance of the bear.
"Bears Are Home" tries to share a cute and kind story, "Paddington is a little bear who is brave enough to make mistakes, and although he loves to help others, he is always messing things up." In our play, you will see that he has the courage to make mistakes, and at the same time, he also has the spirit of becoming more and more courageous, which is an attitude of life that is worth learning from big friends and children. Gao Shengyun said.
The most curious thing on the stage is the props, the director revealed the secret on the spot, most of the props are made by the original company, across the ocean to China, completely according to the size of the entire stage and the plot of the elaborate design, "There are many organs on the stage, looking forward to the audience to the scene treasure hunting." ”
After the Shanghai station, "Little Bear Is Home" will blossom in China, with the first round of touring to ten cities such as Chengdu, Beijing, Suzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Xi'an, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Xiamen.
It is worth mentioning that the organizers will launch a "relaxed and comfortable field". During the tour, some performances will arrange sign language openings, Chinese subtitles throughout the whole process, use a wheelchair audience area, fine-tune the stage sound and light effects that may stimulate some audiences, allowing the audience to make sounds due to the sense of the plot or due to their own needs during the performance, and do not mind that the audience needs to leave the stage for a break and repeat admission.
The organizer will make a barrier-free step on the "relaxed and comfortable field" in advance and seek professional advice to ensure that the performance meets the accessibility needs of different types of audiences.
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