Starring Wan Qian and Song Yang and directed by Ye Jintian, the stage play "Love in the City" will premiere at the Shanghai Grand Theatre from October 27 to 31 and will be officially opened today.
On the occasion of the release of the national tour on September 4, Wan Qian posted on Weibo, "Love is also a war. Temptation, fight, and then put an end to the flag. 2021.10-2022.1, the white tassel that is 'good at bowing your head' meets you. ”
Knowing that Wan Qian was going to wear a cheongsam to play a white tassel, netizens and fans were very excited, "it is the most beautiful look of oriental women in my mind", "looking forward to the cheongsam Akane, looking forward to meeting you"...
Interpreting Zhang Ailing's works is actually quite difficult, how to bring the vivid portrayal of the subtleties of human nature in the work to the stage to perform, it is a great test of the actor's understanding of the script, characters and stage performance skills.
A poor old daughter Who has experienced a failed marriage, Bai Liusu, a poor and old daughter, Fan Liuyuan, a well-versed and dashing disciple of the world; attracting and tempting, a true and false love attack and defense war; sincerity and falseness, a solemn and slight commotion... "Love in the Fallen City" is a beautiful and intimate story written by Zhang Ailing, the novel tells the story of the white tassel who experienced a failed marriage and met the golden and dashing disciple Fan Liuyuan, the two tried each other, ambiguous, until a sudden war created this paragraph." Fall in Love".
In recent years, she has given wonderful performances to the audience in the movie "Surging Crowds", "Rabbit Violence", "Hello, Madman", TV series "Get Out", "New World", "Three Kingdoms Secret Hidden Dragon in the Abyss", "Hunting Ground" and so on.
At the age of 18, Wan Qian was admitted to the undergraduate class of the Acting Department of the Shanghai Theater Academy. She is very hardworking and very down-to-earth. Before graduating, she starred in "Antigone" as the female number one. Two years later, her role in "Doubt" won four Tony Awards. In China, because the number of people who know is relatively small, it is silent. Wan Qian, as a representative of China's powerful actresses after the 80s, will once again appear on the stage of drama to interpret "a little sincerity" in the chaotic world.
This is also the first drama director's work of the Academy Award for Best Art Director Ye Jintian, who has been creating in a variety of fields such as contemporary art, costumes, stage, and film art for decades. This time, according to him, through the "image + drama" approach, a new theatrical aesthetic will be created to present cross-media film stage plays.
Stage design concept art
The film part highlights the delicate portrayal of the characters, and the montage creates the illusion of reality; while the scheduling of the theater space creates a spatial language that belongs to the director, forming a more abstract rhythm and rhythm, so that the whole stage play presents a high-level "film texture".
The two similarities and differences of artistic expression, in the form of "fugue" parallel interlacing, virtual reality, and participants together to explore an unforgettable multidimensional sensory experience. With the shape of god, not confused, the layered sense of rhythm creates a fantastic imaginary world, creates a variety of colorful and strange dramatic tensions, and constructs a legendary story about marriage, love and self.
The stage play "Love in the Fallen City" will be written by writer and literary critic Zhang Chang, and Du Yun will be the original composer. Peter Mumford Lighting Design.
Character makeup photos are provided by the producer
Author: Tong Weijing
Edit: Jiang Fang