Beijing News (Reporter Liu Zhen) On the afternoon of September 1st, Lai Shengchuan’s ten-year life epic "It Was Once" held a press conference. The play's screenwriter and director Lai Shengchuan, Shanghai Theater CEO Ding Naizhu, and starring Hao Lei, Zhang Jie, Fan Ruijun attended together and unveiled the mystery of "It Was Once" for the first time.
Hao Lei at the press conference. Photo courtesy of the organizer
"It Was Once" is a great work that Lai Shengchuan has conceived in his heart for ten years. He started to create it many times and was postponed many times. Until the beginning of this year, Shengchuan Lai was invited by his alma mater, the University of California, Berkeley, to complete it in Berkeley Created. After performing in English in the form of a workshop with the students, I strengthened my confidence in arranging this "Epic of Life" into the Chinese version.
Lai Shengchuan, screenwriter/director of "It Was Once".
"It Was Like This" has 4 acts and 75 scenes, from the mountain villages in western China to the streets of New York, from the ordinary and humble characters who work hard for life to the magical animal characters, it consists of a total of more than 300 characters. The heroine "Snow Lotus" is played by the well-known actor Hao Lei, and the actor Huang Lei is an important person who contributed to her first collaboration with Lai Shengchuan. When she first read the script, she was immediately invited to challenge the role of "Snow Lotus".
Zhang Jie made a speech at the press conference. Photo courtesy of the organizer:
The actor of the play, Lai Shengchuan specially invited singer Zhang Jie to cross-border cooperation and star in the role of Dorje in the play. Zhang Jie played Dorje and his younger brother Tashi, like a foreign guest, wandering around with a special power, chanting stories about "life" and "pure land" for everyone.
"It used to be" actor Zhang Jie. Photo courtesy of the organizer:
"It used to be" is not only Zhang Jie's first cross-border performance in a drama, the theme song of the play will also be co-written by him and Lai Shengchuan.
A poster designed by Huang Hai.
In addition to the above actors, senior theater actors Fan Ruijun and Qu Zhongheng from Taiwan, China will also support "It Was Once", and young actors from Shanghai Theater such as Zong Juntao, Wang Meng, Jin Jing, Feng Li, Ding Hui, etc. will jointly complete 300 characters in the whole play.
It is worth mentioning that this stage design has a bold breakthrough. Previously, Lai Shengchuan's "It Was Once" presented at the University of Berkeley had no set, no lights, no costumes, and it was in a simple dance classroom. , Perform the purest performance. For the Chinese version performed at the Shanghai Theater this time, Lai Shengchuan will once again join hands with the stage and costume designer Sandra Woodall, who has worked with him on "Winter Journey" and other works, to create "It Was Once "The Double Lotus Pond" stage. At the same time, there will be a Huasta stage performance area in the central area. This form of viewing brings the theater back to ritual feelings and functions. For the audience, it is a special experience in life.
B poster designed by Huang Hai.
In addition, the well-known poster designer Huang Hai worked on the poster design of "It used to be". This is also the first time he designed a poster for a dramatic work. It is reported that "It Was Once" will be fully ticketed on the Shanghai Theater's official website at 12 noon on September 4, and its world premiere in Chinese will be held at the Shanghai Theater on December 9. Group photo at the press conference of
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The poster of "It Was Once" stated that
is not the future, not this time, it is all the past; all the present and future of
will also be the past; all appearances and falsehoods of
are clouds;
is inevitable cause and effect, no The law of movement, Fang Wei is like this;
this end and that end of the ocean, we are each other; the high speed of
through the cloud building and the stillness and mutual restraint of the secret snow-capped mountains;
struggling to enter the world and avoiding the world quietly, each needs each other;
...
A cloud is separated, and the two worlds are mirror images of each other and both are causal.
People and people, past and present are no exceptions. They used to be.
-Poster Design for "It Was Once" Huang Hai
Beijing News reporter Liu Zhen
editor Wu Longzhen proofread Wei Zhuo
