China News Service, Beijing, January 4 (Reporter Ying Ni) "The Cat God in the Forbidden City" at the Tianqiao Art Center New Space Theater will represent "Beijing Story" at the Huangpu Theater in Shanghai for its first 10 performances at the end of January. By then, Shanghai audiences will be able to enjoy the authentic Beijing cultural feast without leaving Shanghai.
New Space Theater "Cat God in the Forbidden City" stills. Photo courtesy of Beijing Tianqiao Art Center
New Space Theater's "The Cat God in the Forbidden City" tells the story of a cat's journey through time and space. The stage design of the play has distinctive features - the eaves of the Forbidden City, the huge cat hole installation and cute cat puppets, creating a fairy tale-like cat world. With its touching story and professional performances by its actors, "Cat God in the Forbidden City" not only won word of mouth, but also achieved good box office results. The play is highly interactive. Before each performance, the audience will receive cat ear headdresses and draw cat whiskers on their faces, as if they are part of the cat world. There are also frequent interactions during the performance, and the audience is filled with joyful laughter and laughter. Moved to tears.
New Space Theater "Cat God in the Forbidden City" stills. Photo courtesy of Beijing Tianqiao Art Center
Regarding the upcoming performance in Shanghai, Yang Shucong, Party branch secretary and deputy general manager of Tianqiao Art Center and one of the planners of "The Cat God in the Forbidden City" said that as an outstanding small theater play in the 2023 "Beijing Story", this The "Cat God in the Forbidden City" launches the Shanghai tour and the development of cultural and creative products of the show. It will link the two international metropolises of Beijing and Shanghai in the form of cultural performance exchanges, actively explore the strategy of integrated development of culture, tourism and culture, and use theater Taking the development of new spaces as the guide and using high-quality performance projects as the starting point, we will actively explore the source of the industrial chain of the performance industry, promote Beijing's excellent and high-quality plays nationwide, and help build Beijing as a national cultural center.
It is reported that in March 2023, Xicheng District of Beijing and Huangpu District of Shanghai established a sister city area. The two parties will continue the traditional friendship between the two districts and actively build a platform for communication and exchange. As a new space performing arts culture IP in Xicheng District, Beijing, "The Cat God in the Forbidden City" not only opens a new chapter for Xicheng District and Huangpu District to work together, but will also take this opportunity to continue to develop multi-level, multi-field, and multi-faceted projects. Cooperate in various forms and channels to jointly explore immersive, diverse and innovative cultural and performing arts content, and push the development of the national performing arts and cultural industry to a new peak.
New Space Theater "Cat God in the Forbidden City" stills. Photo courtesy of Beijing Tianqiao Art Center
As an important performance brand in Beijing, the "Beijing Story" Excellent Small Theater has been held for 9 times, with a total of 182 plays and nearly 400 performances. New Space Theater's "Cat God in the Forbidden City" will perform 103 times at Beijing Tianqiao Art Center in 2023, with more than 5,000 viewers. With the successful performance of "The Cat God in the Forbidden City", Beijing Tianqiao Art Center became one of the first eight distinctive "new performing arts spaces" in Xicheng District on December 29, 2023. (End)
[Editor: Qian Jiaojiao]
