A father and daughter who have severed their relationship, a choice between love and family. From January 12th to 14th, Yanghua's annual drama "How Are You" will be unveiled. The play is written by the famous writer Wan Fang, the daughter of Cao Yu, and directed by Wang Keran, founder and artistic director of Yanghua Drama, and young director Zhang Rui. It is performed by actors Tao Hui, Li Zonglei, Fan Yinshan, Wang Ziwei, Xue Rong and others. The meaningful stage space and meticulous emotional observation make the whole play directly address the pain points of life while having a long lasting and lasting aftertaste.
Under Still Water
The drama "How Are You" focuses on three groups of daily relationships: father and daughter, husband and wife and son-in-law. Through the simple questioning of "How are you?", the surface of tender life is revealed. Under the calm water, a series of suspended but sharp contradictions emerge, control and resistance, strength and vulnerability, growth and dependence... …Is it necessarily right to use love in the name of love? How to deal with self-depletion in intimate relationships?
Do people live for meaning or do they live for fun? "
He Zhuo, who is both good in character and academics, was raised by her father alone and had high hopes for her. Her father was her guiding light, and she never failed to live up to his expectations. She lived like this for many years until she "lived for fun" " Yu Longqi appeared. The young He Zhuo chose love between family and love. His father, who "lives for meaning", was extremely disappointed. In the next 18 years, the two severed their relationship.
"The value of things is not based on it. It is measured by what you get,
but by what you pay for it. "
During the long period of transition from daughter to wife, He Zhuo wanted to find opportunities to repair the relationship between father and daughter more than once. After learning that her father was seriously ill, she decided to face the problem 18 years ago and put herself between her father and her husband. During this period, we strive to reconcile and maintain family relationships, and go on with tenacity and strength amidst the twists and turns of life.
As a drama screenwriter, what he writes about is people, the relationship between people, and at the same time there is a more important thing Relationship is the relationship between the characters in the play and the audience. All the screenwriters have to do is to make the relationship between the characters in the play real, vivid, profound and emotional, and at the same time have a close connection with the audience. I hope that "How Are You" will be in this It has its unique charm in the relationship between father and daughter, husband and wife, the relationship between man and woman... In all these relationships, the audience can have their own empathy and associations.
- screenwriter Wanfang
"Dear Captain" The port is just ahead." On the stage of the drama "How Are You", the combination of three triangular structures changes, forming new spaces from time to time, just like the relationships in the play, entwined with intimacy and sometimes alienation. The play also features the American poet Walter The theme song was composed with lyrics from Whitman's masterpiece "O Captain! My Captain!". In addition to hearing, the image of the captain also appeared in the visual form in the stage vocabulary. "The voyage is over, our ship Overcame every difficulty." Whether on the stage or in life, the "captains" all faced the truth of life and still held their heads high and overcame the difficulties in life.
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Through "How Are You" In this work, I am exploring and practicing the infinite boundaries of theater in drama, practicing the skills of dramatists and dramatists on drama audiences, and the direction of my efforts. Make something that the audience will love, something that can be tested by time, and something that art can Smiling drama.
- Director Wang Keran
Drama is the laboratory of life. This sentence is deeply confirmed in "How Are You". Today, the values ​​​​of the three living individuals around us can "sparks hit the earth" at any time. , and can the pursuit of life get rid of the imprint of fate? In 140 minutes of dreaming time, all elements on the stage are guided by action, and what will be presented to the audience is a fashionable, artistic, melodious, and profound song of life. .
——Director Zhang Rui
2023Yanghua annual drama production "How Are You"
2024.01.12 - 01.14
National Center for the Performing Arts·Drama Theatre
Screenwriter: Wan Fang
Director: Wang Keran, Zhang Rui
Cast
Tao Hui as He Zhuo
Li Zonglei as Da Yu (Yu Longqi)
Fan Yinshan as He Weiping
Wang Ziwei as the little nanny
Xue Rong as the little nanny
Yin Zhihao as the singer
Wang Zixin as the singer
Yin Xiang as the singer
Zhang Zhaoqian as the singer
Liu Haoyi as the singer
Wei Ximin as the singer
(Source: National Center for the Performing Arts WeChat official account)
