looks like a mixed security team, but it has always had a heroic dream of helping justice, and planned to intercept the upcoming bank robbery. What they didn't expect was that this road to justice would be so dangerous... From February 2nd to 4th, "Happy New Year" produced by Shanghai Happy Twist and adapted from the work of the same name by writer Xu Yigua will be held in Shanghai. Theater premiere.
html On January 28, the play held its first trial performance at Shanghai Daning Theater.
The audition scene of "Happy New Year"
reproduces the idealism of little people in the 1990s
Xu Yigua, the original author of the play "Happy New Year", was the author of the original novel of the movie " The Burning Sun ". Her love for people There is an amazing sensitivity to values and the dilemmas of life. Whether it is film and television works such as " Charlotte's Trouble " or stage plays such as "The Count of Wulong Mountain", the urban life of little people has always been an important entry point for Happy Twist.
Stills of "Happy New Year"
This time, the Happy Twist team has adapted and polished the script exquisitely, and through stage design and actor interpretation, they have brought to life a story about young people in a small town punishing evil and promoting good and bank robberies and speeding crimes. Stage: In a handicraft factory in the 1990s, there is such a private security team - the lame young factory director Cheng Jihan, the driver Shanmao who is better than a policeman, the unidentified silent teenager Bian Buliang, and the foolhardy Twin brothers Zheng Fu and Zheng Gui, surging with their ideals of justice, plan to prevent a bank robbery. As the plot reaches its climax, the situation becomes increasingly dangerous, and they will also face challenges from ideals and reality...
"Happy New Year" stills
In order to fit the main line of the plot, the creative team adopted lo-fi (low fidelity) The aesthetic style and the actors' imaginative on-site choreography give this atypical heroic story a dreamy atmosphere. When the plot reaches the climax of the bus anti-pickpocket plot, as the stage lights change and the front of the car turns, more than a dozen actors recreate a thrilling bus incident using only their positions and body movements: braking, turning, body search, and counterattack ...The anxiety on the stage also touched the hearts of every audience.
Stills of "Happy New Year"
Ma Junfeng, the director of "Happy New Year", has directed the stage play "Happy New Year", the Kunqu opera "Six Chapters of a Floating Life" and other plays. "Although this is a story full of the sense of the times, it still has something in common with the present - an era full of upward possibilities and a youthful temperament dedicated to dreams." Ma Junfeng said, this work's depiction of idealism is the key to touching him, "I hope to resonate with contemporary young people through plot settings and emotional transmission, and to easily convey the uplifting power in a crazy and playful way. "Happy New Year" is about everyone who still loves life and still has dreams. People who work hard for it."
The main creator of "Happy New Year" was interviewed
Liu Lingfei returned to the drama stage, and Wu Tiaoren served as the soundtrack for the play
As Happy Twist's year-end New Year drama, "Happy New Year" assembled a stellar lineup. Not only is the producer Wang Haigang who has produced the Shanghai version of classic works such as "Charlotte Troubles", "The Count of Wulong Mountain" and "The Thief Wants You", but also the screenwriter Zhu Yi who has created excellent dramas such as "Eternal Life", the dance drama " Dream of Red Mansions" Tan Hua, the national stage and lighting designer of ""...
What is surprising is that this is also the first return performance of "musical leader" Liu Lingfei on the drama stage after many years. The role of "Factory Director" Genghis Khan is very different from Liu Lingfei's previous acting career. When asked how to understand and enter the young people of that era, Liu Lingfei said that although the age difference is more than 20 years, "Chengjihan's character is full of ideals and dreams." The state is very similar to myself."
Stills of "Happy New Year"
In addition, "Happy New Year" invited the well-known rock band "Wutiaoren" to serve as the soundtrack for the play. This is also the first time that Wutiaoren has scored a stage play. From the simple melody that starts and ends, to the soulful BGM that appears in the finale, they all have the dreamy retro style of Gojo Ren.According to the creative team of
, they invited Wu Tiaoren because their music style is highly consistent with the stage aesthetics of "Happy New Year". It has both retro and hallucinogenic magic and inspiring passion. In Wutiao Ren's interpretation, the unique human fireworks of the South and the delicate emotions of the young protagonists slowly unfolded. As the plot reaches its climax, the audience gradually falls into a comfortable visual relaxation and fast-paced sound carnival, which is truly integrated into the story.
