As the 2023 Beijing Cultural Forum approaches, as one of its important supporting activities, the 2023 performance season of "Beijing in a Big Show" has arrived as scheduled. On the evening of September 9, the 2023 performance season of "Beijing in Beijing" was officially launched at Tianqiao Art Center, with the musical "The Count of Monte Cristo" (Chinese version) produced by Beijing Performing Arts Group and starring Ayunga. In the next two months, six major units and more than a hundred plays will meet the audience offline and online, providing a wonderful cultural feast to the citizens of the capital.
This year's performance season has the theme of "New Literary and Art Exhibitions to Present High-Quality Products to the People" and has six major units: large theater performances, small theater performances, high-quality performances in colleges and universities, "Beijing International Film Festival" autumn screening, drama salon, and cloud theater. . The Grand Theater performance is the main unit of the performance season, and 30 high-quality plays will be performed in Beijing. The performing units come from art troupes from the central government, Beijing and many provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, as well as private performance organizations and foreign performance groups. The repertoire covers dramas, dance dramas, operas, musicals, operas, concerts and other art categories.
The performance in the Grand Theater is rich in types, styles and each has its own highlights. The original drama "West to East" will premiere on September 15, telling the cultural history of Donglaishun's 120-year inheritance and development; the dance drama "Five Stars Out of the East", which integrates the "Five One Project" and the "Wenhua Award", Will once again visit the Tianqiao Art Center; the original musical "Age of Awakening" will be performed at Century Theater for 8 consecutive performances; Peking Opera "Suolin Bag", Kun Opera "Guo Feng", Ping Opera "Puliu Family", Beijing Opera "Under the Red Flag", Hebei Opera Excellent operas starring famous actors such as Bangzi's "Monument to the People's Heroes" will also appear on the stage; works for children's audiences include the large-scale fantasy stage play "The Monkey King: Flower and Fruit Mountain" and the original London West End parent-child drama "Dinosaur World LIVE", etc. .
The small theater performance unit will focus on displaying Beijing's rich performance formats. Various new spaces and new theaters present "new ways of playing" drama. 14 urban small theaters and new theaters including Fanxing Theater Village, Xiaoke Theater, Gulou West Theater, Nanluo Theater, Hive Theater, Happy Twist A66 Theater, 77 Theater, Pigment Hall, Sanlitun Philharmonic Hall, Langyuan Vintage Yushe Performing Arts Space In performing arts venues, various performances such as musicals, dramas, operas, and concerts will be staged in turn in younger styles and innovative ways of expression. There will be an overwhelming number of immersive and experiential repertoires. Performing arts and technology will be organically blended, and culture and The deep integration of tourism fully reflects the innovative and creative vitality of Beijing as a national cultural center in the performing arts market.
During the performance season, 10 exciting plays are also selected to enter universities such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, Renmin University, and Beijing Dance University, allowing young students to have close contact with high-quality plays. The Beijing opera "Teahouse" has entered the Centenary Lecture Hall of Peking University; the drama "Northern Shaanxi Public School" created and rehearsed by Renmin University teachers and students has been staged in the Rulun Lecture Hall of Renmin University; the dance drama "Spring in Yangjialing" originally created by teachers and students of Beijing Dance University will once again lead students to revisit Returning to Yan'an, I encouraged everyone to stick to their original aspirations of literature and art and write about the spring of the times for the people. At the same time, post-performance talks, meeting with main creators, art tours and other activities will also be held.
The autumn screening section of the "Beijing International Film Festival" selected a number of outstanding Chinese and foreign films, which were screened for hundreds of times in six theaters including Poly International Cinema and Capital Cinema. Special sections such as Greek Film Week, Global Essence, Herald of the Times, Stage Imagery, and Drama Imagery allow screen dramas and stage performances to complement each other.
This performance season also recruited a "Drama Observation Group" of more than 50 people, specially inviting cultural celebrities such as Wang Xiaoying, Cui Wei, Song Baozhen, Liu Tong, Yang Qianwu, Chun Ni, Xu Jian, etc. as leading experts to meet with senior theater fans and theater celebrities. , media reporters, and young students jointly visited and observed the theater, and commented, interpreted, and exchanged feelings and experiences with the audience. During the performance season, salon events will be held every week.
While performing offline, Beijing Time, Douyin and other Internet platforms simultaneously launched the "Cloud Theater" special area for the performance season, and 50 classic plays were screened online, allowing more friends who love drama to watch and appreciate the drama together, creating drama festival.
It is reported that the "Performing Capital" section of the Huimin Cultural Consumption Season has been specially set up, and 14 million yuan of Huimin funds have been invested. Through discount activities such as full discounts, free purchases, and free viewing of performances, it is expected to benefit 600,000 citizens. During the performance season, relying on the Damai.com ticketing platform, special promotions for viewing performances were launched, and more than 10,000 performance coupons with a face value of 100 yuan were issued.
