Cover News Reporter Wang Renhong
html On April 24, 15:30-17:00, at the Citizen Square Grand Theater in Guang'an City, Sichuan, the audience clapped their hands 23 times in 90 minutes - the drama "Spring Warms the World" eulogizing reform and opening up, Guang'an native The premiere was a blast. The drama "Spring Warms the World" that day was performed by Guang'an Spring Art Theater, and all 24 actors were localized in Guang'an.90 minutes received 23 applause
"In 1979, it was a spring, and there was an old man who drew a circle on the South China Sea..." At 3:30 pm on April 24, with the music "The Story of Spring" Sounded, and the drama "Spring Warms the World" kicked off.
At the beginning of the play, a group of young people, led by a commentator, walked into the former residence of Comrade Deng Xiaoping to learn about Comrade Deng Xiaoping's life and deeds and the profound changes brought about by reform and opening up. An Ran, who had been an educated youth here, revisited Xiaoping's former residence and met these young people unexpectedly... So, in the alternation of time and space and dialogue, An Ran "returned" to the memories of the past, and at the same time brought these young people and the whole audience together. The audience's thoughts are brought to the old courtyard of the Deng family in the late 1970s.
Stills from the drama "Spring Warms the World". Photography by Kang Jianlin
An Ran, a city girl, went to work as an educated youth in the brigade where the Deng family’s old yard was located, feeding cattle for the production team. After the reinstatement of the college entrance examination, she was admitted to university, and later became a people's teacher as a "cow-feeding girl"; Zheng Guangming, who lost his parents since childhood, could not eat enough and ate cattle feed, and later became the chairman of an agricultural and animal husbandry group with the help of reform and opening up; Shanliwa Du Dongsheng went to work in Shenzhen, worked hard on the factory assembly line, started a family, bought a house and settled in Shenzhen, lifted poverty out of his hometown and then returned to his hometown to found a cooperative... In the context of the era of reform and opening up, the little man's fate is ups and downs, emotions are ups and downs, joys and sorrows, and he is... The actors "copy" on stage.
Perhaps the performance was too lifelike, or perhaps the story was too ups and downs. During the 90-minute performance of "Spring Warms the World", it won a total of 23 applauses from the audience.
html All 324 actors are localized in Guang'an
"What else do you want to do? Don't stand up here." "How can you eat it?" "You can make a fool of yourself by squeezing (these) dolls"... In the play, Guang'an's local accent makes the audience feel more friendly, and the actors say that these local accents can be heard with open mouths. Because all the 24 actors in "Spring Warms the World" are from Guang'an.
"Spring Warms the World" is a large-scale original drama created by the Propaganda Department of Guang'an Municipal Party Committee and Chengdu Art Theater. The play is based on the changes in fate of several ordinary families and typical characters living in the old courtyard of Deng's family in Guang'an in the late 1970s. It vividly reproduces major policies such as the resumption of college entrance examinations, household quotas, the establishment of special economic zones, the development of market economy, and the prosperity of literary and artistic undertakings. It brings great changes to ordinary people and eulogizes the great achievements of reform and opening up.
stills from the drama "Spring Warms the World". Photography Kang Jianlin
In August 2023, "Spring Warms the World" was auditioned in Chengdu. The premiere will be in Shenzhen in December 2023, and the first tour will be in Guang'an in February 2024... These performances will be performed by actors from the Chengdu Art Theater.
In January this year, Guang'an Spring Art Theater, the only municipal-level state-owned art troupe in Guang'an City, was unveiled. A large number of experienced and solid cast and crew members have joined, including 5 national-level actors. "As an art theater in Xiaoping's hometown, it has the responsibility to present this play to the people in Xiaoping's hometown in a more localized form." said Jiang Xiaoming, artistic director of Guang'an Spring Art Theater and a national first-class actor.
After the Guang'an Spring Art Theater was established, the first thing it did was to organize actors to rehearse "Spring Warms the World". During the rehearsal, the Chengdu Art Theater provided great assistance, and the executive director of "Spring Warms the World" also provided careful guidance.
How can we get applause without going through hardships? In order to perform the play well, when the Chengdu Art Theater went to Shenzhen, Chengdu and other places to perform "Spring Warmth the World", Guang'an Spring Art Theater actors studied with the class and carefully polished every expression, every line, every action, and every setting.
In order to make "Spring Warm the World" better reflect Guang'an characteristics, Guang'an Spring Art Theater slightly adjusted the script and added a lot of Guang'an dialect according to local characteristics to make "Spring Warm the World" more down-to-earth.
html On April 24, "Spring Warmth the World" performed by Guang'an Spring Art Theater was unveiled, and all 24 actors were localized in Guang'an. This is the localized premiere of "Spring Warmth the World" in Guang'an and the first performance of Guang'an Spring Art Theatre. Both the premiere and the first show were a huge success.The first round of localized performances is in progress.
Fan Yajun, who plays Du Dongsheng, told reporters a detail: when all the actors took their curtain call, the theater applauded and cheered for a long time. After the performance, the audience was about to leave in the car. When they saw the actors who had just walked out of the theater, everyone immediately cheered, stretched out their thumbs from the car window, and shouted the names of the characters in the play.
"This scene makes us very touched and unforgettable. It is a kind of recognition and an encouragement." Fan Yajun said that in the future, he will work with the team members to play every role with heart and soul and work together to create more A better masterpiece.
stills from the drama "Spring Warms the World". Photography by Kang Jianlin
"The actors performed well and moved people. Watching "Spring Warms the World" further deepened the understanding and understanding of reform and opening up, which is very meaningful." Li Guanjun, a teacher at Guansheng Campus of Guang'an Friendship Middle School, said that in this film In the play, we can see the combination of big history and small characters, and we can also see the magnificent changes of the times, and we can deeply feel that today's happy life is hard-won.
"This is the second time I have watched "Spring Warmth the World". Compared with the previous performances, this time there are many Guang'an elements added, especially some Guang'an dialects, which make people sound more friendly." Liu Yang, a citizen of Guang'an, is a "drama fan" After learning that this performance would be performed by local actors from Guang'an, they immediately came to the scene to "try it out". "I hope that the local theater in Guang'an will develop better and better, and often carry out such performances to benefit the people, so that the people of Guang'an can feel the artistic charm of drama at their doorstep."
reported. From April 24th to May 1st, "Spring Warms the World" launched its first round of localized performances, with two performances every day from 15:30 to 17:00 and 19:30 to 21:00.
