Beijing News (Reporter Chen Lin) From May 3rd to 5th, the original drama "Guijie" began its first round of performances at Nanluo Theater. Through a cross-narrative technique that spans 18 years, the play presents to the audience the lives of ordinary people in the famous gourmet spot "Guijie" in Dongcheng, Beijing. These four ordinary and touching stories, "Aboriginals and Northern Drifters", "Marriage and Love", "Lovers and Brothers" and "Dreams and Reality", show the city of Beijing and the various aspects of life of its people.
Stills from the original drama "Guijie". Photo courtesy of Dongcheng District
The drama "Guijie" is produced by Beijing Performing Arts Group and jointly planned and launched by the Propaganda Department of Dongcheng District Party Committee, Dongcheng District Culture and Tourism Bureau, and Beijing Children's Art Theater. It is collectively created under the leadership of Wang Ze, a young director of Beijing Children's Art. Cheng, in the form of group portraits, displays real life on the stage. The plot of
is composed of several independent but interrelated short stories. The characters are distinctive and cover a variety of identities and age groups, allowing the audience to see themselves or the people around them in the play. The stage uses neon to distinguish the story, which highly summarizes and perfectly reproduces the bright lights of Guijie Street at night. The costumes of the characters in the play are exquisite and fashionable. A folk-style theme song "Meet and Eat" laid a warm foundation for the play. And a hopeful tone.
Talking about the original intention of the creation, Wang Ze, the director and screenwriter of the play, said: "As a very representative food landmark in Beijing, Guijie Street is a 'platform' where people get on and others leave; it is also a 'stage' when night falls." The curtain opens; it is still a 'mirror', waiting silently. Guijie is a place to eat. There are always people where there are people, and there are always stories happening where there are people. We will do it in the most peaceful and simple way. , telling stories that happened or may happen on Guijie Street, in order to pay tribute to the ordinary and hard-working people - Beijing City lives up to the dream chasers, and Guijie Street Night is the most heart-warming."
Deputy General Manager of Beijing Performing Arts Group, Beijing Children's Art. Dong Ning, chairman of the theater, said that the Nanluo version of the play "Guijie" is newly released, using the perspective of contemporary people to depict the current picture of Beijing. He hopes that by presenting the ongoing story of Beijing, the play will mark the times. with traces of the city.
Stills from the original drama "Guijie". Photo courtesy of Dongcheng District
The crew also put in a lot of effort outside of the play, customizing cultural and creative gifts with plot and character settings—blind seasoning boxes and creative chopsticks. Each story in the play will be transformed into an unexpected and interesting exclusive seasoning package, allowing the audience to not only reap the surprise of opening a blind box on the spot, but also bring the beauty contained in food into daily life; and chopsticks are the most Chinese With unique tableware, the audience can also reminisce about the love and touch in the drama "Guijie" while using their own chopsticks.
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