China News Service, Beijing, June 13 (Reporter Ying Ni) Xiamen’s original stage play "The Lost 24th White Key" will be performed at the Beijing Tianqiao Art Center from June 15 to 16 to be tested by the Beijing audience. Will tour in Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Taiwan and other places.
Stills from Xiamen's original stage play "The Lost 24th White Key". Photographed by Zhang Jipeng
"The Lost 24th White Key" is a stage play specially commissioned by Taiwan's Guo Tuo Theater on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Southern Fujian Theater in 2022. The play adopts the form of "three-line narrative" and uses Qindao piano. A clavichord in the museum, missing the central C key, serves as a clue to connect three romances spanning three generations. The three emotional lines overlap and flow like polyphony in the melody, and together they paint a picture of love, music, and Xiamen. A heart-warming picture of intertwined emotions.
The creative team of the play has brought together outstanding lineups from mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, including Liang Zhimin, artistic director of Taiwan's Goto Theater, "Hong Kong pop music godfather" Bobida, Taiwanese writer Xu Hongwei, gold medal costume designer Lin Hengzheng, etc.; the lead actor Jia Fan and Mi Chenchen are both popular actors in mainland China. The creative team fully absorbed the essence of local culture and created this stage play with a distinctive Xiamen imprint and Xiamen logo, reflecting strong southern Fujian characteristics, focusing on innovation and down-to-earthness, and showing that Xiamen and Taiwan have the same roots, close ties, and similar cultures. historical and cultural features.
Liang Zhimin, chief editor and director of the play, said: "Mainland and Taiwanese stage plays each have their own strengths. Taiwan's performance system is diverse and flexible, and mainland actors have solid basic skills and good understanding. Everyone influences and blends with each other, constantly enriching their own theory and practice. I look forward to everyone creating more excellent works in the exchange and cooperation of Chinese stage plays and working together to develop a broader Chinese market.”
The cast of Xiamen’s original stage play “The Lost 24th White Key” came to a close. Photographed by Zhang Jipeng
In December 2023, "The Lost 24th White Key" will be polished and upgraded for the second time based on the premiere version, and the well-known Taiwanese actor Lu Manyin and the powerful young actor Chai Zhongsi will be invited to join the cast. Lu Manyin demonstrated her rich experience in stage performance with her superb acting skills, and vividly demonstrated Granny Lin Li's pursuit of past love and relief from life in the play. Chai Zhongsi, who speaks with a Minnan accent, also adds a lot of laughter and excitement to the entire work. The main creator also created a new theme song "Drumming Moonlight" tailor-made for the play, which became a strong support for the emotional expression of the stage play.
Over the past decade or so, the Minnan Grand Theater has made full use of the geographical advantages of Xiamen and Taiwan. In addition to continuing to promote Taiwan's stage art masterpieces, it has also planned and organized a variety of exchange projects such as the Cross-Strait Art Festival and the Cross-Strait Art Youth Support Program. As the chief producer of the stage play "The Lost 24th White Key", Luo Yan, executive director and general manager of Xiamen Minnan Grand Theater Management Co., Ltd., said that the Minnan Grand Theater will continue to draw from Xiamen's unique historical, cultural traditions and development trajectory Materials, explore and discover the shining points imprinted on urban civilization, present Xiamen's history with true feelings, use stage art to condense cultural confidence, and create a theater brand and artistic IP with distinctive Xiamen local cultural characteristics. (End)
(Source: China News Network)
