's drama "The Righteous Way in the World Is Vicissitudes of Life" was performed at the National Center for the Performing Arts for four consecutive times and received an enthusiastic response. This year, the producer Shanghai Oriental Art Center and the National Center for the Performing Arts have renewed their relationship and scheduled the premiere of the large-scale spy drama "To Yan'an" in Shanghai from June 28 to July 1.
The drama "Towards Yan'an" is adapted from the novel of the same name by the famous writer Hai Fei, who won the "People's Literature Award·Biennial Novel Award". The writer himself serves as the screenwriter and is directed by Li Bonan. "Xiang Yan'an" is set in Shanghai after the Battle of Songhu in 1937. It tells the story of Xiang Jinxi, the protagonist in his youth, who accidentally performs a hidden mission as a chef and grows from a young and ignorant student. The story of an outstanding revolutionary warrior is known as "The Revolution of a Chef".
's drama "Toward Yan'an" combines the subtlety of human nature in literature with the poetic character, and presents it dramatically on the stage, realizing the two-way connection between literature and the stage, and composing a touching song of youth. The famous director Chen Xinyi commented: "I am deeply surprised that the drama "Towards Yan'an" is so good. For three hours, you can be highly concentrated and follow the spiritual world of the theater characters. It is wonderful. Literature, space, director, and performance are just a few of them. For the sake of the characters, stick closely to the characters.”
In order to authentically present the youth portraits of the revolutionary era in the novel, Dongyi formed a "full-starring" crew. In the Beijing performance, Liu Zhiyang, Li Shihua, Wang Nanjun, Li Jinfeng, Sun Yilin, Liang Tian, Xu Kaicheng, Jiang Jiaqi, Li Chuanying and other powerful actors will all appear. Among them are senior actors and actresses from stage majors such as Beijing People's Art Theatre, China National Theater and Shanghai Theater Academy, as well as film and television actors and cross-border stars who have little experience in drama performances in the past. "Xia Dongqing" Liu Zhiyang, who came out of "Soul Ferry", and "Zhang Jiayan" Li Shiwei, who came out of "News Queen", performed on the same stage, making the audience exclaimed that it was full of freshness.
In terms of stage aesthetics, a magnificent and freehand clock tower is in the center and always stands on the stage, becoming the main image of the play. Sang Qi, the stage designer, said that the bell tower symbolizes the Yan'an that everyone yearns for, and the specially designed "doors on all sides" form is also a metaphor that "you can always reach Yan'an." With the support of lighting and multimedia, the bell tower carries the fluidity of drama, moving scenes and constantly pushing the story to a climax.
"Along the endless mountain ridges and rushing rivers, let's go to Yan'an!" A majestic and powerful modern poem "Go to Yan'an" runs through the whole play, driving the plot to one after another, and writing a poem full of emotions on the stage. Narrative poetry with "humanistic value" gives literariness a shocking theatrical effect.
Some viewers said that the drama "Toward Yan'an" does not have too much exaggeration of the raging war, and there is no slogan-like shouting. The stage is more focused on the destiny of the little people, and the family, love, friendship, etc. wrapped in the smoke of gunpowder. In the situation of family and country, what shines is the soft arc that bursts out after the struggle of human nature. The
drama "Toward Yan'an" is now available for all performances at the National Center for the Performing Arts. On the occasion of the birth anniversary of the Communist Party of China, it will reproduce this glorious history of the darkness being dispelled by dawn and the light of ideals lasting forever. (Xinmin Evening News reporter in Beijing Zhao Yue)
