[Source: Yangtze Evening News] In order to further promote the standardized construction and high-quality development of small theaters in the province, expand new cultural tourism consumption scenarios, and launch more outstanding works that meet the spiritual and cultural needs

In order to further promote the standardized construction and high-quality development of small theaters across the province, expand new cultural tourism consumption scenarios, and launch more outstanding works that meet the spiritual and cultural needs of the people, on the evening of August 20, Jiangsu The Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism collaborated with the cultural, tourism and administrative departments of various districts and cities to launch the 2024 province-wide small theater performance season, which was officially launched at the 1956 Star Theater in Yancheng. Zhu Bin, first-level inspector of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and Huang Xibek Nurdan, deputy mayor of Yancheng City People's Government, attended the event.

The province's small theater performance season promotional video "Three Questions About Me" was played at the event, which combined the small theater's positioning characteristics of "closeness, intimacy, lightness, youth, newness and immersion" with the performance season activities. , Features and highlights are explained. From the perspective of optimizing the deployment of cultural services and cultural product supply mechanisms, this performance season lasts until the end of October and is held in a provincial and municipal linkage manner. 16 outstanding small theater plays in the province are selected to tour throughout the province, covering operas, dramas, and puppets. drama, children's drama and other art forms, achieving full coverage in 13 districts and cities, fully demonstrating the vigorous vitality of drama creation in small theaters across the province. Each district and city simultaneously launches local small theater performance season activities, planning to launch more than 200 small theater performances of different types, and nearly 100 small theater performances in scenic spots, neighborhoods, and commercial districts, bringing richer cultural content to citizens and tourists. The travel experience demonstrates the effectiveness of the mechanism of cultural benefits to the people, allowing more people to enjoy the "cultural feast at their doorstep" and creating more "cultural stations" where hosts and guests can share and integrate functions.

The list of outstanding cases of small theater construction and small theater repertoire in Jiangsu Province in 2024 was announced at the event. 17 small theaters and 10 small theater repertoires with their own characteristics were selected. There are the Nanjing Plum Blossom Little Theater with the theme of "Drama Plum Blossom Award", the Suyi Performing Arts Cultural Cluster District Parent-Child Micro Theater for parent-child audiences, the Wuxi Juxiantang Theater that presents historical and cultural stories in the form of tourism performances, and the Changzhou The first 207 small theater with comedy brand features; it has historical-themed Kunqu Opera "A Sigh of a Thousand Years" and Liuqin Opera "Beauty Grass" written from a contemporary perspective, as well as realistic-themed dramas "Bridge Scenery" and "Minsheng Lane 11" about ordinary people's lives. No. 2", the comedy "The Pregnancy Turns", and the red-themed drama "0423" that reflects the history of the revolution. In order to play a leading role, since 2021, the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism has launched 50 excellent cases of small theater construction and 40 high-quality small theater plays. In 2023, the total number of performances in the province will be nearly 40,000, with a total audience of nearly 6 million. People, the layout of Jiangsu small theaters is more optimized, the performance market is more prosperous, and the service system is more complete.

As the first performance of Jiangsu Province's outstanding small theater play tour, Huai Opera "Split Silk" created and staged by Jiangsu Huai Opera Troupe was performed that night. The play focuses on the theme of "Reflection on Love" and reproduces the lives and emotional world of contemporary people from the perspective of contemporary people and their ideas. It shows the understanding and thinking of love by contemporary young people and explores the emotional concepts of the younger generation. And self-awareness, realism and interaction with performances. The plot is rich and full, the rhythm is compact and orderly, the character performances are well-controlled, the stage design is concise and novel, and the lighting, music, and orchestration all break the traditional design ideas, reflecting the ingenuity of the creative team. The wonderful performances of Taiwan's new generation of young actors not only maintain the traditional artistic charm of Huai Opera, but also fully demonstrate its modernity, innovation and exploratory nature, winning unanimous praise from the audience.

is equally exciting outside the theater. In order to better promote the improvement of the construction level of small theaters across the province, strengthen popular drama art, and promote small theaters to truly enter public life, a series of extension activities have also been prepared during the performance season. Organize the "Good Drama Review" art review, organize long-term reviews by experts and micro-reviews by young people, lead the audience to deepen their understanding of the connotation of the work, and promote the popularization of art knowledge education; plan and carry out small theater performance resource sharing and promotion meetings, build an exchange and trading platform, and promote The small theater performance market is booming and developing, injecting new vitality into the industry.

The small theater contains great energy.In recent years, Jiangsu has focused on the new spiritual and cultural needs of the people, innovated the forms and methods of cultural service supply, made unremitting efforts to build small theaters as a basic project for cultural benefits to the people, and actively explored the path of characteristic innovation in the construction of small theaters. The province has now built 1,156 small theaters of various types. It has issued the country's first "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Construction of Small Theaters", held a provincial small theater construction promotion meeting, held small theater performance seasons every year, and improved small theater performance awards. Incentive mechanism, continue to play the important role of small theaters in promoting the creation of literary and artistic masterpieces, cultivating stage art talents, promoting the in-depth integration of culture and tourism, and developing cultural industries. Small theaters scattered throughout urban and rural areas are increasingly becoming cultural spaces that serve, benefit and delight the people, allowing high-quality cultural resources to infiltrate people's lives.

Attached: List of outstanding cases of small theater construction and small theater repertoire in Jiangsu Province in 2024

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