On the afternoon of September 14, the opening ceremony of the "Trend Longgang·Flower Street" 2024 Shenzhen·Longgang Comedy Life Season was held at the Shenzhen Longgang Cultural Center Concert Hall. From September 14th to September 29th, more than 20 theatrical performances and a

Linked universities and neighborhoods

20+ cultural activities to bring joy

Comedy feast debuted, joyful performances were concentrated, drama masters gathered together, master forums collided and exchanged...

At the event site, Longgang Comedy Life Season announced the event menu. The series of activities is divided into four units: "Opening Ceremony and Exchange and Sharing Session, High-Quality Play Performances, Immersive Plays·Fantasy Blocks, and Drama Master Classes".

From domestic and foreign classic plays to innovative performance forms, from heavyweight master classes to charity performances, the series of exciting activities of this Longgang Comedy Life Season left the audience dizzy and full of expectations for the upcoming performances.

This year’s Longgang Comedy Life Season will bring 9 high-quality comedies. The repertoire includes a series of domestic and foreign classic comedies such as "The Stranger", "The Thief Wants You", "Killing Mark Twain" and "Shakespeare Alone", as well as the magic drama "Who Am I" and the lumos fluorescent project interactive concert , improvisational comedy "Twist Comedy Fun Live" and other diverse entertainment genres, as well as family-friendly dramas suitable for teenagers such as "You Are the Performer 2" and "Dream Squad".

In addition to repertoire performances, three instructors, Joseph Graves, Zhu Fu, and Peng Yu, will also hold drama master classes in universities and creative neighborhoods to bring more in-depth exchanges of comedy art.

"Give me your hand!" At the opening ceremony, actors from Happy Twist and local college students in Longgang performed a comedy music show, and the youthful vitality pushed the atmosphere to a climax.

This year's Longgang Comedy Life Season will be based on theaters and extensively link up with universities, creative districts, and fashion business districts to achieve closer interaction and connection between comedy and life, art and creativity, allowing more audiences to experience the charm of diverse performing arts.

The "Mahua" that landed in Longgang

produces high-quality comedy and goes nationwide

"Happy Mahua has a solid position here. We hope to bring more joy to the citizens in Longgang, Shenzhen." At the opening ceremony, Happy Twist Co-President Liu Yan congratulated the new Comedy Life Season and looked forward to connecting a wider range of people through comedy, creating more dream stages for young people, and creating and presenting more inspirational and warm stories for Shenzhen.

In May 2016, at the 12th China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industry Expo and Trade Fair, the South China headquarters of "Happy Twist" signed a contract to settle in Longgang, Shenzhen, where it will carry out core businesses such as original musical production.

Since settling down in Longgang eight years ago, many original plays of "Happy Twist" have premiered in Longgang and have gone nationwide.

At the exchange and sharing meeting, Liu Zhongkui, executive vice president of the Beijing Performance and Entertainment Industry Association, young actor Han Yunyun, young directors, actors Wu Yuhan, Wei Sacheng and other industry guests and young drama talents conducted in-depth discussions around the theme of "Era·Life·Creation" discuss.

The four guests expressed their opinions and shared their valuable experience in period dramas, historical stage plays and comedy creation. Liu Zhongkui emphasized the importance of material selection and innovation in period dramas and stage plays with historical themes, believing that only by deeply exploring the historical connotation can we create works that touch people's hearts.From an actor's perspective, Han Yunyun shared her unique experience in shaping characters in period dramas, emphasizing the importance of character creation derived from life for the authenticity of performances. Wu Yuhan and Wei Sacheng conducted in-depth discussions on comedy creation and character creation across time and space, comedy creation across cultures and eras, etc., bringing a lot of inspiration to the audience.

The opening drama was so popular that it was sold out

High-quality cultural activities continue to be "new"

As the opening drama of Longgang Comedy Life Season, "The Strange Man" starring Liu Mintao will land on the Shenzhen stage, and will be held at Longgang Culture on September 14th and 15th. There were two performances on the stage of the Central Grand Theater.

"Strange People in the World" is a stage drama adapted from Feng Jicai's original work. It stars actor Liu Mintao, is a special guest star of veteran opera star Xu Songzi, and co-stars many artists from the Tianjin People's Art Theater with a history of more than 70 years. It has been won by Shen Teng, Tan Fei, Tao Xinran and other celebrities recommended it.

The news that the drama "Strange People in the World" will be launched on the Longgang Stage in Shenzhen has attracted much attention since it was released. Tickets for both plays have been sold out early.

This has also become the epitome of the continued heating up of the performance market in Longgang District this year.

This year, more than 90 competition performances are scheduled to be held at the Shenzhen Universiade Center, and the concert venues are full. In various cultural venues in Longgang District, performance activities with diverse types and rich contents continue to be "new". There are applause in drama theaters and dance theaters, and immersive live performances are frequently "out of the circle".

Longgang Comedy Life Season is one of the brand cultural activities created by Longgang District. Longgang District actively introduces high-quality cultural resources and enriches the supply of high-quality cultural services, making watching performances, visiting exhibitions, and listening to operas the norm "at the doorstep" of residents.

Since this year, Longgang District has launched high-quality cultural brand activities such as the Bologna Illustration Exhibition, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Dance Week, Longgang Opera Week, and the 2024 "Southern Guangdong Love·Culture Travel" Guangdong Culture and Tourism Volunteer Service Series, allowing high-quality Public cultural services are at your fingertips "at your doorstep", delivering diversified, multiple-session, and wide-coverage cultural benefit activities to the homes of ordinary people, nourishing the cultural life of more Shenzhen citizens.

Written by: Nandu reporter Yan Peng Correspondent Yang Li Chen Junyao