On November 1, the "2024 Shanghai Outstanding Private Troupe's Award-winning Plays Go to the Yangtze River Delta Publicity and Promotion Exhibition Event" hosted by the Shanghai Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau and hosted by the Shanghai Performance Industry Association came

2024-11-01 18:57:03 entertainment 3430℃

On November 1, the "2024 Shanghai Outstanding Private Theater Troupe Award-winning Plays Go to the Yangtze River Delta Promotional and Promotional Performance Event" hosted by the Shanghai Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau and hosted by the Shanghai Performance Industry Association came to Changshu, the blessed place in the south of the Yangtze River, to start November. From the 1st to the 10th, a series of activities including publicity and promotion exhibitions, news media briefings, and special report exchange meetings will be held in the Yangtze River Delta region.

In the morning, the media briefing meeting and special report exchange meeting for the exhibition and performance activities were held in Changshu Economic Development Zone. It is reported that every play in this year's "Performances in the Yangtze River Delta" has been baptized by Shanghai audiences and the performance market. All selected plays are outstanding plays that have won awards in the "Shanghai Outstanding Private Troupe Performances".

Shanghai Drama Club's original drama "Looking North", Shanghai Wenhui Shanghai Opera Troupe's original Shanghai opera "Huang Baomei", Shanghai New Dongyuan Shanghai Opera Troupe's classic Shanghai opera "The Golden Embroidered Lady", Shanghai Happy Twist (Nanjing Station) immersive comedy "Crazy Barber Shop", Shanghai Modern Theater Company's musical "Spring in a Small Town", "Special Performance by Famous Shanghai Opera Actor Wang Qin and Qinyuan Shanghai Opera Troupe", Shanghai Xujun Theater Art Center's original musical "The Orphan of Zhao", "Lady Macbeth", etc. The high-quality repertoires are all excellent performances that are currently active on the stage and have generally won a good reputation from the audience. Looking at the variety of this year's program, musicals, Shanghai operas, comedies, dramas, etc. are particularly eye-catching, highlighting the creative and performance capabilities of Shanghai's private troupes.

's original drama "Looking North", which won the "Excellent Drama Award", is the premiere play of this year's "Performance in the Yangtze River Delta" and will kick off on the evening of November 1 at the Shenggu Grand Theater in Changshu, Jiangsu. According to reports, the play reproduces the historical facts of the construction of the Huangpu River in Shanghai during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty 600 years ago - the "Jiangpu Confluence", a great water conservancy project that has benefited future generations to this day. Yuan Dong, head of the theater company, said: "As the head of an outstanding private theater company in Shanghai, I adhere to the original intention and purpose of 'the theater company must persist in pursuing ideals'. We are not only creators of art, but also pursuers of ideals. We hope Through the presentation of each play, more people are inspired to love life and pursue ideals, and let the light of ideals illuminate the spiritual stage of more people."

Wang Huili, the director of Shanghai Wenhuihu Opera Troupe, said: "Continue to use our talents to express our dreams. Taking originality as the driving force, creating high-quality products, and maintaining innovative development are Wenhui's primary goals in recent years. In terms of artistic creation, Wenhui has always focused on reflecting real people and real events in today's society, and presented them to the audience in various forms of artistic expression."

At the exchange report meeting that day, the "heads" of private academies spoke out one after another. They elaborated on the way forward and ideas and views in today's social trends and market environment from different angles. Some of them analyzed practical cases of new consumption and new operating models in the performing arts; some shared their experience in inheriting classics and adhering to the beauty of art; some introduced their experiences in exploring local cultural resources and adhering to originality.

According to reports, since 2018, Shanghai has established an exchange platform for Shanghai private institutes to learn and make progress together with their peers in the Yangtze River Delta for seven consecutive years since 2018. In the form of reporting, exchange, promotion, and display, it has been in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Anhui It will be further refined, improved, tolerated and integrated in the soil of the Yangtze River Delta audience.

Qian Qiang, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Changshu Municipal Bureau of Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism, said that private theatrical performance groups are an important force in artistic creation and production, and are also an important new force in the development of performing arts and related industries. Promoting the high-quality development of private theatrical performance groups under the new situation is of great significance for inheriting and carrying forward China's excellent traditional culture and stimulating the vitality of the interpretation market. It is hoped that this performance will further build a learning and exchange platform for private troupes and inject new vitality into the development of cultural undertakings in various places. We also look forward to further strengthening cultural cooperation and exchanges in the Yangtze River Delta region through this event, jointly building a regional cultural brand, and contributing to promoting the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta.