Beijing News (Reporter Liu Zhen) As the last foreign drama in the international section of the Tianqiao Drama Show 2024, the play "Memories of the Death of Blas Cubas" presented by the Brazilian Warehouse Theater Company recently concluded successfully at the Tianqiao Art Center

Beijing News (Reporter Liu Zhen) As the last foreign drama in the international section of the 2024 Tianqiao Drama Show, the play "Memories of the Death of Blas Cubas" presented by the Brazilian Warehouse Theater Company was recently held at the Tianqiao Art Center 5 performances ended successfully. The Brazilian Warehouse Troupe, which came to Beijing for the first time, used a playful perspective with a rock spirit to dramatically depict the boundaries between life and death and deconstruct seemingly serious life issues.

The Brazilian Warehouse Theater uses a playful perspective with a rock spirit to dramatically depict the boundaries between life and death.

"Memories of the Death of Blas Cubas" is adapted from the work of the same name by the "Father of Brazilian Literature" Machado de Assis. Blas Cubas is the most iconic figure in Brazilian literature. one of the characters. In the play produced by the Warehouse Theater Company, the story begins with the dead Blas Cubas, who follows a hippopotamus across the river of time, returns to the beginning of life, and tells his life from the source. The

theater company broke the single-line narrative of the original work and adopted a three-line parallel structure. It placed Blas Cubas after death, Cubas during his lifetime, and the author of the novel on the stage at the same time, creating a multi-level psychological structure. . After death, Cubas was like a sharp complainer, deconstructing his former self in a sarcastic and humorous way, which not only aroused laughter from the audience, but also gave a new interpretation to the issues of life and death.

After his death, Cubas was like a sharp complainer, deconstructing his former self in a sarcastic and humorous way.

Although it starts with "death", this drama is not heavy. Its theme is not to lament the passing of life, but to avoid preaching and sensationalism in a relaxed and ironic way, and to convey a unique philosophy of life. The Brazilian actors conquered the audience with their superb acting skills. They quickly switched from one person playing multiple roles to a one-man band performing live, and then telling the story of "The Bell Ringer" in the form of rap, all showing amazing creativity and vitality. Diverse stage performances, passionate music and thought-provoking philosophy bring the serious propositions of life and death to life.

Next, Beijing Tianqiao Art Center, whose annual box office has exceeded 200 million, will continue to present exciting plays at the 2024 Tianqiao Drama , including Lai Shengchuan's new work "River/Cloud·Zhi/Jian" and Hong Kong drama Troupe's Cantonese drama "The First Floor in the World". By then, famous film and television actor Zhang Chen and Golden Horse Award-winning Best Actor Tse Junhao will take turns on the stage of the Tianqiao Arts Center Grand Theater.

Editor Wu Longzhen

Proofreading Li Lijun