From June 28 to July 1, the espionage-themed drama "Toward Yan'an" will be performed at the National Center for the Performing Arts for four consecutive performances, recreating this glorious history in which the light of ideals shines brightly before darkness is dispelled by dawn.
In July last year, the play "The Righteous Way in the World Is Vicissitudes" produced by Shanghai Oriental Art Center Management Co., Ltd. was performed at the National Center for the Performing Arts for four consecutive performances. This year, the producer and the National University have renewed their relationship and brought the play "Towards Yan'an" to the National Center for the Performing Arts. "After its premiere in Shanghai, the first stop is scheduled at the National Center for the Performing Arts, presenting a new red literary work to the Beijing audience.
Poster of the drama "Toward Yan'an"
The drama "Toward Yan'an" is set in Shanghai after the Battle of Songhu in 1937. It tells the story of the protagonist Xiang Jinxi, who is in his youth, and accidentally performs a hidden mission as a chef. , the story of growing up from an ignorant student to an outstanding revolutionary, is known as "the revolution of a chef". The
drama "Toward Yan'an" is adapted from the novel of the same name by the famous writer Haifei, who won the "People's Literature Award Biennial Novel Award". Haifei himself serves as the screenwriter and the famous director Li Bonan directs it. It is not only the first stage production of "Haifei Spy World", but also the first spy work directed by Li Bonan.
Writer and screenwriter Hai Fei is known for his expertise in human narratives under red narratives. His works such as "Sparrow" and "Jingzhe" have been adapted into films and are deeply loved by audiences. Haifei said that "Xiang Yan'an" really means "heart longing for it". The protagonist has never been able to leave Shanghai in his life, but arrived in "Yan'an" in a secret and great way. This pair of young people living in today's China It also has practical significance that is incomparably in line with the spirit of the times.
The drama "Toward Yan'an" combines the subtleties of human nature in literature with poetic character, and presents it dramatically on the stage. Director Chen Xinyi commented: "The three hours of the drama "Toward Yan'an" allows you to be highly concentrated and follow the spiritual world of the characters in the theater. It is wonderful. Literature, space, director, and performance are all just for the characters and closely revolve around the characters." .
A group photo of the main creators of "Towards Yan'an"
How to condense the original work with more than 300 pages and a story span of more than 20 years onto the drama stage? Director Li Bonan said: "What we pursue is not to give the audience external plot stimulation and audio-visual impact, but to hope that this drama will have more literary value and poetic character based on the spy war genre."
To this end, director Li Bonan firmly grasped the dilapidation and bloody romance of the social turbulence period, and retained the strong quality of life in the original work. 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 throughout the play, driving the plot to one after another. Director Li Bonan used a freehand treatment that was both lyrical and narrative, and used an aesthetic style that was loyal to the original work and a unique directorial vocabulary to write a narrative poem full of "humanistic value" on the stage, which endowed the "literariness" with Shocking "theatrical" effect.
Some viewers said that the drama "To Yan'an" "doesn't have too much exaggeration of the flames of war, nor slogan-like shouting. The stage is more focused on the fate of the 'little people', and the 'family love, love, and love' wrapped in the smoke of gunpowder." In love, friendship, family and country, what shines is the soft arc that bursts out after the struggle of human nature."
The cast of "Toward Yan'an"
In addition to inviting the original author Hai Fei to serve as the screenwriter and "Wenhua Director Award" Li Bonan to direct, the drama "Toward Yan'an" also gathered the top domestic talents to form a creative team: Sang, President of Shanghai Stage Art Society Qi is the stage designer, Qu Ming, associate professor of the Department of Stage Art of the Central Academy of Drama, is the lighting designer, national first-class stage designer Wang Jiadi is the multimedia designer, national first-class stage designer Hu Xiaohui is the costume designer, and composer Yu Li of the Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Center is the composer.
Regarding the cast, the producer, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, in order to authentically present the youth portraits of the revolutionary era in the novel, has assembled a "full-starring" crew after invitations from many parties. In the performance in Beijing, powerful actors such as Liu Zhiyang, Li Shihua, Wang Nanjun, Li Jinfeng, Sun Yilin, Liang Tian, Xu Kaicheng, Jiang Jiaqi, Li Chuanying 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.
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