8 works from the previous episode will debut in Beijing, and "Awakening Era" will make its debut at the National Theatre. Yulan | Performance Season | National Theatre

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From July 7th to December 17th, the 2023 Shanghai Drama Art Center's "Magnolia Blossoming Fragrance" performance season will feature 8 participating plays in Beijing.

This year, we plan to stage more than 40 excellent plays that have been accumulated and newly created over the years in Shanghai, Beijing, and other places. We will select 8 of these works as the content of the "Magnolia Blossoming Fragrance" performance season to perform in Beijing. The 8 plays include the stage play "Awakening Era" adapted from the TV series of the same name, the large-scale play "Heroic Children" adapted from Ba Jin's novel "Reunion" and Changchun Film Studio's film of the same name, the stage play "Camel Boy" adapted from Lao She's novel, the representative work of British "Face to Face Drama" lead Philip Ridley "The Rake Knight", the play "12 People" adapted from the Golden Bear Award winning film "Twelve Angry Men" at the Berlin Film Festival, the award-winning play "Skylight" at the Lawrence Oliver and Tony Awards, the representative work of Agatha Christie "No One Survives", and the suspenseful thriller comedy "Death Trap".

The stage play "Age of Awakening" will lead the performance at the National Theatre from July 7th to July 9th. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Korean War, and the large-scale play "Heroes and Daughters" will be staged at the National Theatre from July 27th to July 29th. Afterwards, "Camel Xiangzi" and five European and American translated plays will also be performed at Beijing Poly Theatre, Beijing Comedy Theatre, and Beijing Tianqiao Art Center.


8 works from the previous episode will debut in Beijing, and "Awakening Era" will make its debut at the National Theatre. Yulan | Performance Season | National Theatre

At the press conference of the performance season on July 5th, Shen Jun, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Shanghai Radio and Television Station and Shanghai Culture, Radio, Film and Television Group Co., Ltd., stated, "This year marks the tenth year of the 'Yulan Blooms Fragrance' performance season, and the Shanghai Theatre Art Center has brought eight sincere works. These works embody the spirit of the Shanghai city and are also an important force in building the 'Shanghai Culture' brand. I sincerely hope that the Shanghai Theatre Art Center will continue to prioritize the improvement of originality, integrate the spirit of creativity and innovation throughout the entire process of drama creation, and better shoulder the cultural mission of the new era through 'producing people, performances, and exquisite products'."

Shanghai drama has a long history of studying, performing, and exchanging in Beijing. The predecessor of Shanghai Theatre Art Center, Shanghai People's Art Theatre and Shanghai Youth Drama Troupe, have brought their plays to perform in Beijing multiple times. As early as March 1956, Shanghai People's Art Theatre's "Blooming Flowers" went to Beijing to participate in the first National Theatre Observation Performance, which took turns performing at Beijing Tianqiao Theater and other venues for nearly a month. In the 1960s and 1980s, Shanghai People's Art Theatre's plays "Rapids Forward" and "Mayor Chen Yi" went to Beijing for performances. In 2004, at the invitation of the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture, Shanghai Drama Art Center performed 17 performances in Beijing, including "Under the Red Flag", "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", "Art", and "Butterfly is Free".

The "Yulan Blossoming Fragrance" performance season is a brand oriented performance season for Shanghua to go out of Shanghai and face the whole country. The previous season of "Yulan Blooms Fragrance" was launched in Beijing in 2013, 2015, and 2017, and received enthusiastic feedback. In 2013, at the invitation of the Beijing People's Art Theatre's "2013 Capital Theater Boutique Drama Exhibition", the "Magnolia Blossoming Fragrance" performance season made its debut in Beijing. Shanghua brought three characteristic works, "Plaintiff Witness", "Capital · Theory", and "Activated Carbon", to perform 14 times in Beijing, giving birth to the brand "Magnolia Blossoming Fragrance" performance season. In 2015, Shanghua brought six classic small theater plays to Beijing. In 2017, the "Magnolia Blossoming Fragrance" performance season was even larger, lasting three months, presenting 9 theatrical works with the characteristics of "quality, creativity, and diversity" from the previous episode to Beijing audiences, including "The Great Qing Dynasty," "Uncle Wanya," and "The Saltiness of Cappuccino." For the first time, the special brand event of the previous episode, "Half Price Ticket Day," was brought to Beijing, and performance tickets were sold at half price on the ticket day.


8 works from the previous episode will debut in Beijing, and "Awakening Era" will make its debut at the National Theatre. Yulan | Performance Season | National Theatre
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