Come to the big city you long for, the "He and She" youth who won the award at the Wuzhen Drama Festival | Director | Wuzhen
Leaving Wuzhen and Hangzhou, "He and She" arrives in Shanghai, the big city that middle-aged couples yearn for in the drama. Together, "he" and "she" take a look at the audience and life here. On July 21st, the original life stream drama "He and She", exclusively operated by Hangzhou Performance Co., Ltd. and created by Hangzhou Drama Art Center · No. 280 Theater Troupe, premiered at the Shanghai YOUNG Theater · Green Box.
Before the premiere, both inside and outside the theater were already filled with "He and She", with large poster prints, single pages on display shelves, and the "happy little surroundings" of "He and She". "He and She" consists of three stories from different age groups: "I Didn't Think It Out" is about him and her in their youthful years, telling the daily life of young couples in long-distance relationships; "Thinking Well" is about him and her relying on each other, and it's about the couple's daily work in the big city; "Pretty Good" is his and her old companion, it's their daily life at home. The judging committee of the Wuzhen Drama Festival praised the work "It's Great", saying, "With great courage, we trust the audience's patience and resonance. Of course, we were not disappointed with each other. The rich daily life of an elderly couple carries our cherish for the past and our expectations for the future. The performance is precise, the language is concise, and this simplicity is the most worthy of respect. Everywhere there are hills and valleys, there is no dullness, and dullness is often the fate of works with the same theme."
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Ying Jiagen, the screenwriter and director of "He and She", is a young actor at the Hangzhou Drama Art Center. He jokingly describes his work as a "dog hunchback style" performance style, which, upon closer inspection, has the power of self reflection. His work "The Song of the Village", written and directed by him, won the Incubation Award at the Golden Hedgehog College Student Drama Festival, and "Pretty Good" won the Best Drama Award in the Youth Competition Unit at the Wuzhen Drama Festival. Two young actors from Generation Z, Gao Jing and Ying Tenghui, both come from the No. 280 Theater Troupe of Hangzhou Drama Art Center.
When it comes to creative inspiration, Ying Jiagen said, "I hope to cherish the present life. Every present moment is so real, enjoy it, don't think too much." "He and She" designed three couples or couples of different ages, and Shanghai audiences were curious about how the two actors played roles with such a large time span. Ying Tenghui smiled and said, "Among the three age groups, I am more suitable for the third elderly role because I played the old man in college, specializing in the old man." Gao Jing has been playing a little girl since joining the group: "I have never played a couple over 20 years old, but I heard the director say, 'Jing Jie, this time you play an old lady.'" The audience couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's a great surprise. You don't have to go to Wuzhen to see the Best Drama Award. This drama doesn't have to tell me anything, but you can feel the respect for time."
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After the performance in Shanghai, "He and She" will tour cities such as Huzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo, Suzhou, Zhuhai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Yiwu, and Hangzhou.