Compendium of Materia Medica kicked off the YOUNG Theater's "Summer Parent Child Art Season", with Noichi and Nina performing in the drama | performance | YOUNG

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In the summer vacation of another year, the YOUNG Theater's "Summer Parent Child Art Season" brings 9 performances and 15 performances, as well as multiple art education activities such as Shakespeare's bilingual summer camp and parent-child picture book camp. On July 8th, starting from QFunTheater's "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Mirror Flower Fate", many cutting-edge and high-quality performance projects at home and abroad will take turns to perform.

In early July, the children's science fiction musical drama "Compendium of Materia Medica" from QFunTheater Children's Experimental Theater and the Sino French joint production of youth puppetry "Mirror Flower Fate" successively landed at YOUNG Theater. After their performance in Shanghai, QFunTheater Children's Experimental Theatre will also bring these two works abroad and make their appearances at the OFF Theatre Festival in Avignon, France and the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival in the UK.

Compendium of Materia Medica

In "Compendium of Materia Medica," renowned film and television actor Liu Ye's two daughters, Nuo Yi and Ni Na, will star. Children's imagination is boundless, and their envisioned future is to explore various time and space. "Mirror Flower Romance" takes the protagonist Tang Xiaoshan as a clue to search for twelve lost flowers in the mortal world, embarking on a fantastic journey. In the world constructed by masks and dolls, the young actors of QFun Theater will lead the audience to explore various strange countries from the perspective of Tang Xiaoshan.


Compendium of Materia Medica kicked off the YOUNG Theater's "Summer Parent Child Art Season", with Noichi and Nina performing in the drama | performance | YOUNG

The "French Animation Film Music Week", presented by artists such as Olivier Leroux and Anna Lor Bourgeois, combines three animated voice shows: "Not Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf," "The Story of the Mole," and an impromptu painting concert called "Forest Story." These works can be performed with special instruments or improvised on site, allowing children to experience the artist's aesthetic creativity.

The "Rock School" series IP is produced by a professional music company in China, Warhorse Era. It is the first interactive parent-child musical in China that combines original rock themes and travel elements. This series consists of the trilogy "Rock School: Back to the Future", "Rock School: Rock! Beethoven", and "Rock School: The Rhythm Thief", with selected songs spanning from the 1950s to the 1980s.

The family reunion musical drama "Young, Shakespeare's Adventures" focuses on Shakespeare's life trajectory from birth, education, dropping out, getting married and having children, to how he became a great playwright. The parent-child bilingual summer camp for Shakespeare's plays, "The Merchant of Venice," is guided by Professor and Doctoral Supervisor Shi Zhikang from Shanghai Foreign Studies University, and Professor Xiao Wei from Shanghai Theatre Academy. Students aged 9-15 years old experience the charm of Shakespeare's literature and bilingual plays through the study and rehearsal of classic Shakespeare's play texts.

"Aerobic Innocence" is a family reunion unit tailored for parent-child families at YOUNG Theater. The theater has been open for nearly a year and has received authorization from Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, production of children's dramas by Xiaodengjia, and the "Animation Kingdom Family Concert" based on classic animation and music. The 8th "Echo Children's Day" special project, led by renowned musician Xiaohe and the initiator of the "Search for Songs Plan", has also received praise for projects such as "Two Flavors of Folk Songs". In the upcoming autumn and winter performance season, YOUNG Theater will also launch more local and international themed parent-child performances and activities.


Compendium of Materia Medica kicked off the YOUNG Theater's "Summer Parent Child Art Season", with Noichi and Nina performing in the drama | performance | YOUNG
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