The 20th Shanghai College Student Drama Festival opens, writing daily life into original scripts

Release time:Jun 06, 2024 16:16 PM

With the theme of "Creating the Future with Drama and Moving forward with Dreams", the 20th Shanghai University Student Drama Festival opened on June 5 at the Shanghai Dramatic Art Center. 21 works were shortlisted for offline performance. Some revolve around the theme of AI, some describe "what if" adventures that only exist in the theater, and some explore family and interpersonal relationships, reflecting contemporary college students' unique insights into the world they live in and their unremitting pursuit of the spirit of the times. .

Opening Ceremony of the 20th Shanghai College Student Drama Festival

Opening Ceremony of the 20th Shanghai College Student Drama Festival

Opening Ceremony of the 20th Shanghai College Student Drama Festival

Many works are based on surrounding themes. Shanghai Health Medical College·College Student Art Troupe 2am. The drama troupe has two works shortlisted. "I Control Smoking at the CIIE" takes place at the China International Import Expo venue. Cheng Xin, a volunteer at Shanghai Health Medical College, meets Master Zhu, a construction worker who loves to smoke. Master Zhu pretended to obey, but then turned around and started whipping harder. During the argument, Master Zhu suddenly fainted and fell to the ground. Cheng Xin used medical knowledge to provide first aid. After regaining consciousness, Master Zhu threw away the remaining cigarettes and took the initiative to distribute smoking control pamphlets to other workers. "Flying Dandelion" is based on Wang Guizhen, the first barefoot doctor in China, and tells the story of "continuing life and never-ending love" between a barefoot doctor at Pudong Health Center and a Xinxiang doctor who just graduated from Shanghai Health Medical College from New China to the new era. ".

"Song for the Times" by the Xinghai Musical Theater of Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance is based on a campus story: a college student choir went from quarreling to determination to perform the original song "Sing for the Times", inheriting the spirit of the revolutionary martyrs and making their own voice heard . The students said, "The purpose of the drama club is that there are no small roles, only small actors."

"Emei", a drama club of Shanghai Sport University, focuses on live broadcasting. The female anchor "Shitai" has been singing all the way in the live broadcasting industry with her distinctive style and continuous output of emotional value. In order to gain traffic, she began to adopt a funny style, entering and exiting Wine party arranged by the company. His own confusion, the disappointment of old fans, and the oppression of the company followed one after another. The "Master Tai" made a bold decision... Members of the Jingpan Drama Club have participated in the education section of the 2023 Shanghai International Arts Festival and have won many Shanghai awards. "Hui Chuang Youth" Drama Category Award. "Emei" premiered at the end of last year and completed four performances in three days. The students said, “We insist on using original plays as the rehearsal content and martial arts as the professional features.”

Opening Ceremony of the 20th Shanghai College Student Drama Festival

Since its birth in 2004, the Shanghai University Student Drama Festival has become an important platform for cultivating drama audiences, emerging drama practitioners, and incubating original works. Its influence has gradually expanded from Shanghai to the whole country. More than 160 theater arts societies from more than 90 famous universities across the country participate in it. Every year, there are about 60 participating plays, and there are more than 20 finalists. There are nearly 1,000 performance crews and logistics planners, and the number of audiences watching the performances is More than 10,000 people.

At the opening ceremony, Yu Rongjun, vice chairman of the Shanghai Dramatists Association, vice president of Shanghai Media and Entertainment Co., Ltd., and artistic director of Shanghai Dramatic Art Center, said, “Drama is a tool for many people to explore the world, and it is also a tool for us to follow. A bridge that connects the world. Just like climbing a mountain, we don’t know how high we can reach, but we know the general direction. We all work together to climb towards an unknown realm. The scenery along the way is the most beautiful. Good harvest.”

This drama festival has diverse tracks such as long plays and short plays, and also provides more college students with a rich display platform, including the host of the "Big Story Festival in My Heart", director assistant, producer assistant, publicity assistant, stage manager assistant , volunteer recruitment experience activities, backstage tour commentary activities, "Happy Drama" drama workshop, "Soil·Green Miao" script writing project, etc.

The opening ceremony broke the conventional frame-type stage, dismantling the fixed auditorium seats in the theater, swinging the theater space horizontally, and using a center stage, creating an immersive salon party atmosphere. The opening ceremony performance was presented in the form of a stage short play. By showing the inner conflict of a college student and his desire to use the platform of the drama festival to absorb the power of the stage and enter a normal life, it conveyed the original intention of the organizer to hold the College Student Drama Festival for 20 years. and meaning. "Theatre Elf"'s anthropomorphic multimedia expression, passionate sound effects, atmospheric lighting and other technical means create a fiery and loud youth party.

The event is co-sponsored by the Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Shanghai Students Federation, and Shanghai Dramatists Association, and hosted by the Shanghai Dramatic Art Center.

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