The new performance season of 1862 Fashion Art Center kicks off with the premiere of the musical "Lady Macbeth"

Release time:May 09, 2024 18:30 PM

On the evening of May 9, the original musical "Lady Macbeth" premiered at the 1862 Fashion Art Center on the Huangpu River. The play was created by a Chinese, British and Dutch team and is sung entirely in English. It became the first original musical incubated and produced by a domestic team to complete its world premiere in Shanghai. "Lady Macbeth" was born out of Shakespeare's literary masterpiece, using flashbacks from multiple perspectives to reshape the mysterious and complex character of Lady Macbeth. The triple mirrored open stage presents a game of power in reality and dreams.

The premiere of "Lady Macbeth" opens the 2024/2025 performance season of 1862 Fashion Art Center's "Yuan·Vision". As a new performing arts space renovated from a century-old industrial relic, 1862 Fashion Art Center has continuously explored from the 1.0 model of "art business" to the 2.0 model of "immersive residency" to the 3.0 model of "space platform production" since its operation. A new way of art co-creation and market-oriented operation. On the occasion of its 6th anniversary, 1862 will return to the "yuan" point, weave the vast galaxy of art, and invite the audience to savor life.

1862 Fashion Art Center 2024-2025 "Yuan·Vision" performance season release site

The main visual of 1862 Fashion Art Center’s 2024-2025 “Yuan·Vision” performance season

The opening drama "Lady Macbeth" will be performed at the 1862 Fashion Art Center from May 9 to June 2. The play originated from the "Chinese Original Musical Drama Incubation Plan" launched by Shanghai Cultural Plaza in 2022. Fei Yuanhong, deputy general manager of Shanghai Cultural Plaza, introduced that two young British creators, James Beaney and Gina Georgia, served as screenwriters and adapted Shakespeare's classical drama into a story about "love, loss, romance and war." new story.

"Lady Macbeth" Musical Screenwriters James Beaney and Gina Georgia

This is director Xu Jun's second association with Shakespeare after the musical "Hamlet," and also his second close collaboration with British artists after the musical "The Orphan of Zhao." "Shakespeare is timeless, and I want to provide the audience with a version that combines Chinese and Western styles," Xu Jun said. In the original work of "Macbeth", Shakespeare left multiple mysteries for Lady Macbeth, and the musical weaves clues from a new perspective. The flexibility of the 1862 Fashion Art Center space also allows "Lady Macbeth" to break through the limitations of the framed stage and conduct experiments in open and multi-dimensional space, bringing a unique audio-visual experience to the audience.

"Lady Macbeth" has assembled a strong international cast: Maya Hackford, known as the "Queen of German and Austrian Musicals", plays Lady Macbeth, and Carl Queensborough plays Macbeth. He has played in the West End version of London Played the role of Hamilton in the musical "Hamilton". In addition, Richard Carson, an actor active on London's West End stage, plays Macduff. In addition, "Lady Macbeth" also brings together more than 30 Chinese musical actors including Xu Lidong, Miao Mengchu, He Liangchen, Hu Chaozheng, Xu Zehui, and Wang Zhiwei.

Echoing the opening drama, the closing drama "Alice" of the 1862 Fashion Art Center's 2024/2025 performance season will be staged in May next year. This work from Russia creatively integrates drama, dance, circus, and installation. It has won Russia's highest drama award, the "Golden Mask Award" and many other international awards.

There are many good shows to come in the 2024/2025 performance season of 1862 Fashion Art Center's "Yuan·Vision". The "Sensory Newcomers" section includes the high-scoring immersive installation game theater "Food" from the Edinburgh International Arts Festival and the surreal game arena "Iron Bucket Man" from Belgium. The former turns the process of watching the drama into a dinner party with delicious colors, aromas and tastes, while the latter turns the audience into the guide of the "Iron Bucket Man", launching an absurd game in a weird and dark atmosphere.

Immersive installation game theater "Food"

In addition, the St. Petersburg State Theater Academy will bring the Russian variety show "The Sorcerer's White Gloves" to 1862. The play was a special guest performer at the opening ceremony of the Cannes International Film Festival and won many international awards.

"New Vision of the Future" will focus on pioneering works full of technology and creativity. The Spanish documentary-style puppet light and shadow story show "Laika the Space Puppy" is set in Moscow in the 1950s, presenting an innocent and warm but magnificent and profound epic blockbuster. Swiss modern light comedy "PssPss" uses a minimalist stage to interpret the aesthetics of mime. It has been performed in more than 50 countries for more than 700 performances and has won 14 international awards. The dance physical theater "Shoot The Cameraman" is jointly created by choreographers, photographers and dancers, bringing a dual-perspective viewing experience to the audience.

Swiss modern light comedy "PssPss"

In addition, the Swedish punk electronic game theater "Play3.0" combines artificial intelligence, digital special effects, IPAD magic, music, dance and circus stunts. Virtual idol Aza's "City Roaming" solo concert will bring a surreal immersive party.

The "New Wonderland of National Rhythm" section includes four masterpieces of oriental aesthetics. The Shanghai Chinese Orchestra's "Above the Clouds - Let Hearing Start from the East" and the country's first Chinese music concert composed by AI "Zero One | Chinese Color" Chinese music and AI concerts will return. The "Encounter" Suona × Bagpipe × Electroacoustic crossover music scene allows Eastern and Western musical instruments to have a dialogue on the stage. In addition, Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe’s neoclassical Kunqu opera "Pipa Xing" will also come to 1862.

Shanghai Chinese Orchestra "Above the Clouds - Let the Hearing Start from the East"

The full-sensory immersive suspense theater "Forensic Qin Ming - The Corpse Whisperer", which has performed for 1,490 performances in two years in 1862, will be held in Shenzhen at the end of the year. The immersive food theater "The Lonely Gourmet's Key to Love" will continue to be performed, allowing the audience to enjoy a healing journey of drama on the tip of the tongue. The hyperspace 6D urban dance "SilentDisco" from the UK will also start performing in June. In addition, 1862's specially customized environmental reasoning theater "A Guide to Life in a Small Town" will create a 360-degree performance space and a double-sided theater viewing experience in the 1862 main theater.

Hyperspace 6D urban dance "SilentDisco"

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