The six major units last for two months, and the 2023 exhibition season of "Big Play in Beijing" officially starts

Release time:Apr 16, 2024 20:34 PM

Tonight, the 2023 exhibition season of "Watching Beijing with Great Drama" officially kicked off at the Tianqiao Art Center, featuring the musical "Count of Monte Cristo" produced by Beijing Performing Arts Group and starring Ayunga.

The 2023 exhibition season of "Watching Beijing with Great Dramas" is one of the important supporting activities of the 2023 Beijing Cultural Forum, with the theme of "New Artistic and Fine Works Presenting to the People". It consists of six units: large theater exhibitions, small theater exhibitions, high-quality performances entering universities, autumn exhibitions of the "Beijing International Film Festival", drama salons, and cloud theaters.

30 selected high-quality plays showcased in the grand theater

As the main unit of the exhibition season, the Grand Theater selects 30 plays to perform in Beijing through expert selection, targeted invitations, and other methods, forming a grand theater formation for the exhibition. The performance units come from cultural troupes from the central government, Beijing, and multiple provinces, regions, and cities, as well as private performance institutions and foreign performance groups. The performance repertoire covers various art genres such as drama, dance, opera, musical, traditional Chinese opera, and music concerts, with a variety of genres, diverse styles, and unique attractions.

The original play "Going West and Coming East", which premiered on September 15th, tells the cultural history of 120 years of inheritance and development in Donglaishun; The dance drama "Five Stars Out of the East", which combines the "Five One Project" and the "Wenhua Award", once again appears at the Tianqiao Art Center; The original musical "Age of Awakening" has been performed 8 times in a row at Century Theatre; Friends who enjoy traditional Chinese opera will enjoy the exquisite works starring famous actors such as Peking Opera "Lock Lin Bag", Kunqu Opera "National Style", Peking Opera "Pu Liu Family", Peking Opera "Under the Red Flag", Hebei Bangzi "Monument to the People's Heroes", Changsha Flower Drum Opera "Flower Pig Commander", and Yu Opera "Son of Taihang"; There are also large-scale fantasy stage plays for children, such as "Monkey King · Flower and Fruit Mountain" and the original London West End parent-child drama "Dinosaur World LIVE".

The small theater showcases a diverse range of performing arts patterns

The small theater performance unit focuses on showcasing and promoting Beijing's rich performance formats, various new spaces, new theaters, and "new gameplay" of drama.

In 14 small urban theaters and new performance venues, including Fanxing Drama Village, Xiaoke Theater, Gulou West Theater, Nanluo Theater, Honeycomb Theater, Happy Fried Dough Twists A66 Theater, 77 Theater, Pigment Club, Sanlitun Philharmonic, Langyuan Vintage Yushe Performance Space, various performance activities, such as musicals, dramas, operas, concerts, etc., are staged in a younger manner and in innovative ways. Immersive and experiential plays are available, performing arts and technology are organically integrated, and culture and tourism are deeply integrated, fully reflecting Beijing's innovation in the performance market as a national cultural center Create vitality.

10 high-quality plays entering multiple universities

This exhibition season has selected 10 exciting plays to enter higher education institutions such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, National People's Congress, Beijing Dance, First Normal University, Jianzhu University, and School of Printing, allowing young students to have close contact with high-quality plays.

The Beijing opera "Teahouse" enters the century old lecture hall of Peking University; The play "Shaanbei Public School" created by the faculty and students of the National People's Congress was staged in the Rulun Lecture Hall of Renmin University; The original dance drama "Spring in Yangjialing" by the teachers and students of Beiwu will once again lead students back to Yan'an, inspiring everyone to stick to the original intention of literature and art, and express the spring of the era for the people. At the same time, organizing and planning post performance talks, creative meetings, art guides, and other activities around the work, so that more young people can understand, experience, and fall in love with drama.

Excellent Chinese and Foreign Movies Showcased in 6 cinemas with 100 screenings

This exhibition unit has selected multiple excellent films from both domestic and foreign countries for screening in six cinemas, including Poly International Cinema, Capital Cinema, and more. It includes special units such as Greek Film Week, Universal Essence, The Voice of the Times, Stage Images, and Drama Images, launching a multi country, multi theme, and multi genre light and shadow visual feast, allowing for the interplay of on-screen and stage performances.

Cultural Masters Leading Visits and Commentaries on Great Dramas

In this exhibition season, more than 50 people are recruited to form a "Drama Observation Team". Cultural celebrities such as Wang Xiaoying, Cui Wei, Song Baozhen, Liu Dong, Yang Qianwu, Chunni, and Xu Jian are specially invited as leading experts to explore and observe the theater with senior theater fans, drama enthusiasts, media reporters, and young students, and to comment, interpret, and exchange experiences with the audience.

During the exhibition season, a weekly salon event will be held, led by leading experts and participated by the main creators of the performances. The event will focus on the themes of expression and innovative development of contemporary Chinese drama, the integration of drama and city, art and technology, drama - new space and new consumption, and exchange ideas with drama enthusiasts to explore the future of drama.

50 classic plays for online screening

At the same time of launching a variety of offline performances and activities, Beijing Time, Tiktok and other Internet platforms simultaneously launched the "Cloud Theater" section of the exhibition season. 50 classic plays were selected for online exhibition, and the introduction of the exhibition works, the guidance of key plays, etc. were released to break the boundaries of the theater, so that more friends who love drama can watch and appreciate the theater together, creating a drama festival.

Invest 14 million yuan to benefit 600000 people

A special "Performing Arts Beijing" section has been set up during the cultural consumption season for the benefit of the people, with a total investment of 14 million yuan. Discounts such as discounts, free purchases, and free performances have been launched, expected to benefit 600000 citizens. The exhibition season relies on the ticketing platform of Damai Network to launch a special viewing discount activity for the exhibited plays. More than 10000 viewing coupons with a face value of 100 yuan will be distributed. Through ticket purchases and discounts, more citizens can enter the theater and enjoy high-quality stage art, further driving the popular capital performing arts market.

During the exhibition season, the audience can view relevant information at any time through the official WeChat official account of "Beijing News for Drama". At the same time, the "Fresh Performance Watch" WeChat mini program will launch column information such as the introduction of the show season, ticket purchases for the benefit of the people, and art appreciation.

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