The Anaya Theatre Festival, which is held for the second year, will reopen from June 16th to 26th this year. On May 16, the 2022 Anaya Theatre Festival officially announced all the contents of this year's theatre festival, including 4 major sections, 28 plays by 31 Chinese and foreign directors, and a total of 75 performances. 
This year, the Aranya Theatre Festival has added two new theatres - the White Theatre (auditorium) and the Cruise Theatre. The landmark buildings and the vast sea form a new landscape together. This year's theatre festival has adjusted the proportion of outdoor performances to more than 60%, and 2/3 of the theatres are outdoors.
The Art Committee invited 28 professionals from different art fields to gather this year, including Cui Jian, Cheng Er, Dong Gong, Duan Yihong, Guan Hu, Hao Lei, Jin Xing, Jia Zhangke, Liu Chang, Liao Fan, Laolang, Lv Xiaoping, Ma Dong, Ma Yansong, Shi Hang, Shen Lihui, Wang Luodan, Wang Xuebing, Wang Xiaoshuai, Xichuan, Xu Zhiyuan, Yao Chen, Yuan Quan, Zeng Yu, Zhang Wu, Zhang Yang, Zhang Yadong, Zhusha, etc. are all familiar names to the public, and they will participate in theatrical performances and aesthetic construction. , space, music, video, design, dialogue and other different units.
This year's drama festival will invite 31 directors to bring a total of 28 specially invited plays in 11 days, which will be divided into six series, including six major plays and special attention plays recommended by the organizing committee. In addition to the Sino-British cooperation "Frankenstein" directed by the famous British director Dominic Dromgoll, this year's drama festival gathers extremely diverse creative forces in the domestic drama circle. In addition, 25 environmental drama readings will be performed in turns in the aesthetically significant public spaces and buildings by the sea in Anaya, and will be recruited to the audience for free.
【Six blockbuster plays】
"Frankenstein"
The originator of science fiction. It was staged at the British National Theatre and became popular all over the world. The famous British playwright Nick Dill adapted the science fiction novel written by Mary Shelley 200 years ago. The famous British director Dominic Dromgoll directed it, and Li Ren served as the Chinese director. , bringing together top Chinese and British artists to jointly launch the first Chinese version! As the opening drama, the premiere of the Anaya Theatre Festival will be held at the Lonely Outside Theatre!
"Waiting for Godot"
Directed by Meng Jinghui. Meng Jinghui, who has repeatedly created drama miracles, re-examines this masterpiece of absurdist drama from a new perspective. After nearly 70 years, Samuel Beckett's classic masterpiece will appear on the stage of the Anaya Drama Festival as the opening drama at the same time. Premiere at the A Theater.
"red"
Directed by Chen Minghao. Chen Minghao, who created the drama ending at the same frequency as the sunrise on the sea at 3:00 a.m., continued on the road of drama exploration, bringing all the audiences of the Anaya Theatre Festival together in the White Theatre with the beauty and shock that will never be unexpected. Witness "Red".
"Hamlet"
The National Ballet of China will perform the pinnacle of Shakespeare's plays, and the large-scale ballet will be presented at the seaside as the closing drama. The story is set on a stage that will never open the curtain. The world overlaps between truth and illusion. Where should Hamlet go? "To live or to die?" This eternal question will reap countless echoes in the theater outside Lonely.
"Parasite"
Directed by Yang Ting. Adapted from a female perspective, the film of the same name with the Oscar-winning quadruple winner, Chinese powerful actor Hao Lei, and well-known actor and singer Ma Tianyu join forces. This contrasting "magic" story will also be staged in Theater A as the closing drama.
"Walking Cloud"
Directed by Gao Yanjinzi. "Walking Clouds" is an environmental work. The director uses the power of women to water the environment and dance slowly in the white theater, imagining the Anaya Auditorium as a body inhabited by souls. story.
【Special attention to the play】
"Cherry Orchard"
It is co-created by body artist Wang Ying and 9 Contemporary Dance Company choreographer Zhan Li. "The Cherry Orchard" originated from the famous Russian playwright Chekhov's representative work of the same name.
The Cruise Theater is a new theater this year. When the drama of the performance is combined with the flowing cruise ship, the tide is surging, the light and shadow flow, the reality embraces the dream, and the romance wraps the poetry. Whether it is the creator or the audience, a new dimension of perception will be opened.
The performances of "Cherry Orchard" are specially set at sunrise and dusk. The audience will gather at sea at the most romantic time of the day, sail to the rising and setting of the sun, sail to the other side of the spirit, dissolve the complicated emotions into the waves, and feel the inability to The flowing poetry of re-engraving is immersed in the doomsday carnival of "Cherry Orchard".
Focusing on the theme of "moment and eternity", the specially invited repertoire of this year's drama festival is divided into six series, namely: "Immersed Sea", "Reflection Sky", "Absurd Cloud Map", "Dancing Wind and Rain", "Bright Archipelago" " Roaming Steamship".
1. Immersive sea: 5 dramas with arbitrary expressions will meet with the undulating sea water, setting off a wave of dramas exclusive to Anaya, and surging the infinite possibilities of art
"Frankenstein" (Directors: Dominic Dromgour, Li Ren)
"Red" (Director: Chen Minghao)
"Hamlet" (director: Fei Bo)
"Walking Clouds" (director/choreographer: Gao Yanjinzi)
Timon of Athens (Director: Liu Chang)
2. Reflecting sky: The classics of world literature are not only the highlight of the Anaya Theatre Festival, but also the vane for the majority of fans to follow the theatre! 5 drama works that integrate reality and classics are about to issue a deafening interrogation of the times under the reflection of literature
"Parasite" (Director: Yang Ting)
"Daze" (Director: Ding Yiteng)
The Elephant Man (Director: Zhang Nan)
"Io" (Director: Shao Sifan)
"Understanding the Media" (Director: Wang Guanghao)
3. The absurd cloud map: Based on the moment and staring at this magical dramatic picture, these 5 absurd and realistic works will continue to remind us: never fear the arrival of tomorrow
"Waiting for Godot" (Director: Meng Jinghui)
Diary of a Madman (Director: Li Jianjun)
Lies, High Heels and Insanity (Director: Yang Ting)
"Wasteland Dog" (Director: Chen Laoju)
"Oedipus the King" (Director: Su Xiaogang)
4. Dancing wind and rain: 5 works will use dancing limbs, stirring waves of thinking, and fleeting movements to outline eternal aesthetic dreams
"Looking for Frank" (director/choreography: Yuerge)
"Last Toe" (director/choreographer: Li Ning)
"River Map" (director/choreographer: Shi Yanyan)
"If, Good Night" (Director/Choreographer: Zeng Ying)
"Twenty-Nine" (Director / Choreography: Chen Zihao)
5. The dazzling archipelago: all kinds of new and imaginative theatrical forces converge here, bringing 7 bright and vivid drama works
"Love Encounter Game" (Director: Sun Yucheng)
"Isolationist Amusement Park" (Director: Li Luka)
"I LOVE YOU..." (Director: Zhou Xiaoqian)
"The Name of Animals" (Director: Xiao Jing)
"Do you want to eat ice cream?" (Director: Lin Xier)
"Cheers" (Director: Chen Ran × Wang Di)
"Bonjour, Little Monster" (Creator: Li Xiaoyun × Zhang Xiaochen)
6. The roaming ship: The newly built cruise ship theater at the Anaya Theatre Festival, the cruise ship stage, the sea and sky curtain, the sea breeze opens the sense of drama, the sunlight reflects the romantic imagination, the moonlight covers the sea and the beach... Waiting for the audience is an unrepeatable drama. Immerse yourself in new experiences.
"Cherry Orchard" (director/creator: Wang Ying × Zhan Li)
The Drama House is a "dream-making space" for the cross-border art section planned by the first Anaya Theatre Festival. This year, the newly upgraded version 2.0 of the Drama House will incorporate creative expressions in more fields, waiting for the audience to experience it.
In addition, the newly created Anaya Theatre Festival Quadrennial (AQ) and 2022 Stage Art 9+9 Persons Exhibition was first initiated by stage designer Zhang Wu. Space is the exploration of language exchange, with rich morphological structures, fermenting fertile drama soil.
The beach music in Anaya is also a romantic part not to be missed in this theatre festival. The special presentation series of "Aranya Theatre Festival X DDC LIVE" will capture the night of Anaya with a gorgeous lineup of musical performances.
At the seaside where you can touch the ebb and flow at any time, artist Wang Zhigang will use a multimedia art installation to open up another sensory experience for Anaya.
In the art of living sector, the "Migratory Birds 300 Program" jointly initiated by Liu Chang, Zhu Sha, Zheng Jing and Chen Minghao will continue this year.
With 300 "migratory birds", 300 hours of uninterrupted creative scene, and cross-domain linkage of multi-dimensional propositions, the "Migrant Birds 300 Project" was one of the most impressive sections of the Anaya Theatre Festival last year.
This year, the famous architect Ma Yansong will draw design manuscripts for Shacheng, a habitat for migratory birds, to create an exclusive field for "migratory birds". At the same time, Anaya will rebuild the sand city, upgrade the wetland stage, and create a new destination for building dreams.
All kinds of thinking and practice triggered by the drama will take place in the public art sector. The festival will invite veterans from many fields to discuss the various connections between theatre and the present.
The seaside dialogue will be hosted by the famous host Lu Yu, and will have cross-border dialogues with senior people from various fields. Parades, bonfires, seaside screenings, workshops, theatre experiences... a variety of activities are also open to the public.
The main visual of the Anaya Theatre Festival
The theme of this year's Anaya Theatre Festival is "Moment and Eternity", and will continue the four major sections: theatre art, cross-border art, living art, and public art, striving to create a younger, more fun, and more creative theatre Art scene.This year, the Aranya Theatre Festival has added two new theatres - the White Theatre (auditorium) and the Cruise Theatre. The landmark buildings and the vast sea form a new landscape together. This year's theatre festival has adjusted the proportion of outdoor performances to more than 60%, and 2/3 of the theatres are outdoors.
White Theater
Cruise Ship Theater
The Anaya Theatre Festival will continue to be chaired by the founder of Anaya, Ma Yin, with Meng Jinghui, Zhang Ziyi and Chen Minghao as the art directors, and famous dramatists Liu Chang and Yang Ting as the artistic planners.The Art Committee invited 28 professionals from different art fields to gather this year, including Cui Jian, Cheng Er, Dong Gong, Duan Yihong, Guan Hu, Hao Lei, Jin Xing, Jia Zhangke, Liu Chang, Liao Fan, Laolang, Lv Xiaoping, Ma Dong, Ma Yansong, Shi Hang, Shen Lihui, Wang Luodan, Wang Xuebing, Wang Xiaoshuai, Xichuan, Xu Zhiyuan, Yao Chen, Yuan Quan, Zeng Yu, Zhang Wu, Zhang Yang, Zhang Yadong, Zhusha, etc. are all familiar names to the public, and they will participate in theatrical performances and aesthetic construction. , space, music, video, design, dialogue and other different units.
Festival directors
Theatre Arts: 28 invited plays divided into six seriesThis year's drama festival will invite 31 directors to bring a total of 28 specially invited plays in 11 days, which will be divided into six series, including six major plays and special attention plays recommended by the organizing committee. In addition to the Sino-British cooperation "Frankenstein" directed by the famous British director Dominic Dromgoll, this year's drama festival gathers extremely diverse creative forces in the domestic drama circle. In addition, 25 environmental drama readings will be performed in turns in the aesthetically significant public spaces and buildings by the sea in Anaya, and will be recruited to the audience for free.
【Six blockbuster plays】
"Frankenstein"
The originator of science fiction. It was staged at the British National Theatre and became popular all over the world. The famous British playwright Nick Dill adapted the science fiction novel written by Mary Shelley 200 years ago. The famous British director Dominic Dromgoll directed it, and Li Ren served as the Chinese director. , bringing together top Chinese and British artists to jointly launch the first Chinese version! As the opening drama, the premiere of the Anaya Theatre Festival will be held at the Lonely Outside Theatre!
"Waiting for Godot"
Directed by Meng Jinghui. Meng Jinghui, who has repeatedly created drama miracles, re-examines this masterpiece of absurdist drama from a new perspective. After nearly 70 years, Samuel Beckett's classic masterpiece will appear on the stage of the Anaya Drama Festival as the opening drama at the same time. Premiere at the A Theater.
"red"
Directed by Chen Minghao. Chen Minghao, who created the drama ending at the same frequency as the sunrise on the sea at 3:00 a.m., continued on the road of drama exploration, bringing all the audiences of the Anaya Theatre Festival together in the White Theatre with the beauty and shock that will never be unexpected. Witness "Red".
"Hamlet"
The National Ballet of China will perform the pinnacle of Shakespeare's plays, and the large-scale ballet will be presented at the seaside as the closing drama. The story is set on a stage that will never open the curtain. The world overlaps between truth and illusion. Where should Hamlet go? "To live or to die?" This eternal question will reap countless echoes in the theater outside Lonely.
"Parasite"
Directed by Yang Ting. Adapted from a female perspective, the film of the same name with the Oscar-winning quadruple winner, Chinese powerful actor Hao Lei, and well-known actor and singer Ma Tianyu join forces. This contrasting "magic" story will also be staged in Theater A as the closing drama.
"Walking Cloud"
Directed by Gao Yanjinzi. "Walking Clouds" is an environmental work. The director uses the power of women to water the environment and dance slowly in the white theater, imagining the Anaya Auditorium as a body inhabited by souls. story.
【Special attention to the play】
"Cherry Orchard"
It is co-created by body artist Wang Ying and 9 Contemporary Dance Company choreographer Zhan Li. "The Cherry Orchard" originated from the famous Russian playwright Chekhov's representative work of the same name.
The Cruise Theater is a new theater this year. When the drama of the performance is combined with the flowing cruise ship, the tide is surging, the light and shadow flow, the reality embraces the dream, and the romance wraps the poetry. Whether it is the creator or the audience, a new dimension of perception will be opened.
The performances of "Cherry Orchard" are specially set at sunrise and dusk. The audience will gather at sea at the most romantic time of the day, sail to the rising and setting of the sun, sail to the other side of the spirit, dissolve the complicated emotions into the waves, and feel the inability to The flowing poetry of re-engraving is immersed in the doomsday carnival of "Cherry Orchard".
Play schedule
【Six series】Focusing on the theme of "moment and eternity", the specially invited repertoire of this year's drama festival is divided into six series, namely: "Immersed Sea", "Reflection Sky", "Absurd Cloud Map", "Dancing Wind and Rain", "Bright Archipelago" " Roaming Steamship".
1. Immersive sea: 5 dramas with arbitrary expressions will meet with the undulating sea water, setting off a wave of dramas exclusive to Anaya, and surging the infinite possibilities of art
"Frankenstein" (Directors: Dominic Dromgour, Li Ren)
"Red" (Director: Chen Minghao)
"Hamlet" (director: Fei Bo)
"Walking Clouds" (director/choreographer: Gao Yanjinzi)
Timon of Athens (Director: Liu Chang)
2. Reflecting sky: The classics of world literature are not only the highlight of the Anaya Theatre Festival, but also the vane for the majority of fans to follow the theatre! 5 drama works that integrate reality and classics are about to issue a deafening interrogation of the times under the reflection of literature
"Parasite" (Director: Yang Ting)
"Daze" (Director: Ding Yiteng)
The Elephant Man (Director: Zhang Nan)
"Io" (Director: Shao Sifan)
"Understanding the Media" (Director: Wang Guanghao)
3. The absurd cloud map: Based on the moment and staring at this magical dramatic picture, these 5 absurd and realistic works will continue to remind us: never fear the arrival of tomorrow
"Waiting for Godot" (Director: Meng Jinghui)
Diary of a Madman (Director: Li Jianjun)
Lies, High Heels and Insanity (Director: Yang Ting)
"Wasteland Dog" (Director: Chen Laoju)
"Oedipus the King" (Director: Su Xiaogang)
4. Dancing wind and rain: 5 works will use dancing limbs, stirring waves of thinking, and fleeting movements to outline eternal aesthetic dreams
"Looking for Frank" (director/choreography: Yuerge)
"Last Toe" (director/choreographer: Li Ning)
"River Map" (director/choreographer: Shi Yanyan)
"If, Good Night" (Director/Choreographer: Zeng Ying)
"Twenty-Nine" (Director / Choreography: Chen Zihao)
5. The dazzling archipelago: all kinds of new and imaginative theatrical forces converge here, bringing 7 bright and vivid drama works
"Love Encounter Game" (Director: Sun Yucheng)
"Isolationist Amusement Park" (Director: Li Luka)
"I LOVE YOU..." (Director: Zhou Xiaoqian)
"The Name of Animals" (Director: Xiao Jing)
"Do you want to eat ice cream?" (Director: Lin Xier)
"Cheers" (Director: Chen Ran × Wang Di)
"Bonjour, Little Monster" (Creator: Li Xiaoyun × Zhang Xiaochen)
6. The roaming ship: The newly built cruise ship theater at the Anaya Theatre Festival, the cruise ship stage, the sea and sky curtain, the sea breeze opens the sense of drama, the sunlight reflects the romantic imagination, the moonlight covers the sea and the beach... Waiting for the audience is an unrepeatable drama. Immerse yourself in new experiences.
"Cherry Orchard" (director/creator: Wang Ying × Zhan Li)
theatrical arts
Crossover Art: Drama House, Stage Art Exhibition, Multimedia Art Installation and Beach MusicThe Drama House is a "dream-making space" for the cross-border art section planned by the first Anaya Theatre Festival. This year, the newly upgraded version 2.0 of the Drama House will incorporate creative expressions in more fields, waiting for the audience to experience it.
In addition, the newly created Anaya Theatre Festival Quadrennial (AQ) and 2022 Stage Art 9+9 Persons Exhibition was first initiated by stage designer Zhang Wu. Space is the exploration of language exchange, with rich morphological structures, fermenting fertile drama soil.
The beach music in Anaya is also a romantic part not to be missed in this theatre festival. The special presentation series of "Aranya Theatre Festival X DDC LIVE" will capture the night of Anaya with a gorgeous lineup of musical performances.
At the seaside where you can touch the ebb and flow at any time, artist Wang Zhigang will use a multimedia art installation to open up another sensory experience for Anaya.
Cross-border art
Art of Living: Ma Yansong Designs a Field for "Migratory Birds 300 Program"In the art of living sector, the "Migratory Birds 300 Program" jointly initiated by Liu Chang, Zhu Sha, Zheng Jing and Chen Minghao will continue this year.
With 300 "migratory birds", 300 hours of uninterrupted creative scene, and cross-domain linkage of multi-dimensional propositions, the "Migrant Birds 300 Project" was one of the most impressive sections of the Anaya Theatre Festival last year.
This year, the famous architect Ma Yansong will draw design manuscripts for Shacheng, a habitat for migratory birds, to create an exclusive field for "migratory birds". At the same time, Anaya will rebuild the sand city, upgrade the wetland stage, and create a new destination for building dreams.
art of living
Public Art: Seaside Conversation, Parade, Bonfire, Seaside Screening, Workshop, Theatre ExperienceAll kinds of thinking and practice triggered by the drama will take place in the public art sector. The festival will invite veterans from many fields to discuss the various connections between theatre and the present.
The seaside dialogue will be hosted by the famous host Lu Yu, and will have cross-border dialogues with senior people from various fields. Parades, bonfires, seaside screenings, workshops, theatre experiences... a variety of activities are also open to the public.
public art
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