The stage play "Awakening Age", based on the TV series of the same name, will be on the Shanghai stage in September. As one of the key projects of the Shanghai Dramatic Art Center in 2022, the stage play "Age of Awakening" has begun to enter the rehearsal hall for rehearsal after nearly ten script reading sessions. On August 5, the show officially opened for tickets. Only two hours after the ticket was issued, 6 of the 10 performances in the first round have been sold out, and the popularity of "Age of Awakening" has not diminished.
This creation is written by Yu Rongjun, the artistic director of Shanghai Drama Art Center and a national first-class screenwriter, directed by He Nian, the national first-class director of Shanghai Drama Art Center, and Sang Qi, the national first-class stage designer of Shanghai Drama Art Center, as the stage design, and Yang Fan composes the music. , National first-class stage designer Ren Dongsheng served as lighting design, Wang Jiadi served as multimedia design, Liu Minzi choreographed, and Shanghai Drama Art Center national first-class stage designer Dong Guiying served as costume design.
The whole play still focuses on the grand background of the period from the publication of "Youth Magazine" in 1915 to the period when "New Youth" became an organ of the Communist Party of China in 1921, showing the modern history of China from the New Culture Movement, the May Fourth Movement to the founding of the Communist Party of China A magnificent historical picture, the art reproduces the melodious years of China's advanced intellectuals and enthusiastic young people pursuing truth and burning ideals a hundred years ago, revealing the historical inevitability of the birth of the Communist Party of China and the correctness of the path choice.
According to Yu Rongjun, the screenwriter of the play, the process of adaptation is to smash the original things, and then find our own creative angle in the stage art form. This process is difficult. We will inevitably face conflicts of opinion and collision of thinking, but we will also run into a consensus, so that we can present more things to the audience and have better communication and links with the audience. Therefore, it is worth it.
"The Age of Awakening has a lot of places where our spiritual level can directly talk. I hope these precious points are on the stage and will hit the hearts of the audience. This is the stage version of Age of Awakening, it is not a TV series. It's not even a novel, different audiences will have different expectations for it, but what we will present to the audience is - this is our re-created version of "Awakening Age", which will be unique, unique, and strong. Dramatic and rich in thought.”
The stage play "Age of Awakening" is a story about "awakening of minds", and the creation and rehearsal of the play is also a process of ideological collision. Previously, due to the impact of the epidemic, the rehearsal of the stage play "Age of Awakening" was changed from offline to online, and nearly ten script reading sessions were organized. A few days ago, after returning to the rehearsal hall, the actors and creators of the stills were sitting together. For the sake of a dialogue between the characters in the play, they repeatedly discussed whether it was in line with the characters' characters, the background of the times and the prescribed situation. Everyone expressed their opinions. Accurate to every word in the conversation.
The TV series The Age of Awakening presents a group portrait of Chinese intellectuals a hundred years ago. And this version of the stage play is also a collection of "male gods". The final cast has been decided, Lu Liang will play Chen Duxiu and Han Xiuyi will play Li Dazhao. In addition, Wang Zi, Wang Heng, Lan Haimeng, Fu Chong, Zhang Xu, Li Li, Yang Yiling, Gong Xiao, Du Guangyi, Tie Zheng, Bian Yulin, Zhao Shengsheng, Zhou Tingchao, Huang Chen, Si Kun, Zhou Jimeng , Wang Wei, Li Shigao, Zhang Yanan, Zhang Jiahao, Dong Yufeng, Lu Yang, etc. will all play the familiar historical figures in the play, reproducing that turbulent history.
This creation is written by Yu Rongjun, the artistic director of Shanghai Drama Art Center and a national first-class screenwriter, directed by He Nian, the national first-class director of Shanghai Drama Art Center, and Sang Qi, the national first-class stage designer of Shanghai Drama Art Center, as the stage design, and Yang Fan composes the music. , National first-class stage designer Ren Dongsheng served as lighting design, Wang Jiadi served as multimedia design, Liu Minzi choreographed, and Shanghai Drama Art Center national first-class stage designer Dong Guiying served as costume design.
"The Age of Awakening" group photo
It is reported that the stage play "Age of Awakening" is based on the adaptation of the TV series of the same name, and re-creates and excavates the original characters and content, and reflects it in the theater in a more stage-like form.The whole play still focuses on the grand background of the period from the publication of "Youth Magazine" in 1915 to the period when "New Youth" became an organ of the Communist Party of China in 1921, showing the modern history of China from the New Culture Movement, the May Fourth Movement to the founding of the Communist Party of China A magnificent historical picture, the art reproduces the melodious years of China's advanced intellectuals and enthusiastic young people pursuing truth and burning ideals a hundred years ago, revealing the historical inevitability of the birth of the Communist Party of China and the correctness of the path choice.
According to Yu Rongjun, the screenwriter of the play, the process of adaptation is to smash the original things, and then find our own creative angle in the stage art form. This process is difficult. We will inevitably face conflicts of opinion and collision of thinking, but we will also run into a consensus, so that we can present more things to the audience and have better communication and links with the audience. Therefore, it is worth it.
"The Age of Awakening has a lot of places where our spiritual level can directly talk. I hope these precious points are on the stage and will hit the hearts of the audience. This is the stage version of Age of Awakening, it is not a TV series. It's not even a novel, different audiences will have different expectations for it, but what we will present to the audience is - this is our re-created version of "Awakening Age", which will be unique, unique, and strong. Dramatic and rich in thought.”
The stage play "Age of Awakening" is a story about "awakening of minds", and the creation and rehearsal of the play is also a process of ideological collision. Previously, due to the impact of the epidemic, the rehearsal of the stage play "Age of Awakening" was changed from offline to online, and nearly ten script reading sessions were organized. A few days ago, after returning to the rehearsal hall, the actors and creators of the stills were sitting together. For the sake of a dialogue between the characters in the play, they repeatedly discussed whether it was in line with the characters' characters, the background of the times and the prescribed situation. Everyone expressed their opinions. Accurate to every word in the conversation.
Screenwriter Yu Rongjun and director He Nian
The crew rehearses and discusses the script
Director He Nian said that in the rehearsal of the stage play "Age of Awakening", we are constantly exploring the form and polishing the story, hoping to have the characteristics of our words. "We hope that this is not a simple condensed TV series and the original book, but a unique version of the stage play. The rehearsal of the stage play "Awakening Age" is a time for all of us to learn and grow. Each of us Actors have consulted a lot of books and materials in order to figure out the roles they play, and it is also a valuable improvement for each of us to get closer to these characters and these characters."The TV series The Age of Awakening presents a group portrait of Chinese intellectuals a hundred years ago. And this version of the stage play is also a collection of "male gods". The final cast has been decided, Lu Liang will play Chen Duxiu and Han Xiuyi will play Li Dazhao. In addition, Wang Zi, Wang Heng, Lan Haimeng, Fu Chong, Zhang Xu, Li Li, Yang Yiling, Gong Xiao, Du Guangyi, Tie Zheng, Bian Yulin, Zhao Shengsheng, Zhou Tingchao, Huang Chen, Si Kun, Zhou Jimeng , Wang Wei, Li Shigao, Zhang Yanan, Zhang Jiahao, Dong Yufeng, Lu Yang, etc. will all play the familiar historical figures in the play, reproducing that turbulent history.
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