The Stage

2017-11-16

Venue: Beijing Comedy Theatre

Dates: November 23-26, 2017

About

Large stage comedy The Stage was created and produced by Dadao Culture in 2015. It was written by scriptwriter YU Yue, directed by famous Chinese comedy performing artist CHEN Peisi, starring CHEN Peisi and YANG Lixin. In the over-two-hour performance, more than 20 characters display a story of the survival of a drama ensemble in troubled times, advocating the Chinese traditional culture represented by Peking Opera and inspiring the audience to reflect on the traditional cultural inheritance.

The script took almost two years to complete. The comedy made its debut as the opening drama of the Beijing Comedy Theatre on July 16th, 2015, and was well-embraced by the audience.

Synopsis

The Stage describes a warlord dogfight in the Republic of China period (1912-1949). When Commander HONG captures Beijing, Wuqing Troupe (a famous Chinese traditional opera peforming group) including famous actor JIN Xiaotian holds a three-day performance at the Dexiang Theatre. Leader HOU of the Wuqing Toupe and Manager WU of the theatre are preparing for the performance, and both of them are immersed in the joy because all tickets have been sold out. However, an unexpected series of accidents occurs in succession. Characters including the bun delivery man, the Inspecting Commander, the escaped Aunt Liu, gang LIU Guaizi and famous actor JIN Xiaotian are involved in a seires of events which are intertwined. Hence, the theatre’s backstage situation descends into a complete mess. Leader HOU and Manager WU try their best to save the broken situation, but the accident is out of control and develops beyond everyone's expectations regardless of their efforts. Will JIN Xiaotian finally appear on the stage? Will the troupe have a successful performance? How will this mess be fixed? All these questions are answered in The Stage.

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