In mid-winter, at the Hilton Hotel Beijing Tongzhou Beitou, a hilarious banquet is about to begin, where the audience can be transformed into the celebrities of Shanghai of the Republican period and experience a fresh and fun immersive comedy show. From January 12th to 13th,2024, Mahua FunAge's restaurant-themed experiential comedy "The Hustle Dinner" will be staged at the Hilton Hotel Beijing Tongzhou Beitou, bringing the audience an immersive experience of "Drama + Interaction + Dining".

With the soft singing and dancing of the "Bailemen" female lead, the super close-up magic of the playboys, and the beautifully changing light and shadow, a fantastic interactive journey of the Republic of China will start. The play tells the story of the 55th birthday of Ao Ergong, a business tycoon in Shanghai, and the elites from all walks of life who come to attend the banquet. Among them, the audience present will all be invited to this banquet as the elites of the Republic of China, with the triple identity of audience, diners, and actors simultaneously. The banquet is full of surprises everywhere, and every part of the show requires the audience's deep involvement and tickles their funny bones. There are also magic, song and dance, elaborate meals, and decorations, giving the audience an immersive experience of a vintage banquet.

The innovative nature of the play is that the audience is not only a spectator but also participates in the play as a part of it and may be given a variety of fantastic identities at any time. At the same time, the stage of the play is not traditional, leaving enough room for the audience and the actors to express themselves, and introducing the elements of "immersion", "interaction" and "food" in an innovative way. The script is characterized by "interaction", and the show explores a wide range of interactions, aiming to involve all audience members in the performance and create a harmonious atmosphere of "everyone playing together".

"With the development of social economy and the improvement of people's cultural and entertainment consumption concepts, the domestic stage play market has begun to grow gradually." The relevant person in charge of Hilton Hotel Beijing Tongzhou Beitou introduced that the hotel has 313 elegant and comfortable guest rooms, and combined with the theme of the Grand Canal culture, it injects the culture of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal into the design of the hotel, leading a new lifestyle in the region, and strives to create a new landmark for cultural tourism in the sub-center. This time, it is hoped that by moving the drama to the hotel's grand ballroom, the hotel will dig deep into the cultural tourism market and continuously enrich the hotel's products, and at the same time, it will continuously introduce new dramas and shape the hotel's ballroom into a new space for performing arts.

Translator: ZHOU Huilin

Reviewer: LIU Jin