'Seven' targets audience through performance
Source: China Daily | 2024-10-09 | Editor:Ines
The main performance space of the drama Seven is placed within the audience seating, effectively using the entire theater.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
As part of the recently concluded 17th Beijing Fringe Festival, the play Seven took the stage at the Avant-garde Theatre in Beijing on Sunday and Monday.
Written by Tang Danian and directed by Nie Jingzhu, the production featured Wu Zhoukai, Leng Xinqing, Guo Shenyu, and Wang Lang in leading roles, with Yuan Yuan serving as project director.
Seven is adapted from Khyentse Norbu's film Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache and follows the protagonist through seven dreams in the final seven days of his life. The narrative shifts from a desperate outward search for answers to an eventual focus on inner reflection and reconciliation.
Nie Jingzhu directs the drama.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Breaking away from traditional stage formats, the theatrical version of Seven redefines the relationship between the audience and the performance, blending the boundary between dreams and reality. The main performance space is placed within the audience seating, effectively using the entire theater.
"The actors are both the observers and the observed, and so are the audience members. Each person sees a different version of themselves while also gaining new perspectives on life," Nie explained.
You May Like
-
Feature: Chinese cultural performances thrill U.S. students
"It's the first time we've had Chinese performers visiting our campus. I want our students to have exposure to different cultures including the Chinese culture....
InKunming 2024-09-19 -
Garden performance presents the charm of poetry and joy of t...
To joyfully embrace the blooming summer, Bulgari Hotel Beijing presented the garden poetry ensemble A Poem to Traveling, in partnership with The Poem for You, a...
InKunming 2023-05-18 -
In pics: performance at Great Tang All Day Mall in Xi'an
A traditional costume show is held at the Great Tang All Day Mall in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
InKunming 2023-04-27 -
China's economic performance in 2020
China’s economy expanded by 2.3% in 2020, roaring back from a historic contraction in the early months of the year to become the only major world economy to gr...
InKunming 2021-01-19 -
Torch Festival approaches, splendid performances to be held ...
InKunming 2014-07-17 -
Pu'er to witness musical folk performances on Nov. 21
InKunming 2011-11-16
