Programmes
Past events
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Peking Opera and Kunqu Fusion “Chun Shuidu” (New Adaptation)
12.09.2017 to 13.09.2017
An adaptation of the familiar story Legend of the White Snake , Chun Shuidu is an intimate production that takes an unusual perspective, focusing solely on the meeting between Monk Fahai and Xu Xian
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Experimental Huaiju Theatre “Kong Yiji” (New Adaptation)
10.09.2017
Kong Yiji reimagines Lu Xun’s classic short story of the same name. Describing the misfortunes that befall the poor, pedantic scholar Kong Yiji when the civil service system he aspires to enter suddenly undergoes changes, the story is often described as reflecting the societal shifts of the late Qing dynasty
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Liyuan Opera “Zhu Wen” (The Only Extant Version)
09.09.2017
Scholar Zhu Wen takes a room at an inn and meets a young woman calling herself Yi Li Jin (A Grain of Gold). she tells Zhu that she is the daughter of the innkeeper and presents him with an embroidered purse full of coins as a pledge that they will become husband and wife……
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Experimental Cantonese Opera “Farewell My Concubine” (New Adaptation)
06.09.2017 to 07.09.2017
Blending traditional Cantonese opera techniques with contemporary stage and lighting design, this groundbreaking production reinterprets the legendary story of the downfall of Xiang Yu, the self-proclaimed “Overlord of Western Chu”