Beijing Fayuansi
Theatre
Description
Description
Beijing Fayuansi is an adaptation of Li Ao’s first full-length novel Martyrs’ Shrine: the Story of the Reform Movement of 1898 in China directed by renowned director Tian Qinxin of National Theatre of China. Recounting events of Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Tan Sitong, Emperor Guangxu, Empress Dowager Cixi, and centring the efforts to put the country back on its feet in late Qing, the story is told against the backdrop of Fayuan Temple in Beijing, in which a series of historical events took place between 1888 and 1927. The storyline develops around the 10 days between 11-21 September 1898, follows the meeting of Emperor Guangxu with Kang Youwei, the formation of the Hundred Day’s Reform, the gallantry of Tan Sitong and the pursuit of Western learning by Liang Qichao, telling the ethos of the people at the time.
Glance over the brutal history through the multiple viewpoints of the imperial court, the people and the temple on stage at the opportune moment for change of the gloomy, doomed country in late Qing. The patriots and the elites entangle with the nation and the fate – what is the way out for a nation at the brink of a fall
Original Novel：Li Ao
Playwright：Tian Qinxin
Director：Tian Qinxin
Deputy Director：Sun Xiaoming
Producer：Li Dong
Chief Director：Wang Ning
Delegate Producers：Zhou Yuyuan; Yang Yang
Producer：Jin Ling; Jing Xiaoyong; Wang Xiaoying; Ge Dali; Luo Dajun; Bai Xuefeng
Deputy Producer：Wang Pengpeng
Production coordinator：Lao Xiang; Li Meng
Cast：Xi Meijuan; Zhou Jie; Jia Yiping; Fang Xu; Huang Xiaoli (Guest Artists); Xu Wenguang (Guest Artists); Chuo Eryong (Guest Artists); Zong Ping (Guest Artists); Wu Bi; Dong Bochang; Ou Ning; Zhou Chengao; Zhao Huanyu; Shan Guanchao; Zhang Yicong; Liang En; Ding Yan; Jiang Sihan; Li Ruoyan; Wang Dawei; Jin Ge; Peng Luqi; Tian Weining; Feng Xuexin
Visual Director / Lighting Designer：Xiao Lihe
Stage / Props：Wang Chen
Costume / Styling Designer：Chen Gufang
Music Designer：Jiang Jinghong
Multi-media designer：Yu Hai
Sound Designer：He Bin
Deputy Styling Designer：Liu Hongman
Costume producer：Su Zihang
Stage Manager：Pei Yangfeng
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Theatre Yearbook 2016 – Dance, Drama and Xiqu" published by International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong).
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$120
$380
Indoor
Non-local
