Liyuan Opera Red Wedding Bed By Fujian Province Liyuan Opera Inheritance Centre – Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, Shanghai

About this event

Red Wedding Bed is a Liyuan opera production based on the Liyuan classic Chen San and Wuniang. The primary event page places the action around the scene Great Melancholy, following Wuniang's longing on the red wedding bed while retaining the traditional performance form of an art described as nearly nine centuries old. The staging uses modern dramaturgy rather than presenting the source as a linear historical narrative. It creates a play-within-a-play across two timeframes, interweaving dream, memory and reality; the seven role types of the traditional qiziban ensemble move between the two theatrical worlds. The official listing credits Zeng Long as director and Jason Kong as dramaturg, and describes a combination of traditional Chinese opera with minimalist contemporary theatre. The production is performed in the Southern Fujian dialect with Chinese and English surtitles and lasts approximately 1 hour 30 minutes without an interval.

Cast & creative

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  Stage director

  Zeng Li
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  Dramaturg

  Jason Kong