Chinanews client, Beijing, January 25th (Reporter Ren Siyu) Recently, several local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia have appeared in Hebei, Heilongjiang, Beijing and other places. As the Spring Festival approaches, the flow of people and gatherings increase, and the epidemic prevention and control situation is getting worse. Hair is severe.

　　In order to do a good job in the prevention and control of the epidemic and ensure the health and safety of cast members and audiences, theaters in some areas have announced temporary closures, and many performances originally scheduled for January and February have been cancelled and postponed.

What about the Spring Festival stalls in the movie and performance market this year?

Cinemas in Harbin and Shijiazhuang are temporarily closed

　　On January 22, the China Film Distribution and Projection Association issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Preventing and Controlling the Epidemic in Cinemas during the Spring Festival in 2021", requiring strict online ticket booking reservations to limit the current, ensuring reasonable interval between shows, and doing a good job in audience admission inspection and supervision The staff and spectators entering the theater area must wear masks correctly.

　　The notice pointed out that all units must strictly implement the "Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Epidemics on the Reopening of Movie Screening Places" (third edition).

This also means that all theaters during the Spring Festival should use real-name reservations online and contactless ticket sales. In principle, the attendance rate of each show should not exceed 75%.

Data map: The studio staff are disinfecting.

Photo by Wei Liang

　　On the first day of the Lunar New Year in 2021, seven major films will be released at the same time. The Spring Festival files are stable, but whether some theaters can normally open during the Spring Festival requires a question mark.

　　Since the beginning of January, Hebei Province has successively added hundreds of local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia. Subsequently, movie theaters in cities such as Shijiazhuang and Baoding announced the suspension of business. Zhangbei County of Zhangjiakou City requested the entire county's museums, libraries, cultural centers, and cinema lines to be temporarily suspended Closed.

Source: Screenshot of Shijiazhuang Oscar Studios Official Account.

　　In addition to Hebei, theaters in Harbin, Heilongjiang, Gongzhuling in Jilin, and Baishui County in Weinan, Shaanxi have also been suspended.

All public places in the area under the jurisdiction of Tiangongyuan Street in Daxing District, Beijing are closed, and public places such as movie theaters in the area not under the jurisdiction of Tiangongyuan Street are strictly limited to 50%.

Cinemas in the Shunyi area of ​​Beijing have not opened since New Year's Day.

　　The Spring Festival is approaching, and many theaters have begun preparations for this year's Spring Festival. However, the sudden severe epidemic situation has brought the preparations to an abrupt end. It is still unknown whether these theaters can wait until the Spring Festival before the turning point is clear.

Nearly 1,000 theater performances cancelled or postponed

　　In addition to the cinema, some drama performances in January and during the Spring Festival also choose to cancel or postpone.

　　Recently, Beijing Tianqiao Art Center issued a notice stating that due to local epidemic prevention measures, some stage props and cast members cannot arrive in Beijing, and some recent performances will be cancelled or postponed.

For example, 2021 was originally a trip to the Shaanxi People's Art version of "Bailuyuan", but the performance originally scheduled for January 22-24 has been postponed to June 25-27.

　　The original version of the musical "The Phantom of the Theater" 2021/2022, originally scheduled to set sail from the Shanghai Grand Theater from February 16 to March 28, has also been postponed.

The composer of "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Father of Musical" Weber once called this tour the "largest in history" China tour. Some netizens commented that "it's just that the postponement is not a cancellation, but some hope is retained."

Source: Weibo of the musical "Phantom of the Theater".

　　Some theaters in Wuhan also suspended some offline performances. Wuhan Qintai Concert Hall stated that the performances before the Spring Festival only retained the "Classic Film Music Piano Trio" on the evening of January 23. This was also based on the smaller scale of performances. Decisions made.

　　The Jiangsu Grand Theater, the Kun Theater of the Jiangsu Provincial Performing Arts Group, and the Nanjing Poly Grand Theater also cancelled some performances in January. The head of the performance department of the Nanjing Zijin Grand Theater said in an interview with the media that the theater’s related performances are estimated to be postponed to 2021. In May, the specific date has not yet been determined.

　　According to data from the Comprehensive Theater Committee of the China Performance Industry Association, the Performance Producer Committee, and some ticketing platforms, nearly a thousand professional theater performances across the country have been cancelled or postponed in January.

According to data from Poly Theater, the largest professional theater in China, as of January 18, about 270 performances in more than 40 theaters on the theater have been cancelled or postponed, accounting for nearly 35% of the overall plan of the theater.

　　In addition, some concerts and tours originally scheduled for January have also been cancelled.

Recently, the Shanghai Rainbow Chamber Chorus issued a Weibo stating that according to the requirements of prevention and control work, the performances originally scheduled to be held on the evening of January 30 and 31 had to be cancelled.

On January 15, Hangzhou Damai·66 Livehouse announced the cancellation of all recent performances. The Combs band, who originally planned to tour here, said that they also learned of the cancellation of the performance just after getting off the plane.

Source: Weibo screenshot.

　　In order to strictly prevent the epidemic, many places across the country have successively issued epidemic prevention and control notices during the Spring Festival to strictly restrict large-scale performances and gatherings.

Sichuan Province has suspended marathons, commercial performances and other crowd-intensive activities. Jiangsu Province strictly approves large-scale cultural, sports and commercial activities, and implements the requirements of “who sponsors and who is responsible”. In principle, various indoor sports events, concerts, and offline are not held. Large-scale gathering activities such as exhibitions and sales promotions.

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Cloud Performance" and "Cloud Live Broadcast" Renewed Force

　　When theaters in some areas are temporarily closed and many plays and concerts are cancelled, where should everyone go to see the show?

　　When the offline performance is reduced, the online performance starts to fill up.

On the 23rd, the Shandong Provincial Grand Theater issued a notice stating that in order to make every effort to prevent and control the epidemic, the "2021 Shandong New Year Ethnic Concert" originally scheduled to be held on January 29 will be adjusted to an online live broadcast.

　　In 2020, the sudden epidemic has brought an impact to the performance industry and also catalyzed the transformation and upgrading of online performances. "Cloud Theater", "Cloud Music Festival", and "Cloud Live Broadcast" have become the norm before the performance industry officially resumes work.

At the beginning of 2021, in addition to the prevention and elimination of epidemics and controlling the frequency of performances in theaters, online performances have also begun to exert force again.

Source: Screenshot of Wuhan People's Art Theater official account.

　　Recently, Wuhan Han Theater announced that the "weekly performance" of the theater will be changed to an online live broadcast. The actors are still performing in the theater and the live footage is shown to the audience.

It is understood that the performance plan of the hospital from January to March is expected to be changed to online live broadcast.

　　According to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, during the "Two Festivals", Beijing will expand the supply of public cultural services, encourage new formats such as "cloud performances", online performances and live performances to provide high-quality online entertainment products, and maximize the use of Internet and TV , Radio and other cultural programs.

　　The China Performance Industry Association issued a document stating that the industry has been mentally prepared to respond to the epidemic, and that domestic vaccine research and development and vaccination are currently active and effective. In the face of this round of the epidemic, the performance industry is actively making timely adjustments. The serious impact of the industry will no longer occur.

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