News from this newspaper (Reporter Sun Yunke) The actors and the audience sit together, and the audience can put on costumes and integrate into the performance... From March to April this year, the immersive Beijing opera "Tea House" will continue to perform in the Taihu Performing Arts Workshop.
The performance breaks the traditional performance form of the opera stage, and the audience can gain a refreshing sense of substitution and participation through the "immersive" experience that is immersed in the scene and integrated into the performance.
Yesterday at 1:30 p.m., with a greeting from the teahouse staff, the immersive Beijing opera "Teahouse" was officially staged in the Qing Auditorium of the Taihu Performing Arts Workshop.
There are several Eight Immortals tables in the middle of the stage, and the audience sits on the benches beside the table. After all the actors appear, they also sit in it, ordering food, fortune-telling, drinking tea, and singing. The stories unfold slowly beside the audience.
Not only that, in the final link of Eunuch Pang's selection of candidates to enter the palace, the audience will also choose the audience to go to the backstage to dress up as palace maids and guards, and walk into the stage to perform live after learning a few simple movements.
"I especially like this form of performance. I have a strong sense of participation as an audience. It feels like I am acting. The story in the play is happening around me, and the end of the performance is still unfinished." Ms. Wen came from Chaoyang District to watch the performance. Say.
In 2019, the immersive Beijing opera "Tea House" made its debut at the Chinese Opera Culture Week, and the novel performance form attracted widespread attention from the society.
In 2020, the new version of "Tea House" will be further processed. The audience can not only sit with the actors, but also put on costumes and integrate into the performance. At the same time, the opera also adds more Beijing elements, making the Beijing flavor more intense.
"Since 2019, we have performed nearly 200 performances, but each time the details are different. Everyone will improvise the lines such as ordering dishes and fortune-telling, and the actors will also exchange roles to exchange experiences." Director of the Performance Department of Beijing Qu Opera Troupe Peng Yanliang introduced, "And we are also constantly adjusting and changing. When sitting next to the audience, we will chat with them like in life; when we stand up and say lines and sing opera, we will show a professional performance style."
The reporter learned that Beijing Quju is the only local opera in Beijing. It has a history of nearly 70 years since it was named "Beijing Quju" by Mr. Lao She in 1952.
The performances of Beijing Quju are not as stylized as traditional operas, and are closer to life.
Next, on weekends from March to April, the immersive Beijing opera "Tea House" will continue to be staged at the Taihu Performing Arts Workshop. The audience can scan the QR code to purchase tickets through the WeChat public account "Taihu Performing Arts Workshop".