Chinanews.com, Beijing, January 19th (Reporter Gao Kai) On the evening of the 18th, Beijing People’s Art’s new year drama "Under the Red Flag" landed at the Capital Theater.

　　Bringing another work of Mr. Lao She "Under the Red Flag" to the stage has dual meanings of inheritance and innovation for Beijing People's Art. The new opening of the show also uses Mr. Lao She's works, Mr. Lao She's original works plus Mr. Li Longyun's adaptation and continuation, we hope to use the works of these two Beijing-style writers to start a new journey of human art." Director of the play Feng Yuanzheng said.

Beijing People's Arts New Year drama "Red Flag" on stage Photo by Shi Chunyang

　　In this preface by Mr. Lao She, the audience can see himself and all sentient beings described by the author.

Seeing Mr. Lao She's consistent great love and compassion, he can feel the magnificent historical picture, the deep and profound humanistic care, and a kind of continuous national high spirit.

According to Yan Rui, a young director who co-directed this work, "(The play) has bitterness in its humor, and sympathy in its laughter. It is the spirit of a person, a family, an era, and a nation."

　　As a group drama, "Under the Red Flag" has many performances, many characters, and as many as 40 actors in the crew.

This is not only the difficulty of the work, but also the highlight.

Beijing People's Arts has always been good at creating vivid characters. Even if there is only one scene, these vivid characters in the play hope to leave a deep impression on people.

Lao She, played by Pu Cunxin, brings together the co-creation of the director and actors, connecting the fragmented narratives in the whole play.

Feng Yuanzheng emphasized that this series of functions is by no means an announcer, but a participant, always emphasizing Lao She's "sense of presence".

"Lao She" shuttles on the stage, connects history and time through his "hearing, seeing, thinking, and feeling", and presents the situation in the play in multiple spaces and dimensions.

Beijing People's Arts New Year drama "Red Flag" on stage Photo by Shi Chunyang

　　As the "soul" character in the play, Lao She, played by Pu Cunxin, breaks through reality and non-reality, and realizes real-time communication with himself, with the times, and with the audience.

Lao She's father, played by Yang Lixin, not only brings his own understanding of old Beijing life and culture, but also strengthens the character's national spirit.

The aunt played by Liang Danni and the eldest sister and mother-in-law played by Wang Qianhua, as the few female characters in the play, staged many wonderful rivalry scenes on stage with their distinctive characters, detailed inner emotions, and full and humorous plot designs.

　　There are many characters in the play, such as Yun Weng played by Wang Gang, Zheng Weng played by Fu Jia, Lao She’s mother played by Wu Shanshan, Fu Hai’s second brother played by Liu Hui, Bo Shengzhi played by Lei Jia, Duo Boss played by Yang Jiayin, He Jing’s There are only a few appearances of many characters such as the old and the second, but through the unique performances of the actors, they all interpret the vivid appearance of all beings in the era.

Beijing People's Arts New Year drama "Red Flag" on stage Photo by Shi Chunyang

　　The entire stage expression of the play is different from the traditional Beijing-style children's play in the past.

Among the many scenes, the familiar small courtyards in the market and the gates of the capital houses are no longer seen, but replaced by red roofs and neat glazed tiles.

With symbolic elements, it expresses the characteristics of Beijing in a freehand way.

On the stage with the roof as the visual center, the actors shuttle freely, completing the division and connection of time and space time and time again, which is both realistic and freehand.

　　In addition to the stage design, the performance of the stage also boldly borrowed from the style of traditional Chinese opera, combined with the form of dance, to show the scene of the Eight Banners, allowing the audience to imagine the life at that time in the grand momentum.

　　It is reported that this work will be staged until January 28.

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