Xi'an, May 5 (Zhongxin Net) -- "Our comedies generally show the most ordinary human behaviors and activities in secular society, and we dare not touch those painful and profound things. Now, we touched it, grasped its patterns, and we took a step forward. Chen Peisi, actor, director and founder of Avenue Culture, said in Xi'an on the 11th.

On the same day, the main creator meeting of the drama "Shocking Dreams" directed and starring Chen Peisi was held at the Shaanxi Grand Theatre, and the four leading actors Chen Peisi, Wu Gang, He Yu and Chen Dayu appeared in advance to share the stories in front of and behind the scenes with the audience.

"Shocking Dreams" is an original drama cooperated by the famous screenwriter Yu Yu and Chen Peisi after "Theater" in 2015. The play was born out of the Kunqu opera "Garden Horror Dream", taking the fate of the traditional opera class as the main line, telling the story of the Kunqu opera class and the Spring Society trying their best to survive and perform theatrical performances during the war years.

It is reported that "Shocking Dreams" will be performed for four nights at the Xi'an Kaiyuan Grand Theater from May 5. The audience will experience the unique charm of "dreams are a new world, and old songs still vaguely surround the ancient city" at close range in the theater.

For Chen Peisi, after studying "comedy" for a lifetime, this drama has been given a thicker connotation and deep meaning, and for Chen Peisi's son Chen Dayu, "Shocking Dreams" is a commemorative work of his first decade as an actor. The combination of father and son shows the audience the inheritance of the theatrical context.

Chen Peisi said that the play is processed with comedy technology, so that it wraps the plot and action of the stage from beginning to end, while the ending of the story is a tragedy, it can be said that "Shocking Dreams" is a tragedy wrapped in comedy technology.

The picture shows Chen Dayu being interviewed in Xi'an on the 10th. Photo by Zhang Yichen

"When my ability was not enough, there was a lot of help and supervision from my father, and after seven or eight years in the industry, it was relatively mild, and now that I have been in the industry for ten years, I don't have so much control." Chen Dayu said with a smile.

Talking about the cooperation between father and son. Chen Peisi commented on his son: "The talent is average, but it is not easy for young people to stick to it today. He has a better understanding than I do, so he can understand a lot of things with a little dial, which is quite reassuring. ”

From the Peking Opera of "The Stage" to the Kunqu Opera of "Shocking Dreams", is it possible that the next play will go from Kunqu to Qin? Faced with the questions on the spot, Chen Peisi said with a smile: "I haven't realized it yet. (End)