Modern drama comes alive at ACT festival
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ANNUAL drama festival ACT is returning to Shanghai for a 10th year. Between November 3 and 29, the festival — which this year centers around the theme of “More Than Festival” — will feature stagings of 23 contemporary plays from China and numerous other countries.
The program will also include local work “Love Letters,” produced by Shanghai Huayi Cultural Communication Co Ltd and starring Shanghai actors Xu Manman and Zhao Lei, which will be staged at 1933 Micro Theater from November 4.
“The story is about a man and a woman who love each other from grade two, and use pieces of notes to express their love,” says the show’s director, Wang Huan.
“Endgame,” written by Samuel Beckett, is produced by Alice Theater Laboratory from Hong Kong. This early example of modernism will come to the Shanghai Drama Arts Center for three performances starting November 13. The play is often ranked alongside “Waiting for Godot” as one of Beckett’s best.
Meanwhile, the Hiroshi Koike Bridge Project, from Japan, will stage “Mahabharata Part 2.5,” an innovative rapid-fire adaptation of Indian epic Mahabharata.
The show will feature dialogue in Japanese, Thai and Chinese.
Established in 2012, the Hiroshi Koike Bridge Project aims to use drama as a tool to connect countries throughout Asia.
“Our aim is to ‘think through our bodies’ and to create a bridge between the world and cultures through the arts,” says founder Hiroshi Koike, a director, writer and photographer.
Spanish troupe Agrupación Señor Serrano will perform “A House in Asia,” about the pursuit and killing of Osama bin Laden. Three shows will be staged at the Drama Arts Center starting November 24.
Dramatic works from Taiwan will also feature prominently in the festival. The troupe EX-Theatre Asia will perform “Hayavadana” from November 24 at the Shanghai Drama Arts Center’s Studio D6. The story centers on a half-horse, half-man character named Hayavadana and his search to become a “complete” being.
EX-Theatre Asia was co-founded by Taiwan stage veteran Lin Pei-Ann and Indian playwright, director and actor Chongtham Jayanta Meetei.
“Theater is a space to tell stories and encourage speculation,” says Lin. “Transforming and interpreting physical norms into traditional performances is a major theme of our experiments.”
‘Love Letters’
Date: November 4-15, 7:30pm (Monday/Tuesday Off)
Venue: 1933 Micro Theater
Address: 2/F, Bldg 1, 611 Liyang Rd
Tickets: 120/150/200 yuan
‘Endgame’
Date: November 13-14, 7:30pm; November 15, 2pm
Venue: Shanghai Drama Arts Center
Address: 288 Anfu Rd
Tickets: 150/280 yuan
‘A House in Asia’
Date: November 24-26, 7:30pm
Venue: Shanghai Drama Arts Center
Address: 288 Anfu Rd
Tickets: 50/100/150 yuan
‘Hayavadana’
Date: November 24-26, 7:30pm
Venue: Shanghai Drama Arts Center
Address: 288 Anfu Rd
Tickets: 150/280 yuan
‘Mahabharata Part 2.5’
Date: November 28-29, 7:30pm
Venue: Shanghai Drama Arts Center
Address: 288 Anfu Rd
Tickets: 100/280 yuan
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