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The Last Warrior Elephant

Date: Jan 10-13 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts

Adapted from Shen Shixi's popular novel of the same title, the stage play The Last Warrior Elephant is set in Xishuangbanna in southwestern China's Yunnan province during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, where elephants have long been consecrated. Bo Nongding, a Dai orphan, saves the newborn elephant Ga Suo with his companion Kun Ge. Therefore, the boy and the baby elephant develops a mutual trust and profound friendship in the course of domestication. However, the expanding invasion of the Japanese forces poses a huge threat to the Da Luo village on the China's border. Bo Nongding finally determines to come to the front line with Ga Suo to combat the enemies and defend their homeland. Now they are not only friends, but also comrades-in-arms. The story, set in the flames of the war, unfolds with the growth of the child and the baby elephant, conveying a theme of harmony between human beings and elephants. With dramatic ups and downs, lifelike elephant puppets, and alternating light and shadow, the stage play evokes profound sympathy with loyalty and harmony and arouses people's familial and national sentiments peculiar to the Chinese people.