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Mahua FunAge Drama QR Code Killer

Date: Sept 13-14 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Beijing Comedy Theatre

Price: 180-680 yuan

Is the motive unknown? And so is the method or eyewitness? Six people are killed within 3 years, yet there is nothing but a QR code left on the scenes. Is this what is so-called perfect crime? The bodies stabbed in the head with a knife disappear incredibly, and is this going to get the case investigation beyond control? The stage set is renovated and refined to create a city of sin that looks both illusive and real. The stage looks like a real one from which you can see the Oscar award ceremony, the Traditional Chinese Medicine hospital in the Chinatown, the American street and the pleasure ground.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

NCPA Opera Commission Rickshaw Boy

Date: Sept 9 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 100-880 yuan

Opera commission Rickshaw Boy, the first NCPA production adapted from Chinese famous writher Laoshe's novel of the same name, made its debut in Beijing, China in June 2014. Chinese composer Guo Wenjing, together with a first-class opera production team in China, produced this opera characterized by charms of old Beijing. It was also the first time that this novel was adapted and performed in the form of opera. This opera was produced by a first-class production team in China, including composer Guo Wenjing, librettist Xu Ying and director/set designer Yi Liming. In terms of music, this opera is featured with Chinese musical elements, such as Peking Opera, folk songs and Jingyundagu (storytelling in Beijing dialect with drum accompaniment), as well as Chinese musical instruments like sanxian and suona. Moreover, folk songs, quyi and peddling are used to present the unique sounds of old Beijing.

Contact: 010-6655-0000