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Chutian Metropolis Daily News: "The 8-hour "Dream Like a Dream" pays tribute to the city of Wuhan. Xiao Zhan cried, Xu Qing cried, & the audience cried too..."

Date: 04-23-2021

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"The enclosed rectangular stage in "Dream Like a Dream" is a metaphor for a person's life. On this stage, actors walk, run, look for...

Everyone is looking for... In the previous story, "Patient No. 5" looked for his inexplicably missing wife..."+

"...and the cause of the fever inexplicably; in the next story, "Gu Xianglan" looked for a way out of the gilded bird cage. She thought it would be just to leave the brothel & go to Paris for freedom, it turns out that Paris is just a bigger birdcage..."+

"From 2:00 pm to 11:30 pm on April 22, this 8-hour story about dreams & search was staged at the Qintai Grand Theater. Whether it was stage design or performance duration, "Dream Like a Dream" gave Wuhan a new experience."

"Wuhan is also new to "Dream Like a Dream".

The audience was waiting to enter the venue.

This is the first time that "Dream Like a Dream" has been presented to the audience for free since it was staged in 2000: at the Qintai Grand Theater,"+

"...it launched its 1st charity performance, & invited many to experience the mystery on the spot. The audience of the story & theater design are all people who desperately protected the city of Wuhan a year ago."

"Marvel:

The sinking of the stage creates the "Lotus Pond."

Between light & shadow, the audience becomes the person in the play.

Hua Yuchen, the most beautiful volunteer and national March 8th red flag bearer in the fight against..."+

"...the new crown pneumonia epidemic, had also come to the Qintai Grand Theater to watch performance before, but was a little confused when entering the theater on April 22: it turned out to be in line with the performance of "Dream Like a Dream"..."+

"...if necessary, the piano stage has undergone a comprehensive transformation of the auditorium & stage.

Before Hua Yuchen & Feng Feng entered the theater.

Jimu News reporters discovered that the "Lotus Pond" (the main auditorium),"+

"...which has attracted much attention & is known as one of the biggest highlights of "Dream like a Dream", was sunk by the original stage of the Grand Theater 1. The stage around the "Lotus Pond" forms a closed ring."

"In the first act of "Dream like a Dream", the actors step out from behind the curtain & walk around the stage, like a "journey of life". The 4 sides of the circular stage accommodate all the scenes of "Dream Like a Dream"."

"Flower baskets given to support by fans.

In this way, "Dream Like a Dream" is actually an immersive drama serving the "Lotus Pond", and nearly 260 viewers can appreciate all the stories in the ring stage up close. When the actors walked through..."+

"...the aisle in the center of the lotus pond, the audience even instantly became the characters in the play.

The setting of the Lotus Pond makes everything within reach. The most tear-jerking scenes appear in the next 2 scenes:"+

"...the young Gu Xianglan played by Ge Xinyi leaves the brothel, she takes off her cheongsam, jewelry, & shoes, & walks to the "other shore" of middle-aged Gu Xianglan; middle-aged Gu Xianglan, played by Xu Qing,"+

"..."dies" after the car accident expelled from the castle, she took off her coat & shoes again, & walked through the aisle in the middle of the Lotus Pond in an almost farewell. In the 2 scenes, tears on the actress's face are clearly visible."

"Life:

30 actors sacrifice nearly a hundred human dreams.

Xiao Zhan cried, Xu Qing cried, & the audience cried too.

"Our whole life is like a play. This play is made up by ourselves. We are deciding who is the good person..."+

"...& who is the bad person in the play. In the future, it doesn't matter if the time passes. Wait for the end of the play. The curtain is over, we can get out of the theater.” When the 8-hour theater time ended, the elderly Gu Xianglan,"+

"...who was lying on the hospital bed, faced patient 5 & said her last words.

This is also the highlight of "Dream Like a Dream"-"Dream Like a Dream" is not just about a person's story, it is the dream of "Patient No. 5", the dream of "Gu Xianglan","+

"...& "Jiang Hong." The dream is a "dream" of nearly a hundred people formed by the 30 actors in the play shuttling back & forth.

From afternoon to midnight, Xu Qing, Feng Xianzhen, Xiao Zhan, Yan Nan, Zhang Liang, Ge Xinyi, Kong Wei..."+

"...& other actors contributed a perfect performance experience to the audience.

On the same day, Xiao Zhan, who was promoted to “Top Traffic” by the drama CQL in 2019, ushered in the "1st debut of a stage drama"."

"Whether Xiao Zhan's acting skills can withstand the test of the drama stage has attracted attention.

After the previous performance, Ms. Wu from Wuchang mentioned that Xiao Zhan’s performance was much better than she had imagined in an interview..."+

"...with the Jimu News reporter. "This time the performance of "Dream Like a Dream", his lines skill is reborn.

Most of Xiao Zhan’s scenes are focused on the upper part of "Dream Like a Dream": Patient No. 5 meets his wife,"+

"...& his wife leaves inexplicably; Patient No. 5 goes to Paris to find answers, & falls in love with Jiang Hong... During the period, whether it is Xiao Zhan's tears when looking for his wife, or the relaxation & sweetness he showed in "Paris Love","+

"...it impressed the audience.

Paying Tribute:

The charity field is dedicated to those who have desperately guarded Wuhan.

Over 3,000 spectators rushed to Jiangcheng for the "dream" appointment.

On that day, "Dream Like a Dream" ushered..."+

"...in a different audience. Among the audience sitting in the "Lotus Pond" were Huang Chaolin, Deputy Dean of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, Tao Jiudi, Secretary of the Party branch of Donghu New Town Community, Wang Yong,"+

"...a SF Express brother who guarded medical care during the epidemic, & Hua Yuchen, the "most beautiful volunteer". "Brother Medicine Bag" Feng Feng & many other medical workers & ordinary people who contributed to Wuhan during the epidemic."

"In an interview with Jimu News reporters, Hua Yuchen & Feng Feng said at the same time that they were “very happy” to be invited to watch the performance. This sense of happiness means that volunteer groups & community workers have once again..."+

"...received their contributions during the epidemic. Recognition, as Feng Feng said, "In fact, there are thousands of ordinary community workers behind me."

Before that, both Hua Yuchen & Feng Feng had the experience of watching dramas..."+

"...& operas in theaters, but entering the scene of "Dream like a Dream" that day gave them a new shock. "Everyone says this is the ceiling of the drama, but when I really sit in the Lotus Pond, I am still very shocked.""

"Hua Yuchen & Feng Feng also mentioned that this is the 1st time they have seen a stage drama in such a close range. The actor's facial expression are "really immersive."

"Dream Like a Dream" begins with a plot focusing on..."+

"...the relationship between doctors & patients, beds, patients, rescue, leaving... These plots are special to the audience in Wuhan, especially the audience at the "Public Charity Field" that day. Feng Feng shed tears when talking about..."+

"...this part of the plot. "There is a feeling of returning to 2020. Although the whole society exhausted all its strength at the time, some people still left... As a Wuhan native who has experienced all of it firsthand, there is Pain,"+

"...there is also the upward spirit that is inspired by this pain."

At 11:30 that night, after a special thank-you session, the "Public Charity Field" of "Dream like a Dream" ended successfully. The Jimu News reporter learned that in order..."+

"...to facilitate the implementation of "Dream like a Dreams" in Wuhan & the "Charity Field" performance, Qintai Grand Theater has suspended all performance arrangements from the end of March. From the end of March until April 29,"+

"...the theater will only show this drama.

From a practical point of view, "Dream Like a Dream" does allow more young people to choose to come to Wuhan in the spring of 2021 to witness the transformation of Wuhan. April 6, the day of the ticket opening..."+

"...of "Dream Like a Dream" in Wuhan. In 1 second, 130,000 netizens poured into the ticketing system; on the 22nd, a number of performance-related news released by Jimu News reporter’s Weibo detonated the Internet; in the next 3 days,"+

"...more than 3,000 viewers from all over the country went to Wuhan to watch "Dream Like a Dream"."

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