Official Trailer of Farewell My Concubine Αντίο Παλλακίδα μου - A Greek Chinese Theatre Performance

The Greek Chinese Theatre Performance “Farewell My Concubine” is a co-production of Peiraikos Syndesmos Drama School, Department of Theatre Studies of University of Peloponnese and Muse Academy.

“Farewell My Concubine” has been one of the most classical plays of Peking Opera, which was written based on the real history from 206 BC to 202 BC. It was first performed for public in 1918 by Yang Xiaolou and Shang Xiaoyun, and then since 1922, it became the most well-known play of Mei Lanfang, who was the most famous artist of Peking Opera. For generations this tragic story has been staged for countless times in various genres, and also been filmed which received many awards and remains the only Chinese language film having won Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival. As a world famous play, it has not been staged in Greece yet.

This project was initiated by Miao Bin, who is the postgraduate student of the Department of Theatre Studies and the playwright of this play. Stavros Karagiannis and Yiannis Panagopoulos are both in charge of the direction of this performance, and sixteen Greek student actors from Peiraikos Syndesmos Drama School together with the Chinese actor Miao Bin are teamed up to present this story from ancient China.

This performance is the second Greek and Chinese theatre co-production based on Chinese theatre play, after “Zhao the Orphan” which was co-produced by National Theatre of Greece and National Theatre of China in 2018. While there are more and more theatre collaborations between China and Greece, this project aims to explore the better way for the intercultural theatre co-production, and to overcome the difficulties on the culture understanding for the theatre actors when they perform a foreign play, so as to build up a sample for the future productions. This performance is fusion of the elements of Chinese and Greek theatre and culture.

CREATION TEAM
Co-production: Peiraikos Syndesmos Drama School, University of Peloponnese, Muse Academy
Playwright & Producer: Miao Bin
Translation: Yiannis Panagopoulos, Kostas Tsakiroglou
Direction: Stavros Karagiannis, Yiannis Panagopoulos
Choreography: Elsa Siskou
Chinese Opera Coach: Liu Xinran
Lighting Design: Evina Vasilakopoulou
Music: Chang Jing, Zhang Di, Marina Alexia Iakovidou, Eley Yuan, Miao Bin
Photography & Videography: Dimitris Asimakis
Make Up Design: Chen Youxi
Director’s Assistant: Anous Bogosian
Cast: Agapi Yiannopoulou, Alina Vondix Puzanova, Despoina Lavda, Dinos Gelameris, Elena Stavrou, Eloris Alpanidou, Emmanouela Kampitsi, Giannis Artemisiadis, Giannis Karamanos, Giorgos Demelidis, Katerina Prokopi, Kostas Tsakiroglou, Miao Bin, Mihalis Artermisadis, Nikolas Niotis, Stavriani Gizori, Xara Nikolaou
Official Support: Olympia Municipal Music Theatre Maria Callas, OPANDA
Support: Meet Culture, Kleo Drums, Nikolaos Brass Instruments

The premiere is on 7th of February in Olympia Municipal Music Theatre Maria Callas in Athens.

For more information: www.meetculture.com

Видео Official Trailer of Farewell My Concubine Αντίο Παλλακίδα μου - A Greek Chinese Theatre Performance канала Miao Bin