China Pingju-Opera Theatre brings a village’s divided loyalties and courageous women to the stage in Mountain Flower.
Entry with a paper ticket only.
In Matou village, in the western Fujian revolutionary base during the fourth counter-encirclement campaign, Xiuniang organises resistance. Her clashes with Qigu and her husband’s betrayal bring personal loyalties into conflict with collective survival. The women’s struggle ends in sacrifice. Performed in Chinese.
Cast (names transliterated)
Announced alternating cast; no allocation to this performance is specified.
Feng Xiaoming and Chen Siyu as Xiuniang; Zhang Qi and Bian Lingyu as Qigu; Chen Xin as Wulian’s wife; Peng Yanan and Wang Wei as Lianmei; Tu Zhenlong as Wulian; Li Mengxuan as Yonghe; Zhao Yan as Lei Yuxi; Yan Bodi as Deng Sheng; Bi Hu as Minghui; Zhang Hongxiang as Li Baifu; Han Lijiao as Sanpo; Yang Yumeng as Little Niuniu; Liu Yanming as Little Huahua.
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Music: Liu Wentian; Music: Li Zihou; Music: Huang Ping; Original story: Chen Xinxin; Script adaptation: Liu Minggeng.