During the golden autumn of September, the national performance market is also in full swing. From original musicals and classic dramas to pioneering art festivals that explore the relationship between technology and art, there's always a show for you.
九月金秋，全國的演出市場也好戲連連。從原版音樂劇、名團經典話劇到探索科技與藝術關係的先鋒藝術節，總有一款演出適合你。
The first Inside-out Theater Tech-Art Festival, which opened on Aug 31 and continues until the end of October, has two sections. Technology vs Art: Boundary explores the conflict between technology and ethics, while Technology + Art: Exploitation demonstrates the application of technology on the stage from a technical perspective. Here we will introduce two dramas: A Number that is about the story of human identity and Dead Man's Cell Phone, which explores the boundaries between life and death.
首屆中間劇場科技藝術節在8月31日開幕，並將一直持續到10月底。此次藝術節共有兩個單元，其中「科技vs藝術：界限」單元從題材上探討科技與倫理的衝突，另外的「科技+藝術：開拓」單元從技術角度展現科技在舞臺上的應用。在這裡，CD君著重介紹下講述複製人身份故事的開幕大戲《好幾個》和探討生死界限的《戈登的手機》。
《好幾個》
A Number
Showtime: 3 pm on Sept 2
演出時間：9月2日下午3點
Theater: Inside-out Theater
演出地點：中間劇場
Synopsis: The play begins with Salter, a father and his son Bernard discussing the fact that the son found out he has been cloned. The father claims not to have known and that a hospital must have stolen his cells at some point to make illegal copies. He talks about suing the hospital for money. The son then mentions that there were others. He says that the original son and his mother died in a car crash and that he wanted his son back so he had him cloned.
Then the original son confronts Salter and has a discussion about the clones, Salter again denies knowledge about the others. It turns out Salter lied about the mother dying in a car crash — she killed herself by throwing herself under a train — and that the original son did not die, but was instead "sent away" by Salter, unable or unwilling to care for him due to his grief. The first clone then finds out the original is still alive. Bernard (B1) meets with Bernard (B2) and murders him, and then proceeds to commit suicide.
Salter then meets with Michael Black, another clone. Michael Black lives a very normal life, has a wife and three children, and is happy. Salter ends up miserable and seemingly alone even though he knows that there are 19 more clones.
劇情簡介：兒子從小到大都以為自己是家裡的獨生子，偶然間發現自己不過是好幾個克隆版本其中之一。面對兒子的質問，父親支支吾吾地承認說親生兒子早年夭折，於是決定讓醫生克隆一個一模一樣的兒子。然而：親生兒子不但沒有過世，父親還拋棄了他而克隆出另外的兒子……這其中到底有著怎樣非比尋常的故事？
《戈登的手機》
Dead Man's Cell Phone
Showtime: 7:30 pm on Sept 20; 7:30 pm on Sept 21; 3:00 pm on Sept 22; 3 pm on Sept 23
演出時間：9月20日晚7點半; 9月21日晚7點半；9月22日下午3點；9月23日下午3點
Theater: Inside-out Theater
演出地點：中間劇場
Synopsis: In a quiet cafe, a cell phone keeps ringing. A girl sitting at the neighboring table is overwhelmed, only to find that the owner of the phone has quietly died at the table. What can we do about it? Call the police? Start to answer the phone for him and tell everyone about the bad news? The girl did so and she gradually entered the world of this dead man.
劇情簡介：安靜的咖啡館裡，一部手機響個不停；坐在鄰桌的一位女孩不勝其煩，卻發現手機的主人已經不聲不響地死在了桌邊。該怎麼辦呢？報警？開始替他接電話，把噩耗告訴所有人？女孩這麼做了，自己也漸漸走進了死者的世界……
德國柏林邵賓納劇院《人民公敵》
An Enemy of the People
Showtime: 7:30 pm on Sept 6, 7 and 8
演出時間：9月6日至8日晚7點半
Theater: National Center for the performing arts
演出地點：國家大劇院戲劇場
Original Author: Henrik Ibsen
原著：亨利克-易卜生
Performance Group: Schaubuehne Theater from Berlin, Germany
演出團體：德國柏林邵賓納劇院
Synopsis: When Dr Thomas Stockmann discovers toxic contamination in the water used at the local baths, he expects to be hailed as a hero. But since the baths are the town's main source of revenue, the community fights to silence him — and Dr Stockmann learns there are forces more powerful than truth.
劇情簡介：小鎮上，斯多克芒醫生發現飲用水源和浴場水源被汙染，而這種有害物質來自於工業廢水。他準備寫文章在報紙上披露汙染事件，並要求市議會重新鋪設水管。這一舉動得到了當地官紳和報社的支持……
北京人藝《萬尼亞舅舅》
Uncle Vanya
Showtime: 7:30 pm from Sept 7 to 16
演出時間：9月7號至9月16日晚7點半
Theater: The Capital Theater
演出劇場：首都劇場
Original Author: Anton pavlovich Chekhov
原著：安東·巴甫洛維奇·契訶夫
Director: Li Liuyi
導演：李六乙
Starring: Pu Cunxin, Lu Fang, Niu Piao (invited)
主演：濮存昕、盧芳、牛飄（特邀）
The play portrays the visit of an elderly professor and his glamorous, much younger second wife, Yelena, to the rural estate that supports their urban lifestyle. Two friends — Vanya, brother of the professor's late first wife, who has long managed the estate, and Astrov, the local doctor — both fall under Yelena's spell, while be moaning the ennui of their provincial existence. Sonya, the professor's daughter by his first wife, who has worked with Vanya to keep the estate going, suffers from her unrequited feelings for Dr Astrov. Matters are brought to a crisis when the professor announces his intention to sell the estate, Vanya and Sonya's home, with a view to investing the proceeds to achieve a higher income for himself and his wife.
劇情簡介：二十五年來，萬尼亞勤勤懇懇，與外甥女索尼婭一起經營著過世姐姐的莊園，將微薄的收入全部寄給自己的姐夫、索尼婭的父親——遠在城裡的教授謝列勃裡雅科夫。萬尼亞曾為自己供養著天才的學者而感到自豪，直到退休後的教授帶著年輕的續弦夫人葉蓮娜回到了鄉下。萬尼亞發現自己崇拜的教授只是一個庸人，遭受欺騙的萬尼亞無法承受自己耗盡青春後被棄如敝履的現實，向教授舉起了手中的槍……
《三姐妹—等待戈多》
Three Sisters — Waiting for Godot
Showtime: Sept 20 to 24
演出時間：9月20日至24日
Theater: Poly Theater
演出地點：保利劇院
Director: Lin Zhaohua
導演：林兆華
Starring: Zhang Ruoyun, Huang Lu
主演：張若昀 黃璐
Synopsis: Chekhov's three sisters are expecting to go back to metropolitan Moscow while Beckett's two tramps are always waiting for Godot. But the sisters never really set out and the tramps just stop where they are.
劇情簡介：契訶夫筆下的小城三姐妹，等待著重回大都市莫斯科。貝克特筆下的兩個流浪漢，等待著一個叫做「戈多」的人。然而三姐妹並沒有真正出發，兩個流浪漢也只是停在原地……
百老匯原版搖滾音樂劇《吉屋出租》
Rent
Showtime: Aug 30 to Sept 16
演出時間：8月30日至9月16日
Theater: SAIC — Shanghai Culture Square
演出地點：上汽上海文化廣場
Synopsis: Roger and Mark — roommates who are striving for their dreams — dwell in an apartment in the Eastern District of New York. Mark is a stubborn filmmaker who tries to balance art and business and Roger — a poor rock'n' roll composer — aims to write a song with universal praise but can't find the inspiration.
劇情簡介：一對為實現藝術夢而奮鬥的室友：羅傑（Roger）和馬克（Mark），蝸居在紐約東區的一棟公寓中生存。馬克，一名執著的電影工作者，不願為金錢妥協，努力在藝術與商業間尋找平衡。而貧窮的搖滾樂作曲家羅傑，一心想在離世前寫出一首膾炙人心的歌，卻無論如何也找不到靈感……
朱麗葉-比諾什音樂戲劇《生如夏花—致香頌女王芭芭拉》
C'est presque rien
Showtime: 7:30 pm on Sept 3
演出時間：9月3日7點半
Theater: Shanghai Grand Theater
演出地點：上海大劇院—大劇場
Starring: Juliet Binoche
主演：朱麗葉·比諾什
Synopsis: Juliet Binoche will work together with the pianist Vincent Leterme to play and describe Barbara's experience, from the unknown to the famous lyrics and rhythms inspiring the audience.
劇情簡介：朱麗葉·比諾什與鋼琴家文森特·勒德姆通過訴說、彈奏、吟唱表達芭芭拉的心路歷程：從耳熟能詳到不為人知的那些唱詞與旋律相繼浮現，觸及人們最敏感的神經……
NT live 《裘力斯-凱撒》放映
Julius Caesar
Showtime: 2 pm on Sept 16th
演出時間：9月16日下午2點半
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Michelle Fairley, David Calder, David Morrissey
主演：本·衛肖、米歇爾·菲爾利、大衛·卡爾德和大衛·莫裡西
Synopsis: Julius Caesar is a highly successful but ambitious political leader of Rome and his goal is to become an unassailable dictator. Caesar is warned that he must "beware the Ides of March". The prophecy comes true and Caesar is assassinated. Marcus Brutus is a well-respected Roman senator who helps plan and carry out Caesar's assassination which he believes will rid Rome of a tyrant. Caesar's friend Mark Antony provides the famous funeral oration ("Friends, Romans and countrymen…"). Brutus and Cassius meet their inevitable defeat. Brutus, the noble Roman who decides to take part in the conspiracy for the sake of freedom, plunges his country into civil war.
劇情簡介：所向披靡、戰無不勝的獨裁派代表愷撒從戰爭中歸來，卻發現暴動反叛正在快速向權力中心席捲而來。共和派蠱惑布魯圖斯推翻愷撒政權，後由愷撒心腹安東尼以動人的演講煽動羅馬民眾，將布魯圖斯逐出羅馬……
舞臺劇《繁花》
Fanhua
Showtime: 7:30 pm on Sept 20 and 21, 2:00 and 7:30 pm on Sept 22 and 23
演出時間：9月20日、21日晚7點半；9月22日、23日下午2點，晚7點半
Theater: Majestic Theater
演出地點：美琪大戲院
Synopsis: Fanhua is adapted from the full-length novel of the same name by Jin Yucheng. The first section features the overlapping periods of the 1960s to 1970s and 1990s and describes the experiences and living conditions of A Bao, Hu Sheng and Xiao Mao and other Shanghai natives.
劇情簡介：《繁花》改編自金宇澄同名長篇小說，第一季以60-70年代與90年代兩條時間軸為經緯，採用了兩條時間線交叉的敘事方式，敘述了在上海城市變遷與時代轉型大背景下，阿寶、滬生、小毛等上海市民階層小人物的成長經歷與生存狀態。
世界經典原版音樂劇《貓》
Cats
Showtime: Aug 30 to Sept 15
演出時間：8月30日至9月15日
Theater: Guangzhou Opera House
演出地點：廣州大劇院-歌劇院
Introduction: This show, a timeless classic remembered by billions, will kick off the year of Cats.
簡介：開啟2018中國「貓」年（The year of CATS），一生必看的時代典藏，全球億萬人的永恆回憶。
香港話劇團《親愛的，胡雪巖》
Hu Xueyan, My Dear
Showtime: 7:30 on Sept 14 to 15
演出時間：2018年9月14日至15日晚7點半
Theater: Tianjin Guanghua Theater
演出地點：天津光華劇院
Director: Roy Szeto
導演：司徒慧焯
Script Writer: Pan Hui son
編劇：潘惠森
Synopsis: This play portrays Hu's successes and failures from his 20s to age 59 from a modern point of view.
劇情簡介：《親愛的，胡雪巖》一劇，述說胡氏由二十至五十九歲，由冒起至失敗的四十年光景，用今人的角度，且看故事主人翁如何在亂世之中，尋找生存的價值。
Editors: Zhang Feifei, Zhang Xi
Interns: Ji Jiayue, Xu Ke
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