A scene from
Stuck, a play starring Jiang Qiming. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Mailive, the theater brand of the online ticketing platform Damai, announced its 2024-2025 season lineup, which features 10 theatrical productions. Highlights include limited revivals of popular productions such as the play, Stuck, and the immersive mystery InsideNo. 9, as well as brand-new productions like the play The Annoyed Lord Taibai, and the musicals Male & Female, and Six Lying Students.
Additionally, the highly anticipated Les Miserables 40th Anniversary Concert World Tour will visit Shanghai.
Stuck, which is directed by Zhang Hui, uses three distinct stories to explore shared memories and reflections on life. After premiering in Beijing in 2021 and being staged at the Wuzhen Theater Festival, it quickly became a hit and won critical acclaim. This latest tour, which marks its third anniversary, features notable actors Ma Zhuojun, Zhang Yiman, and Jiang Qiming, and will tour Suzhou in Jiangsu province, Shanghai, and Ningbo and Hangzhou in Zhejiang province.
A scene from the Chinese musical adaptation of Irish writer Oscar Wilde's novel,
The Picture of Dorian Gray. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Inside No. 9, an adaptation of the acclaimed British dark comedy series and licensed from the BBC, premiered in Shanghai, and has since been performed some 250 times, becoming a hit at the end of last year. The production, co-created with the Shanghai Grand Theater, will move to Beijing at the end of this year, where it will introduce fresh storylines alongside those from its successful Shanghai run.
The celebrated play Deling and Cixi, written by He Jiping and directed by Situ Huizhuo, which was known for its sold-out performances in 2019 and 2021, features its original cast, including Jiang Shan and Wang Hao, with the addition of a number of young actors. After a national tour of nine cities, a new tour will commence in January 2025 with performances in Ningbo, Shanghai, and Beijing.
A scene from the musical,
Six Lying Students. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The Chinese musical adaptation of Irish writer Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, will return in March 2025 with a revamped production.
The Les Miserables 40th Anniversary Concert World Tour will mark its return to Shanghai for an eight-week run beginning on Nov 4, 2025. It will be the first time in 23 years that the English-language version of Les Miserables graces a Chinese stage.
