Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
(Exclusive Version for Shanghai)
Performance Schedule⊙
2021.9.24-10.7
Ticket Prices⊙
¥100,180, 280,380, 480,580,680,780
¥800(Include a set of derivatives)
Performed with English surtitles.
Seats behind row 10 recommended for best surtitles view.
About Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
For more than thirty years, Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land has been regarded as the most widely acclaimed masterpiece of Taiwanese playwright/director Stan Lai and his Performance Workshop. Numerous stars, including Brigitte Lin, Chin Shih-Chieh, Huang Lei, and many others, have performed in various versions of the play since its premiere in 1986.
March 2016 marked the 30th anniversary of the play’s premiere. Three versions of the masterwork were performed at Theatre Above throughout the month. And from then on every March will be celebrated as the Secret Love Month, which will be devoted to the performance of Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land.
The Exclusive Shanghai Version will be produced at Theatre Above in March 2017. This resident version of the piece will make it more accessible to the Shanghai audience, inviting more people to see the timeless play of Stan Lai.
Synopsis⊙
Two plays—one a bawdy retelling of a classic Chinese fable, the other a poignant story of a couple separated in the wake of China’s 1949 revolution—collide onstage when two acting troupes accidentally book the same theatre for rehearsals. Amid the chaos, squabbles and comical jabs at theatre life, the two plays begin to mysteriously intertwine, their epic themes calling to each other across the centuries in a blend of modern realism and Peking opera.
Written by Stan Lai in collaboration with the original cast
Copyright: Stan Lai and Lee Li-Chun
Directed by Stan Lai
Associate Directors: Luan Lan
Original Set Design: Nieh Kuang-Yan
Set Design: Stan Lai, Zhang Zhelong
Stage Art: Guo Jiaming
Original Costume Design: William Cheung
Original Music: Fumio Sakahashi, Kazutoki Umezu
Producers: Nai-chu Ding, Huang Lei