ARTISTS from Qingdao and Germany are holding a 14-day discussion and review of the stage play “A White Room,” in Qingdao.

    Writers, directors and leads from Westfalische Theater in Paderborn City and Qingdao Drama Theater crew are communicating on each aspect of the co-production, including costumes, stage design, score, dances and performance.

    The play is scheduled to be performed in Qingdao on June 25, accompanied by events to promote Germany. The drama will be performed in Germany in October, accompanied by activities to promote China.

    The first play to be staged in the city under international cooperation, the drama is a challenge for the Qingdao Drama Theater, said Wang Ke, head of the theater.

    Adapted from a true story, “A White Room” tells a story of a German boy, James, who takes a whale tooth from a Qingdao museum in the 1930s. In his old age, James returns to Qingdao to give back the tooth, which bears many of his beautiful memories of childhood.(Martin Li, Li Wei)