‘Mo Fei’

A drunken man talking to a mouse about his childhood, parents, ex-wife and his life’s struggles opens the five-hour Chinese-language play, entitled “Mo Fei.”

Directed by Polish theater director, Krystian Lupa, the play premiered in 2017 in Tianjin. Based on a novella written by the late Chinese writer, Shi Tiesheng (1951-2010), titled “A Stage Idea With Film as Backdrop,” the play has Chinese actor Wang Xuebing in the lead role.

“None of us in the production team are alcoholics, so playing a drunkard is about imagination. Improvisation was a major part of the rehearsal. Lupa was very patient and he asked me to slow down, to truly represent a drunken man’s behavior,” Wang said in an earlier interview.

It was also the first time for Lupa, who is known for his productions based on Austrian writers Robert Musil and Thomas Bernhard, to adapt a Chinese writer’s work into a Chinese play.

Time: 6 p.m., May 28

Tickets: 80-680 yuan

Piano recital

Chinese pianist Xu Hong will play Mozart’s “Piano Sonata No. 1,” “Piano Sonata No. 3,” and “Piano Sonata No. 4,” “Piano Sonata No. 8” and ““Piano Sonata No. 18.”

Xu studied at Wuhan Conservatory of Music, the Eastman School of Music and The Julliard School and currently teaches at the Wuhan Conservatory of Music. His competition successes include third prize in the Gina Bachauer International Young Artists Competition, second prize at the 2004 Hilton Head International Piano Competition and the Mozart Prize at the 2005 Cleveland International Piano Competition.

Time: 8 p.m., May 28

Tickets: 80-280 yuan

Magic, acrobatics

Chinese National Acrobatic Troupe performers will present a night of amazing ventriloquism, acrobatics and magic stunts.

Time: 8 p.m., May 29

Tickets: 80-380 yuan

Booking: WeChat account “GuangmingArtCenter”

Venue: Guangming Culture and Art Center, Guangming District (光明区光明文化艺术中心)

Metro: Line 6 to Fenghuang Town Station (凤凰城站), Exit B

(SD News)