【Shanghai】Original Musical "The Orphan of Zhao Family"

Introduction to the play: “The Orphan of Zhao Family” has been passed down for thousands of years and has become a global theatrical classic full of philosophical speculation, historical weight, and literary fullness. It is a continuous fundamental inquiry into the existential issues of human beings. The original musical “The Orphan of Zhao Family” is rooted in the cross-cultural theatrical context between the East and the West, deeply integrating modern creations. In the tragic story full of twists and turns, it presents the entanglements between family and country, clan and individual, the contradiction between emotion and reason, and the struggle between will and fate. With the fire of “righteousness” and “love”, it stirs up the sublimity and eternity deep in human nature.

Plot summary: The cold sword cuts through the heavy mourning prayer. The candlelight in the distant village sways with kindness and tenderness. The prominent Zhao family, the powerful minister who controls the court and the countryside, and the grassland doctor who has just become a father consciously seek a way out among the heavy mountain gates of fate. Characters such as Cheng Ying, Tu’an Gu, and the orphan of Zhao family strip off their symbols and return to the story in the contest between justice and evil. In the choice between sacrifice and redemption, they come to the present again. Resisting or compromising, being lonely or silent, feeling pity or affection, being resolute or humiliated, they come to us in countless moments. Why is the knife of redemption lifted and where should it be pointed?