Even if there are thousands of reasons to give up, only one is enough to persist
A young man is born from a lion, and his fighting spirit is as high as the sky! The musical "Lion Boys" is adapted from the IP of the phenomenal Chinese comic film of the same name, focusing on the culture and customs of Lingnan lion dance. Through the stage picture, it tells the story of ordinary young people who break prejudices, make a comeback, and pursue their dreams relentlessly. It inherits the essence of Lingnan culture and carries forward it. The Guangfu spirit of constant self-improvement, hard work and enterprising spirit.
The play is created by top creators from Mainland China and Hong Kong. The national first-class director He Nian, known as the "hit maker" in the theater industry, is the director. The "gold medal partner" and "dream combination" in the musical theater industry of Hong Kong, China - - Gao Shizhang and Shum Weizhong served as composers, arrangers and lyrics, and created three important musicals in Hong Kong, including "The King", "One Water to the South" and "One House of Treasures". Zhang Feifan, the famous screenwriter, wrote the adaptation, and executive directors Liu Minzi, Choreographer Liu Zihao, arranger Luo Jianbang, music director Jiang Qinghua, conductor Tong Daqin, stage design Sang Qi, lighting designer Ren Dongsheng, executive lighting design & programming Li Chao, multimedia designer Wang Jiadi, sound designer Liu Shijiang, costume design Demon Zhang and other artists They jointly participated in the creation, and specially invited Zhao Weibin, the provincial intangible cultural inheritor of Guangdong Lion Dance and the fifth generation descendant of the "Zhao Family Lion", to be the lion dance instructor, and visual artist Pang Hao to be the main visual concept photographer.
The musical "The Young Lion" invites film and television singers and singers from the Greater Bay Area, Jordan Chan, and Singaporean national treasure female singer Kit Chan to join the cast, assembling Fang Shujian, Guo Hongxu, Chen Keming, Li Qiumeng, Liu Haoran, Feng Difei, Hao Xiaohui, Li Yuyan, Zhang Yikai and other Chinese The musical's powerful actors and a group of theater people present a passionate dream-chasing journey together.
Nearly 20 original songs in the play integrate diverse music styles. Musical elements such as traditional drum music, pop songs, rock, lyrical tunes, local operas, folk songs, flamenco dances, etc. all add to the excitement of the Lions and ignite the flames of young people's dreams. The live band composed of keyboard, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, violin, cello, flute and other instruments is about to play the most powerful sound and inspire people.
Plot summary:
Ajuan, an ordinary left-behind boy, was frail and sickly since childhood and was bullied all day long. One day he met a girl with the same name as him. The girl's enthusiasm for lion dance opened the door to Ajuan's dream. Ajuan teamed up with two friends to form a lion team, and became a disciple of the reclusive lion dance master Xian Yuqiang. The four masters and apprentices moved forward without hesitation, receiving arduous special training day and night, and marching boldly towards the goal of the "National Lion Dance Competition". But when the day of the lion awakening competition approaches, Ajuan encounters misfortune at home... Will he give up the dream he has been pursuing and live a life of hard work in the camp? Or will he desperately jump up with the lion head, shoulder to shoulder with his comrades, and stand on the high ground? Standing proudly on a pile of lions, picking green leaves and returning?