About The Cherry Orchard

The owner of the cherry orchard, Liubov, returns home from abroad, unable to face the fact that her family estate is about to be auctioned off. While she continues to indulge in denial, the merchant Lopakhin becomes the new owner. As the cherry trees fall one by one, Liubov can only bid farewell to the orchard with tears, and everyone is forced to leave their old life behind.

This production of The Cherry Orchard intensifies physicality and visual vocabularies, integrating action, speech, music, and mood into a near expressionist whole that offers contemporary interpretations of the characters. With magnified emotional space, this production leaves more room for the audience's imagination.

Credits　　

Adapted from the play by Anton Chekhov

Adaptation: Bonnie Parker

Director: Wang Yuanyuan

Cast:

Sun Li as Liubov

Liu Xiaoye as Gaev

Wu Bi as Lopakhin

Fu Pengxu as Yepikhodov

Han Yufei as Yasha

He Menghan as Anya

Li Lin as Dunyasha

Li Yuecong as Passer-by

Tian Yu as Pishchik

Wang Chenyu as Trofimov

Wang Jianqiao as Firs

Wu Ziying as Charlotta

Zhu Jueling as Varya

Dramaturgy: Zhao Han

Acting Coach: Liu Tianchi

Set/Lighting Design: Han Jiang

Costume/Styling Design: Wu Lei

Video Design: Liu Tang

Sound Design: Tian Dongyi

Director’s Assistant: Qin Ziqian

Graphic Design: Chen Lei

Stage Manager: Gao Jing

Set Design Assistants: Liu Haifei, Wang Danran

Lighting Design Assistant: Li Meng

Stage Technicians: Liu Shuangzi, Yan Zaopeng

Presented and Produced by Beijing Repertory Theater

Production Partners: Beijing DAMU Arts Culture Development Co. Ltd., Nanjing Blue Sky Culture Media Co. Ltd.

Artistic Director: Jin Dong

Presenters: Han Jiang, Tan Shaoyuan

Producer: Fang Xue

Production Assistant: Zhu Jiang

Executive Director: Ou Lin

Publicist: Ma Xiaoxue

About Wang Yuanyuan

Wang Yuanyuan is co-founder and artistic director of the Beijing Dance Theater (BDT). She is an honorary fellow of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and an internationally celebrated modern dance and contemporary ballet choreographer. Her choreography credits include the dance dramas Haze, Golden Lotus, Wild Grass, Hamlet, The Nightingale and the Rose, and A Leaf in the Storm. She also directed an adaptation of Ibsen's The Lady From the Sea as the Beijing Repertory Theater's inaugural production.  

About Beijing Repertory Theater

The Beijing Repertory Theatre (BRT) was founded in 2017 by Jin Dong, Han Jiang, and Tan Shaoyuan. The inspiration of BRT has its roots in the three co-founders' vision for theatre.

BRT is committed to a unique spirit and aesthetic disposition. As a theatre company, it calls for a collective voice from theatre artists with coherent pursuits, directing its attention to the tension between individuals and society, the human living space, and the environment. By way of casting new light on classic works as well as encouraging new writing, BRT seeks to offer a new reading of the past. BRT has presented such productions as The Lady From the Sea, Beneath the Surface, Macbeth, Mrozek Shorts, and The Elephant Man.