Beijing Opera Art’s College Peking Opera The Teenager Ma Lianliang

Date: Oct 14 — 7:30 pm Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts Price: 60-200 yuan Ma Lianliang has developed an interest in Peking Opera in his childhood. When he is young, his mother sends him to Xiliancheng to learn Peking Opera for a living. At first he gets the cold shoulder from his teacher Mr Guo, who is disappointed with him and thinks about dismissing him due to his poor endowments and introverted personality. It just so happens that the Peking Opera master Jia Honglin comes to Xiliancheng to recruit some child performers for his work The Red Beauty Spot, and he chooses Ma Lianliang. Ma Lianliang is lucky enough to act in The Red Beauty Spot with Jia Honglin and achieves success. He therefore wins acclaim, but also excites the envy of other students, leading up to a fight. His fellow apprentices, who have also participated in the performance, give him a hand, enhancing the ties of friendship between one another.