《琥珀 Amber》剧目介绍.docVIP

【琥珀】 Amber 戏剧简介 这是一出充满了孟京辉式黑色幽默和“后现代”调侃的多媒体音乐话剧。 《琥珀》开创了香港艺术节33年来最高的票房纪录。 不朽的爱情，犹如亿万年而成的琥珀，在仓促而虚伪张狂的现代都市，它是否依然保存永恒的晶莹透彻？ 花花公子和狂情少女的爱情角力，一个充满创意的黑色爱情寓言。 第一次见面，高辕以为是自己诱惑了小优，实际上他是被小优诱惑了。作为一个玩世不恭、有自己一套人生哲学的唐璜式人物，高辕不肯相信这一点。但他的确被这个与众不同的女孩吸引了，在做爱前和做爱后，她总是趴在他胸口听他的心跳。小优是一个自然博物馆的解说员，整日与恐龙作伴，她平静的外表下隐藏如火的激情和一个不为人知的秘密。她的故事离奇而又简单，在未婚夫死后，她一直在关注那个叫高辕的男人，最后忍不住要去诱惑他，仅仅是为了在他的胸口听一听她未婚夫的心跳。 这样的两个人，被一颗心连在一起，在纷乱喧嚣、荒诞残酷的生活中上演他们的爱情故事。一个傲慢无耻，什么都不相信，另一个非要在脆弱的生命发现奇迹。他们都言不由衷，他们都违反了自己的本意，他们互相折磨，但依然深深地陷入爱情。 About the Drama Amber is a multimedia music drama featuring songs, modern dance choreographies, large-scale stage installations and various video and sound elements. Meng Jinghui’s production combines melodrama and comedy, realistic representation with abstract tableaux and stylized physicality, avant-garde aesthetics and traditional Chinese performance styles. The script, written by Liao Yimei, merges a romantic storyline of damnation and redemption with a satirical commentary on the cultural condition of contemporary Chinese urban society at the turn of the millennium. The play addresses issues of commodity economy, celebrity, mass culture, mediatized stardom, juvenile subcultures, the social impact of the mass media and their role in producing – as well as overthrowing – fake idols. This modern urban parable tells the story of Gao Yuan, a decadent rogue and dandyish womanizer, who undergoes a heart transplant. The female protagonist, Xiao You, works as a guide in a museum. She is the girlfriend of the heart’s donor, a university professor who died in a car accident. She reaches out to Gao Yuan in an attempt to maintain some kind of contact with her deceased fiancé, and becomes obsessed with listening to the latter’s heartbeat inside Gao Yuan’s chest. She gradually feels more and more drawn to Gao Yuan, despite his moral flaws and self-indulgent lifestyle, which he keeps pursuing despite knowing that, eventually, it will kill him. Pure and innocent at heart, Xiao You sets out to rede