LIAO ZHAI ROCKS! - A Chinese Rock Musical 华语摇滚音乐剧《聊斋》

Can once-in-a-lifetime happen again?
用我三生烟火，换你一世迷离

FATE is when the scholar Sang Xiao meets the vixen fox Ying Ning.
AFFECTION is when Ying Ning hides her identity to be with a mortal.
MISHAP is when the priest Cheng Ban Xian exposes her secret.
FOLLY is when Sang Xiao is tricked by the water spirit Feng San Niang.
LOVE is when Ying Ning risks her life to enter the Underworld.
Will the bittersweet lovers escape the bane of King Yama and change their destiny?

The scholar Sang Xiao falls in love with the fox spirit Ying Ning, but is deceived by the water spirit, Feng San Niang. When Sang Xiao is poisoned and cast into the underworld, Ying Ning must brave the wrath of King Yama, the king of Hell, to rescue her true love and change their destiny.

Inspired by Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, a collection of classic Chinese stories by Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling, Liao Zhai Rocks! tells a supernatural tale of forbidden love through the explosive force and gritty rawness of rock music.

Directed by The Theatre Practice’s Artistic Director Kuo Jian Hong and helmed by Joanna Dong (Sing! China), this epic rock musical redefined the musical theatre genre in Singapore with its unexpected fusion of classic Chinese stories and a blistering score by Mandopop luminaries Eric Ng and Xiaohan.

Originally performed and filmed at SAIC’s Shanghai Culture Square’s Shanghai International Musical Festival 2019, don’t miss your chance to catch this updated staging of our epic rock musical. Available for free viewing from 1 - 10 May 2020.

Download e-Programme booklet: http://practice.org.sg/assets/E-Programme/Liao-Zhai-Rocks-2019-e-programme.pdf

是缘分，让书生桑晓和狐妖婴宁相遇。
是心动，让婴宁隐瞒身份和凡人相恋。
是意外，让道士成半仙撞破狐妖面目
是糊涂，让桑晓误信水鬼封三娘谎言。
是爱情，让婴宁冒生命危险勇闯地府。
然而，碰上喜怒无常的阎罗王，他们是否可以逢凶化吉，再续美好良缘？

书生桑晓与狐妖婴宁坠入爱河，奈何桑晓误信了水鬼封三娘的谎言。当桑晓中毒身亡掉入万丈深渊的地府时，婴宁为了拯救她的挚爱，改变他们的命运，奋不顾身勇闯地府面对怒发冲冠的地狱统治者--阎罗王。

故事灵感取自于中国清朝作家蒲松龄的神怪小说集《聊斋志异》。透过摇滚乐强烈的节拍及狂傲不羁的曲风，《聊斋》诉说着跨越人鬼的凄美爱情故事。

由实践剧场艺术总监郭践红执导，董姿彦（《中国新歌声》）领衔主演。这部史诗般的摇滚音乐剧，由华语流行乐坛著名音乐人黄韵仁及小寒创作猛烈明快的音符，编写通俗易懂的歌词，为中国经典故事增添另一抹色彩，重新定义新加坡音乐剧的种类。

此剧于2019年受邀前往由上汽·上海文化广场举办的"上海国际音乐剧节"，万物错过这部升级版的摇滚音乐剧。网上免费播放：5月1日至10日。

下载电子场刊：http://practice.org.sg/assets/E-Programme/Liao-Zhai-Rocks-2019-e-programme.pdf

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