Guilin hosts arts festival

Directed by Zhao Miao, Mother Courage and Her Children, adapted from German dramatist Bertolt Brecht's play of the same name, was staged on Oct 28 during the Guilin Festival. [Photo provided to China Daily]

The second Guilin Festival opened in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Friday.

The 10-day arts festival will host 33 theatrical productions from 14 countries and regions from around the world.

Besides live performances at indoor theaters, activities will also be staged outdoor, allowing visitors to enjoy the shows in the beautiful landscape of Guilin.

The festival is co-organized by the Central Academy of Drama.

One of the highlights of the festival is six theatrical productions which stood out from the Global Young Chinese Elites Project of Theater Director, which was co-initiated by the Central Academy of Drama and aims at supporting young talent interested in theater.

Two leading Chinese theater directors, Huang Ying and Zhao Miao, were commissioned to create two new theatrical works for the festival.

Huang has adapted the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West into a contemporary Chinese play, of the same title. Zhao will stage a physical theater production, titled Mother Courage and Her Children, adapted from German dramatist Bertolt Brecht's play of the same name.

Black Goat, an original Chinese play directed by Meng Run and Liu Ruoyi,  tells the story of a young train driver on the cross-border railway between China and Vietnam. [Photo provided to China Daily]