Best bets

Mengbang Drama Samadhi

Date: April 21-22 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Beijing Comedy Theater

Samadhi tells stories of life that have taken place in Beijing. The stories came one after another in a period of 80 years from the Republic of China to the War of Resistance against the Japanese Aggression from 1937 to 1945, the founding of new China, the "cultural revolution" (1966-76), the beginning of the reform and opening-up until the closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. The stories, old or new, short or long, are about people having an emotional entanglement with a theater building, for which they have either love or hate.

Mengbang (Beijing) Cultural Development Co Ltd was founded in the first lunar month of 2007. Its first stage play I Am Not Li Bai made a great hit. In the following decade, the company, following the concept "Chinese original works with international perspectives," produces a sincere play every year, which could reflect the contemporary life, promote social civilization and lead social conduct.