Journey to the West 西游记
[audio]http://www.24en.com/bbc/dl_mp3/bbc_journey_to_the_west32.mp3[/audio][color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px]What do you get when you combine a 16th century work of Chinese literature, a [b]renowned[/b] Chinese theatre director and a British rock star?
[p=21, 2, left]The result is Monkey: Journey to the West, a show which blends [b]acrobatics[/b], music, [b]animation[/b] and martial arts to tell the story of Sun Wukong and his travelling companions on their journey of [b]redemption[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]Performed in Mandarin to [b]sell-out crowds[/b] in London's Theatre Royal last week, the show is a [b]stage adaptation[/b] of the famous Chinese novel Journey to the West.[/p][p=21, 2, left]"An [b]unclassifiable extravaganza[/b]" was how The Guardian described the show, while another reviewer said it was a performance that "[b]left no genre untouched[/b] and whose scale of ambition could only be [b]marvelled[/b]at."[/p][p=21, 2, left]Indeed, for director Chen Shi-zheng, bringing the [b]wildly imaginative[/b]Chinese tale to a 21st century Western audience was a [b]creative challenge[/b] that allowed him and his team to mix together a wide range of influences.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The [b]score[/b] was composed by British musician Damon Albarn, lead singer of Blur and [b]co-creator[/b] of the [b]virtual[/b] cartoon band Gorillaz. It is played by an orchestra that uses both Western instruments and the traditional Chinese pipa, guzheng and zhongruan.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Another aspect which makes this show stand out is the use of animation, which is projected onto a large screen behind the stage. Director Chen said "the [b]integration[/b] of animation and sound was really [b]a work of genius[/b]."[/p][p=21, 2, left]The Monkey King, as Sun Wukong is known in English, as well as Pigsy, Sandy and a host of other [url=http://d.24en.com/s/?wd=character]character[/url]s and monsters are [b]brought to life[/b]by 40 acrobats from the Dalian circus troupe.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Even though The Monkey King is less well-known outside North-East Asia, many British people fondly remember a [b]cult[/b] 1970s TV series called Monkey.[/p][p=21, 2, left]And this isn't the last British people will be seeing of The Monkey King this summer.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The team behind the stage show have produced an animated [b]title sequence[/b] for the BBC's Olympic [b]coverage[/b] which shows Monkey and his friends battling monsters on their way to Beijing's Olympic Stadium.[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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