On Aug 24, a children's play, Flowers in the Mirror, (stage)at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing.
Before the performance, children aged between five nine enjoyed a three-day (train) session run by teachers from QFun Theater. Flowers in the Mirror is adapted from fantasy novel of the same title by Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) novelist Li Ruzhen. The story follows a child named Tang Xiaoshan is searching for 12 flowers on a trip.
In addition to performing, the children also took on different (role), including assistant director and costume assistant, which gave (they)a better overview of how the theater operates.
According to Wang Nan, the producer of QFun Theater, who was one of the trainers, some of the children had no previous theater experience, but they worked (serious) at their parts.
It was the first time for the Forbidden City Concert Hall (introduce) theater training to its annual Gateway to Arts summer festival, which is one of Beijing's biggest arts festivals for children during the summer vacation.