一场承载乡建意义的乡村戏剧节
2018年9月22日至24日，山东省潍坊市寒亭区牟家院村举办第六回乡村戏剧节，内容包括戏剧演出、戏剧工作坊、青年与乡村对话论坛、戏剧电影放映等，来自北京、香港、台湾、四川、吉林、山东等地的学者、艺术家、戏剧爱好者以及当地的村民前来参与或观看。
戏剧演出形式既有当地村民、学校带来的儿童剧、京剧、黄梅戏、吕剧等，也有驻村创作的艺术家开展戏剧工作坊，如知名剧场导演、编剧曹克非和自由戏剧工作者、舞者Myra Chu在田野、村文化广场、庭院等“临时剧场”进行的戏剧创作和呈现。
戏剧节期间，一场青年与乡村对话论坛（YARD－Youth And Rural Dialogues）吸引了从各地赶来的参与者，有YARD论坛发起人赵争争，清华大学经济学教授刘鹰，三星堆戏剧节发起人何军、董晓刚，阿里巴巴新乡村研究中心高级顾问张圣琳以及当地青年、村民等，众人围坐在村中的树荫下和庭院里，从各自的角度出发，讨论乡村建设和戏剧节的经验、面临的问题和未来等。
本次戏剧节以“节”为主题，为期三天的戏剧节首日村中有大集，第二日为秋分，也是首个“中国农民丰收节”，最后一日则适逢中秋节。
“节”的主题贯穿三日：开幕式上，潍坊市一所学校结合当地纪念后羿、嫦娥的传统习俗带来了原创戏剧《念月》；管理近300亩田地的种植大户，也带着成立五年的地方剧团前来演出；来自香港的艺术家在铺满地面的玉米棒上举办“农田的仪式”自由舞动工作坊；白日里田间播种油菜、大棚里管理瓜秧的农妇，夜晚在广场上成为被围观的舞者；驻地艺术家改编诗人马克·斯特兰德的诗歌献给当地的母亲河；临时到访的出租车司机，也被村西头田间上演的京剧演出吸引留下来观看。
这场被称为复兴乡村“戏剧实验”的戏剧节由80后城市返乡青年牟昌非发起于2016年，截至目前已经举办了三届，每届分为春秋两回。第一届秋季举办的戏剧节曾以“芜”为主题，取自陶渊明《归去来兮辞》中的“田园将芜胡不归”，希望年轻人的回归能使乡村重获活力。
Staging Rural Revelry
The sixth installment of a biannual village drama festival was held in Mujiayuan village, Weifang, Shandong province in October 2018. The festival-which included drama performances, workshops, a youth dialogue forum and a film screening-attracted scholars, artists and drama lovers from Beijing, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Sichuan, Jilin and Shandong.
Theatrical performances varied in genre, with children's dramas, Peking Opera, Huangmei Opera, Lu Opera, presented by the locals and artists from the drama workshops, such as well-known theater director, screenwriter, Cao Kefei, and dancer, Myra Chu. The stage shows were created and performed in "temporary theaters" in fields, village cultural squares and courtyards.
The theme of this particular event was "festival", and, at the opening ceremony, a school from Weifang brought an original drama called Nianyue, to commemorate Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon and her husband Hou Yi.
A farmer from the area performed a local opera accompanied by the troupe that he established five years ago. Myra Chu performed her dance, Farmland Ritual in a field where the ground was covered with ears of corn.
The drama festival-held twice a year in spring and fall-is also known as the "Village Reviving Drama Experiment" and was inaugurated in 2016 by a young local, Mu Changfei, when he gave up the big city life and returned to his hometown.
This story was originally published on China Daily 27 October, 2018