Wuzhen Drama Festival is co-sponsored by Chen Xianghong, Huang Lei, Lai Shengchuan and Meng Jinghui, and undertaken by Cultural Wuzhen Co., Ltd. The drama festival consists of specially invited plays, youth competitions, ancient town carnivals and small town dialogues (forums, summits, workshops, reading clubs and exhibitions).

Taking Wuzhen, which has a history of 1300 years, as the stage, * * * sincerely invites drama lovers and dreamers from all over the world to come to the beautiful Wuzhen to experience the carnival of the soul. The 9th Wuzhen Drama Festival was held from June 25th, 2022 to February 4th, 2022, with the theme of "abundance" as the annual theme, focusing on prosperity and frugality, regardless of harvest.

background introduction

Wuzhen has a profound cultural heritage and unique natural landscape, and its complete performance and reception capabilities provide convenience for Wuzhen to hold a drama festival. It is no accident that domestic and foreign drama masters, artists and cultural circles favor Wuzhen. Through the drama festival, the town will gather more international masters, and the drama festival will bring a vibrant future to this thousand-year-old town.

At the same time, art can play the role of popularizing education, hoping to influence more people with drama, which is also the original intention of establishing Wuzhen Drama Festival. Huang Lei put forward the idea of drama in 2007, and launched Wuzhen Drama Festival with Chen Xianghong, Lai Shengchuan and Meng Jinghui in 20 13.

Everything in Wuzhen Drama Festival begins with the youth competition. Huang Lei just wanted to launch a similar youth performance project. With the support of Chen Xianghong, the chief planner of Wuzhen Scenic Area, it became an international drama festival.