The 9th Wuzhen Theatre Festival has been confirmed to be held this year from November 25th to December 4th, 2022. On June 28, the Organizing Committee of the Wuzhen Theatre Festival released the proposition and rules of the youth competition of this Wuzhen Theatre Festival, and officially opened the registration channel for the youth competition and the ancient town carnival. The theme of this year's Wuzhen Theatre Festival is "Abundance". The specific invited repertoire and ticketing information will be announced soon.

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Youth Competition Announces Proposition
As the most vital and influential section of the Wuzhen Theatre Festival, registration for the 9th Wuzhen Theatre Festival Youth Competition in 2022 is open. This year, "wine bottle, blank, remote control" will be used as the three elements of the competition. Participants can use simple tables and chairs provided by the organizing committee, but are not allowed to make or bring other props; Three elements for the creation of stage drama works, and the performance time does not exceed 30 minutes.
Contestants can log on to the official website of the Wuzhen Theatre Festival ( www.wuzhenfestival.com ) to register. The preliminary judges of the Wuzhen Theatre Festival will conduct a preliminary selection based on the online registration results, and will announce the list of 18 successful works on October 10, 2022. After that, all shortlisted works will participate in two to three public performances during the Wuzhen Theatre Festival for the preliminary competition. After the preliminary competition, 6-8 plays will enter the finals, and the final judges will judge the winning works.
This year's Wuzhen Theatre Festival still has one Best Drama Award (with a bonus of RMB 200,000), one Best Individual Performance Award (with a bonus of RMB 10,000) and several Special Attention Awards.

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Ancient Town Carnival

Ancient Town Carnival

Ancient Town Carnival opens for registration
At the same time as the youth competition, registration is also open for the Guzhen Carnival unit. During the festival, various performance forms are scattered in every corner outside the Wuzhen Theater.
Wuzhen Theater Festival said that the "Guzhen Carnival" unit welcomes all artistic forms with aesthetic shock and appeal, such as traditional performance skills, contemporary avant-garde theater, multimedia technology video, space installation art, music, dance, and cross-border creativity. Theatre groups, artistic creators and performing arts lovers from all over the world can register and participate on the official website of the festival (www.wuzhenfestival.com). The Organizing Committee of Wuzhen Theatre Festival will also provide opportunities for creation, performance, life help and cooperation.
In addition to the above registration channels, the Wuzhen Theatre Festival also welcomes the public to recommend your favorite performances to the organizing committee. If you find that there are outstanding traditional skills or unique modern performances around you, you can publish a short video on Sina Weibo, Bilibili, Douyin and other platforms (with #wuzhentheatfest#topic@wuzhentheatrical festival) The official Wuzhen Theatre Festival, the Organizing Committee of the Wuzhen Theatre Festival hopes to find more art of the times that is close to the true form of life and has strong vitality.