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'Little Mermaid' to make a splash at kids theater fest

By Chen Nan | China Daily | Updated: 2019-06-24 07:30
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Danish composer Jens Tolsgaard writes music for the Chinese play, The Little Mermaid, adapted from the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. [Photo provided to China Daily]

It all starts with a bucket of water.

When Danish theater director Torkild Lindebjerg was invited by the China National Theatre for Children to create a play based on the classic fairy tale, The Little Mermaid, written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, that was the first idea that came to his mind.

"I can still recall going to the seaside as a child with a small bucket, putting on my flippers and goggles. I liked stepping into the water and making noisy sounds with my flippers," says the Lindebjerg after a rehearsal for the play, which will premiere at the theater on July 6. After the opening performance, the play will be staged on the last three weekends of August and on Sept 1.

As a director and actor working in theater for more than 40 years, Lindebjerg still found a challenge in turning The Little Mermaid into a play for children, since the original fairy tale is quite a sad story.

"Hans Christian Andersen's language is poetic and beautiful and I always want to get something out of a play I work on. In the end, the little mermaid sacrifices herself for the man she loves and she gets an eternal soul. That's the ultimate hope in the story," says the director. "The most important thing about theater is that it's a place for children and adults to get together and enjoy an exciting adventure."

In March, Lindebjerg came to Beijing to do auditions and five young actresses from the China National Theatre for Children were selected to play the roles of the five mermaid sisters.

"This is the first time that I have directed a play performed by Chinese actresses, which is interesting and challenging to me," the director says.

Lindebjerg has invited his longtime friend, Danish composer Jens Tolsgaard, to write music for the play and another Dane, artist Niels Secher, to be the production's visual designer.

Most of the music pieces Tolsgaard has composed for the show are performed using stringed instruments, like guitar, harp and ukulele.

"I have tried to create two worlds, one above and one under the water, like replicating the sounds of the ocean, the bubbles, the chatting of the little mermaids," says the composer, adding that he started working with the director in 1993.

The Little Mermaid is one of the plays which will be staged during the upcoming 9th China Children's Theatre Festival.

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