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well-developed with creativity,” she
says.

“We can import foreign
works… and I hope we can export
our own creative work too. I think
the Chinese musical industry will
have more original productions in
the coming decade for audiences
around the world,” she adds.

Sub-edited by Kamun

Curtain call photo of the cast of the original musical Hamlet at the end of its tour in Jinan.
(Photo courtesy of Angelina Zhu Zirong)
English slang in Chinese that reso-
nates better with audiences,” she “More classical foreign musi-
adds. cals are introduced into the Chi-
nese musical market after the bor-
Zhu Zirong shares that there der was reopened in post-covid,
are so many scripts and roles she which allows Chinese artists to
wants to play in Chinese tradition- learn from the mature production
al stories. of classics and apply them to local
productions,” Zhu says.
Zhu observes that more Chi-
nese She thinks that the commercial
classics have been turned into incentive is important for develop-
musicals such as No Longer Hu- ing the Chinese musical industry.
man, The late Emperor of the “If production companies want
Southern Tang Dynasty(南唐後 more audiences to pay for their
主), and The Orphan of Zhao in work, they need to focus on the
which she had a role. work and script which must be

“I learnt a lot because I

played two characters with
completely different
backgrounds and
personalities. I enjoy chal-
lenging myself to perform

for two roles at the same
time”