The first performance of the renovations was held in the Beiyang Grand Theater
last night, the North Ocean theater in the night was brightly lit and brilliant. (newspaper reporter Cui Jian photo)
after nearly a year of restoration and renovation, the Beiyang theater will be reopened tonight. Actors from Beijing Peking Opera Theater and Shandong Peking Opera Theater have brought the traditional drama Xie Yao ring to Quancheng audience. Tan Yanwei, Vice Minister of municipal Party committee and propaganda department, vice mayor Gong Xianqun, and Li Haochen, vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, watched the performance.
North Ocean theater is located in two latitude three Tonghui street 1, founded in 1905, is the earliest theatrical venue in Ji'nan, and is also the oldest and still in use in Shandong province. Beiyang Grand Theater has carried out three different scales of maintenance and renovation, the restoration of only more than 400 before the restoration, due to limited stage site and can not undertake small and above performance. The renovation project started in October last year, and the reformed auditorium was rebuilt to two floors, and the seats increased from 400 to 653. "Ten Arts Festival" will become an important venue in the city.
after tonight's performance, in the evening of November 3rd and 4th, the Beiyang theater will also perform traditional dramas, serial links and Xiang Lian case.