Become Popular

Western drama was introduced into China in the early 20 th Century, and became a tool for the propaganda of the Chinese revolution. Due to the characteristics of Chinese society, after the founding of new China, the drama of social problems had become the main type of Chinese drama. However, the prosperity of social problems drama had led to the crisis of Chinese drama. The reason of crisis was not just the problem of drama itself, the great changes of society could not be ignored. Because of the shortcomings of creation and the impact of TV and film, drama became not popular. Under the promotion of the reform and opening up and the movement of Ideological Liberation, theater artists in China began to reform the theater. After a period of exploration and experiment, theater artists fully realized that in order to create outstanding works of theater, the most important is to innovate in the art and depict the real people and life. But, Chinese small-theater plays are not exploration and become reality soon. From the beginning of the first experimental theater "Absolute Signal" in 1982 in China, the Chinese Small-theater plays had developed more than 30 years. Theater is also recovery and to be commercial. The investment of Theater is high, so most creator will initially choose Small-theater as the beginnings of the careers of drama. Small-theater is becoming more and more popular with the audience and recognition. Some popular plays are staged at the Grand Theater to get a lot of praise and box office receipts. Chinese theater seems to be a boom. In fact, however, Small-theater has already deviated from the original intention of experimental and exploratory, and became a puppet of market economy and popular entertainment. Popularization instead of pioneer. In order to be attention by the multitude, works of art must be combined with business. But excessive commercialization would reduce the artistic. Into a period of Post-dramatic Theater, all dramatists are in carrying on the different degree of exploration and attempt, experimental theater drama is a major concern. Due to the uniqueness of China’s conditions and drama environment, Small-theater can’t really break through the old pattern totally, even if the so-called "pioneer drama". Chinese theater is so different from the western theater, because: The first, no policy support or radiation scope narrow and small. Second, drama education and popularization is not enough and regional gap is big. Third, lacks of innovation and international exchange. The theater was born in the western, so we are not only need to learn from the western theater but also creative by ourselves. They dare to break the old axiom and seek for more new form. The innovative spirit and creative what is we lack and need to improve in the future. Although Chinese Small-theater play has its own characteristics, it needs more breakthroughs and possibility.