Chongqing — On the night of January 4, Chen Peisi’s comedy show “Shill,” which is organized by Chongqing Performance, successfully debuted in Chongqing Guotai Art Center. This comedy was born in 2001, the first stage comedy of artist Chen Peisi. Once the show debuted, it set several brilliant records in the stage drama performance market, and become a classic comedy show in many people’s hearts. In Chongqing's debut, the show was also so popular, with a packed theater, and the audience laughed from beginning to end.
On Jan 4, Chen Peisi’s comedy show “shill,” which is organized by Chongqing Performance, successfully debuts in Chongqing Guotai Art Center.
The comedy told us such a story: Chen Xiao is the young boss of a dating agency, relying on a group of professional "marriage shill" (a marriage shill is usually hired by a dating agency to pretend to be a marriage seeker and get money from it), his business has been good. Among them, Chen Xiao's beautiful girlfriend Xiaofeng is also one of the marriage shills. One day, Yu Chun, a handsome, single returned overseas Chinese, came to the dating agency, let Xiaofeng disorderly mood. At the same time, Chen Xiao also raised funds for the international dating agency chain, which Yu Chun promised to cooperate with. Slowly, Chen Xiao not only aware of the change of Xiaofeng's heart but also found that the returned overseas Chinese is actually a liar. To make his girlfriend come back to him and recover his investment at the same time, Chen Xiao thinks a way to debunk Yu Chun.
Chen Xiao pretended to be a woman in the comedy show.
It is worth mentioning that Chen Xiao is an essential part of the play, but also the most brilliant character. The best part of the comedy is that he pretended to be a woman in the latter part. The audience will be in the all-knowing perspective to enjoy a fantastic "fraud," the actor turned into a wealthy overseas returnee, its performance exaggerated display of female body language, achieved an excellent comedy effect.
The audience was invited to act as a "shill" in the comedy show.
Being close to the audience is a feature of Chen's comedy. The show also invited a live audience member to pretend to be a police officer, which was the climax of the show. In the play, there is such a plot: to get his money back, Chen needs to find a "shill," pretending to be the police to arrest Yu Chun. Chen will invite the appropriate audience to play this part. The open improvisation performance breaks the traditional relationship between the audience and the performance, more in line with the essence of comedy art. The enthusiasm of the audience to participate in each performance is very high, and the scene atmosphere is hot.
In recent years, Chongqing Performance Company has organized a series of "Art into Campus" and "Art into Community" themed activities in combination with the performance projects, which have narrowed the distance between the public and art. The 2019 "Drama Season" is the central theme activity organized by Chongqing Performance after the 2019 "Theme Year of Musicals." As an essential part of the "Drama Season," the 2019 Chen Peisi’s comedy exhibition has been warmly welcomed by people in Chongqing since its debut.