Based on the novel by Nobel laureate Mo Yan, Red Sorghum is a wonderful story of a young woman who inherits a distillery making sorghum liquour also known as kaoliang (similar to Japanese Sake). Made into an award winning film by Zhang Yi Mou, this dance theatre adaptation presented by the Song and Dance Theatre of Qingdao Performing Arts Group is a delight to the senses and is perhaps a closer rendition to Mo Yan’s story as per his own admission
In the lead up to the spectacular Oz Asia festival commencing this week in Adelaide, the focus shifts to Shandong Province – birthplace of Confucius and of several famous tales such as ‘Red Sorghum’ and ‘Dream Of The Ghost Story’, which are being adapted for stage for their Australian Premiere in September.