The story takes place in a “primitive” modern family. The father, who has a one-track mind and is indecisive, fears changes and proves his presence by lifting weights.
The mother, who is a collector of bones, always talks about bones but doesn’t concern herself with anything else. The son, born imaginative, cannot accept his parents’ lifestyles, neither can he receive recognition from them. He feels depressed and admires his friends’ life. The sharp contradictions and estrangement between the parents and son are broken by the nephew with his arrival. The nephew comes with something, which throws the whole family into a crisis…
In the crisis, the family members give full play to their own abilities, but can they pull through together? Where is the key that can help unlock a solution to the dilemma?
Five million years ago…no…possibly seven million years ago, in a cave surrounded by white bones of mammoths lived a stupid primitive family…
Like the modern, they did morning exercises every day and had free time, during which they picked fruit, went fishing and played games. They laughed heartily, smiled with joy, had feared, felt sad and even faced death. However, they still lived on, while members never separated from each other…
JQK Theatre Studio
JQK Theatre Studio, founded in early 2016, is an independent theatre studio owed by Beijing Children’s Art Theatre.
Based on the collective creation of actors, JQK is dedicated to a creative team for contemporary children's dramas. My Primitive Family is their first artistic work. In the future, JQK will uphold its own style and continue to explore and innovate in the field of children's dramas.
Credits
Production Team: Wang Zhaoyi / Zhou Kui / Han Pengyi / Zhou Mi / Zhang Mingyi
Playwright: Apple Jing
Translator: Zhang Mingyi
Performance Director: Jeff Bee
Set/Costume/Styling Designer: Charlotte Lane
Lighting Designer: Han Jiang
Music Designer: Zhang Yang / Liu Beiyan
Graphic Designer: Pan Haojun
Stage Photographer: Wu Shi
Chief Producer: Wang Zhaoyi
Producer: Jin Shan
Performance: Zhou Kui / Wang Zhaoyi / Han Pengyi / Zhou Mi