Future theater finds a stage

An international jury brought together leading figures from Poland, France, Germany, Japan and beyond. The panel included directors, producers, curators, scholars, stage designers and critics — all influential voices in the global performance.

Director Sun Mingchi's Paranormal won the Gold Award, Wei Xiaoliu's Go Unity took Silver, while Li Ning's The Soap of Shaman and Li Ziyi's The Incident of White Rhinoceros received both the Jury Special Award and the observer's "Boiling Point" Award.

For observer called "Miwumi", Paranormal was a revelation: "The experience was utterly exquisite: the lighting, music, performances, every gesture and placement of the actors. There's an academic rigor to its structure, yet it feels alive and luminous. For me, form matters! When I enter a theater, it's not just my mind, all my senses need to be fed."