FREYA YUEJIE LI
I Have a Date with Spring
Musical DramaCostume Designer
April 2021 , Shanghai Theatre Academy
Written by: Guowei Du
Directed by: Hongbo Guo
Producer: Zhang Qiang
Set Design Supervision: Lüwei Wang ,Minghui Jiang , Xiaofeng Xu
Lighting Design Supervision: Qian Shen , Luolinnuerxaiti·Aihemaiti
Costume Design Supervision:Jianhua Pan , Xiaoxiao Lu
Makeup Design Supervision: Yanrong Feng , Lei Shi , Wang Xu
Collaborative Set Designers:
Yanran Chen , Yixin Wu , Xueqi Ning ,Wenjin Zhang , Lixi Huang ,
Zisen Zhao , Huanyu Peng , Jingying Gong , Wenya Zhang
Collaborative Lighting Designers:
Xin Hua , Xi Ding , Xiaoxiao Cui , Cheng Ci , Jia Qu , Chang Shi
Collaborative Costume Designers:
Freya Yuejie Li , Jiaying Jiang, Xiujie Lan ,
Collaborative Makeup Designers:
Canran Xi , Yuyan Chen, Yu Fu ,
Ren Huijie Ren, Haoyu Wu, Yijun Chen
Props: Yanran Chen , Yixin WuPhotography: Zhong Chuyue
I Have a Date with Spring is a romantic musical drama set in 1960s Hong Kong, telling the intertwined stories of four nightclub singers whose lives shift with the tides of love, fame, and political change. Centered around Butterfly, a once-famous performer returning to the now-closed nightclub where she rose to stardom, the play unfolds through memory, music, and reflection. With a nostalgic atmosphere, vintage costumes, and Cantonese pop songs from the era, the production explores themes of youth, longing, friendship, and the passage of time. Blending sentimentality with a sense of cultural transition, it remains one of Hong Kong’s most beloved musical theatre works.