All his world's a stage

Child Delivery Guru is staged as the opening show of Super Theater.[Photo provided to China Daily]

"I wanted to keep my promise and fulfill my dream."

Though Deng didn't perform in the play at his new theater's opening, he was there with his wife, Chinese actress Sun Li, to thank the audience.

The theater, which was renovated from an abandoned auditorium, has around 500 seats and is located in a hutong (alley) near Wangfujing Street, a popular commercial area in Beijing.

According to Deng's longtime friend, famous scriptwriter Yu Baimei, whose real name is Wu Tao, opening a theater was also a dream for him.

Deng and Yu had prepared for the theater for nearly three years. They will focus on producing original Chinese plays, especially comedies.

Child Delivery Guru was written by Yu when the movie Breakup Guru was made in 2013.

"Around 10 people in our team became mothers or fathers at that time, including Deng. So I wrote the script of Child Delivery Guru as a gift," says Yu.

Deng spoke about a theater to Yu in 2001 after their first joint venture, the play Cui Hua, Serve Suancai, Please.