It's widely known that Taipei's Eslite Bookstore is open 24/7, but a 24-hour circus venue?
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PHOTO COURTESY OF ESLITE BOOKSTORE
This time the theme -- One Stage, Four Plays (
Wei Ying Chuan (魏瑛娟) and Wang Jia-ming (王嘉明) from the Shakespeare's Wild Sisters have created a sensational play slightly teasing the bookstore called 30P: Eslite anti-reader, in which 30 actors will go on stage "exploring" 30 different reading styles and discussing where the pleasure of reading come from.
"It is a satirical lament on the death of reading. We will do lots of parody to point out fast-food style reading habits -- which is pretty much like the hot topic in Taipei at the moment, the one-night stand," said Wei at Wednesday's press conference. "And I can assure you that it is a very funny play."
Yao Shu-fen (
Through five dancers, the dance talks about the different spaces that are associated with different memories and desire. It is called From Sight-Seeing to S.pace-moving (半成品).
Chen Amou (
In the play, men take off their clothes a little but most of the time they are cursing and giving low-taste gestures. It's an R rated show in terms of language.
Fu Hong-zheng (
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