Theater
Cheng Yuan-ho and Lee Ya-hsien (鄭元和李亞仙) is a story of love between a prostitute and a young scholar who is preparing for his examination being held in Beijing. The work is performed by the Ming Hsia Taiwanese Opera group (明霞歌劇團) and directed by Hsiao Ming-ming (小明明) who adapted the performance from The Story of Li Wa (李娃傳).
* National Taiwan Arts Education Institute (國立台灣藝術教育館), 47 Nanhai Rd, Taipei (台北市南海路47號)
* Tomorrow at 7:30pm
* Admission is free
Drink Culture (一爵一代之飲酒作樂) is the latest production by Contemporary Jazz Dance Theater (爵代舞蹈劇場). Known for lifting up the spirit of audiences with its playful dance productions, the group's latest offering takes a Dionysian look at the similarities between dance and drink.
* Experimental Theater (國家戲劇院實驗劇場) 21-1 Zhongshan S Rd, Taipei (台北市中山南路21-1號)
* Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm and tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm
* Tickets are NT$500 and are available from www.artsticket.com.tw
Wind Shadow (風影) is an inter-disciplinary collaboration between renowned choreographer Lin Hwai-min (林懷民) and visual artist Cai Guo-quing (蔡國強) who create a new kind of dance theater that incorporates installation art and performance theater. It will be staged by Cloud Gate Theater (雲門舞集).
* Chiayi Performing Arts Center (嘉義縣表演藝術中心演藝廳) 265 Jiankuo Rd Sec 2, Minhsiung Township, Chiayi County (民雄鄉建國路二段265號)
* Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm
* Tickets are NT$300 to NT$1,500 and are available through www.artsticket.com.tw
What is Man? (水滸傳) is the latest play by Hong Kong director Edward Lam (林奕華) and is based on the Chinese classic The Water Margin. The work is an investigation of man's so-called heroic nature with themes of masculinity being explored using an audition for a play as the plot. A somewhat unflattering look at men's egos, the nine male characters reveal much about themselves through their desire to win various roles in the production.
* National Theater (國家戲劇院) 21-1 Zhongshan S Rd, Taipei (台北市中山南路21-1號)
* Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm and tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm
* Tickets are NT$300 to NT$2,000 and are available through NTCH ticketing
Classical Music
Xue Xue Weekend Music Concert's Brass Quintet Musical Feast — Jinying Brass Quintet (學學週末音樂會銅管藝術饗宴—菁英銅管五重奏). The quintet was founded in New York in 1995 and comprises five brass instrumentalists: Hsu Jung-fu (許榮富) and Chou Sheng-chun (周勝駿) on trumpet; Li Hsin-hui (李欣卉) on French horn; Tsai Yi-wen (蔡怡文) on Trombone; and Liang Kuo-lin (梁國霖) on tuba. The quintet has performed extensively in Taiwan, the US, and China. The quintet will present a program of that ranges from Baroque to contemporary, including an anonymous work Sonata from Die Bankelsangerlieder, Gabrieli's Canzona per Sonare No.4, Bach's Contrapunctus IX from "Art of Fugue", Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G Major, K.525 and Concerto Rondo, Brahms' Three Chorale Preludes for Brass Quintet, Anderson's Bugler's Holiday, Fillmore's Lassus Trombone, Saint Saen's Elephant from Carnival of the Animals, Sondheim's Comedy Tonight, Gershwin's Summertime and I Got Plenty O'Nuttin, Rossini's William Tell Overture, and more.
* At the Xue Xue Institute (學學文創志業), 207 Tiding Blvd Sec 2, Neihu District, Taipei (台北市內湖區堤頂大道二段207號)
* Tickets are NT$500 and are available through NTCH ticketing or call 0800-068-089
* Tonight at 7:30pm
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