Theater
Dinner for One is a play by Theatre de la Sardine (沙丁龐客劇團) that explores the frustrations a single woman experiences in her daily existence.
* Eslite Bookstore, Tainan (台南誠品書店), B2, 181 Changrung St Sec 1, Tainan (台南市長榮路一段181號 B2)
* Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm and tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm
* Tickets are NT$350 and available through NTCH ticketing at www.artsticket.com.tw
Einstein Rocks Taiwan (愛因斯坦囉搖滾台灣) is the latest performance piece by Riverbed Theater. It ponders what it would be like to bring Einstein's brain to Taiwan.
* Eslite Bookstore (誠品書店), B2, 245 Tunhua S Rd Sec 1, Taipei (台北市敦化南路一段245號)
* Today, tomorrow and Sunday at 7:30pm and tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm
* Tickets are NT$350 and available through NTCH ticketing at www.artsticket.com.tw
Monkey King at Spider Cave (孫悟空大戰蜘蛛精) is an episode adapted from the Chinese classic Journey to the West (西遊記) by shadow puppeteer Larry Reed and The Puppet and Its Double Theater (無獨有偶工作室劇團). It features the heroic Monkey King and his disciples battling against the flesh-hungry Spider Demon and his hoard of evil insects.
* Sinjhuang Cultural and Arts Center (新莊文化藝術中心演藝廳), 133 Jhongping Rd, Sinjhuang City, Taipei County (台北縣新莊市中平路133號)
* Today at 7:30pm and tomorrow at 2:30pm
* Tickets are NT$250 to NT$800 and are available through www.artsticket.com.tw
The Half-Mile Great Wall (半里長城) by Ping Fong Acting Troupe (屏風表演班) takes a humorous look at the building of the Great Wall.
* Performance Hall of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Hsinchu County (新竹縣文化局演藝廳), 146 Hsiancheng 9th Rd, Chupei, Hsinchu County (新竹縣竹北市縣政九路146號)
* Tomorrow at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
* Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,500 and are available through NTCH ticketing (Note: NT$500, NT$800 and NT$2,500 tickets are already sold out)
The Cloud (雲) will be performed by Taiwan National University of the Arts (國立台灣藝術大學戲劇) and is based on the play of the same name by Aristophanes.
* National Taiwan University of the Arts (國立台灣藝術大學), 59 Daguan Rd Sec 1, Banciao City, Taipei County (台北縣板橋市大觀路一段59號)
* Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm and tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm
* Tickets are NT$300 to NT$400 and are available through NTCH ticketing (Note: all performances are sold out except for Sunday afternoon)
Quest for the Garden Saunter and the Interrupted Dream (尋找遊園驚夢) a neo-classical Kun opera, will be performed by the Lanting Kun Opera Troupe (蘭庭崑劇團).
* Huashan Culture Park (華山文化園區), 1 Bade Rd Sec 1, Taipei (台北市八德路一段1號)
* Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm and tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm
* Tickets are NT$600 and are available through ERA ticketing at www.ticket.com.tw
Special Events
A fundraiser for Animals Taiwan will take place at the recently opened culture-art space, World in Taiwan, in Tienmu. All profits will go to helping improve the livelihood of animals in Taiwan. The space will have an open mic and live musical performances. For more information call David at (09) 3288-9524 or checkout the Animals Taiwan Web site at www.animalstaiwan.org.
* 6F, 8, Ln 15,Yusheng St, Taipei (台北市雨聲街15巷8號6樓)
* Tomorrow beginning at 8pm
* Entrance is NT$500
Classical Music
Master and National Symphony Orchestra — Romantic String (名家與NSO的對話 — 浪漫弦情). Maestro Gunther Herbig has been favorably compared to his mentor, the great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan. He will show local audiences two extremely different styles of composers, Mendelssohn and Bruckner featuring Russian violinist Sergei Krylov. A pre-concert lecture will be given by Hsing Tzu-ching (邢子青) in the lobby of the National Concert Hall 30 minutes prior to the concert.
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