Theater
P.I.G by Morning Star Theater (晨星劇團) tells the story of a how the inhabitants of a quiet village in the middle of a forest encounter a natural disaster and manage to pull through by pooling their resources.
-The Music Hall of the Chiayi Municipal Cultural Center (嘉義市文化中心音樂廳), 275 Chunghsiao Rd, Chiayi City (嘉義市忠孝路275號)
-Tonight at 7:30pm
-Tickets are NT$200 to NT$400 and are available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw (Note: NT$200 tickets are already sold out)
Rhinoceros is an experimental theater piece by International Dateline Company (換日線劇團) that is based on the original play by the master of Theater of the Absurd, Eugene Ionesco. Like the original work, the current production is meant to be a statement about people's willingness to conform and society's inability to think rationally. It is a statement on Taiwan's political culture and the emotions that keep it running.
-Taiwan University of the Arts Experimental Theater (台灣藝術大學實驗劇場), 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$400 are available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Hayavadana is one of Girish Karnad's most popular plays. It sees its Taipei debut performed by EX-Theater Asia (亞洲劇團) and directed by Chongtham Jayanta Meetei. With a text that begs experimentation, the plot and sub-plot intertwine to explore existential questions. The main plot follows the story of Hayavadana, a horse-headed man whose quest for wholeness underscores the play's exploration of identity and reality.
-Crown Theater, B1, 50, Lane 120, Dunhua N Rd, Taipei (台北市敦化北路120巷50號B1)
The three-day East Coast Music Festival (2007東海岸音樂季) will light up a Taitung County beach with music and barbeques during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Sunday's concert showcases award-winning Aboriginal musicians and bands who hail from the area, including Pur-dur, (陳建年), Biung (王宏恩), Hao-en (昊恩) and Jiajia (家家), Tseng Shu-chin (曾淑勤), and Totem (圖騰). Monday's concert is a pan-Asian reggae fest until 8pm, with Japanese reggae legend Papa-U-Gee and the Stoned Rockers Band, Coco Tabo from Okinawa, Filipino act Papa Dom and the Tropical Depression Band, and Taiwan's Red-I and the Riddim Outlawz. Indie-rock group Relax One (輕鬆玩) and Aboriginal musician Mama Panai (巴奈) will perform afterwards. Tuesday, the last day of the festival, is a nakashi revival with Fa-Li (法力樂團) and Leo Shiao Cha Kaan (留笑茶看) bands.
Admission is free. Food will be available, but to minimize the festival's impact on the environment guests must bring their own eating utensils
3pm to 9:30pm Sunday; 4pm to 9:30pm Monday; 4pm to 9:30pm Tuesday
East Coast Jialulan (伽路蘭) Recreation Area, located off Highway 11 (台11線公路), south of Dulan (都蘭), Taitung County and north of Taitung City, near the 157.5km marker. A shuttle bus will run from Taitung Train Station to the venue every 70 minutes during festival hours and will also stop at the Fugang Elementary School (富岡國小) parking lot
For more information, log on at www.jialulan.com.tw
-Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30pm; tomorrow and Sunday at 2pm
-Tickets are NT$350 and are available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Classical Music
Hsin Hsing-chwen Piano Recital (辛幸純鋼琴獨奏會). Hsin received her early musical training in Taiwan. She left at age 13 to attend the Yehudi Menuhin School in England as a protege of Baroness Fe Bland and later studied at the Royal College of Music in London. She pursued her studies in the US and received her MFA from UCLA and doctorate in musical arts from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Hsin is currently chair and professor at the Institute of Music, National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. The program of works will include Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, Lee Tzyy-Sheng's (李子聲) South Muse IIX (南。樂IIX), and Granados'Goyescas (歌雅畫景).
-Tonight at the Performing Arts Hall of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Taoyuan County Government (桃園縣政府文化局演藝廳), 21 Xianfu Rd, Taoyuan City (桃園市縣府路21號); Wednesday at the National Recital Hall, Taipei; and Thursday at the National Chiao Tung University Arts Center (交通大學藝文中心), 1001 Tahsueh Rd, Hsinchu City (新竹市大學路1001號)
-Free admission for the Taoyuan concert. For the Hsinchu concert, tickets cost NT$100 for students, NT$200 for the general public and are available through National Chiao Tung University Library and Student Union (交通大學浩然圖書館與活動中心) at (03) 571-2121 X52666 or X59056. For detailed information, call organizer Asia Music & Arts (亞藝藝術) at (02) 2369-4802
-Tonight, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30pm
2007 Sung Wei-te Clarinet Recital (2007宋威德單簧管獨奏會). Sung is associate professor of clarinet in the Music Department, National Taiwan Normal University. Joined by pianist Lai Ru-lin (賴如琳), Sung will present a program of works by German and Austrian composers, including Bela Kovacs' Hommages a Bach (clarinet solo), Franz Danzi's Fantasy from "Don Giovanni" (clarinet and piano), Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, KV581 (for basset clarinet and piano), Brahms' Sonata No.2, Op.120 (for clarinet and piano), and Weber's Fantasia and Rondo, Op.34 (for clarinet and piano).
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