Highlight
Tomorrow The Wall (這牆) will be the site of a dancehall and hip-hop party organized by the O-Brothaz Sound System. Sound systems are mobile party crews that caught on in Jamaica a half-century ago to play music that wasn't aired on the radio and provide a platform for up-and-coming musicians. The O-Brothaz are calling this event the International Flag Party (國際國旗錦飆派對) and are encouraging people to show up with a flag from their, or someone else's, country and to paint their faces accordingly. All entrants get a chance to win two free tickets to the Philippines.
* Entrance is NT$300 for those with a flag and NT$400 for those without one. There is also a buy-three-tickets, get-one-free deal available to those who send an e-mail in advance to obrothaz@gmail.com. Admission includes one free drink.
* The party starts tomorrow at 11pm
* B1, 200 Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, Taipei (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1). Call (02) 2930-0162 or visit www.the-wall.com.tw
Theater
A local take on John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men (人鼠之間) by the Green Ray Theater (綠光世界劇場), which makes something of a specialty of adapting works by Western literary masters for the local stage.
* Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm; Sunday at 2:30pm
* At the Taipei Cultural Center (城市舞台) at 25 Bade Rd Sec 3, Taipei (台北市八德路三段25號)
* Tickets are NT$500 to NT$1,800 and are available through ERA ticketing
Beijing opera superstar Li Bao-chun (李寶春) takes a leading role in a series of excepts and repertoire standards in a ongoing series hosted by the Koo Foundation (辜公亮文教基金會), including a complete production of The Tale of the White Snake (白蛇傳) on Sunday. This is the Taiwan premiere of a version of this classic opera based on a recently discovered recording of Li Shao-chun (李少春), his father. The opera will feature Chinese opera star Li Guojing (李國靜) in the main role.
* Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm, Sunday at 2:30pm
* At Novel Hall, (新舞台) at 3 Songshou Rd, Taipei (台北市松壽路3號)
* Ticket are NT$500 to NT$1,500, and are available through ERA ticketing
A gay play for mature audiences by the Firefly Theater (螢火蟲劇團), Cool Night (涼夜) is about the torments of relationships.
* Tomorrow at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
* At the Chi-Shan Hall, Kaohsiung Cultural Center (高雄市文化中心至善廳) at 67 Wufu 1st Rd, Kaohsiung (高雄市五福一路67號)
* Tickets are NT$300 and NT$500, and are available through NTCH ticketing or at the door
Having had enough of baby oil, the crew from Taipei Dance Circle (光環舞集) now starts to get down with over-sized mattresses in a contemporary work called Of Man and Object (人物語). Choreographed by Liou Shaw Lu (劉紹爐) with music by Keiko Harada, the dance incorporates "Kandinsky's dots and lines, experiences the aesthetics of Bauhaus art and architecture, the material disorder of the 1960s, the body distortion, and the chaos of direction."
* Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm; tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm
* At the National Experimental Theater (國家戲劇院實驗劇場)
* Tickets are NT$400 and and are available through NTCH ticketing or at the door
Pina Bausch, Germany's grand dame of modern dance, performs Tanztheater Wuppertal's Masurca Fogo. If you don't already have tickets, you probably won't be watching the show, as the show sold out months ago.
* Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm; Sunday at 2:30pm
* At the National Theater
The Slovak National Folklore Ballet continues its round-island tour with its highly regarded routines of folk dancing.
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