■ Taipei Culture Center, Wenshan Branch (台北市社教館文山分館), B2, 32 Jingwen St, Taipei City (台北市景文街32號B2)
■ Tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$200 and are available through NTCH ticketing
Taiyuan Puppet Theater Company (台原偶戲團) and Italian puppet master Massimo Godoli Peli team up to bring young audiences the Italian Puppet Show Pippo. Emphasizing audience interaction, the performance takes a humorous look at family struggles in a rural Italian town.
■ Nadou Theater (納豆劇場), 79 Xining N Rd, Taipei City (台北市西寧北路79號)
■ Tomorrow at 3pm
■ Tickets are NT$200 and are available through NTCH ticketing
A Mandarin version of the The Vagina Monologues will be performed tonight and tomorrow as part of V-Day Taiwan. Based on the script written by Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues consists of condensed segments of about 200 interviews Ensler conducted with women about their vaginas, sexuality and stories of violence and sexual abuse. The performance comprises 17 monologues on topics ranging from pubic hair and masturbation to rape and childbirth. The women interviewed for the play hail from all walks of life, including prostitutes and women living on the street. All proceeds go to select local charities that work with women.
■ Taipei City Hall Family Theater (台北市親子劇場), 2F, 1 Shifu Rd, Taipei City (台北市市府路1號2樓)
■ Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$500 and are available through ERA ticketing
Event
Are you non-Taiwanese but still want to vote in Taiwan's presidential elections? You can tomorrow afternoon at Formosanetwork.com's launch party, which will be held at Citizen Cane. The Web site is geared toward foreigners living in Taiwan and Taiwanese living abroad. The idea is to provide useful local information and connect people for online and offline social functions. There will also be a free raffle at the do.
■ Citizen Cain (國民), 67 Dongfeng St, Taipei City (台北市東豐街67號)
■ Tomorrow from 2pm to 4pm
■ Admission: Free
Classical music
London Philharmonic Orchestra Asian Tour (倫敦愛樂交響樂團亞洲行) will play two engagements in Taipei under conductor Vladimir Jurowski, featuring violin soloist Nikolaj Znaider. The program will include Mark Anthony Turnage's Lullaby for Hans, Hans Werner Henze's Sonata per archi, Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.77 and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6 in B Minor, Op. 74.
■ Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30pm
■ National Concert Hall, Taipei City
■ Tickets are NT$1,800 to NT$3,600, available through ERA ticketing
Vilde Frang with the Taipei Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (薇爾德•弗朗&台北愛樂青年管弦樂團) features the young protege of violin virtuoso Anne-Sophie Mutter. Cheng Li-pin (鄭立彬) will conduct a program that includes Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77, Sibelius' Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43, as well as Golden Melody Award-winner Lee Wen-pin's (李文彬) Eight Scenes of Lukang (鹿港八景選曲).
■ Monday at 7:30pm
■ National Concert Hall, Taipei City
■ Tickets are NT$300 to NT$1,500 and are available through TRTC ticketing
Eric Chen's Music Journey of Fairy Tale (陳冠宇音樂童話之旅) features the highly regarded classical pianist collaborating with the If Kids (如果兒童劇團) children's theater group to create a musical event for the whole family.
■ Today at 7:30pm
■ National Concert Hall, Taipei City
■ Tickets are NT$400 to NT$2,500, available through ERA ticketing
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