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 Brit-rock band 1976 performs tomorrow night at The Wall.PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES | Taiwanese indie-rock institution 1976 plays at The Wall (這牆) tomorrow night. The group, whose Brit-pop sound endeared them to a generation of underground music fans, regularly appears at major local rock festivals. To date 1976 has released four albums, and last year the group released an EP, In Clubbing We Trust (撒野俱樂部). The band’s charismatic lead singer, Raykai Chen (陳瑞凱), is now an indie-music guru in Taiwan — he was chosen to be a judge for the Golden Melody Awards and is part-owner of a popular alternative coffee shop, Kafka on the Shore (海邊的卡夫卡). Chen told the Taipei Times in a 2006 interview that he was unsatisfied with his looks: “Good looks are absolute ... Anything can be changed and improved, except your appearance.” The band will play two sets tomorrow night. ▲ Tomorrow at 8pm ▲ The Wall (這牆), B1, 200, Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1). Call (02) 2930-0162 or visit www.the-wall.com.tw for more information ▲ Admission is NT$400 and includes one drink |
Theater
Winnie (維妮) by Mr Longni Creative Performing Group (Mr隆尼表演創意團隊) follows the story of a 25-year-old woman whose constant reflections on her troubled adolescence exert a profound effect on her relationship with friends.
▲ Guling Street Theater (牯嶺街小劇場), 2, Ln 5, Guling St, Taipei City (台北市牯嶺街5巷2號)
▲ Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm; tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm
▲ Tickets are NT$300, available through NTCH ticketing
The Comma Theater Company’s
(逗點創意劇團) Wait a Moment
(成名在忘) explores the process of artistic production through the lives of an actor and a singer, and how their upbringing affects the creative process.
▲ Y17 (台北市青少年育樂中心), 3F, 17, Renai Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市仁愛路一段17號3樓)
▲ Today and tomorrow at 7pm; tomorrow and Sunday at 2pm
▲ Tickets are NT$300 to NT$700, available through NTCH ticketing
An early Hakka and Hoklo (commonly known as Taiwanese) musical,
April Rain (四月望雨) returns to the stage tomorrow. The multilingual
performance — in Hoklo, Hakka, Mandarin and Japanese — is based on the life of Teng Yu-sian (鄧雨賢), a Japanese-colonial era composer who has been hailed as the father of Taiwanese folk music. Teng is portrayed as an artist caught between different cultures and torn between idealism and reality.
▲ National Theater, Taipei City
▲ Tomorrow at 7:30pm; Sunday at 2:30pm
▲ Tickets are NT$500 to NT$3,000, available through NTCH ticketing
On Fire (賣番仔火的小女孩) by
Taiyuan Puppet Theater Company
(台原偶戲團), tells the story of a greedy grandmother who forces her granddaughter to work in a factory that makes matches. The girl befriends a little boy and together they discover that the matches are alive. One night, a disaster threatens the lives of both children and their match friends.
▲ 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, available through NTCH ticketing
Classical music
Li Yun-di and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
(李雲迪與鹿特丹愛樂管弦樂團) sees the celebrity pianist Li Yun-di perform a program including Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in g minor, Op. 16 with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under Yannick Nezet-Seguin. The orchestra will also perform Ravel’s La Valse and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, “Eroica.”
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