Theater
Fable To Be or Not To Be (漢字寓言:未來系青年觀點報告) brings together five young performers who each chose a Chinese character to symbolize events in Taiwan over the past year. This week’s performances feature three monologues and music performances.
▲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$450, available through NTCH ticketing
The Legends of Daai (客家大戲 — 大隘風雲) by Rom Shing Hakka Opera Troupe (榮興客家採茶劇團) is a Hakka theater performance that explores the trials and tribulations of life under Japanese colonial rule.
▲Novel Hall (新舞台), 3-1 Songshou Rd, Taipei City (台北市松壽路3-1號)
▲Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30pm; tomorrow at 2:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$300 to NT$1,500, available through NTCH ticketing
The Puppet and Its Double Theater (無獨有偶工作室劇團) revises its The Happy Prince (快樂王子), a puppet performance based on Oscar Wilde’s fairy tale of the same name.
▲Yuanlin Performance Hall, Changhua County (員林演藝廳), 99, Ln 2, Chungcheng Rd, Yuanlin Township, Changhua County (彰化縣員林鎮中正路二巷99號)
▲Tomorrow at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$300, available through NTCH ticketing
Taiwan’s expulsion from the UN in 1971 serves as the background for Ping-Fong Acting Troupe’s (屏風表演班) latest work Stand by Me (六義幫). Written and directed by Hugh Lee (李國修), the story follows six youths who use an air raid shelter as a meeting place to discuss their roles in history.
▲Taichung Chungshan Hall (台中市中山堂), 98 Hsuehshi Rd, Taichung City (台中市學士路98號)
▲Tomorrow at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,500, available through NTCH ticketing
The Music’s debut Taiwan gig is at the Y17 Youth Activity Center on Nov. 16. The band is touring to promote its new album, Strength In Numbers, which is slated for release next year. Made up of Leeds lads Rob Harvey (vocals), Phil Jordan (drums), Adam Nutter (guitar) and Stuart Coleman (bass), the group hit the big time when its album The Music made No. 4 in the UK charts in 2002. After some time out, The Music recorded its third album last year. The band’s two gigs at Fuji Rock Festival in 2002 were hair-raising, more so than many of the top-drawer acts such as Bjork, Yo La Tengo and Primal Scream, with which it shared the billing.
The Music plays Y17 Youth Activity Center (青少年育樂中心), 10F, 17, Renai Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市仁愛路1段17號), tel: (02) 2342-2388, from 6:30pm to 8pm on Nov. 16. Doors open at 6pm
Tickets purchased today are NT$1,200, from tomorrow until Nov. 14 they’re NT$1,400, and are available online from tickets.books.com.tw or at the following venues: Roxy Jr Cafe, 1, Ln 80, Shida Rd, Taipei City (台北市師大路80巷1號), tel: (02) 2366-1799; The Tavern, 415, Xinyi Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市信義路四段415號), tel: (02) 8789 0892; Underworld (地下社會), B1, 45 Shida Rd, Taipei City (台北市師大路45號B1), tel: (02) 2369-0103; Paulina, 167, Anhe Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市安和路二段167號), tel: (02) 2378-5678; Mo!Relax cafe, 20, Ln 60, Taishun St, Taipei City (台北市泰順街60巷20號), tel (02) 2367-7714; Kafka on the Beach, 2F, 2, Ln 244, Roosevelt Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路三段244號2樓), tel: (02) 2364-1996; Norwegian Wood (挪威森林咖啡館), Ln 284, 9, Roosevelt Rd, Sec 3 Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路3段284弄9號); and Fucking Place (操場), 2F, 169, Heping E Rd Sec 2, Taipei City. Entry is NT$1,500 at the door
On the Net: themusic.pixnet.net/blog and www.themusic.co.uk
Two love stories intersect in Off Performance Workshop’s (外表坊時驗團) latest work We’ll Return Home This Morning to the End of the World (今天早上我們回家•直到世界盡頭).
▲Huashan Cultural and Creative Industry Center (華山創意文化園區), 1, Bade Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市八德路一段1號)
▲Today, tomorrow, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30pm; tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$500, available through NTCH ticketing
Classical
Leif Ove Andsnes Piano Recital (名家系列 — 安斯涅鋼琴獨奏會) features Norwegian-born pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, who has been acclaimed as “the most accomplished pianist of the new generation” by the New York Times. The pianist, who is visiting Taipei as part of his 2008 Asian tour, will perform works by Schubert, Janacek, Beethoven and Debussy.
▲Today at 7:30pm
▲National Concert Hall, Taipei City
▲Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,000, available through NTCH ticketing
France’s King of the Piano — The Music Night of Tharaud (來自法國的鋼琴王子 — 亞歷山大．薩洛鋼琴之夜) sees French pianist Alexander Tharaud perform a program of Couperin, Ravel and Chopin.
▲Tomorrow at 7:30pm
▲National Concert Hall, Taipei City
▲Tickets are NT$400 to NT$1,600, available through NTCH ticketing
2008 Toyota Concert Series — Vienna Operetta Orchestra (2008豐田古典音樂會-維也納輕歌劇管弦樂團) is an occasion for the lighter side of classical music with the Vienna Operetta orchestra and singers performing a program of Strauss, Mozart and Lehar, among others.
▲Sunday at 7:30pm
▲National Concert Hall, Taipei City
▲Tickets are NT$300 to NT$1,500, available through ERA ticketing
Lee Chin-I Bassoon Recital (李勤一低音管獨奏會), brings Lee Chin-I (李勤一), a bassoonist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, to the stage with piano accompaniment from Lin Hui-chun (林慧君).
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