Theater
Human Condition 4 — The Same Moonlight (人間條件四 — 一樣的月光) is the latest installment of Green Ray Theater’s (綠光劇團) series titled Human Condition. Written and directed by Wu Nien-jen (吳念真), the play centers on the lives of two sisters, one of whom works as a cleaner; the other is employed at an international company. Performances will be given in Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung starting next month.
▲National Theater, Taipei City
▲Today and tomorrow at 2:30pm and 7:30pm, Sunday at 2:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$500 to NT$3,000, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Based on Austrian playwright and novelist Elfriede Jelinek’s play of the same title, What Happened after Nora Left Her Husband is the latest production put together by the department of theater arts at Chinese Culture University (中國文化大學). The production puts a gender twist on the original work by having a male actor play Nora, who is abused by her husband.
▲Experimental Theater, Taipei City.
▲Tonight at 7:30pm, tomorrow at 2:30pm and 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$400, available through NTCH ticketing or online at
www.artsticket.com.tw
Made up of six afternoons of performances, Blue Dragon White Tiger (青龍白虎三世纏鬥) by the National Guoguang Opera Company (國立國光劇團) recounts the ancient legend of two sacred beasts, Blue Dragon and White Tiger, who battle each other over the course of their three lives. The first two parts take place this weekend at Guoguan Theater. The remaining four follow next and July.
▲Guoguang Theater (國光劇場), 8-1, Ln 66, Mucha Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市木柵路三段66巷8號之1)
▲Tomorrow and Sunday at 7:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$200 and NT$300, available through ERA ticketing or online at www.ticket.com.tw
For Crystal Tun-Hwang (水晶瓶中的敦煌), Jade and Artists Dance Troupe’s (肢體音符舞團) latest production, the group’s artistic director and choreographer, Hsu Yu-ju (徐玉如), teamed up with music producer Lin Lung-hsuan (林隆璇) and flutist Eric Chang (張中立) to present a spiritual journey of self-discovery inspired by the murals found inside the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas in Gansu Province, China.
▲Taipei County Arts Center (台北縣藝文中心演藝廳), 62 Jhuangjing Rd, Banciao City, Taipei County (台北縣板橋市莊敬路62號)
▲Tomorrow at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$300 and NT$500, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Based on Tennessee Williams’ play of the same title, The Glass Menagerie by Godot Theater Company (果陀劇場) stars veteran actress Tan Ai-chen (譚艾珍), seasoned stage actress Yan Chia-le (顏嘉樂) and television actor Shih I-nan (施易男).
▲Chiayi Performing Arts Center (嘉義縣表演藝術中心演藝廳), 265, Jianguo Rd Sec 2, Minhsiung Township, Chiayi County (嘉義縣民雄鄉建國路二段265號)
▲Tomorrow at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,000, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Classical music
Chun Chang Violin Recital (張群小提琴獨奏會) presents Taiwanese-born, German-trained violinist
Chang Chun (張群) in a concert of music ranging from Bach’s Violin Partita II BWV1004 Ciaccona , Schbert’s Violin Sonata in D Major D384, Op. 137, Brahms Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 108 to Tyzen Hsiao’s (蕭泰然) The Song of Taiwan (台灣頌) and Wieniawski’s Variations on an Original Theme OP. 15.
▲Tomorrow at 7:30pm
▲National Recital Hall, Taipei City
▲Tickets are NT$400 and are available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
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