Theater
Shakespeare’s Wild Sisters Group’s (莎士比亞的妹妹們的劇團) Remix — Hsu Yen-ling X Sylvia Plath is a solo performance by Hsu Yen-ling (徐堰玲) inspired by the different faces of American poet Syliva Plath as manifested in the author’s work.
▲Crown Art Center Theater (皇冠小劇場), B1, 50, Ln 120, Dunhua N Rd, Taipei City (台北市敦化北路120巷50號B1)
▲Tonight at 7:30pm, tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$450 and NT$1,000, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
If Kids Theater Company’s (如果兒童劇團) The Snow White You Don’t Know About (你不知道的白雪公主) centers on Coal Ball, a character not seen in the original Snow White. Coal Ball was Snow White’s best friend during childhood and is also the Evil Queen’s servant.
▲Metropolitan Hall (城市舞台), 25, Bade Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市八德路三段25號)
▲Tonight at 7:30pm, tomorrow and Sunday at 10:30am, 2:30pm and 7:30pm
Tickets are NT$300 to NT$1,000, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
In Ghost Doll Company’s (鬼娃株式會社劇團) latest production Daoba on the Moon (月亮上的刀巴), aspiring painters take an escalator to the Moon in pursuit of their artistic dreams. Little do they know there is a conspiracy afoot.
▲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)
▲Tonight at 7:30pm, tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$350, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
The latest stand-up comedy production by Comedians Workshop (相聲瓦舍), The Unmatchable Mates (兩光康樂隊), stars Feng Yi-kang (馮翊綱) and Sung Shao-ching (宋少卿) as two villagers forced to provide entertainment for the night after the village’s movie projectionist is thrown into jail for stealing money from his boss.
A decade after arriving in Taiwan, Erin King, one of the founding fathers of the thriving expatriate live music scene, is departing for his home country of Canada, and an education in the culinary arts.
Not long after he first arrived on these shores, a gig at a windsurfing competition in Penghu led to two bands merging into Milk, which went on to become one of the country’s longest running expatriate bands.
King was Milk’s lead vocalist for “six or seven” years until it disbanded in 2006. A stint as a bass player with Rocket Girl may or may not have given him carpal tunnel syndrome, or what fellow Rocket Girl bandmate Leon LaPointe refers to as “bear hands.”
His latest band, Moss, was formed just over a year ago with former Milk guitarist Anthony “Red” Roberts (who also plays in metal cover band Chrome Relic) on drums, and Andy Kincart on guitar. Joining them tonight is supporting band Hi-Life Wedding for an evening of psychedelic Pink Floyd-inspired 1960s rock and a possible impromptu Milk reunion.
▲Farewell to the Kinger, tonight from 10pm to 5am at Light Lounge, B1, 85, Huamei W St Sec 1, Taichung City (台中市華美西街一段85號B1). Call (04) 2328-0118
▲Admission is NT$300 and includes one drink
— ALITA RICKARDS
▲Hsinchu Municipal Performance Hall (新竹市立演藝廳), 17, Tungta Rd Sec 2, Hsinchu City (新竹市東大路二段17號)
▲Tomorrow at 2:30pm and 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$300 to NT$1,200, available through ERA ticketing or online at www.ticket.com.tw
A tribute to the late Taiwanese writer Yeh Shih-tao (葉石濤), who died of cancer last December, Kaohsiung-based Spring Wind Art Theatre’s (南風劇場) Mr Chien (簡先生) follows a White Terror victim who returns to his hometown years after the era of authoritarian rule has passed.
▲International Culture and Tourism Bureau, Miaoli County (苗栗縣政府國際文化觀光局), 50, Zihjhih Rd, Miaoli City (苗栗市自治路50號)
▲Tomorrow at 7:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$300, available through NTCH ticketing or online at
www.artsticket.com.tw
Classical
Mikhail Pletnev and The Russian National Orchestra (普雷特涅夫與俄羅斯國家管弦樂團) brings the renowned orchestra to Taiwan for two concerts under its director Mikail Pletnev. The program for today’s concert is selections from Rimsky Korsakov’s Snow Maiden, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, with soloist Alexey Bruni, and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2. The program for tomorrow is Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and Symphony No. 5.
▲Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm
▲National Concert Hall, Taipei City
▲Tickets are NT$1,000 to NT$4,500, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
2009 Young Stars of Chinese Music (2009傳統器樂新秀) is an annual event that showcases emerging talent in traditional Chinese music.
▲Tomorrow at 7:30pm
▲National Recital Hall, Taipei City
▲Tickets are NT$300, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
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