Theater
Jessie Fan Dance’s (潔兮杰舞團) modern dance piece Mazu-Sea Goddess (媽祖林默娘舞劇) is inspired by the story of Matsu, one of the country’s most revered deities. The production is a collaboration between theater professionals and cultural celebrities that include celebrated photographer Ke Hsi-chie (柯錫杰), stage and lighting designer Lin Keh-hua (林克華) and members of the dance school at Beijing’s Central University for Nationalities (中央民族大學), also known as Minzu University of China.
■ National Theatre, Taipei City
■ Tonight at 7:30pm, tomorrow at 2:30pm and 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$400 to NT$2,500, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
One of Ping Fong Acting Troupe’s (屏風表演班) popular touring productions, Can Three Make It Part I (三人行不行I), is a comedy that tackles the absurdity and chaos of urban life with 18 characters played by three actors.
■ Novel Hall (新舞臺), 3-1 Songshou Rd, Taipei City (台北市松壽路3-1號)
■ Tonight at 7:30pm and 10:30pm, tomorrow at 2:30pm, 7:30pm and 10:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$300 to NT$800, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
A tribute to the late 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 end of authoritarian rule.
■ National Taiwan Arts Education Center (國立台灣藝術教育館), 47 Nanhai Rd, Taipei City (台北市南海路47號)
■ Tomorrow at 7:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$300, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Billed as a return to the golden age of theater-based glove puppet performances, Wu Zhou Yuan Glove Puppet Theater Troupe’s (五洲園掌中劇團) Conquering All Under Heaven (爭霸天下系列布袋戲) is a series of 10 performances drawn from the troupe’s traditional repertoire that have been revised to cater to contemporary audiences.
■ Red House Theater (紅樓劇場), 10 Chengdu Rd, Taipei City (台北市成都路10號)
■ Tonight, tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30pm, Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$200 and NT$300, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Sketches 1983 (素描) by To Be Theater (阮劇團) is a theatrical play about an evening encounter between two strangers.
■ Chiayi Performing Arts Center (嘉義縣表演藝術中心), 265, Jianguo Rd Sec 2, Minsyong Township, Chiayi County (嘉義縣民雄鄉建國路二段265號)
■ Tonight 7:30pm, tomorrow at 2:30pm and 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$350, available through NTCH ticketing or online at
www.artsticket.com.tw
Classical music
Paganini Festival in Taiwan (帕格尼尼大賽四位首獎得主聯合大師班暨系列音樂會) winds up this weekend with the last in a series of concerts featuring emerging local violinists Lu Siqing (呂思清), Huang Bin (黃濱), Huang Mengla (黃蒙拉) and Ning Feng (寧峰). Tonight’s program will include Sarasate’s Concert Fantasy on Themes From Bizet’s “Carmen,” Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E-Minor and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D-Major with the soloists supported by the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra (長榮交響樂團) under Gernot Schmalfuss. Tomorrow there will be a violin recital by Ning Feng including Schnittke’s Suite in Old Style, Schubert’s Sonatina, Op. 137 No. 3, No. 3 D408, and Grieg’s Sonata No. 2, Op. 13.
■ Today at 7:30pm, National Concert Hall, Taipei City; tomorrow at 8pm, International Convention Center of the Chang Yung-fa Foundation Building (財團法人張榮發基金會國際會議中心), 11 Zhongshan S Rd, Taipei City (台北市中山南路11號)
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