Theater
European House — Hamlet’s Prologue Without Words by Spain’s Teatre Iliure dispenses with language to tell a tale of a quasi-Shakespearean familial war in a voyeuristic manner as the audience is allowed to see what takes place in each room of the family’s three-story house.
■ Metropolitan Hall (城市舞台), 25, Bade Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市八德路三段25號)
■ Tonight and tomorrow at 8pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$450 to NT$1,500, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Artist Hung Hung (鴻鴻) and his Dark Eyes Performance Lab (黑眼睛跨劇團) presents Der Hassliche (醜男子), an adaptation of German playwright Marius von Mayenburg’s play about plastic surgery. In this dark comedy, an ugly man seeks revenge after surgery improves his looks. The cast includes pop idol Bryant Chang (張睿家) and Hsiao-ying (小應) of indie-rock band the Clippers (夾子).
■ Zhongshan Hall (台北市中山堂), 98 Yenping S Rd, Taipei City (台北市延平南路98號)
■ Tonight at 8pm, tomorrow at 2:30pm and 8pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$400 to NT$1,200, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
A collaboration between the Taipei Chinese Orchestra (台北市立國樂團) and Cloud Gate 2, What a Tone! (跳Tone!) is a surprising fusion of traditional Chinese music conducted by Chien Wen-pin (簡文彬) and contemporary dance choreographed by 25-year-old Huang Yi (黃翊) .
■ Novel Hall (新舞臺), 3-1 Songshou Rd, Taipei City (台北市松壽路3-1號)
■ Tonight and tomorrow at 8pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$300 to NT$1,200, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Together choreographer Wu I-fang (吳義芳) and three other dancers present the lighthearted contemporary piece Summer Haruki (夏˙春上村樹).
By Taylor Briere
Taiwanese post-rock act Aphasia (阿飛西雅) plays at Underworld tonight in Taipei. Bassist Yeh Wan-ching (葉宛青), better known as KK, is the brains behind independent music label White Wabbit Records, which was responsible for bringing the likes of Broken Social Scene and Explosions in the Sky to Taiwan. Guitarist Wu Yi-jyun (吳逸駿) is the owner of NOIZ studio. Yeh and Wu combine forces with guitarist Su Chi-wen (蘇啟文) and drummer Yonker (Liao Yang, 廖洋) to produce some of the most highly acclaimed underground music in Taiwan. On the band’s latest album, The Crocodile Society of Aphasia, interlocking melancholic guitar themes, anchored by steady bass lines, wind their way to swirling climaxes, the textures of which are reminiscent of Mogwai. The band will be playing new material tonight in preparation for a return to the studio next month. Until Seeing Whale’s Eyes opens for Aphasia. On the Net: www.aphasiaband.com.
■Aphasia, 9pm tonight at Underworld, B1, 45 Shida Rd, Taipei City (台北市師大路45號B1)
■Admission is NT$300 and includes a drink
■ Taipei Cultural Center, Wenshan Branch (台北市立社會教育館文山分館), 32, Jingwen St, Taipei City (台北市景文街32號)
■ Tonight at 8pm and tomorrow at 2:30pm and 8pm
■ Tickets are NT$600, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Tainaner Ensemble’s (台南人劇團) Love Life (愛情生活) tells the story of the battle between a male dog and a female cat.
■ 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 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$500, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Classical music
Wei-Wei Lan Pipa Recital (琵琶獨奏會) is part of the Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra’s (小巨人絲竹樂團) series of cross-strait exchange events. This recital will feature pipa (琵琶) specialist Lan Weiwei (蘭維薇), who is also currently teaching at Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music (中央音樂學院).
■ Tomorrow at 7:30pm
■ National Recital Hall, Taipei City
■ Tickets are NT$300 to NT$500, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Lost in Wonderland — Girls Gone Mad (兒童樂園 — 姊妹狂歡) sees the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra (台北市愛樂管弦樂團) continue its series of children’s concerts with pianists Yang Chien-ying (楊千瑩) and Stella Cheng (鄭佳姍). The program will include Poulenc’s Sonata for Piano for Four Hands, Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals, and Ketelby’s In the Persian Market.
■ Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra and Maestro Henry Mazer Music and Culture (台北愛樂暨梅哲音樂文化館), B1, 7, Jinan Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市濟南路一段7號B1)
■ Tickets are NT$250, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
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