Theater
In The Pursuit of White Deer (逐鹿), theater director and puppet maker Shi Pei-yu (石佩玉) uses handmade puppets, human actors with atmospheric lighting, chant and a 300-year-old Thao tribe (邵族) myth to create a piece about one modern-day man’s journey of self-discovery.
■ Experimental Theater, Taipei City
■ 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
Chun Mei Taiwanese Opera Troupe (春美歌劇團) looks back at China’s Three Kingdoms period with a story about legendary warrior and military strategist Zhou Yu (周瑜) and his love affair with Xiao Qiao (小喬) in Three Kingdoms — Zhou Yu (周瑜).
■ Novel Hall (新舞臺), 3-1 Songshou Rd, Taipei City (台北市松壽路3-1號)
■ Tomorrow and Sunday at 7:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,500, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
The protagonist in Taiwanese novelist Chen Ying-chen’s (陳映真) The First Assignment (第一件差事) is brought back to life in Another Assignment (另一件差事) by Assignment Theater (差事劇團). The play is directed by Chung Chiao (鍾喬) with artist and professor Mei Dean-E (梅丁衍) as stage designer and film director Lin Jing-jie (林靖傑) as an adviser.
■ 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 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm and 7pm
■ Tickets are NT$350, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
In Diving in the Moment (潛水中) by Mobius Strip Theater (莫比斯圓環創作公社), a man is paralyzed in a diving accident. The boundary between life and the dreamworld gradually blurs as he watches his wife, daughter, friends and strange women come and go, murmur and respond to each other in an increasingly fanciful manner.
■ Eslite Bookstore, Tainan (台南誠品書店), B2, 181, Changjung St Sec 1, Tainan City (台南市長榮路一段181號B2)
■ Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$350, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Four years in the making, Tang Mei Yun Opera Troupe’s (唐美雲歌仔戲團) latest production Entwined Fates (宿怨浮生) tells a tale of revenge and betrayal that spans three lives.
■ National Theater, Taipei City
■ Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$400 to NT$3,000, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Classical music
100 Percent Chopin — Solo Recital by Chen Kuan-yu(蕭邦百分百 — 陳冠宇2009鋼琴獨奏會) presents pianist Chen Kuan-yu (陳冠宇) in a concert of works by Chopin, including Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23, Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52, Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op.20, Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op.39 and Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op.58.
■ Tomorrow (Hsinchu) and Thursday (Taipei) at 7:30pm
■ Performance Hall of the Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Hsinchu City (新竹市文化局演藝廳), 17, Dongda Rd Sec 2, Hsinchu City (新竹市東大路二段17號)
■ Tickets are NT$200 to NT$400 in Hsinchu and NT$400 and NT$800 for Taipei, available from ERA ticketing or online at www.ticket.com.tw
Erhu Kaleidoscope (二胡萬花筒) will see the Taipei Chinese Orchestra (臺北市立國樂團) and erhu (二胡) soloists Min Hui-fen (閔惠芬), Song Fei (宋飛) and Jiang Chian-hua (姜建華 ) perform traditional works.
■ Tomorrow at 7:30pm
■ Zhongshan Hall (台北市中山堂), 98 Yanping S Rd, Taipei City (台北市延平南路98號)
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