HIGHLIGHT
With a program of nine theatrical productions (six local and three from abroad) that examine emotions and relationships, the 2010 Taipei Arts Festival (第十二屆臺北藝術節) begins next week. The festival kicks off on Thursday with Hey Girl!, a provocative — some might say disturbing — take on the history of female oppression by Italian director Romeo Castellucci.
In addition to some great theater by the likes of Robert Lepage, Shakespeare’s Wild Sisters Company (莎士比亞的妹妹們的劇團) and All Music Theater (音樂時代劇場), the festival includes lectures and an outdoor public art exhibition. For complete program details and times, visit www.taipeifestival.org (English and Chinese). Read next Friday’s Around Town for the full preview.
Hey Girl! will be performed at the Taipei Brewery (台北啤酒文化園區), also known as the Taipei Beer Factory, 85, Bade Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市八德路二段85號)
■Thursday at 7:30pm, Aug. 6 and Aug. 7 at 7:45pm, Aug. 7 and Aug. 8 at 2:45pm
■Admission is NT$1,200. Tickets are available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
--Noah Buchan
THEATER
A collaboration between Tang Mei Yun Taiwanese Opera Company (唐美雲歌仔戲團) and Xiamen Gezai Opera Troupe (廈門市歌仔戲劇團), Unfading Love (蝴蝶之戀) tells the love story of two gezai opera (歌仔戲) performers separated from each other for 38 years by the Taiwan Strait.
■ National Theater, Taipei City
■ Tonight at 7:30pm, tomorrow at 2:30pm and 7:30pm, Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$500 to NT$3,000, available through available through NTCH ticketing or online at
www.artsticket.com.tw
Creative Society Theatre Company’s (創作社劇團) acclaimed He Is My Wife, He Is My Mother (少年金釵男孟母) returns to the stage in Taipei this weekend. Inspired by a short story penned by best-selling Chinese author Li Yu (李漁) during the early Qing Dynasty, the work updates Li’s cross-gender spectacle with a 21st-century sensitivity and wit. The play is performed in Chinese with English subtitles. [See story above.]
■ 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 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,000, available through available through
NTCH ticketing or online at
www.artsticket.com.tw
Based on Charles Perrault’s fairy tale of the same name, Thumbkin by Societas Raffaello Sanzio from Italy is performed in front of audiences seated on beds as if they were listening to a bedtime story. The play is part of the ongoing 2010 Taipei Children Arts Festival (第十一屆台北兒童藝術節). For more information, visit www.taipeicaf.org.tw.bed.
■ Zhongshan Hall (台北市中山堂), 98 Yanping S Rd, Taipei City (台北市延平南路98號)
■ Tonight at 7:30pm, tomorrow
and Wednesday at 10:30am, 2:30pm
and 7:30pm, Sunday at 10:30am
and 2:30pm, Tuesday and Thursday at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$200 for one and
NT$350 for two, available through
NTCH ticketing outlets
As part of the Xinbei City International Arts Festival (2010新北市藝術節), Strange Fruit from Australian and Italy’s Teatro Due Mondi will bring Spheres and Oriente, respectively, to the Bitan (碧潭) area, right outside Xindian (Sindian) MRT Station (新店捷運站). Strange Fruit is internationally known for its fusion of dance, theater and circus featuring performers atop 5m-high flexible poles. Teatro Due Mondi is known for mixing street theater with clown acts. On the Net: www.xinbei-arts.com.
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