Theater
Tang Mei Yun Taiwanese Opera’s (唐美雲歌仔戲團) A Benevolent Spirit (大願千秋), which is being staged as part of the Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival (高雄春天藝術節), recounts a Chinese prince’s odyssey from royal household to monastery.
■ Kaohsiung Cultural Center’s Chihshan Hall (高雄市文化中心至善廳), 67 Wufu 1st Rd, Greater Kaohsiung (高雄市五福一路67號)
■ Tomorrow at 7:30pm, Saturday at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$400 to NT$2,500, available through NTCH ticketing and online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Focus Dance Company’s (焦點舞團) Re- is the troupe’s rendition of American postmodernist choreographer Trisha Brown’s Solo Olos and Five Cello Adagios. After taking to the stage in Taipei, the production will be performed in Yilan, Jhongli, Hsinchu, Changhua and Kaohsiung.
■ Taipei National University of the Arts Dance Theater (國立臺北藝術大學舞蹈廳), 1 Xueyuan Rd, Taipei City (台北市學園路1號)
■ Tomorrow at 7:30pm, Saturday at 2:30pm and 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$400, available through NTCH ticketing and online at www.artsticket.com.tw
For The New Moon Legend (新月傳奇), Paper Windmill Theater Troupe (紙風車劇團) uses puppetry, actors and Aboriginal dances and songs to bring to life a children’s story about the Formosan black bear.
■ Da-Dong Art Center (大東文化藝術中心), 161 Guangyuan Rd, Fengshan Dist, Greater Kaohsiung (高雄市鳳山區光遠路161號)
■ Tomorrow at 7:30pm, Saturday at 10:30am, 2:30pm and 7:30pm, Sunday at 10:30am and 2:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$400 to NT$1,200, available through NTCH ticketing and online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Beyond Therapy (誰治療誰?) by Why Not Theatre (Why Not劇團) is a black comedy in which a young couple’s therapy sessions turn chaotic.
■ Lien Te Vegetarian Restaurant (蓮德品素天地), B1, 82 Ningpo W St, Taipei City (台北市寧波西街82號B1)
■ Saturday and Sunday at 2:30pm and 7pm
■ Tickets are NT$400, available through NTCH ticketing and online at www.artsticket.com.tw
The Shen Yun Performing Arts 2012 Taiwan Tour (神韻晚會) continues this week in Taipei with a new lineup of dances, songs and music, followed by performances in Taichung (Wednesday to April 1), Chiayi (April 3 and April 4) and Taoyuan (April 6 to April 8). Founded with the aim of preserving China’s richly diverse history of artistic achievement, Shen Yun claims to be “the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company.”
■ Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (國父紀念館), 505, Renai Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市仁愛路四段505號)
■ Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30pm, Saturday and Sunday at 2pm and 7:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$1,200 to NT$5,000, available through ERA ticketing and online at www.ticket.com.tw
Classical music
For NSO New Frontier — Drum Beat in Spring Time (NSO探索系列 — 鼓動‧春之祭), the National Symphony Orchestra (國家交響樂團) will be joined by guest percussionists Martin Grubinger and Manuel Hofstatter. Performing under the direction of Lu Shao-chia (呂紹嘉), the orchestra will play a program that includes Olivier Messiaen’s Les Offrandes Oubliees, Avner Dorman’s Spices, Perfumes, Toxins, Keiko Abe’s Prism Rhapsody and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.
■ Tomorrow at 7:30pm
■ National Concert Hall, Taipei City
■ Tickets are NT$400 to NT$1,500, available through NTCH ticketing and online at www.artsticket.com.tw
NTSO Beethoven Series VII — Peerless Bonaparte Era (NTSO貝多芬「永恆久九」VII —誰與爭鋒) is a concert in which the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (國立台灣交響樂團) will perform a program of Beethoven works including his Coriolanus Overture, Op. 62, Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 and Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica.”
■ Saturday at 7:30pm (Tainan) and Sunday at 7:30pm (Taichung)
■ Tainan Municipal Cultural Center (台南市立文化中心), 332, Jhonghua E Rd Sec 3, Greater Tainan (台南市中華東路三段332號) and National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra Music Hall (國立台灣交響樂團演奏廳), 738-2 Jhongjheng Rd, Wufong Dist, Greater Taichung (台中市霧峰區中正路738之2號)
■ Tickets are NT$300 to NT$1,000 for Tainan and NT$300 to NT$800 for Taichung, available through NTCH ticketing and online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Contemporary
Legacy Taipei, located in a former warehouse at Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山1914), hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Malaysian pop singer Z-Chen (張智成) pays tribute to the late Whitney Houston tomorrow, while Tiger Huang (黃小琥), aka “Queen of the Pub,” appears Saturday and Sunday.
■ Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山1914), Center Five Hall (中五館), 1, Bade Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市八德路一段1號)
■ Show starts at 7:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$900 or NT$1,100 for tomorrow and NT$1,800 Saturday and Sunday, available through ERA ticketing or online at www.ticket.com.tw and www.legacy.com.tw and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Electronic bands The Shine & Shine & Shine & Shine (閃閃閃閃), Sadon (山東) and The Fader and Sleaze (湯湯水水) perform tomorrow at The Wall (這牆). Sunday night will see the release of the latest EP by indie rockers Hush!
■ B1, 200, Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1), tel: (02) 2930-0162. On the Net: www.thewall.com.tw
■ Music shows start at 8pm
■ Entrance fee is NT$500 tomorrow and Sunday. Tickets can be purchased online at www.thewall.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
Indie pop singer Dadado Huang (黃玠) plays tomorrow at Witch House (女巫店). Beautiful Saturday (美好星期六) and Penguin Cat and Friends (企鵝貓&朋友們) perform Saturday night.
■ 7, Ln 56, Xinsheng S Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市新生南路三段56巷7號), tel: (02) 2362-5494. On the Net: www.witchhouse.org
■ Performances start at 9:30pm. Restaurant/bar with queer/feminist bookstore and large collection of board games open 11am to midnight Sundays through Wednesdays, 11am to 1am Thursdays through Saturdays
■ Entrance fee for music shows is NT$300
Japanese guitarist Shun Kikuta plays tomorrow at Riverside Music Cafe (河岸留言). Indie rockers 1976 perform on Saturday night. Sunday’s lineup features jazz musicians from the Koyo Conservatory in Japan.
■ B1, 2, Ln 244, Roosevelt Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路三段244巷2號B1), next to Taipower Building (台電大樓), tel: (02) 2368-7310. On the Net: www.riverside.com.tw
■ Shows start at 9:30pm tomorrow, 8:30pm Saturday and 9pm Sunday
■ Entrance fee is NT$450 tomorrow and Saturday and NT$400 Sunday night
Singer-songwriter Shadya Lan (藍又時) performs tomorrow at Riverside Live House. Rock band Monkey Pilot (猴子飛行員) appears on Saturday night, while Sunday afternoon’s performer is pop singer Hu Xia (胡夏).
■ 177 Xining S Rd, Taipei City (台北市西寧南路177號), tel: (02) 2370-8805. On the Net: www.riverside.com.tw
■ Shows start at 8:30pm tomorrow, 8:30pm Saturday and 3pm Sunday
■ Entrance fee is NT$500 tomorrow, NT$450 Satruday night and NT$500 Sunday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.riverside.com.tw/livehouse/ and tickets.books.com.tw.
Indie rock bands Nintendo Generation Blues (任天堂世代憂鬱) and The Sign of Human (記號士) appear tomorrow at Underworld (地下社會). Experimental electronica act Shishukong (屍術控) and Guntzepaula (槍擊潑辣) play Saturday night.
■ B1, 45 Shida Rd, Taipei City (台北市師大路45號B1), tel: (02) 2369-0103. On the Net: www.upsaid.com/underworld
■ Music shows run from 9:30pm to 11:30pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 9pm to 11pm on Wednesdays. Underworld is open daily from 9pm, closed on Mondays. Happy Hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays before midnight
■ Entrance is NT$300, which includes one drink. NT$100 on Wednesdays
Sappho de Base, a late-night lounge and jazz venue, hosts MaJaM Jazz Band (麻將爵士樂團) tomorrow and Ash and Friends on Saturday.
■ B1, 1, Ln 102, Anhe Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市安和路一段102巷1號B1), tel: (02) 2700-5411. On the Net: www.sappho102.biz
■ Music shows begin at 10:30pm
■ Admission is NT$200
Eye of Violent, Zangief and Losing Art (漂浮者) appear at indie rock club Revolver tomorrow. Saturday night’s Deep Fried House party features DJs Mike Lambert (SUMA), Petstov (Kopp-Belgium), Yoshi Nori (Bass Kitchen) and MiniJay (Bass Kitchen). DJs Rob Jabbaz, Katrina and SylvAin are up on Wednesday. Thursday’s lineup is composed of Samurai Cho, Taishanlvyou and Plant (植物), all from Japan.
■ 1-2, Roosevelt Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路一段1-2號), tel: (02) 3393-1678
■ Shows start at 10pm
■ Entrance is NT$250 tomorrow, NT$300 Saturday, free Wednesday and NT$250 Thursday
Tomorrow, The TAV Cafe (村落餐廳) a bar and cafe located at the Taipei Artist Village (台北國際藝術村), will host jazz band Minyen Hsieh Quartet Plays (謝明諺四重奏). Blues Vibrations appear Saturday night and Soy La Ley Afro-Cuban Jazz Band performs Wednesday evening.
■ 7 Beiping E Rd, Taipei City (台北市北平東路7號), tel: (02) 3393-7377 X207
■ Tomorro’s show starts at 9pm. Saturday and Wednesday’s performances begin at 8pm
■ Entrance is NT$350, which includes one drink
EZ5 Live House hosts Mando-pop singers backed by a live band every night. Highlights for the week ahead include male crooner Shin Lung (辛龍), who performs every Saturday, and veteran performer Ann Lang (郎祖筠) on Wednesday.
■ 211, Anhe Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市安和路二段211號), tel: (02) 2738-3995. On the Net: visit www.ez5.com.tw
■ Shows run from 9:45pm to 12:30am
■ Entrance fee (includes two drinks) ranges from NT$600 to NT$850, depending on the performer
The Mercury (水星酒館) an indie rock club in Kaohsiung, hosts live music every Saturday. This weekend, it’s indie pop bands Goosander (川秋沙) and Glad Illusion (稍縱即逝).
■ 46 Liwen Rd, Zuoying Dist, Greater Kaohsiung (高雄市左營區立文路46號), tel: (07) 550-8617. On the Net: visit mercurybar.blogspot.com
■ Starts at 9pm
■ Entrance is NT$200, which includes one drink
The Wall (這牆) programs regular live rock shows at Kaohsiung’s Pier 2 Arts Center (高雄駁二藝術特區). Vangsaran (部落美男子), a rock band that crafts its lyrics in the language of the Puyuma Aboriginal tribe, appears on Saturday.
■ 1 Dayong Rd, Yancheng Dist, Greater Kaohsiung (高雄市鹽埕區大勇路1號). On the Net: pier-2.khcc.gov.tw, www.thewall.com.tw
■ Show starts at 7:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$400
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