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Shakespeare s Julius Caesar as Peking opera: why Taiwanese actor Wu Hsing-kuo hopes adaptation can help renew the value of his beloved art form

Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar will be performed as a Peking opera at the 2024 Hong Kong Arts Festival. The man behind the production, Taiwanese actor Wu Hsing-kuo, talks about reviving the Chinese art.

Theatre review: Immortal Variables asks questions of tech and elitism in a world ruled by algorithms

It is a collaboration between Singapore’s Nine Years Theatre and Taiwan’s Hsing Legend Youth Theatre. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Peking opera star to present final Metamorphosis performance in Taiwan

Taichung, Nov. 2 (CNA) Peking Opera veteran Wu Hsing-kuo (吳興國), known for blending Chinese opera with contemporary theater elements, said Tuesday that he will no longer perform the one-man show "Metamorphosis" (蛻變) in Taiwan after his shows in Taichung later this month.

Peking opera star retraces Taiwan history in solo show

Peking opera star retraces Taiwan history in solo show 03/08/2021 06:26 PM To activate the text-to-speech service, please first agree to the privacy policy below. Peking opera actress Wei Hai-min plays Orlando in a 2009 production directed by Robert Wilson. Photo courtesy of the National Theater and Concert Hall Taipei, March 8 (CNA) Peking opera actress Wei Hai-min (魏海敏) will star in a solo show in April that looks back on Taiwan s recent history and has been crafted with videos and photos by prominent artists in their respective fields, the organizers said Monday. In A Thousand Stages, Yet I Have Not Quite Lived, Singaporean director Ong Keng Sen (王景生) combines Wei s performance and works by her fellow National Award for Arts winners video artist Chen Chieh-jen (陳界仁) and photographer Chang Chao-tang (張照堂).

Highlight: Into the darkness of the heart

Highlight: Into the darkness of the heart By Diane Baker / Staff reporter The Tai Gu Tales Dance Theater (太古踏舞團) is back at the National Experimental Theater in Taipei this weekend with a new work that interweaves performance genres, cultures, feminism and generations in a bid to get to the core: the human heart. The choreographer of Heart Scenery (心之景), Wu Tsai-lin (吳采璘), is well-versed in cross-cultural influences and artistry: Her parents are Wu Hsing-kuo (吳興國) and Lin Hsiu-wei (林秀偉). Lin founded the dance troupe in 1988, two years after she helped Wu Hsing-kuo found the Contemporary Legend Theatre (當代傳奇劇場), so Wu Tsai-lin grew up seeing her parents create works that fused Eastern cultural traditions and contemporary Western practices.

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