New Buds on a Fertile Island: New Play Development in Taiwan, Part 1
New writing stretches the boundaries of theatre arts. Though writing may seem a solitary...
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New Buds on a Fertile Island: New Play Development in Taiwan, Part 2
To read PART I of this essay, go to this link. Prologue Center for New Plays Having worked...
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“The Arabian Nights” in Taiwan: Deserted in the Oriental Dream
Originally a collection of West Asian folktales, The Arabian Nights may be the series of...
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Black Theatre in Asia—Spotlight Query
It began as a direct message conversation between two black creatives: Ghanniy Oyedele from...
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Under the Water – The Journey between Taipei and Copenhagen
“We began with looking for the differences between us, but at some point we came to realize that...
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Windows into Performance Art: River Lin’s Artistic and Curatorial Practices
Networking is both motif and method in the work of River Lin (林人中). Performing, directing,...
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Transnational Chinese Theatres in Pandemic Times
I have hesitated for a while to engage with the increasingly ubiquitous “[insert own subject...
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An Interview with Stan Lai on “The Village,” His Artistic Vision, and Hong Kong
US-born, Taiwan-raised theatre director and playwright Stan Lai (Lai Sheng-chuan) has enjoyed...
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ReMOTE: Hip-Hop Dance Meets Gaming Technology at the 2019 Kuandu Arts Festival
Returning to Taiwan for the first time since 2016, Australian-based Shaun Parker & Company is...
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En-route To Constructing Translation For The Stage: The UCL Theatre Translation Futures Forum
In March 2019, translators, directors, performers and researchers gathered at University College...
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Stan Lai: Between Laughter And Tears
Part of the Asian Theatremakers series At the height of the fear and panic caused by the SARS...
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Reinventing Shakespeare In Chinese And Sinophone Theatres
Along with a number of Japanese and Western canonical poets and writers, Shakespeare and his works...
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“The Maids”: A New Stage of Power and Performance
The Taiwan-based theatre troupe, Yang’s Ensemble, used to deal mostly with Sino-centric cultures...
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Doing Time, Passing Time, Wasting Time: an Interview with Taiwanese-American Artist Tehching Hsieh
“Downtown Manhattan, 30th September 1978. Tehching Hsieh, a young Taiwanese artist, begins to make...
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Taiwanese Hand Puppet Theatre: Technology, 3D, and a Rock & Roll Band
Fantasy of the White Snake Taiwanese hand puppet theatre (also called glove puppetry) originated...
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Taiwan’s National Taichung Theater Celebrates Its Soft Launch through Epic, Ritualistic and Environmental Performances
As the darkness creeps in, the already crowded plaza in front of the National Taichung Theater...
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Taiwanese Experimental and Queer Theater: Always Political, Always Queer
Taiwan is currently celebrating vibrant queer scenes (one of the biggest Pride in Asia) and a...
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