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ONCE UPON A DAYDREAM SUN SON THEATRE 3–26 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 2.40pm, £8 (£6). Previews 1 & 2 Aug, £5. Suitable for ages 5+. In Once Upon a Daydream, a bouncy, colourful but lonely single female invites you into a light- hearted world of live action and hand-crafted animation. Originally created for Sun Son Theatre by a visual artist and actor, this disarming show is a 21st-century urban fairytale where the line between real life and fantasy is sweetly blurred and dreams can come true.
THE DELUSION OF HOME OUR THEATRE 3–26 Aug (not 6, 13, 20), 3.55pm, £12 (£10). Previews 1 & 2 Aug, £5. Suitable for ages 12+. The Delusion of Home is a strong, bitingly witty and original documentary-style depiction of everyday life refracted through one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. Oyster farming and Taoist funeral rites are as much of a touchstone as King Lear in Our Theatre’s character-driven study of displacement, poverty, homelessness and the search for meaning and renewal. Live performance and projected photographs of the declining villages of Taiwan’s southern coastline are skilfully integrated to illuminate sometimes harsh human truths.
BON 4 BON CHANG DANCE THEATRE AND EYAL DADON 7–26 Aug (not 13, 20), 5pm, £13 (£11). Previews 3–5 Aug, £11 (£9). Suitable for ages 8+. Collaborating with the prize-winning Israeli choreographer Eyal Dadon, the four real-life brothers of Chang Dance Theatre take to the stage in a smart, fresh and engaging story of memories and mangoes. Bon 4 Bon is the i rst work in which the siblings perform together, using material that expresses their individual experiences of being related. The result? A touching and humorous look at the slippery rhythms and habitual behaviours of family.
VARHUNG – HEART TO HEART TJIMUR DANCE THEATRE 7–26 Aug (not 13, 20), 6.15pm, £13 (£11). Previews 3–5 Aug, £11 (£9). Suitable for ages 8+. Taiwan’s premier indigenous dance-theatre company presents an artfully patterned, open-hearted performance in which private feelings are always on the verge of being made public. Both physically and emotionally charged, Tjimur Dance Theatre’s evocative work embraces a bounty of intoxicating sensations. By doing so, they bring ancient Paiwan cultural traditions appealingly up to date. Every human heart holds profound secrets – an awareness that lends the impulses behind Varhung – Heart to Heart a distinctly universal resonance.
Taiwan Season 2018 invites audiences to experience a range of ideas, emotions and l avours in a hand-picked sampling of some the most stimulating contemporary performances from Taiwan. Whether the tone is playful or dramatic, and based in bubbly fantasy or stark reality, these four shows embrace a gamut of creative impulses, varied settings and complex themes.
Taiwan Season 2018 is produced and managed collaboratively by Tai He Arts Production Co., Ltd., Taiwan and Step Out Arts, UK and funded by the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan.
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