Showcase: Highlights of A Mother, King Lear & Sym-Body

7.01（Mon.）12：00 TPAC Member pre-sale
7.08（Mon.）12：00 General Sale

approaching theatre: A Mother, King Lear

Actress Cheng Yin-chen and Director Wang Mo-lin present a brand new portrait of King Lear — reflected in the visibility of the absent queen, who is never seen in Shakespeare’s original. In this solo performance, the dark, forsaken depths of the burdened lonely soul is illuminated bit by bit through her grappling with the entangled struggles of power, identity and ethics.

Cheng Yin-chen has refined into a distinctive character in Wang Mo-lin’s theatrical world since their first collaboration — from Antigone (2012) to The Children’s Hour (2019), shortly after which Wang was awarded the National Award for Arts, highest honour in Taiwan’s arts & culture society. A Mother, King Lear shows what comes out of the duo’s further radical conversations on the topic of “ageing and madness”.

◎ Suggested Age 6+ Years Old.
◎ In Mandarin with Chinese and English surtitles.
◎ Latecomers will not be admitted.
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