【CANCELLED】tg STAN The Cherry Orchard
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PERFORMANCE CANCELLATION
Due to the global impact of the COVID-19, some of the artists and performance groups from abroad are unable to participate in Fall for Great Souls series as scheduled. We hereby announce the cancellation of this program.
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STAN's Cherry Orchard is incredibly witty - not side - splitting but gentle chuckles at regular intervals. At the same time it is sad - not tear - jerking, but heartache.－De Volkskrant
In this airy Cherry Orchard human tragedies are hidden behind nonchalance as the characters jauntily dance their way towards their destruction.－Het Parool
The Cherry Orchard is Anton Chekhov’s last play, and certainly the most enigmatic of his works. The play tells the fall of the aristocracy and the rise of capitalism: when the family estate is due for auction, should they try to keep the cherry orchard, home to many a childhood memory, or surrender it to real estate developers so they can pay off their debts? Yet as bleak as the family’s fortunes seem, Chekhov originally intended this play to be as much a comedy ‘a farce, even’ as it is a social commentary.
For their Taiwanese debut, the Belgian theater collective STAN reinterprets this classic piece for our modern day and age. Equal parts tragedy and comedy, their production highlights the inevitability of shifting values as times change.
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STAN, an acronym for Stop Thinking About Names, is a theatre collective consisting of Jolente De Keersmaeker, Damiaan De Schrijver and Frank Vercruyssen. The company operates on the democratic principle that everyone participates in decisions about everything, from text selection, set and lighting to costumes and posters. STAN puts the performer at center stage and firmly believes in the principle of the sovereign actor, i.e. that the actor is both player and maker.
STAN nurtures a firm belief in the ‘living’ power of theatre: the performance is not a reproduction of something that is learned, but something that is created anew every night together with the audience. So a STAN performance is not a finished product, but rather an invitation to a dialogue.
Production Team
Text / Anton Chekhov
Script & performers / Evelien Bosmans, Evgenia Brendes, Robby Cleiren, Jolente De Keersmaeker, Lukas De Wolf, Bert Haelvoet, Minke Kruyver, Scarlet Tummers, Stijn Van Opstal, Frank Vercruyssen
Lighting Design / Thomas Walgrave
Costume Design / An d'Huys
【CANCELLED】tg STAN The Cherry Orchard
Theater
600/900/1200/1500/1800
Early Bird Package for NTT Members
From 1st to 7th August, 22% - 25% off regular ticket price for first section’s programs for NTT Members.
From 1st to 7th October, 22% - 25% off regular ticket price for second section’s programs for NTT Members.
- No limits on price categories and amount of tickets.
- Excluding Crystal Boys. Please refer to the NTT website for the ticket information of this program.
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Purchase four or more tickets for a single program and receive a 25% discount.
- Excluding Crystal Boys. Please refer to the NTT website for the ticket information of this program.
Purchase five or more performances of Kun-woo PAIK and Beethoven Sonata Cycle at the same time and receive a 25% discount.
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10% off for National Theater and Concert Hall, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) and National Symphony Orchestra membership holders.
5% off for Bank SinoPac, Cathay United Bank and Taishin International Bank credit card holders.
10% off for CTBC Bank and E.SUN Commercial Bank credit card holders.
50% off for disabled persons plus one companion, and senior citizens 65 or above (ID required at
entrance).
25% off group ticket price for groups of 20 or more per program.
- Only one discount may apply per purchase.
- Tickets purchased as a ticket package can not be individually returned or exchanged.
※140 minutes without intermission.
※Performed in English with Chinese surtitles.
※Suggested for ages 15+
※The auditorium opens 10 minutes prior to the performance time. Latecomers will not be admitted.