King Lear, Contemporary Legend Theatre (Ten Days on the Island)

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Ten Days on the Island Ticketing

$23.00 - $65.00

Thursday 02 April 2009. 08:00 PM

Contemporary Legend Theatre's production of Shakespeare's King Lear features solo performer, Wu Hsing-kuo, in a tour de force showcase of his virtuosity as singer, actor and movement artist. Wu Hsing-kuo interprets ten different characters in the three act play, which sets Shakespeare's heart-rending story of love, power, aging and betrayal in the unique theatrical style of Chinese opera.

Chinese opera has always been a "total artwork": comedy or dark drama with heightened speech and song, choreographed gesture often bordering on dance, martial arts, acrobatics and costumes that are intricate works of art in themselves. This production expands the genre to include Buddhist chant, Western elements of contemporary music and electronics. This remarkable one-man version of King Lear sees the former lead dancer of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre accompanied by a troupe of eight extraordinary musicians. Wu Hsing-kuo is one of the great performers of our time and King Lear is a theatre experience not to be missed.