● Presenter: Weiwuying
● The production is divided into two 165-minute plays with 15-minute intermission.
● Suitable for age 15+.
● Dialogues are mostly in Taiwanese and subtitled in Mandarin and English, or Taiwanese and English pairs.
● This production may contains coarse language, scenes of partially nudity, smoking, violence and extremely loud sound. Audience discretion is advised.
● Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
● 12/30（Wed）12:00 to 1/6（Wed）12:00 25% off for Weiwuying member
● 1/6（Wed）12:00 to 1/27（Wed）12:00 25% off for sales
● For Group Purchase Discounts, please contact 07-262-6666.
● 10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
● 25% off for Weiwuying Youth member
● Applicable for Weiwuying Unlimited member
● For details, please see Weiwuying Members Benefit
Our Theatre - Palaces
"Demonstrating incredible strength and integrity, they link each moment creating a breathtaking performance."－Sibiu International Theatre Festival
"The theatre company Our Theatre, focuses on folk culture and common people and is devoted to experimentation, and brings with it a new form of theatre to the British Stage."－A Younger Theatre
Every city has a building much akin to an "urban tumor": impossible for owners to sell off and potential buyers to afford. Such a building is once the embodiment of the most diverse array of entertainment and the purest lust for life of the youth. The upper levels of the building are cramped residential spaces owned by once hopeful investors and small families. However, the building slowly gave way to demise with every scandal and incident, albeit in prime location. "Palaces" is set in one such building. The plot is composed of ten storylines inspired by "The Five Great Taiwanese Legends of Mysterious Cases".
The story starts from the once glorious 1990s and spans three decades, tracking the stories and relations of the building's residents. A suspicious occupational accident, a failed businessman's suicide, the beginning and end of an affair, an overdue long-term care issue, and relentless knocks on the door—these are some of the snippets in "Palaces: Inside Out". As for "Palaces: Outside In", the audience encounter gut-wrenching scenes such as a murder under the witness of Matsu, a fraudulent call from the future, a lawyer acting against professional ethics, a random stone that causes a collapse, and the pain from revisiting past relationships. The two installments can be enjoyed either independently or together.
Pre-talk
5/7 (Fri) 18:50-19:10 Play House 2nd Floor
5/8 (Sat) 13:50-14:10 Play House 2nd Floor
5/8 (Sat) 18:50-19:10 Play House 2nd Floor
5/9 (Sun) 13:50-14:10 Play House 2nd Floor
Date & Time
5/7 (Fri) 19:30 Palaces: Outside In (subtitled in Mandarin and English)
5/8 (Sat)14:30 Palaces: Outside In (Taiwanese and English)
5/8 (Sat) 19:30 Palaces: Inside Out (Taiwanese and English)
5/9 (Sun) 14:30 Palaces: Inside Out (subtitled in Mandarin and English)
Artists introduction
Director｜Jhao-Cian Wang
Jhao-Cian Wang is a Taiwan-based theatre director and cultural practitioner, and the Founder and Artistic Director of Our Theatre, a long-term cultural laboratory founded in 2003 in Chiayi.
His work focuses on developing theatre as an operating method — a way to organize people, time, space, and attention — rather than producing isolated performances.
Across theatre-making, local curation, and education,
he is concerned with how cultural practices are sustained over time and how action becomes possible within specific social and spatial conditions.
Working closely with local contexts, Wang's practice extends beyond the stage into cities, schools, and civic spaces.
He develops long-term, site-responsive cultural systems that emphasize continuity, repetition, and participation, treating culture not as output, but as an ongoing practice.
His work consistently rejects fast replication and spectacle-driven logic, insisting instead on methods that can endure time, friction, and failure.
Playwright｜Gôo Bîng-Lûn
Gôo Bîng-Lûn is the Deputy Artistic Director and a playwright of Our Theatre. She was a resident artist of the National Theater and Concert Hall's Art Base Program (2019–2020). She received the Taiwan Literature Award for Drama and the First Prize of the Lin Rong San Literary Award for short fiction. Her work primarily focuses on playwriting, while also engaging in fiction writing. She explores Taiwan's history, folk beliefs, and local culture, centering stories rooted in Taiwan. Her recent works include Our Theatre's productions such as Palaces and National Treasure Designated. Her publications include Tàu-tīn and Our Theatre Plays in Taiwanese, Volumes 1 and 2.
Creative and Production Team
Dramaturg｜HO I-fan
Consultant｜WANG Yu-hui, LIN Chung-i, SIO Tîn-tshun, LIN Mao-hsien
Producer、Director｜Jhao-Cian Wang
Playwright｜Gôo Bîng-Lûn
Taiwanese-translation｜MC JJ
Taiwanese Consultant｜Billy LIN
Set Designer｜LI Po-lin
Lighting Designer｜KAO Chih-chien
Video Designer｜WANG Cheng-yuan
Costume Designer｜LIN Yu-yuan
Sound & Music Designer｜KO Chun-yuan
Music Licensing｜Taiwan Colors Music
Choreographer｜LIN Su-lien
Magic Consultant｜LIN Lu-chieh
Stage Manager｜CHEN Chao-chun
Production Manager｜Dub LAU
Cast｜WANG Chao-yang, YU Pen-chieh, Spark LEE, LEE Ming-che, TU Shih-hue, CHOU Cheng-hsien, CHOU Chun-peng, LIN Wen-yin, HONG Chien-tsang, CHANG Chien-yu, CHUANG Ting-yu, CHUANG I-tseng, CHOONG Seong-wei, CHEN hsin, YEH Teng-Yuan, YANG Chih-chun, LING Tang, CHUNG Pin-chiao, KU hsuan, MC JJ
Commissioned by National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)、National Theater & Concert Hall、National Taichung Theater
Performed by Our Theatre
Supported by Cultural & Tourism Bureau of Chiayi County
Partner
Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival
Our Theatre - Palaces
"Demonstrating incredible strength and integrity, they link each moment creating a breathtaking performance."－Sibiu International Theatre Festival
"The theatre company Our Theatre, focuses on folk culture and common people and is devoted to experimentation, and brings with it a new form of theatre to the British Stage."－A Younger Theatre
Every city has a building much akin to an "urban tumor": impossible for owners to sell off and potential buyers to afford. Such a building is once the embodiment of the most diverse array of entertainment and the purest lust for life of the youth. The upper levels of the building are cramped residential spaces owned by once hopeful investors and small families. However, the building slowly gave way to demise with every scandal and incident, albeit in prime location. "Palaces" is set in one such building. The plot is composed of ten storylines inspired by "The Five Great Taiwanese Legends of Mysterious Cases".
The story starts from the once glorious 1990s and spans three decades, tracking the stories and relations of the building's residents. A suspicious occupational accident, a failed businessman's suicide, the beginning and end of an affair, an overdue long-term care issue, and relentless knocks on the door—these are some of the snippets in "Palaces: Inside Out". As for "Palaces: Outside In", the audience encounter gut-wrenching scenes such as a murder under the witness of Matsu, a fraudulent call from the future, a lawyer acting against professional ethics, a random stone that causes a collapse, and the pain from revisiting past relationships. The two installments can be enjoyed either independently or together.
Pre-talk
5/7 (Fri) 18:50-19:10 Play House 2nd Floor
5/8 (Sat) 13:50-14:10 Play House 2nd Floor
5/8 (Sat) 18:50-19:10 Play House 2nd Floor
5/9 (Sun) 13:50-14:10 Play House 2nd Floor
Date & Time
5/7 (Fri) 19:30 Palaces: Outside In (subtitled in Mandarin and English)
5/8 (Sat)14:30 Palaces: Outside In (Taiwanese and English)
5/8 (Sat) 19:30 Palaces: Inside Out (Taiwanese and English)
5/9 (Sun) 14:30 Palaces: Inside Out (subtitled in Mandarin and English)
Artists introduction
Director｜Jhao-Cian Wang
Jhao-Cian Wang is a Taiwan-based theatre director and cultural practitioner, and the Founder and Artistic Director of Our Theatre, a long-term cultural laboratory founded in 2003 in Chiayi.
His work focuses on developing theatre as an operating method — a way to organize people, time, space, and attention — rather than producing isolated performances.
Across theatre-making, local curation, and education,
he is concerned with how cultural practices are sustained over time and how action becomes possible within specific social and spatial conditions.
Working closely with local contexts, Wang's practice extends beyond the stage into cities, schools, and civic spaces.
He develops long-term, site-responsive cultural systems that emphasize continuity, repetition, and participation, treating culture not as output, but as an ongoing practice.
His work consistently rejects fast replication and spectacle-driven logic, insisting instead on methods that can endure time, friction, and failure.
Playwright｜Gôo Bîng-Lûn
Gôo Bîng-Lûn is the Deputy Artistic Director and a playwright of Our Theatre. She was a resident artist of the National Theater and Concert Hall's Art Base Program (2019–2020). She received the Taiwan Literature Award for Drama and the First Prize of the Lin Rong San Literary Award for short fiction. Her work primarily focuses on playwriting, while also engaging in fiction writing. She explores Taiwan's history, folk beliefs, and local culture, centering stories rooted in Taiwan. Her recent works include Our Theatre's productions such as Palaces and National Treasure Designated. Her publications include Tàu-tīn and Our Theatre Plays in Taiwanese, Volumes 1 and 2.
Creative and Production Team
Dramaturg｜HO I-fan
Consultant｜WANG Yu-hui, LIN Chung-i, SIO Tîn-tshun, LIN Mao-hsien
Producer、Director｜Jhao-Cian Wang
Playwright｜Gôo Bîng-Lûn
Taiwanese-translation｜MC JJ
Taiwanese Consultant｜Billy LIN
Set Designer｜LI Po-lin
Lighting Designer｜KAO Chih-chien
Video Designer｜WANG Cheng-yuan
Costume Designer｜LIN Yu-yuan
Sound & Music Designer｜KO Chun-yuan
Music Licensing｜Taiwan Colors Music
Choreographer｜LIN Su-lien
Magic Consultant｜LIN Lu-chieh
Stage Manager｜CHEN Chao-chun
Production Manager｜Dub LAU
Cast｜WANG Chao-yang, YU Pen-chieh, Spark LEE, LEE Ming-che, TU Shih-hue, CHOU Cheng-hsien, CHOU Chun-peng, LIN Wen-yin, HONG Chien-tsang, CHANG Chien-yu, CHUANG Ting-yu, CHUANG I-tseng, CHOONG Seong-wei, CHEN hsin, YEH Teng-Yuan, YANG Chih-chun, LING Tang, CHUNG Pin-chiao, KU hsuan, MC JJ
Commissioned by National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)、National Theater & Concert Hall、National Taichung Theater
Performed by Our Theatre
Supported by Cultural & Tourism Bureau of Chiayi County
Partner
Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival
● Presenter: Weiwuying
● The production is divided into two 165-minute plays with 15-minute intermission.
● Suitable for age 15+.
● Dialogues are mostly in Taiwanese and subtitled in Mandarin and English, or Taiwanese and English pairs.
● This production may contains coarse language, scenes of partially nudity, smoking, violence and extremely loud sound. Audience discretion is advised.
● Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
● 12/30（Wed）12:00 to 1/6（Wed）12:00 25% off for Weiwuying member
● 1/6（Wed）12:00 to 1/27（Wed）12:00 25% off for sales
● For Group Purchase Discounts, please contact 07-262-6666.
● 10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
● 25% off for Weiwuying Youth member
● Applicable for Weiwuying Unlimited member
● For details, please see Weiwuying Members Benefit
