- Price: NTD 600, 900, 1200, 1600, 2000, 2500
- 11/24(Mon)12:00 p.m. - 12/8(Mon)12:00 p.m.
25% Discount for Weiwuying member. - 12/1(Mon)12:00 p.m. - 12/8(Mon)12:00 p.m.
20% Discount for Audience Overall. - Presenter: Weiwuying
- Duration is 90 minutes without intermission.
- Age guidance 13+.
The performance contains haze, intense audio effects and nudity. Viewer discretion is advised.
- To ensure the quality of the performance, there is no late entry for latecomers.
- For Group Purchase Discounts, please contact 07-262-6666.
Helpful Guide
- 10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
- Weiwuying Youth member: 25% ticket discount for your first purchase. The additional ticket discount same as Lifestyle members.
※ID and Youth membership card are required at the door. - Weiwuying Unlimited member: 30% ticket discount for your first purchase. The additional ticket discount same as Lifestyle members.
- For details, please see Weiwuying Members Benefit
Hofesh Shechter Company - Theatre of Dreams
"The mighty contemporary choreographer – a combination of dance-maker and rock-star, but with film-director sensibilities."—— The Times "One of the British dance scene’s hottest properties, the creator of works that are full of raw, visceral energy, set to blasting percussive scores that he composes himself." —— New York Times "It's astonishingly beautiful, constantly inventive [...] a sense of discovery, of the capacity of the human spirit to revive, to fantasise and to dance." —— Sarah Crompton, The Observer "It is an experience that burns with intensity and will never be the same twice.... a once- in-a-life-time encounter." ——Ke Meng, Theatre Weekly |
This new full-length evening showcases the physicality and complexity of Hofesh Shechter's choreography and his inimitable dancers, as they take the audience on a wild headfirst dive into the theatre of dreams.
The production opened in Paris at Théâtre de la Ville on 27 June 2024 and had its UK premiere at Sadler's Wells in October 2024, followed by an extensive international tour including the Netherlands, Italy, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria and Germany. In spring 2025, Theatre of Dreams returned to the UK to perform as part of the prestigious Brighton Festival.
Through Hofesh's ever-unfolding choreography, this new work delves deep into the world of fantasy and the subconscious, revealing fears, hopes, desires and a myriad of emotions that penetrates not only the dreaming mind but also our waking thoughts.
The dancers' bodies bring to life on stage this interplay between poetry and reality, accompanied by live musicians and Shechter's trademark cinematic composition. Hofesh reunites with creative collaborators from previous productions: Tom VISSER for lighting design (Grand Finale, The Fix, Contemporary Dance 2:0, Wild Poetry and From England with Love) and Osnat KELNER for costumes (Contemporary Dance 2:0 and Wild Poetry).
Pre-talk
2026/5/9(Sat)14:00 Playhouse 2F Lobby
2026/5/10(Sun)14:00 Playhouse 2F Lobby
Post-talk
2026/5/9(Sat) After performance at Playhouse Auditorium
2026/5/10(Sun) After performance at Playhouse Auditorium
Creative and Production Team
Choreography & Music｜Hofesh SHECHTER
Lighting designer｜Tom VISSER
Costume designer｜Osnat KELNER
Associate Artistic Director｜Bruno GUILLORE
Music Collaborator｜Yaron ENGLER
Set Collaborator｜Niall BLACK
Commissioned by Théâtre de la Ville, Paris.
Co-commissioned by Sadler's Wells, London; Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival; Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg; Seongnam Arts Center/Seongnam Cultural Foundation; Danse Danse Montréal; MC2: Maison de la Culture de Grenoble – Scène nationale; Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen; Central – La Louvière; Shanghai International Dance Center Theater (SIDCT); Théâtre Sénart – Scène Nationale; Torinodanza Festival / Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale; Festspielhaus St. Pölten (AT); La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand scène nationale; Maison de la danse, Lyon – Pôle européen de création; Les Gémeaux – Scène Nationale de Sceaux; Château Rouge, scène conventionnée – Annemasse; Châteauvallon-Liberté, scène nationale; Scène Nationale ALBI-Tarn; Le Carré Sainte-Maxime
With support from Theater Rotterdam; Les Salins – Scène Nationale de Martigues; Marche Teatro / Inteatro Festival; La Briqueterie CDCN du Val-de-Marne and The Maria Björnson Memorial Fund.
Individual Commissioner: Georgia Rosengarten
Hofesh Shechter Company is supported using public funding through Arts Council England and benefits from the support of BNP Paribas Foundation for the development of its projects.
"I Remember" Performed by Molly DRAKE Licensed courtesy of Domino Publishing Company Limited, (PRS) o/b/ Bryter Music
"I Remember" Arranged and performed by Nell CATCHPOLE. Licensed courtesy of Domino Publishing Company Limited, (PRS)
Team Introduction
HOFESH SHECHTER – CHOREOGRAPHY AND MUSIC
Choreographer and composer Hofesh SHECHTER OBE is Artistic Director of UK-based Hofesh Shechter Company, Co-Director of the L'Agora - Cité internationale de la Danse, Montpellier, Associate Artist of Sadler's Wells and Artist-in-Residence of Gauthier Dance (2021-2026). SHECHTER is recognised as one of the most exciting artists making work for both stage and film and renowned for composing atmospheric musical scores to complement the unique physicality of his movement style.
Hofesh SHECHTER's repertoire for his company includes Uprising (2006), In your rooms (2007), The Art of Not Looking Back (2009), Political Mother (2010), Political Mother: The Choreographer's Cut (2011), Sun (2013), barbarians (2015), Grand Finale (2017), SHOW (2018), POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED (2020), Double Murder (2021), Contemporary Dance 2.0 (2022), From England with Love (2024) and Theatre of Dreams (2024).
SHECHTER has choreographed for theatre, television and opera, notably at the Metropolitan Opera (New York) for Nico MUHLY's Two Boys, on Broadway for Bartlett SHER's Fiddler on the Roof, at the Royal Court for Motortown and The Arsonists, at the National Theatre for Saint Joan and for the Channel 4 series Skins. He has co-directed with John FULLJAMES on GLUCK's Orphée et Eurydice (Royal Opera House and La Scala), LIGHT: Bach dances (Royal Danish Opera and Philharmonie de Paris) and Oedipus, an Old Vic Production in association with Hofesh Shechter Company. His works have been staged by leading UK and international dance companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (USA), Martha Graham Dance Company (USA), Candoco Dance Company (UK), Nederlands Dans Theater 1 (NL), Paris Opera Ballet (FR), Royal Ballet (UK) and Royal Ballet Flanders (BE).
SHECHTER has directed three award-winning short dance films: Clowns, broadcast by the BBC, POLITICAL MOTHER: The Final Cut and Return. In addition to these, he and his company collaborated with French filmmaker Cédric KLAPISCH on the feature En corps. The film was released in 2022 alongside a soundtrack composed by SHECHTER.
He has received many prizes including the British Theatre Institute's Award for Excellence in International Dance (2011), a Tony Nomination for his work on Fiddler on the Roof (2016), nominations for an Olivier Awards for Best New Dance Production for Grand Finale (2018) and Theatre of Dreams (2024) with Best Theatre Choreographer for Oedipus (2025) and Best Dance Film at Festival de Cannes (2023). In 2018, he was also awarded an honorary OBE for Services to Dance.
Hofesh Shechter Company - Theatre of Dreams
"The mighty contemporary choreographer – a combination of dance-maker and rock-star, but with film-director sensibilities."—— The Times "One of the British dance scene’s hottest properties, the creator of works that are full of raw, visceral energy, set to blasting percussive scores that he composes himself." —— New York Times "It's astonishingly beautiful, constantly inventive [...] a sense of discovery, of the capacity of the human spirit to revive, to fantasise and to dance." —— Sarah Crompton, The Observer "It is an experience that burns with intensity and will never be the same twice.... a once- in-a-life-time encounter." ——Ke Meng, Theatre Weekly |
This new full-length evening showcases the physicality and complexity of Hofesh Shechter's choreography and his inimitable dancers, as they take the audience on a wild headfirst dive into the theatre of dreams.
The production opened in Paris at Théâtre de la Ville on 27 June 2024 and had its UK premiere at Sadler's Wells in October 2024, followed by an extensive international tour including the Netherlands, Italy, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria and Germany. In spring 2025, Theatre of Dreams returned to the UK to perform as part of the prestigious Brighton Festival.
Through Hofesh's ever-unfolding choreography, this new work delves deep into the world of fantasy and the subconscious, revealing fears, hopes, desires and a myriad of emotions that penetrates not only the dreaming mind but also our waking thoughts.
The dancers' bodies bring to life on stage this interplay between poetry and reality, accompanied by live musicians and Shechter's trademark cinematic composition. Hofesh reunites with creative collaborators from previous productions: Tom VISSER for lighting design (Grand Finale, The Fix, Contemporary Dance 2:0, Wild Poetry and From England with Love) and Osnat KELNER for costumes (Contemporary Dance 2:0 and Wild Poetry).
Pre-talk
2026/5/9(Sat)14:00 Playhouse 2F Lobby
2026/5/10(Sun)14:00 Playhouse 2F Lobby
Post-talk
2026/5/9(Sat) After performance at Playhouse Auditorium
2026/5/10(Sun) After performance at Playhouse Auditorium
Creative and Production Team
Choreography & Music｜Hofesh SHECHTER
Lighting designer｜Tom VISSER
Costume designer｜Osnat KELNER
Associate Artistic Director｜Bruno GUILLORE
Music Collaborator｜Yaron ENGLER
Set Collaborator｜Niall BLACK
Commissioned by Théâtre de la Ville, Paris.
Co-commissioned by Sadler's Wells, London; Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival; Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg; Seongnam Arts Center/Seongnam Cultural Foundation; Danse Danse Montréal; MC2: Maison de la Culture de Grenoble – Scène nationale; Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen; Central – La Louvière; Shanghai International Dance Center Theater (SIDCT); Théâtre Sénart – Scène Nationale; Torinodanza Festival / Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale; Festspielhaus St. Pölten (AT); La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand scène nationale; Maison de la danse, Lyon – Pôle européen de création; Les Gémeaux – Scène Nationale de Sceaux; Château Rouge, scène conventionnée – Annemasse; Châteauvallon-Liberté, scène nationale; Scène Nationale ALBI-Tarn; Le Carré Sainte-Maxime
With support from Theater Rotterdam; Les Salins – Scène Nationale de Martigues; Marche Teatro / Inteatro Festival; La Briqueterie CDCN du Val-de-Marne and The Maria Björnson Memorial Fund.
Individual Commissioner: Georgia Rosengarten
Hofesh Shechter Company is supported using public funding through Arts Council England and benefits from the support of BNP Paribas Foundation for the development of its projects.
"I Remember" Performed by Molly DRAKE Licensed courtesy of Domino Publishing Company Limited, (PRS) o/b/ Bryter Music
"I Remember" Arranged and performed by Nell CATCHPOLE. Licensed courtesy of Domino Publishing Company Limited, (PRS)
Team Introduction
HOFESH SHECHTER – CHOREOGRAPHY AND MUSIC
Choreographer and composer Hofesh SHECHTER OBE is Artistic Director of UK-based Hofesh Shechter Company, Co-Director of the L'Agora - Cité internationale de la Danse, Montpellier, Associate Artist of Sadler's Wells and Artist-in-Residence of Gauthier Dance (2021-2026). SHECHTER is recognised as one of the most exciting artists making work for both stage and film and renowned for composing atmospheric musical scores to complement the unique physicality of his movement style.
Hofesh SHECHTER's repertoire for his company includes Uprising (2006), In your rooms (2007), The Art of Not Looking Back (2009), Political Mother (2010), Political Mother: The Choreographer's Cut (2011), Sun (2013), barbarians (2015), Grand Finale (2017), SHOW (2018), POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED (2020), Double Murder (2021), Contemporary Dance 2.0 (2022), From England with Love (2024) and Theatre of Dreams (2024).
SHECHTER has choreographed for theatre, television and opera, notably at the Metropolitan Opera (New York) for Nico MUHLY's Two Boys, on Broadway for Bartlett SHER's Fiddler on the Roof, at the Royal Court for Motortown and The Arsonists, at the National Theatre for Saint Joan and for the Channel 4 series Skins. He has co-directed with John FULLJAMES on GLUCK's Orphée et Eurydice (Royal Opera House and La Scala), LIGHT: Bach dances (Royal Danish Opera and Philharmonie de Paris) and Oedipus, an Old Vic Production in association with Hofesh Shechter Company. His works have been staged by leading UK and international dance companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (USA), Martha Graham Dance Company (USA), Candoco Dance Company (UK), Nederlands Dans Theater 1 (NL), Paris Opera Ballet (FR), Royal Ballet (UK) and Royal Ballet Flanders (BE).
SHECHTER has directed three award-winning short dance films: Clowns, broadcast by the BBC, POLITICAL MOTHER: The Final Cut and Return. In addition to these, he and his company collaborated with French filmmaker Cédric KLAPISCH on the feature En corps. The film was released in 2022 alongside a soundtrack composed by SHECHTER.
He has received many prizes including the British Theatre Institute's Award for Excellence in International Dance (2011), a Tony Nomination for his work on Fiddler on the Roof (2016), nominations for an Olivier Awards for Best New Dance Production for Grand Finale (2018) and Theatre of Dreams (2024) with Best Theatre Choreographer for Oedipus (2025) and Best Dance Film at Festival de Cannes (2023). In 2018, he was also awarded an honorary OBE for Services to Dance.
- Price: NTD 600, 900, 1200, 1600, 2000, 2500
- 11/24(Mon)12:00 p.m. - 12/8(Mon)12:00 p.m.
25% Discount for Weiwuying member. - 12/1(Mon)12:00 p.m. - 12/8(Mon)12:00 p.m.
20% Discount for Audience Overall. - Presenter: Weiwuying
- Duration is 90 minutes without intermission.
- Age guidance 13+.
The performance contains haze, intense audio effects and nudity. Viewer discretion is advised.
- To ensure the quality of the performance, there is no late entry for latecomers.
- For Group Purchase Discounts, please contact 07-262-6666.
Helpful Guide
- 10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
- Weiwuying Youth member: 25% ticket discount for your first purchase. The additional ticket discount same as Lifestyle members.
※ID and Youth membership card are required at the door. - Weiwuying Unlimited member: 30% ticket discount for your first purchase. The additional ticket discount same as Lifestyle members.
- For details, please see Weiwuying Members Benefit
