Front Row

The Harry Potter film series are over, at least for now. A stage production, going beyond the time frame in the books, has just started. And so has a spoof which condenses seven Harry Potter books into 70 minutes. Dan and James talk about Potted Potter, the unauthorized Harry experience, telling where they found the humor. 

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The artist and director of the upcoming exhibition "Making" explain the impulse to discover new techniques, materials and media. Beyond  the Why’s, they throw light on some processes, like what is entailed in making decisions and choices, what influence these choices and how these in turn enable a different kind of inquiry. 

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Dr Bubble and Milkshake use bubbles born of magical art to tell stories and at the same time offer a visual metaphor for overcoming fears. We talk to them about the science of bubbles and how bubbles fit into this metaphor.  With the weekend almost here, they blow in humor and laughter and blow away the work week.

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After watching the latest offering in this year's Shakespeare lineup at klpac, Soon Heng tells you his thoughts on "Shakespeare's Women". Hear what he thinks about the all-women performers, their multi-tiered set, and the strength of Shakepeare's female characters.

Listen to the interview with the director, executive director, and one of the actors of "Shakespeare's Women".

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On October 31, 1984, Delhi, India, witnessed a horror of great proportions. Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India was shot dead by her Sikh bodyguards. In retaliation, an orgy of murder, rape and arson was unleashed upon the Sikh residents of Delhi in which more than 3000 lost their lives. Our guests, performers from ‘Kultar’s Mime’-- based on a poem by Sarbpreet Singh --synthesize the suffering of the innocents and present violence to inform, educate and transform.

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The father-and-son team has tweaked the Scottish play and situated it on our fair shores, and retell the Bard’s tale with local flavours that extend beyond rendang, rumours and rascals. They tell us the process and the challenges of translating Shakespeare.

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The winner of this year’s Young Art Taipei 2016 tells what drives him. Although trained as an architect, he has given up that day job to use art to raise questions, challenge the status quo and express what he thinks isn’t always obvious.  Ajim Juxta explains ‘arcology’.

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In its fourth cycle, the Sembilan Art Residency paired Anahita Ghazanfari and Syahbandi Samat. The former comes from Iran; the latter from Sabah. The artists share their experiences of the residency and tell stories of the works they individually and collaboratively produced.

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Yesterday, it was about women acting in roles written by Shakespeare. Today, it’s women singing. The inaugural music festival organized by The Gardens Theatre brings together a list of singers, each taking the stage on a different date. We have invited three of these performers in to give us a sneak peek and to help us anticipate what to expect.

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Looking at Shakespeare’s female characters who were traditionally played by men. What burden does this history weigh on contemporary women portraying these characters? In the course of the discussion with our guests from "Shakespeare's Women", we hope to uncover new understanding of the Bard’s plays--Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, A Winter’s Tale and more. 

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