"Dream Like a Dream" premiered on the 27th, and the "Lotus Pond" audience was almost full, experiencing an 8-hour wrap-around theater performance.

(Photo by reporter Ling Meixue)

[Reporter Ling Meixue/Taipei Report] The performance workshop classic drama "Dream Like a Dream" premiered on the 27th, an 8-hour (excluding intermission) program, from 2 pm to midnight, almost All the audience watched the whole show. Although the organizers are pleased, in order to prevent the audience from catching up with the public transportation system, an emergency announcement was made today (28) to adjust the performance time. The dinner time was shortened from 2 hours to 1.5 hours. The show starts at 7 p.m.

Since its creation in 2000, "Dream Like a Dream" has been performed at the National Theater for the third time. This time, it is a new production by Mo Ziyi, Xiao Ai, Qu Zhongheng, Xu Yanling, Jian Manshu, Zhang Benyu, Fan Guangyao, Huang Shiwei, etc. 29 outstanding actors from Taiwan interpret more than 200 roles respectively. In the form of a circular theater for more than 7 hours, from Taiwan to France and Shanghai, and then to the past France and Shanghai, the panoramic view of life brings the audience into twists and turns In a bizarre story.

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When the brothel in old Shanghai makes its grand debut, the whole drama attracts the audience's attention even more.

(Photographed by Wang Bizheng, provided by Performance Workshop) (Photographed by reporter Ling Meixue)

Due to the design of the surrounding 4-sided stage, the auditorium in the middle is called "Lotus Pond". Sitting on a seat that can rotate 360 ​​degrees, it is quite a strange experience to independently choose the direction of viewing as the spotlight and the actors move. Therefore, although the ticket price of "Lotus Pond" is much higher than that of the normal audience seats, the sales are quite good; while the audience sitting in the normal seats can use the big screens on both sides to make up for the viewing direction, which also creates a sense of detachment. The field of vision, as if watching others watching other people's life...

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"Dream Like a Dream" premiered yesterday (27th), and the following performances will be on 29th and January 2nd, 4th to 7th, 2023; because the curtain call last night was over 12 o'clock, many audiences almost missed it Public transportation, the performance workshop today announced the adjustment of the performance time, stating, "Due to consideration of the time and safety of the audience taking public transportation after the show, the dinner time of "Dream Like a Dream" has been shortened to 90 minutes. Please pay attention to the audience, thank you."

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After the time adjustment, the principle time of the two performances starting in the afternoon will remain unchanged. In the evening, the performance will start at 7:00 instead of the original schedule of 7:30. It is expected that the curtain call will end from 23:30 to 23:35. field.

Biaofang pointed out that due to the crowded crowd at the end of the show, audiences who need to take public transportation and taxis can reserve 10-15 minutes.

In order to allow the audience to have more time to dine during the shortened dinner time, the audience can also order lunch boxes online in advance, and consult the performance workshop Facebook for details.

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