Overview

Among the groups of performing arts in Taiwan, the Contemporary Legend Theatre is one of the few groups that catch attention on the international stages. It was invited to perform in the British Royal Theatre, the British Edinburg Arts Festival, the American Lincoln Center Arts Festival, the French le Festival d'Avignon and to tour a total of 16 different countries. Founded in 1986, the Contemporary Legend Theatre under the leadership of Wu Hsin-kuo, was always dedicated to the goals of inheriting the heritage of traditional drama and innovating theatrical performance. For over 20 years since its first establishment, it has adapted “Macbeth”, “Hamlet”, “King Lear” and “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare, the Greek tragedies “Medea” and ”Oresteia”, the rock and roll Peking opera “the Water Marsh Series” . They all earn acclaim from the domestic and international audience. Its most recent work “The Loyal Hall of the Water Margin” created not only a sensation in the Hong Kong Arts Festival, but also set a record of being sold out four days in a roll and its National Theatre Hall performances in Taipei was so popular that even one ticket was hard to get. Blending the theatrical arts of the Orient and the Occident as well as establishing new road for the traditional drama have become the unique spirit and special feature of the Contemporary Legend Theatre. In particular, “the Legend School” is held every year to cultivate new talents for the traditional opera. Thus we dedicate ourselves with wholehearted efforts to inherit the past and enlighten the future.