THEATRE (FRINGE FESTIVAL) The Tempest. Nestle Dairy Farm Theatre, The Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central. Wednesday to Friday, at 7 pm. $85, $65 (members). In English. Inquiries on 2521-7251, reservations on 2537-1482.
Eastern and Western theatre techniques are used in this adaptation of Shakespeare's play from the Performance Exchange. Directed by Japan's Risako Ataka and featuring London actor Daniel Foley who shows off his versatility by performing all the roles, the play uses aspects of wayang kulit (shadow) theatre from Indonesia combined with Japanese traditional dance and Bhutto dance.
The Third Sex. Fringe Studio, The Fringe Club. Tuesday to January 15, 10.15 pm. $130, $100 (members). In English.
London-based Malaysian actor Chowee Leow has chosen the joys and sorrows of two prostitutes as the subjects of his first play, The Third Sex. One is an Oriental transvestite, the other an Afro-Caribbean transsexual. Performed by the London-based British Chinese Ascendant Theatre Company and directed by Ramond Yeung (of Banana Skin fame), the play moves from the light-hearted cabaret environment to the seedy underworld of prostitution.
How To Live. Nestle Dairy Farm Theatre, The Fringe Club. Saturday to January 19, 7 pm. $140, $105 (members). In English.
This radical interpretation of Ibsen's work, which stresses his preoccupation with the relationship between public and private, was something of a wow at the Edinburgh Festival. Time Out magazine described The Volcano Theatre Company of Swansea as 'probably the rawest, most furious physical theatre company in Britain'. Nigel Charnock, who performs in Hell Bent (see Dance) directs.