Friday, October 2 | 13:30 (Youth Ticket Special)
Saturday, October 3 | 14:30
Sunday, October 4 | 14:30
★ Tainan Cultural Center 42nd Anniversary × Tainan 2026 Arts Festival
★ The latest work by Director Wang Chia-Ming following The Name of the Queen (nominated for 5 major awards at the Taipei Theater Awards)
★ Youth Actor Co-Creation Initiative × Revisiting Brecht's Classic Text
Epigraph
"So if anyone tells you, 'There he is, out in the wilderness,' do not go out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken." > — Gospel of Matthew 24:26–29
Dramaturgy & Play Concept
Di-Dāng (Earth Movement / Heliocentrism) carries multi-layered meanings: it references the Taiwanese word for earthquake, the historical clash between heliocentrism and geocentrism, and Bertolt Brecht’s classic play Life of Galileo. During an era dominated by geocentrism—which asserted that the Earth was stationary—those who proposed heliocentrism were branded as heretics, subjected to brutal oppression, and burned at the stake. Consequently, Nicolaus Copernicus published his heliocentric work, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, only on his deathbed. Galileo Galilei, the father of modern science who sought empirical truth through observation, experimentation, and mathematics, remained silent for 22 years before daring to publish his heliocentric theory under the reign of a pope who was a former friend—yet he was still put on trial. Projecting his own predicament under the Nazi regime into Galileo, Brecht depicted not a blind hero, but a mortal scientist filled with calculation, fear, and flattery toward power, yet unable to resist speaking with sharp irony.
"Eppur Si Muove: The World is Not a Still Life" will be performed in Tainan, a region scarred by major historical earthquakes and currently crossed by seven active fault lines. In today's information-exploded AI era, religious faith has transformed into a mythification of technology. Oppression no longer originates from external authorities; it has long been internalized as self-censorship and the toxic cyber-mob mentality. Compromise is no longer discouraging; instead, people joyfully become members of various shopping websites, surrendering to waves of promotional discounts. When truth degrades into marketing copy, when conflict turns into a mere spectacle, and when "I" am reduced to a series of selfies posted online—how can "I" believe in and question the truth? Deep within these ancient geological strata lies a restless, dynamic energy. Can its seismic waves penetrate the suffocating compression, tear open the unyielding surface of the earth, and allow us to catch a glimpse of the world as it truly is, or as it will become in the future?
🎬 Playwright & Director: Wang Chia-Ming
Wang Chia-Ming is the Artistic Director of SwStudio and Leader of Shakespeare's Wild Sisters Group. His creations are celebrated for their complex structures, blending experimental edge with popular appeal, and utilizing unique performance designs to work with actors in excavating, confronting, and rethinking the possibilities of theatrical expression. In 2018, his work Café Lumière was featured at the Tokyo Festival, and in 2019, Dear Life was presented at the Festival d'Automne à Paris (marking the first Taiwanese theater production ever invited). He served as Director for Segment 3 of the 2009 Kaohsiung World Games Opening Ceremony, a judge for the 51st Golden Horse Awards, and Curator/Director for the Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music from 2014 to 2016.
📋 Credits & Production Team
Organizer: SwStudio
Co-Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Government
Production: Shakespeare's Wild Sisters Group
Playwright & Director: Wang Chia-Ming
Producer: Chen Han-Ching
Cast: Wang Li-Yu, Hsu Ning, Chang Ray-En, Chang Jung-Hsin, Chen Shao-Rui, Yang Tse-Chien, Yang Shun-Ming, Liu Jia-Rong, Cheng Chi-Yang
About Shakespeare's Wild Sisters Group
Founded in the summer of 1995, the troupe takes its name from the fictional character in Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, aiming to break the curse of female talent being suppressed by patriarchal structures. The troupe focuses on original scripts and avant-garde theatrical aesthetics, exploring unrestricted themes, forms, and social issues. In recent years, they have frequently participated in international cultural exchanges and major domestic arts festivals, earning renown for their innovative aesthetics and steady organizational growth.
Project Support > Supported by the Ministry of Culture's Performing Arts Program for Youth Audience Development.
The organizers reserve the right to make final changes to the program. Please refer to official on-site and website announcements for updates.
