This production is a collaboration between the GuoGuang Opera Company and France's New Generation Theatre (Lyon). It blends traditional Taiwanese Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera with French holographic theater technology to create a multi-layered, magical experience for the audience.

The plot is a Franco-Taiwanese collaborative re-telling of Journey to the West "Borrowing the Palm-leaf Fan." The narrative is interwoven between the perspectives of Princess Iron Fan and a modern French girl. 

The music is directed by "sound magician" WANG Yi-yu, who creates a moving score by blending traditional Chinese opera with Eastern and Western musical styles. Renowned conductor QU Chun-chuan joins the GuoGuang Opera Company and the National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan to bring this new sound to life.

For the staging, we use France's "Giant Mirror" holographic theater technology. This allows Taiwanese opera actors, using their traditional Peking and Kunqu skills, to share the stage with a French virtual character. Through this dual perspective, the performance encourages the audience to appreciate the beauty of traditional Taiwanese opera while engaging with modern technology. This show is perfect for families and audiences of all ages.

  Post-talk  

2026/5/23(Sat) 5 mins after the performance at Playhouse Auditorium

  Creative and Production Team  

Princess Iron Fan｜LIU Chia-hou, HSIEH Le

Sun Wukong｜WANG Yung-tseng, WEI Po-cheng 

Red Boy｜HUANG Chia-cheng 

Clones｜WANG Yung-tseng, WEI Po-cheng, HUANG Chia-cheng, CHEN Kuan-cheng

Supervisory Organization｜Ministry of Culture Taiwan

Executive Organization｜National Center for Traditional Arts

Performing Company｜GuoGuang Opera Company, New Generation Theatre (Lyon), National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan

  Teams Introduction  

GuoGuang Opera Company

The GuoGuang Opera Company, founded in 1995 and celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, specializes in combining contemporary themes with traditional Chinese opera. Guided by the principles of "modernization" and "literary representation," the company has produced a number of original works that seamlessly integrate new themes, including the novels of CHANG Ai-ling and the calligraphy of WANG Xi-chi. Their productions, both traditional and original, have earned critical acclaim, including Golden Bell Awards and the Taishin Arts Award. The company has showcased their performance internationally, including in mainland China.

New Generation Theatre (Lyon)

Since 1998, Joris MATHIEU has brought together a dedicated team of performers and technical creators to form the Haut et Court. 

Their research and productions question the present to imagine tomorrow, inventing unique stage experiences that incorporate technology to create poetic and spectacular works. These works forge a distinct relationship with each audience member.

Clearly theatrical in nature, the forms they create intimately blend images, literature, optical illusions, music, new technologies, and traditional stage machinery. Anticipation, scientific imagination, and theatrical and technological innovation are powerful drivers of their creative research. Focusing on the virtualization of the individual and the world, Haut et Court has developed a specific expertise in creating floating imagery on stage.

Since January 2015, Joris MATHIEU has served as director of the New Generation Theatre  (Lyon) (Théâtre Nouvelle Génération – CDN de Lyon). He built the theater's artistic project as an extension of his work with Haut et Court, with the goal of making art accessible to all generations of the public, supporting new generations of artists, and inventing innovative ways to foster the emergence of new, hybrid, and innovative forms to renew contemporary stage writing.