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Ghost to be silent concentrates stories from the abundant legacies of classical literature and folktales, retelling the stories of human world’s oppression, falsification, mutual aids and ghosts who fight people to criticize the customs. These brilliant stories urge audiences to introspect themselves, get rid of vices and praise moralities!

The cross-field cooperation between storytelling and music sparks off the best in them! The traditional Northern storytelling is a “one-man show”, and by the techniques of “commenting/telling”, it expresses plots or interprets characters. However, Yeh Yi-chun’s “musical storytelling” first cooperates with musicians. Besides “telling”, performers properly weave in melodies or play instruments to create sound effects to highlight the tension of plots, construct atmospheres and strengthen the depictions of characters’ mental status, thus makes the performance more fascinating.

The combination of vulgar narrative and musical performance art with Chinese/western traditional classical literary masterpieces reveals philosophical connotation! It directly raises the value of traditional musical art’s aesthetic value, and indirectly arouse the trend of reading classical literature in families and schools.

The performing project combines the big-hearted generosity of Northern storytelling with the fineness of Southern storytelling and ballad singing, makes the audiences enjoy the show wholeheartedly, and also builds up a stage for cross-strait young crosstalk actors to learn ideas and techniques from each other.

About Taipei Qu Yi Tuan

In order to pass down and further expand Qu Yi, Taipei Qu Yi Tuan is eager for innovation within a traditional framework. It constantly releases new productions inspired by current events. Taipei Qu Yi Tuan has performed in over eighty five cities in thirty nine countries on five continents in recent years. It also conducts cross-cultural performances with both Beijing and Tienjin Qu Yi Tuan.