Die on that Day

Some lives have already begun rotten even when they’re still alive.

Using death as the theme, Puppet & Its Double Theater Company, in collaboration with musician Wang Yu-jun, explore the life confession of an outcast through eight vignettes. In a cold dissecting room, puppeteers, like forensic examiners, trace each body’s final destination in life, full of craziness and bizarreness. When being dissected, we all face each other nakedly – the most straightforward, naked confession of modern people with the warmth of blood. Through bodily remains and objects made of soft materials, Die on that day invokes experiential conflicts among the audience between temperature and feeling of touch. It seems so real even if we know it’s fake. The day we mess up everything is the moment we exist. As an epitome of individual difficulties within contemporary society, the play invites everyone into a wild realm where reality and fictionality intertwine.

Premiere: Oct. 14, 2022
Playwright: Pin-chen KUO
Conceived and directed by Chia-yin CHENG