The Fortune Teller is a black comedy for the digital generation, led by Golden Bell–winning actor Fan Guang-yao and a cast of outstanding stage performers, and created by the finest new-generation theatre makers in Taiwan. Its four performances in Taipei in early March 2015 ended to full houses; laughter filled the theatre and audiences were full of praise. From March 21 the show tours to Kaohsiung, and from April 18 to Tainan, so that audiences in the south can enjoy this fresh wave of comedy.
Supervised by the Taipei Arts Promotion Association and produced by the Wonders of Art team, The Fortune Teller is the first work of the Attic Hybrid Theatre Platform. A witty action comedy, it drew warm responses at its 2014 premiere and returned in 2015 in a grander form, with a multimedia fantasy stage, giant images that change in an instant, a detective-style soundscape, and endless creativity that stirs the audience’s curiosity.
The story follows Zhao Suan, chief fortune teller of the Ten Calculations company, who takes a commission from the heir of Asia’s richest man and uses every trick, together with his assistant Tian Xin-ai, to turn the situation around. What fate makes someone an heir? How does Zhao Suan work it out on his fingertips and keep his seat as chief fortune teller? award-winning actor Fan Guang-yao begins the dance of divination to read the secrets of heaven and earth; the striking actress Chang Yu-chieh plays the lively assistant who changes people’s luck with “happiness cooking”; veteran comic actor Tseng Hsin-yu plays three roles and commands the comedic rhythm; and comedy talent Huang Chien-hao drops in at unexpected moments to hit every funny bone. A dazzling cast joins the digital-generation creative team for a witty action comedy full of laughs.
