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1998
Founded on 6 November
Founding members: LI Wei-Ren, LIU Chun-Yu, CHIEN Yen-Chen, Leonson NG Chong Leong
1999
First theatre production "THE INNER RECALL" premieres
Co-organised Vigil, a tribute event for Grotowski, with CHUNG Ming-Der and CHEN Wei-Cheng
Collaborated with Wrinkled Production on "Unbridled"
921 Ji-Ji Earthquake — toured with arts groups for prayer and fundraising
Collaborated with Hong Kong's Wrinkled Skin Theatre on the 1999 Cross-Disciplinary Body Camp: Body • Poetry • Dialogue • Theatre — Mother Beneath the Rotting Tree
Collaborated with Wuli Xue Creek Cultural Studio, mobilising residents of Shiding East Street to rehearse and perform Historical Drama of Shiding East Street
Studied Tai Chi Tao-Yin with Senior Practitioner CHEN Ching-Yen
2000
Award: Outstanding Performing Arts Group, Taipei County, 2000 (89th–91st fiscal years)
"THE INNER RECALL" reproduction premieres
"The Forgotten Paradise" — You Come, I Go: Sun Son Street Performance Arts Show
Ministry of Education 921 Spiritual Reconstruction — Drama Tour for Children and Youth in Disaster Areas
2001
"The Forgotten World" premieres
Collaborated with Fu Hong-Zheng on When They Beat the Drum, part of Off PW Experimental Theatre's King Lear in Three
2002
Fire Drum Festival at Huashan Arts District Warehouses
Taipei County Outstanding Performing Arts Group Public Performance — Wings of Paradise street performance
International Theatre Arts Festival — When They Beat the Drum, with FU Hong-Zheng
"The Forgotten World" Performance at the 4th Physical Theatre Arts Festival, Tokyo, Japan
Fire Drum Festival smeared by politicians, apparently due to land disputes at Huashan Arts District
2003
Award: Supported under the Council for Cultural Affairs Performing Arts Group Development Programme (2003–present)
Most Popular Performing Group at the 6th Brazil Nova Prata World Festival of Traditional Folk Arts
"Swirl" premieres
Wings of Paradise street performance tour — northern, central, and southern Taiwan
Labyrinth Drama — King Lear, Shakespeare in Taipei, with FU Hong-Zheng
Guling Street Avant-Garde Theatre Festival —"High Rise Urban", with dancers Patrick SU and Johnny TU
"Purification — Lebaran", co-created with Indonesian performance artist Yoyo Yogasmana
Brazil Nova Prata World Festival of Traditional Folk Arts
GAPP (Global Arts Participation Programme) — Sun Son in residence at Treasure Hill Artist Village
"Swirl" smeared again by politicians due to nudity in performance, drawing public attention
2004
Award: Annual production "Aurora" named one of the Top Ten Performing Arts Productions of the Year at the 3rd Taishin Arts Award (2005)
"Aurora" premieres
4th Louga International Arts and Percussion Festival, Senegal
Charity performance in Sabah, Malaysia
"The Forgotten World" Performance at the Actors Studio, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Received first Street Performer Licence in Taipei
Studied with Australian-African drum and dance artist Sam Okoth
Began training in Grotowski method with CHEN Wei-Cheng (through 2007)
2005
"Island" premieres
FOMGED International Youth Festival, Turkey
"Wandering Sound", in collaboration with Japanese musicians Waka and Nobi
Head Spring Theatre collaboration — Taipei Chinese Character Culture Festival — Fei Bai
Head Spring Theatre collaboration — Taipei Arts Festival — Zhu Mo
Chunghwa Telecom television advertisement featuring "The Forgotten World"
2006
In residence at Bamboo Curtain Studio
"Counterbalance" — Sun Son 2006 Riverside Solo Performances premieres
"Wow Beat" premieres
"Wandering Sound", in collaboration with Japanese musicians Waka and Yo
2007
"The Passage" premieres
"Road to Sound" — Performance and Lecture Series
Guangdong — Maxs Group Chinese New Year Gala
Typhoon Krosa damages rehearsal space, office, and archives; two performances cancelled. Floodwater reached 100 cm; material and intellectual property losses incalculable.
2008
Renamed Sun Son Theatre
Sun Son Musicroom established
"Aurora" 2008 Asian Performing Arts Festival, Seoul, South Korea
"Aurora" — Sun Son's Tenth Anniversary: reproduction
Studied with Carmen Issle, a German-based African dance artist
2009
Sun Son Little Theatre Festival — member-created works: "Into The Flood", "A Hole" "The Panai Monologue"
"Aurora"Performance at Macau Fringe 2009
Tamsui Parade — Arts Street Parade, community workshop
Co-directed large-scale environmental theatre "The Legend of Sino-French War in Tamsui" with hundreds of community performers
Studied and performed traditional music and dance of Sabah with Malaysian artists Supian and Nitah
Published: Here Comes The Arts Parade — 2008 Tamsui Arts Carnival Documentation
2010
"The Tale of the Dragon Chasers" premieres
"Into The Flood" performed at Queens Museum and Bread and Puppet Theater, New York, USA
Tamsui International Environmental Arts Festival — Arts Street Parade, community workshop
The second year reproduction co-directed large-scale environmental theatre "The Legend of Sino-French War in Tamsui" with hundreds of community performers
Studied and performed Mandinka tribal drumming from Mali, Africa, with artist Drissa
Published: Here Comes The Arts Parade II — 2009 Tamsui Arts Street Parade Carnival
2011
"The Cacophony of LIfe" premieres
"Into The Flood" performed at Hong Kong MAD Full-Assembly Arts Exchange and HKICC Lee Shau Kee School Of Creativity
Sun Son presents one production per month
Sole director of the large-scale environmental theatre "The Legend of Sino-French War in Tamsui" for the third consecutive year
Rural primary school arts tour — in collaboration with Lixian Education Foundation
Published by Cite Publishing: Here Comes The Arts Parade III— Arts Street Parade: A Fantastical Journey
2012
"The Cacophony of LIfe" at National Theatre Experimental Theatre
"Wishing on a Star" premieres
Taiwan–Japan Exchange — Asian Performing Arts Festival: Whole Experience Love Song (director. Mikuni Yanaihara); company members travel to Tokyo for collaborative actor creation
Rural primary school arts tour — in collaboration with Lixian Education Foundation
Published: Theatre Music CDs for "The Cacophony of LIfe" and "Into The Flood"
2013
"The Tale of the Dragon Chasers" at National Theatre Experimental Theatre
"Miss Mal Syndromes" premieres
"Into The Flood" invited to perform at Kakiseni Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
"Into The Flood" invited to perform at Damansara Performing Arts Centre, Malaysia
"Whole Experience Love Song" performed in Tokyo
"Unstoppable Percussion" performed in Shanghai
"Into The Flood" — Lanxi • Firefly Summer, Cukeng Children's Waterside Theatre
Music installation performance with Portuguese artist Viktor
Studied and performed traditional Kelantanese folk performance with Malaysian Artist Mohd. Kamrulbahri Hussin
Long-term resident artist from Mexico-- Ivan Alberto Flores Moran begins collaboration
2014
"A Hole" premieres
"The Debt" shadow show premieres
Taipei Arts Festival — German director Kevin Rittberger's "Mulian Rescues Mother Earth", Water Spring Theatre
Shanghai Nafu Sacred Arts Concert — Mercedes-Benz Arena
2015
"Over the Shadow" premieres
"Off the Chores" premieres
"Into the Flood" at Singapore Chinese Theatre Festival
New Taipei City Tamsui Environmental Arts Festival — Arts Street Parade, community workshop
2016
"Heart of Darkness" premieres
"The Debt" reproduction
"Into the Flood" at Jade Hill Club Arts Market, Malaysia
New Taipei City Tamsui Environmental Arts Festival — overall planning
2017
"Heart of Darkness" performed at Taiwan Season of Edinburgh Festival Fringe; awarded the Summerhall 2017 Lustrum Award
"Finding the Mouse Princess Perfect Groom" premieres
"Life on a Thin Line" premieres
"Off the Chores" at National Theatre Experimental Theatre
Latin America Exchange Project — director Adriana's The Lost Land
In residence at Tamsui Arts Workshop
2018
Sun Son Tamsui Black Box Theatre launched
Annual production: "Once Upon a Daydream"
Annual production: "Rebound" — Farewell to the Author
"Once Upon a Daydream" receives four-star reviews at Taiwan Season of Edinburgh Festival Fringe
2019
Annual production: "Crossing the Line"
Annual production: "Stupid is as Stupid Does"
"The Debt" at Taipei Children's Arts Festival
"Once Upon a Daydream" — Heart Reblossoms at Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival
Musical interlude Night of Sunset at Weiwuying Circus Platform
"Off the Chores" at George Town Festival, Penang
New Taipei City Tamsui Environmental Arts Festival — Arts Street Parade, community workshop
2020
Annual production: "Crossing the Line" reproduction
Annual production: "Finding the Mouse Princess Perfect Groom" reproduction and online streaming
"The Sacred Monster" at National Center for Traditional Arts, Yilan, September Show
"Stupid is as Stupid Does" at Zhudong Shujiling Cultural Hall Auditorium
"Stupid is as Stupid Does"— Community programme, Taipei Children's Arts Festival
"The Debt"at Kaohsiung Shadow Puppet Museum Puppet Theatre Series
Lixian Foundation Chiayi Xincen Community Arts Linkage Project — Mambo Serves It Up, banquet rhythm percussion
Wings of Hope at Tainan Arts in the Community
"Stupid is as Stupid Does" at New Taipei City Library Tamsui Branch Auditorium
2021 (The Year of Pandemic COVID-19)
9 August — Founder of Sun Son Theatre Leonson NG passes away in a traffic accident, aged 48
Annual production: Bird Migrants
Lixian Education Foundation Young Sprouts Arts and Learning — Rural Arts Tour: In the Great Flood, 10 performances in Chiayi and Kaohsiung
"Into The Flood"— Arts Like Spring Breeze Touring Programme
"Into The Flood" at Hualien County Cultural Affairs Bureau 2021 Children's Arts Festival
Wings of Hope at Changhua International Arts Festival and Changhua Theatre Arts Festival PLUS
The Rat Wedding at National Palace Museum Children's Festival
Online Performances
Online memorial gathering for Artistic Director Leonson NG : The Theatre's Great Prankster — Sun Son's Eternal Artistic Director
New Taipei City Digital Children's Theatre — Online Stage: "Finding the Mouse Princess Perfect Groom"
New Taipei City Digital Children's Theatre — Online Stage: "Stupid is as Stupid Does"
Riverside Drumming — A Memorial Percussion Concert for Leonson NG of Sun Son Theatre: Riverside Drumming
Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival Small Theatre Series — Classic Works Streamed Online (licensed): Once Upon A Daydream
2022 (The Year of Pandemic COVID-19)
"Finding the Mouse Princess Perfect Groom" at Yunlin International Puppet Festival, Huwei Tongxin Park
"Into the Flood" at New Taipei City Library Tamsui Branch Auditorium
Tamsui Port 160th Anniversary Exhibition Performance: "Welcome to 1862" at Tamsui Customs Wharf
Arts Equity Children's Festival — "When We're Together": New Taipei City Arts Revival Touring Programme — "Wings of Hope", Wulai Yantan Basketball Court, New Taipei City
"Finding the Mouse Princess Perfect Groom" touring in Tainan City — Arts Like Spring Breeze Touring Programme
Annual production — Taipei Children's Arts Festival: "Above The Water", Globe Theatre
"Dream Catcher Legend" at Yilan National Centre of Traditional Arts September Show
"Happy Sung"— Old-School Leisurely Living at National Palace Museum Autumn/Winter Elegant Life Festival, forecourt plaza
"Wings of Hope" at Taiwan Lantern Festival, Weiwuying outdoor venue
"Any Beat" at Taiwan Science Education Centre outdoor lawn, Taipei Lantern Festival
"Stupid is as Stupid Does" at Wenshan Theatre Story Theatre Series
"Into the Flood" at Miaoli Miaobei Arts Centre 2022 Arts Together Miaobei, Miaobei Small Theatre
"Wings of Hope" at Taipei Children's Arts Festival — Arts Garden, Taipei Performing Arts Centre outdoor
"Finding the Mouse Princess Perfect Groom" at Hualien Children's Arts Festival, Guangfu Elementary School Auditorium, Guangfu Township
"Above the Water"at Changhua Children's Arts Festival, Yuanlin Performing Arts Hall
"The Legend of Patching the Sky" — Shadow and Light Workshop, New Taipei City Library Summer Workshop
New Taipei City diplomatic event: "Welcome to 1862" aboard the Queen of Guandu Ferry
World Music Festival, Dajia Riverside Park
Arts in the Community: "Stupid is as Stupid Does" — Qigu District, Nanhua District, Jiangjun District
"Wings of Hope" at Hualien Children's Arts Festival, Yuli Minquan Street Car Park
Annual production: "The Tale of the Dragon Chasers", reproduction at Water Spring Theatre
Online Programme
New Taipei City Drum Arts Festival Online Exhibition: "Wild Strike City"
2023
Weiwuying Lunar New Year Series — Come Together at Weiwuying: "Wings of Hope", Weiwuying outdoor theatre
Taiwan Lantern Festival: "Above The Water"— Lighting Up Happiness, Xinyi Commercial District, Xiangti Avenue Future Stage, Taipei
Miaoli Fire Dragon Folk Arts Street Parade; New Taipei Lantern Festival Street Parade
Taiwan Lantern Festival Performances and Street Parade: "The Sacred Monster", Xinyi Commercial District Light Source Stage, Taipei
Chiayi County Children and Family Arts Festival: "Wings of Hope", Chiayi County Performing Arts Centre
Hsinchu Children's Arts Festival: "Wings of Hope", Hsinchu Confucius Temple forecourt
New Taipei City Library Tamsui Branch Auditorium: Roaming the Earth, Joyful in Nature
Changhua County 300th Anniversary Arts Tour: "Wings of Hope", Yuanlin Park
Annual production: "Never Ending Dreams", Guling Street Avant-Garde Theatre 1F Experimental Theatre, Taipei
Arts Like Spring Breeze Touring Programme: "Any Beat" — Liuying Daitian Temple, Guantian Chisheng Temple, Xigang Central Park
Wenshan Theatre Story Theatre Series: "Into the Flood", Wenshan Theatre, Taipei
New Taipei City Tamsui District Office "2023 Children's Family Theatre": "Finding the Mouse Princess Perfect Groom" , Tamsui Elementary School, New Taipei City
Taipei Children's Arts Festival — Arts Garden: "Finding the Mouse Princess Perfect Groom" , Taipei Performing Arts Centre outdoor
Changhua Walking Arts Festival Experimental Theatre: "The Battle of Gods", Changhua Confucius Temple
Hualien Children's Arts Festival: "Into the Flood" — performance and workshop, Guangfu Township Office
Hualien Children's Arts Festival: "Wings of Hope" — Fengbin Junior High School, Fengbin Township; Zhuoxi Community Hall, Zhuoxi Township
Taoyuan Children's Arts Festival: "Stupid is as Stupid Does" / Eco Percussion Fun, Zhongli District Xingren Family Park
Maoli Performing Arts Festival: "Off the Chores", Miaoli County Zhongzheng Hall
Hualien Children's Arts Festival: "Into the Flood", Yuli Township Civic Plaza
Taitung Arts Festival: "Above the Water", Taitung Arts Centre Auditorium
Taichung Port Area Arts Centre Military Dependents Village Culture Festival: "Wings of Hope", Taichung Port Area Arts Centre
National Day (Double Ten): "Wings of Hope", Presidential Office forecourt plaza
World Music Festival: Instrument Cart street parade, Taipei Popular Music Centre
Arts in the Community: "Happy Sung", Baihe Sports Park, Tainan
Cultural Equity Tour: "Wings of Hope" — Puli Earth Mother Temple 7th Car Park, Nantou County
Taichung Happiness Arts Season: "Finding the Mouse Princess Perfect Groom" , Xiqi Li Community Centre basketball court
"Frenzy • Deity • Record" 11 • Dao: Leisure, Fun, Street Rhythm and Music Journey — "Wings of Hope" / Unstoppable Percussion, Yuantai Taoist Academy plaza
Hualien Children's Arts Festival: "Wings of Hope", Mataan Community Hall, Wanrong Township, Hualien County
Taichung Happiness Arts Season: "Stupid is as Stupid Does", Haotian Temple forecourt community plaza, Wuqi District, Taichung
Annual production — Taiwanese-Language Mythological Theatre: "Stupid is as Stupid Does" — Children's Folk Tale Edition, Sun Son Tamsui Small Theatre
2024
Minxiong Rhythm — A Day of Beauty, Dāmāo Public Art Unveiling: "Wings of Hope" flash mob, Minxiong Sports Park
"Performing Arts in Schools" with World Instrument Experience Workshop — Shoufeng Elementary School and Nanhua Elementary School, Hualien
"Performing Arts in Schools" with experience course: "Into the Flood", Shoufeng Elementary School Activity Centre
New Taipei Lantern Festival Street Parade; Miaoli Fire Dragon Folk Arts Street Parade; Yangmei Street Parade; Changhua City Street Parade
Green Mountain Blue Sea Arts Festival: Mountain and Sea in Harmony, outdoor plaza at Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf Light Rail Station
Caiwu Arts Education "Performing Arts in Schools" with experience course: "Into the Flood", Shuili Junior High School, Nantou
Hualien Children's Arts Festival: "Finding the Mouse Princess Perfect Groom" , Sanzhang Chuqiu Ball Court, Xiulin Township, Hualien
Douliou Children's Day: "Wings of Hope", Douliou Pengsu Forest Park
Changhua Arts Tour: "Into the Flood", Puyan Elementary School
New Taipei City Tamsui District Office Arts Promotion: "Into the Flood", Tamsui District Office 9F Conference Hall
Hsinchu Children's Arts Festival: "Stupid is as Stupid Does", Hsinchu Confucius Temple
Annual production: "Over Balance", Jiaxin New Village, Gongguan, Taipei
Cultural Equity Tour — Village Theatre, Art Day Only: "Finding the Mouse Princess Perfect Groom" , Keelung Ocean Plaza
Dragon Year Tunqu District Happy Dragon Boat Festival: "Wings of Hope" / "World Instrument Sharing", Taichung Tunqu District Arts and Culture Centre
North Art Small Stage Saturday Night Music: Unstoppable Percussion, Taipei Performing Arts Centre outdoor small stage
Children's Arts Festival — Summer Workshop: "Eco Percussion Fun", Guangfu Township Office
Taipei Children's Arts Festival: "Stupid is as Stupid Does" — Children's Folk Tale Edition, North Pole Hall, Taipei Performing Arts Centre
New Taipei Children's Arts Festival: "Wings of Hope", New Taipei City Citizens' Plaza
Taipei Children's Arts Festival: "Wings of Hope", Daan Forest Park
Yilan Performing Arts Hall arts programme: "Finding the Mouse Princess Perfect Groom" , Yilan Performing Arts Hall
Taiwan Design Expo: "Wings of Hope", Greater Tainan Convention Centre
Taoyuan Military Dependants Village Culture Festival: "Off the Chores", Mazujinzhuang New Village
Taiwan State Banquet: "Wings of Hope", Taipei Guest House
Taipei Street Performing Arts Festival: Miscellaneous, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park
Tainan Arts Festival — Three-Company Collaboration: EX-Asia Theatre, Oan Theatre, Sun Son Theatre — Land of Gods and Ghosts, Original Theatre
Nantou Theatre Arts Season: "Into the Flood", Puli Arts Centre Auditorium
Central Taiwan Youth Arts Cultivation Base: Move the Mountain, Shengang Junior High School Activity Centre
Arts in the Community:"Stupid is as Stupid Does" — Children's Folk Tale Edition, Houbi Elementary School playground
Annual production: "Wishing on a Star", Huwei Arts and Leisure Park 3F Pudding Grassland
New Taipei City Library arts programme: "Happy Sung", Danhai Activity Centre
National Arts Council Future Project — Three-Company Collaboration: EX-Asia Theatre, Oan Theatre, Sun Son Theatre — Land of Gods and Ghosts, Water Source Theatre
2025
International Mazu Cultural Festival Opening Gala: Miscellaneous, Xingang Fengtian Temple forecourt
New Taipei Lantern Festival — "Eco Instrument Cart", New Taipei Metropolitan Park
Miaoli Fire Dragon Carnival: "Wishing on a Star" — Stilt performance, Yuqing Temple to Maoli Cat Family Park
Changhua Ancient City Street Parade International Carnival: Gods • Beasts: A Fantastical Journey — "Riding the Wind" and "Breaking the Waves", Changhua City Hall to Xuguang West Road
New Taipei Lantern Festival — "Eco Instrument Cart", New Taipei Metropolitan Park
Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology Arts Festival: "Once Upon a Daydream", KUST Jiangong Campus Arts and Culture Centre
Hsinchu Children's Play Festival: Unstoppable Percussion, Hsinchu Park
Tamsui District Office Family Arts Programme:"Stupid is as Stupid Does", Tamsui District Office 9F Grand Hall
Arts Fun in Jiaoxi: "Stupid is as Stupid Does", Paoma Ancient Trail Park
Taipei Eid al-Fitr Celebration — "Gamelan Drum Experience", Daan Forest Park
World Earth Day: Unstoppable Percussion, Daan Forest Park Music Stage
World Reading Day — Original Story Character Grand Parade, C-LAB (Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab)
Gender Equity Theme Event — "Advance, Vanessa — Play Reading and Gender Equity Activity", Guling Street Avant-Garde Theatre 2F Arts Space
2–4 May, Annual production: "Lament of the Wandering Head", Guling Street Avant-Garde Theatre 1F Experimental Theatre
Hualien Children's Arts Festival: "Wings of Hope", Jian Elementary School Activity Centre, Ji'an Township
New Taipei City Drum Arts Festival: "Odds and Ends", Luzhou Zhongyi Temple
Hualien Children's Arts Festival — "Eco Percussion Fun × Capoeira Little Warriors", Yuli Arts and Culture Centre, Hualien
Hualien Children's Arts Festival — "Shadow Puppet Workshop", Guangfu Township Office, Hualien
Penghu Sucking Hall — Children's Playground: "Into the Flood", Penghu County Performing Arts Hall
Taipei Children's Arts Festival: "Bird Migrants", Datong District Office Grand Hall
Xingtian Temple Dunhua Main Hall 2025 Concert & Theatre Performance: "Bird Migrants", Xingtian Temple Library Auditorium
Shilin Immortal World Grand Party — "Creative Samba Drumming", Taipei Performing Arts Centre
International Stamp Festival — Taipei Night Banquet Performance:"Wow Beat", Seoul COEX
School Cultural Experience Promotion Performance and Hulu Dun Arts Festival: "Finding the Mouse Princess Perfect Groom" , Hulu Dun Concert Hall
Yunlin Arts to the Countryside Tour — Arts Home Delivery: "Wings of Hope", Yunlin Elementary School outdoor playground
National Taiwan Traditional Arts Centre 2025 Season "Heritage Splendour": Dong — A Drum Maker's Sound Letter, Taiwan Traditional Theatre Centre Grand Performance Hall; Weiwuying National Centre for the Arts Drama Theatre
National History Museum Has Joy: "Finding the Mouse Princess Perfect Groom" / "Eco Percussion Workshop" / Street Parade, National Museum of History
Taipei Academy Arts and Aesthetics Lecture Series
Arts in the Community: "Wishing on a Star", Renang Temple, Beimen District
Annual production: "Gods in Exile", National Theatre Experimental Theatre, National Performing Arts Centre
Hsinchu County Reading Festival: "Wings of Hope", Hsinchu County Cultural Affairs Bureau outdoor plaza
New Taipei City Library Tamsui Branch arts programme: "Bird Migrants", New Taipei City Library Tamsui Branch Auditorium
"The Sustainable 1001 Nights" — Workshop and Showcase, Sun Son Tamsui Black Box Theatre