About the Show
🐳 Franz & Friends are back!
An undersea fantasy adventure like no other is about to set sail again!
Glasses-free 3D animationOriginal puppetsFantasy song & danceOcean adventureFamily interaction
- Dates
- Sat, Jan 2 – Sun, Mar 28, 2027
- Cities
- Taipei · Taoyuan · Kaohsiung · Hsinchu
- Running time
- 105 minutes (incl. 15-minute intermission)
- Recommended age
- 3 and up
- Tickets
- NT$600 – 2,800
- Presented by
- Taipei Arts International Association, Image in Motion Theater
- ⭐ An original Taiwanese family musical that takes children exploring ocean ecology
- ⭐ See a fantastical undersea world—no 3D glasses needed
- ⭐ Original puppets, song and dance, acrobatics and film special effects on one stage
- ⭐ Children come to care about the ocean because they love the story
- ⭐ 2027 Taiwan tour | Taipei · Taoyuan · Kaohsiung · Hsinchu
Story
One adventure story—an undersea voyage like never before!
The knowledgeable Dr. Food (Franz) comes from Sweet Planet to Earth to investigate the strange discoloration of its oceans.
At the seaside he meets Kye, Tammy, Jack and Doug. The five friends form an adventure team and drive the all-mighty Jolly Jelly Bean Cruiser into the mysterious world beneath the sea.
Along the way they meet all kinds of sea creatures—but when they stumble into Poseidon's birthday party, they are misunderstood and locked in the Jellyfish Dungeon.
Luckily, a little seahorse secretly helps them escape.
Then they discover that Poseidon's good friend, the Great Sea Turtle, has fallen ill…
To save the Great Sea Turtle, and to clear up the misunderstanding between humans and sea creatures, Franz & Friends set off on an undersea adventure about friendship, courage, understanding and teamwork!
About 《Voyage Undersea》
More than a show—an ocean adventure for the whole family
What children see:
- 🐳 A magical undersea world
- 🦈 An exciting, funny adventure
- 🐢 Adorable sea creatures
- 🎵 Catchy, playful music
- 💃 Dazzling song, dance and acrobatics
- ✨ Surprising 3D imagery and special effects
And grown-ups may find even more in the story:
Friendship, courage, empathy, teamwork, responsibility—and our relationship with nature.
《Voyage Undersea》 hopes that children will start by loving the characters, then gradually get to know the ocean and care about the environment—so that “protecting the Earth” is no longer just a line in a textbook, but a small action that can begin in everyday life.
A family musical that children enjoy watching, throw themselves into, and leave with something to think about
🌊 A 3D undersea fantasy—without glasses
3D animated scenery, film special effects and live performance intertwine to create a dazzling, ever-changing undersea kingdom.
Experience the magic of 3D imagery woven into live theater, as if diving into the mysterious deep alongside Franz.
Animation, light, puppets and performers blend on stage, so the virtual and the real unfold into a thrilling adventure before your eyes.
🐠 Original puppets × sea creatures: all your undersea friends together!
Sharks, jellyfish, seahorses, the Great Sea Turtle…
All kinds of colorful, adorable sea creatures will meet you on stage!
Performers transform into sea creatures, combining finely crafted original puppets with drama, dance and physical performance to build an ocean home full of life.
🎵 Music, singing, dance and acrobatics—all in one!
The music is by renowned producer Hou Zhi-jian, the show's Music Director and Composer. Catchy songs and imaginative undersea music, together with energetic dance and dazzling physical performance, let the story sing, dance and adventure all the way, taking children into a mysterious, colorful world beneath the sea!
🌊 A real undersea experience that became an adventure to protect the ocean
Many divers have seen plastic, bottles, cans and all kinds of rubbish scattered across the beautiful sea floor. When sea creatures' homes are damaged, that heartache makes us ask: what can we do for the ocean?
This care for the ocean became the starting point of 《Voyage Undersea》. Through music, drama, dance, animated light and imagination, we hope to take children into the undersea world, to get to know and feel the ocean through adventure, and to learn together how to protect our beautiful blue home.
What Audiences Say
“Lively, fun and educational. On leaving, the children were singing and dancing and clamoring to be friends with Franz—truly a 3D musical fantasy worth gathering your friends for!”
“I've always loved IMT's multimedia theater—every time brings a new, moving shock. 《Voyage Undersea》 is really good; my child was glued to it, thrilled, for the entire show.”
“A really special visual shock, and the songs are catchy and lovely. It's my first time seeing a children's stage production with LV-level (luxury-brand) gorgeousness—it feels great!”
“This is the best family show I've ever seen. The story is touching and meaningful, the imagery colorful and three-dimensional, the music lovely, and the actors and dancers gave their all.”
“A great format—combining stage play, musical and modern technology to teach through entertainment, so that children, without noticing, pick up some simple awareness of ocean environmental problems.”
“First-rate dance and acrobatics, exquisitely made props and costumes, and very educational—excellent!”
Press
“《Voyage Undersea》 combines 3D animated scenery, film special effects and original puppet performance; you can feel the three-dimensional effect without wearing 3D glasses. The whole gorgeous undersea kingdom is richly colored, and the puppet costumes feel contemporary and refined.”
“《Voyage Undersea》 awakens love and care for Earth's ecology and marine life, and for cherishing the abundant resources God has given us. Through storytelling that teaches by entertaining, it puts humanistic care into practice.”
“《Voyage Undersea》 by Franz & Friends is a rare, original Taiwanese environmental family theater production… Created in the spirit of original ‘made in Taiwan’ and gathering top talent from Taiwan's theater and animation fields, it uses glasses-free 3D multimedia technology rarely seen in theater to build a Hollywood-grade, large-scale fantasy production.”
“Voyage Undersea is a wonderfully imaginative mix of 3D motion capture, video animation, music, dance and live actors— and a lot of audience participation.”
Follow Franz & Friends
Facebook｜facebook.com/franznfriends
Instagram｜instagram.com/franz_and_friends
Threads｜threads.com/@franz_and_friends
★ Enjoy a show and share the love: a Special Sponsorship Ticket set (NT$5,000) is available—see Discounts.
Creative Team
Creative Team
- Production
- Image in Motion Theater (影舞集表演藝術團)
- Supervising Producer
- Taipei Arts International Association
- Artistic Director & Lyricist
- Yau CHEN (陳瑤)
- General Director
- Serina CHEN (陳琪)
- Music Director & Composer
- Hou Zhi-jian (侯志堅)
- Video Design & Production
- Liu En-lin (劉恩霖), Gao Jia-qi (高嘉淇), Leng Zi-jian (冷子健)
- Stage Design
- Huang Ri-jun (黃日俊)
- Lighting Design
- Jiang Guo-ning (江國寧)
- Dance & Movement Design
- Xiao He-wen (蕭賀文), Cui Bing-yuan (崔秉媛), Zhang Wen-mei (張文美)
- Movement Coach
- Zhang Wen-mei (張文美)
- Technical Director
- Jiang Guo-ning (江國寧)
- Stage Manager
- Huang Xin-yi (黃薪伊)
- Lighting & Sound Operation
- 捷韻實業 (Jie Yun Industrial)
- Set & Props Fabrication Support
- Lin Bo-xin (林柏鑫)
Presenters
Production | Image in Motion Theater
Founded in 2000 by producer and curator Serina Chen and by group leader and Artistic Director Yau Chen, Image in Motion Theater (IMT) is devoted to combining animation, imaging technology and the performing arts. It brings together talent in dance, theater, music, 3D animation, film special effects, interactive technology and stage design to explore every possibility of multimedia theater. The name “影舞集” (Image in Motion) means bringing imagery onto the stage, and symbolizes the fusion of image and dance—using theater space, stage technology and live performance to build richly layered visual worlds where the virtual and the real interweave.
Major works include the animated dance theater pieces 《Not a Love Story》, 《My Shadow and I》 and 《Dilatation》; the virtual-reality animated dance theater 《@Dream》; the large outdoor mobile theater pieces 《Metamorphosis》 (《水變》) and 《Wind-Catcher》 (《捕風彩雲手》); the interactive multimedia theater 《Imagining Kung Fu》; the improvised dance work 《Chanceformation》; and the fully improvised multimedia theater 《Wind, Flower, Snow and Moon》 (《隨之變／風花雪月》). IMT also led video design for the musical 《In Love with Carmen》 starring A-Mei (Chang Hui-mei) and for the Shanghai World Expo thematic show 《Window of the City》, and created and toured the immersive musical fantasy 《Franz & Friends — Voyage Undersea》.
In recent years IMT has taken part in Weiwuying's 《Memories under the Banyan Trees》, the “Research on 5G Applications in the Performing Arts” project, and the original stage play 《Love · Quarantine》, continuing to use architectural projection mapping, motion capture and AR/MR mixed reality to expand the creative frontiers of imaging technology and live performance.
Supervising Producer | Taipei Arts International Association (TAIA)
With the mission of opening new horizons for Chinese-language arts, TAIA has long been a key driving force for Taiwan's performing arts and international cultural exchange.
TAIA was founded in 1998 by curator, director and producer Serina Chen, who organized the first Taipei Arts Festival that same year and continued it in 1999, establishing international standards for large-scale arts festivals in Taiwan. TAIA went on to host the International City Arts Festival and to launch major events including the Taiwan World Music Festival, the Taiwan International Dance Camp, “Wild Olympia” (原野奧林匹亞), the NTCH Plaza Arts Festival (兩廳院廣場藝術節) and the “World Theatre Academy” (世界劇人學苑), bringing in forward-looking international art and cross-disciplinary creativity and building a platform that connects Taiwan with the world.
TAIA has also invested in original and technology-based art, establishing Image in Motion Theater to bring multimedia, digital imagery and interactive technology into theater, with works such as 《Fantasy Maze》 (《奇幻迷宮》) and the 3D fantasy multimedia musical 《Franz & Friends — Voyage Undersea》, continually exploring new forms of performing arts.
In 2016 the Taipei City Government commissioned TAIA as chief planner and organizer of the cultural program for the 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade, staging more than twenty programs and nearly two hundred performances and events that linked art and sport. TAIA continues to work in cultural and creative industry research, arts talent development and international exchange, aiming to be a platform that gathers artistic talent and resources, broadens audience participation and advances Taiwan's cultural and creative industries.
Throughout, TAIA has believed that art is more than a performance on stage—it can be the starting point for children to understand the world, spark their imagination and feel what is beautiful. 《Franz & Friends — Voyage Undersea》 grew out of that belief.
Follow TAIA
Website｜taia.tw
Facebook｜facebook.com/artstaipei
Instagram｜instagram.com/taiarts.international
YouTube｜youtube.com/@taia6858
Contact TAIA
Email｜office@taia.tw
Tel｜+886-2-2772-8528 (Mon–Fri, 9:00–18:00 Taiwan time)
Discounts
💙 TAIA member discounts
Join the Taipei Arts International Association (TAIA) as a member now to get exclusive member discounts.
[TAIA member early-bird offers]
- TAIA member early-bird price12% off
- TAIA member early-bird 4-person family pack15% off
Includes one pack-exclusive story coloring book, so children can take the undersea world home and keep imagining!
Early-bird deadlines
- Taipei: by Nov 15, 2026
- Taoyuan: by Dec 31, 2026
- Kaohsiung: by Jan 17, 2027
- Hsinchu: by Feb 14, 2027
[After the early-bird period]
- TAIA member price8% off
- TAIA member 4-person family pack12% off
Includes one pack-exclusive story coloring book, so children can take the undersea world home and keep imagining!
★ Accessibility discount
Persons with disabilities and one necessary companion receive 50% off. Valid proof must be shown at entry.
★ Special Sponsorship Ticket | Enjoy a show and share the love
NT$5,000 per set, which includes:
🎟 1 VVIP ticket for the best seats in the house
Come to the theater yourself and set off on an undersea adventure with the children.
💙 1 Charity ticket
Donated on your behalf by the organizers to a child from a disadvantaged family, through partners including the Foundation for children who have lost parents (失親兒基金會), the 1919 Companion Reading Program (1919陪讀計畫) and other child and youth welfare organizations.
If you would like to donate both tickets in the set, please call the organizers at +886-2-2772-8528.
★ Group discounts
Special group rates for 20 tickets or more. Family groups, schools and companies are welcome to contact us at +886-2-2772-8528.
- ※ Discounts apply only to tickets priced NT$1,300 and above.
- ※ The NT$5,000 Special Sponsorship Ticket cannot be combined with other discounts.
- ※ Discounts cannot be combined.
- ※ Family-pack buyers can collect the coloring book at the front desk on the day of the show by presenting their tickets.
- ※ The organizers reserve the right to change these offers.
Important Notes
- ◇ Running time is 105 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission.
- ◇ Recommended for ages 3 and up.
- ◇ Latecomers and audience members who leave during the show will be admitted at a suitable time by staff.
- ◇ Holders of accessibility discount tickets must present the original, valid Republic of China (Taiwan) Disability Certificate at entry, and their companion must enter at the same time. Those without valid proof or eligibility must pay the difference to enter.
- ◇ Refunds and exchanges must be requested no later than 10 days before the performance date, with a handling fee of 10% of the ticket price. Late requests cannot be accepted.
- ◇ The organizers reserve the right to change the program; the organizers' latest announcement prevails.
- ◇ All performances are filmed and recorded by the organizers.
Tickets
Tickets on sale via TixFun since Wed, Oct 7, 2026, 12:00 PM (Taiwan time). The TixFun site is in Chinese; use its translate button if needed.
Ticket prices
NT$600NT$900NT$1,300NT$1,800NT$2,200NT$2,800NT$5,000
* NT$5,000 is the Special Sponsorship Ticket set (1 VVIP ticket + 1 Charity ticket).
Performances
Taiwan Traditional Theatre Center – Main Theater
No. 751, Wenlin Rd., Shilin Dist., Taipei City
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- Sat, Jan 2, 2027 · 2:45 PM
- Sun, Jan 3, 2027 · 2:45 PM
Taoyuan Arts Center – Performance Hall
No. 1188, Zhongzheng Rd., Taoyuan Dist., Taoyuan City
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- Sat, Feb 13, 2027 · 2:45 PM
- Sun, Feb 14, 2027 · 2:45 PM
National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) – Opera House
No. 1, Sanduo 1st Rd., Fengshan Dist., Kaohsiung City
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- Sat, Feb 27, 2027 · 2:45 PM
- Sun, Feb 28, 2027 · 2:45 PM
Performance Hall, Cultural Affairs Bureau of Hsinchu County
No. 146, Xianzheng 9th Rd., Zhubei City, Hsinchu County
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- Sat, Mar 27, 2027 · 2:45 PM
- Sun, Mar 28, 2027 · 2:45 PM
🌟 Join TAIA in two steps to get the member early-bird discount
- On TixFun, select “藝文好夥伴” (Arts Partners; on mobile it is under “其他服務”, Other Services).
- Open the “台北藝術推廣協會” (TAIA) page and join as a general member ➡️ to receive the TAIA early-bird discount.
Group bookings & enquiries: +886-2-2772-8528 (Mon–Fri, 9:00–18:00 Taiwan time) | office@taia.tw