According to the Performing Arts Yearbook 2009, Taiwan ’ s performing arts troupes perform more than 13,000 shows every year, including 200 completely new productions. Their creative output is among the best in the world, but their audience is small. This means they have to keep pushing out new works to maintain their revenues.
根據表演藝術年鑑統計，台灣一年藝文表演超過 13,000 場次，其中包括 200 檔全新製作節目，創作能量是世界數一數二的，但這也反映出觀眾市場不足，團隊「被迫」必需不斷發表新作以維持收入。