“Ballyturk” Delivers A Surreal Yet Exciting Challenge
When Akira Shirai first read the script for Ballyturk, he quickly understood why its creator,...
Read MoreGraduated from Chuo University with a BA in German literature, having written her dissertation on the playwright Bertolt Brecht’s theory of drama. In 2000, she got MA in arts management at City University in London. Afterwards, she began contributing theatre articles to Japan’s leading English-language newspaper, The Japan Times, for which she has now been a regular writer on contemporary drama and dance for more than 15 years. She also writes articles for a number of Japanese-language theatre magazines — including Theater Guide, Higeki Kigeki and Theatre Arts — as well as the programs for a range of stage productions in Japan and England.
Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 19th Apr 2018 | Interview, Ireland, Japan, Translation
When Akira Shirai first read the script for Ballyturk, he quickly understood why its creator,...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 4th Apr 2018 | Belgium, Interview, Japan, Theatre and Dance, Transcultural Collaborations
There are mutual squeals of delight when Belgian dance artist, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Spanish...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 22nd Mar 2018 | Adaptation, Japan, News, Theatre and Dance
Following a January press conference in which the New National Theatre, Tokyo, announced that...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 6th Mar 2018 | Festivals, Interview, Japan
In the world of Japanese contemporary drama, the action often takes place offstage as well as on....
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 22nd Feb 2018 | Essay, Festivals, Japan
Back in 1995, some of the movers and shakers of the domestic theater scene got together at various...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 19th Feb 2018 | Japan, Management, News
At the start of each year, the New National Theatre Tokyo holds a media event at which the...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 24th Jan 2018 | Interview, Japan, Management
Travel around 150 km northwest from the hustle and bustle of Kyoto, and another, far more peaceful...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 20th Jan 2018 | France, Japan, Review, Theatre and Dance
Is the French choreographer Jerome Bel a trailblazer or an enfant terrible of the contemporary...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 7th Jan 2018 | Japan, Review
While 2017 featured many great stage productions and performances, these were among the standouts:...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 28th Dec 2017 | Festivals, Japan, News, Producing
Never mind those North Korean missiles that provide politicians with heaven-sent pretexts to...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 25th Dec 2017 | Adaptation, Directing, Japan, Review, Transcultural Collaborations
South Korean director Yang Jung-ung’s career has spanned several continents. From his theater...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 29th Nov 2017 | Acting, Directing, Japan, Review
As the saying goes, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” In the same way, if you thought the...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 21st Nov 2017 | Collaborating Across Cultures, Japan, Review, United Kingdom
One Green Bottle is a new-ish work co-written by the renowned Japanese dramatist Hideki Noda and...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 24th Oct 2017 | Directing, Japan, Review
The route that has brought Richard Twyman to Tokyo to direct an all-Japanese cast in a play based...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 18th Oct 2017 | Festivals, Japan
At the end of his speech in July announcing details of this year’s Festival/Tokyo running from...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 24th Sep 2017 | Japan, Management
As I turned the pages of a free magazine in London this summer, a picture of a beaming woman...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 13th Sep 2017 | Japan, Musical Theatre
“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” In those few words the Scottish...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 11th Aug 2017 | Argentina, Immersive Theatre, Japan, Transcultural Collaborations, Transmedia
Since Argentinian physical theater troupe Fuerza Bruta burst onto the scene in Buenos Aires in...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 19th Jul 2017 | Adaptation, Festivals, Japan
The government’s Cool Japan initiative may be focused on spreading anime around the world, but...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 4th Jul 2017 | Japan, Producing
The neighborhood surrounding Yurakucho Station isn’t exactly starved for things to do. The Ginza...
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