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Dramatist Oriza Hirata Has A Vision For Theatre

Posted 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...

Jerome Bel and His Amateurs Test the Limits of Contemporary Dance in Saitama Show

Posted 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...

A Year Filled With Standing Ovations

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 7th Jan 2018 | Japan, Review

While 2017 featured many great stage productions and performances, these were among the standouts:...

How Butoh, The Japanese Dance Of Darkness, Helps Us Experience Compassion In A Suffering World

Posted by Jeff Goldberg | 7th Jan 2018 | Interview, Japan, New York, Theatre and Dance, United States of America

Butoh is now being taught to Zen students, prisoners, and others as a way to acknowledge difficult...

Japan’s Theater World Increasingly Shed Its Insularities In 2017

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 28th Dec 2017 | Festivals, Japan, News, Producing

Never mind those North Korean missiles that provide politicians with heaven-sent pretexts to...

Ibsen’s “Peer Gynt” Gets A Cultural Twist When Director Yang Jung-ung Teams Up With Actor Kenji Urai

Posted 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...

Junpei Mizobata Plunges Headfirst Into The Absurdist World Of Harold Pinter

Posted 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...

“One Green Bottle” Exploring Japanese And English Sensibilities

Posted 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...

Wanton Desire Proves To Be Timeless And Borderless In Japanese Version Of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”

Posted 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...

“Awareness Of Light:” Uncovering The Magic Of Light Behind The Curtain From An Asian Female Lighting Design Perspective

Posted by Wan-Jung Wang | 20th Oct 2017 | Asia, Books, Design, Japan

There are many theatre lighting design textbooks in the world; however, few female Asian lighting...

Kuro Tanino’s “The Dark Inn” Illustrates Our Inability To Let Go Of Our Desires

Posted by William Peterson | 19th Oct 2017 | Japan, Review

The darkness of the human condition, where people are enslaved by their own desires in a kind of...

Festival/Tokyo Director Sachio Ichimura Looks To A New Generation

Posted 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...

Theaters In Japan Are Looking At Longer Runs For Their Productions

Posted 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...

Billy Harrigan Tighe Brings Life to The Man Behind Peter Pan in The Play “Finding Neverland”

Posted 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...

“Between Man And Machine:” Biana Li’s Robotic Dance Show For Kids

Posted by Zolima Citymag | 23rd Aug 2017 | France, Japan, Theatre for Young Audiences, Transcultural Collaborations

Why We Recommend it Using pioneering technology and fun choreography, this multimedia dance show...

Fuerza Bruta Re-Interprets a Night Out at The Theater

Posted 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...

Avignon: Symphonies of Pain Part 3 – Satoshi Miyagi’s “Antigone”

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 23rd Jul 2017 | Adaptation, Festivals, Japan

Antigone by Sophocles, directed by Satoshi Miyagi; music by Hiroko Tanakawa; scenography by...

Satoshi Miyagi Makes History on a Stage in France with “Antigone”

Posted 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...

Alternative Theatre Aims To Create A New Type Of Tourist Attraction In Tokyo

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 4th Jul 2017 | Japan, Producing

The neighborhood surrounding Yurakucho Station isn’t exactly starved for things to do. The Ginza...

Finding the Drama Without Words: “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” at the New National Theatre in Tokyo

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 4th Jun 2017 | Adaptation, Japan, Theatre and Dance

“Not everything can be explained in words. Everyone draws a different nuance from the word ‘love,’...

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Dramatist Oriza Hirata Has A Vision For Theatre

Jerome Bel and His Amateurs Test the Limits of Contemporary Dance in Saitama Show

A Year Filled With Standing Ovations

How Butoh, The Japanese Dance Of Darkness, Helps Us Experience Compassion In A Suffering World

Japan’s Theater World Increasingly Shed Its Insularities In 2017

Ibsen’s “Peer Gynt” Gets A Cultural Twist When Director Yang Jung-ung Teams Up With Actor Kenji Urai

Junpei Mizobata Plunges Headfirst Into The Absurdist World Of Harold Pinter

“One Green Bottle” Exploring Japanese And English Sensibilities

Wanton Desire Proves To Be Timeless And Borderless In Japanese Version Of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”

“Awareness Of Light:” Uncovering The Magic Of Light Behind The Curtain From An Asian Female Lighting Design Perspective

Kuro Tanino’s “The Dark Inn” Illustrates Our Inability To Let Go Of Our Desires

Festival/Tokyo Director Sachio Ichimura Looks To A New Generation

Theaters In Japan Are Looking At Longer Runs For Their Productions

Billy Harrigan Tighe Brings Life to The Man Behind Peter Pan in The Play “Finding Neverland”

“Between Man And Machine:” Biana Li’s Robotic Dance Show For Kids

Fuerza Bruta Re-Interprets a Night Out at The Theater

Avignon: Symphonies of Pain Part 3 – Satoshi Miyagi’s “Antigone”

Satoshi Miyagi Makes History on a Stage in France with “Antigone”

Alternative Theatre Aims To Create A New Type Of Tourist Attraction In Tokyo

Finding the Drama Without Words: “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” at the New National Theatre in Tokyo

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