Wanton Desire Proves To Be Timeless And Borderless In Japanese Version Of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”
The route that has brought Richard Twyman to Tokyo to direct an all-Japanese cast in a play based...
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“Awareness Of Light:” Uncovering The Magic Of Light Behind The Curtain From An Asian Female Lighting Design Perspective
There are many theatre lighting design textbooks in the world; however, few female Asian lighting...
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Kuro Tanino’s “The Dark Inn” Illustrates Our Inability To Let Go Of Our Desires
The darkness of the human condition, where people are enslaved by their own desires in a kind of...
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Festival/Tokyo Director Sachio Ichimura Looks To A New Generation
At the end of his speech in July announcing details of this year’s Festival/Tokyo running from...
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Theaters In Japan Are Looking At Longer Runs For Their Productions
As I turned the pages of a free magazine in London this summer, a picture of a beaming woman...
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Billy Harrigan Tighe Brings Life to The Man Behind Peter Pan in The Play “Finding Neverland”
“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” In those few words the Scottish...
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“Between Man And Machine:” Biana Li’s Robotic Dance Show For Kids
Why We Recommend it Using pioneering technology and fun choreography, this multimedia dance show...
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Fuerza Bruta Re-Interprets a Night Out at The Theater
Since Argentinian physical theater troupe Fuerza Bruta burst onto the scene in Buenos Aires in...
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Avignon: Symphonies of Pain Part 3 – Satoshi Miyagi’s “Antigone”
Antigone by Sophocles, directed by Satoshi Miyagi; music by Hiroko Tanakawa; scenography by...
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Satoshi Miyagi Makes History on a Stage in France with “Antigone”
The government’s Cool Japan initiative may be focused on spreading anime around the world, but...
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Alternative Theatre Aims To Create A New Type Of Tourist Attraction In Tokyo
The neighborhood surrounding Yurakucho Station isn’t exactly starved for things to do. The Ginza...
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Finding the Drama Without Words: “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” at the New National Theatre in Tokyo
“Not everything can be explained in words. Everyone draws a different nuance from the word ‘love,’...
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Shuntaro Fujita Directs “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea” in Tokyo
At 37, director Shuntaro Fujita says he’s just hitting his prime. “Many people say they liked...
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Remembering The Genius of Japanese Playwright Yukio Ninagawa
On May 12 last year, theater fans all over the world began mourning the death of one of Japan’s...
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Frank Wedekind’s “Spring Awakening” Comes to Japan
The old never give the young an easy time. “They think they know everything,” “They’re lazy” — the...
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All Shizuoka’s a Stage for SPAC’s Theater Festival in Japan
At a recent news conference, Satoshi Miyagi, the artistic director of Shizuoka Performing Arts...
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“Singin’ in the Rain” Returns to a Tokyo Stage
When Adam Cooper launched into the first verse of Singin’ in the Rain on the stage of Tokyu...
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“Hamlet” at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
John Caird is widely known as the co-director with fellow Englishman Trevor Nunn of Les...
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Samurai Drama to Put Unique Spin On Evolution of Theater
Japanese audiences will soon join those in Holland as the only people in the world with access to...
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Tokyo-Based International Centre for Theatre Arts Shakes Up Japanese Theatre With New Production
You won’t be alone if you’ve never heard of the Tokyo-based International Centre for Theatre Arts,...
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