World Theatre Festival Shizuoka Heads Online In Desperate Times
On April 3, Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) announced the cancellation of this year’s...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 10th Jun 2020 | Covid-19, Essay, Japan, News, Participatory Theatre
On April 3, Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) announced the cancellation of this year’s...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 21st Oct 2018 | Festivals, Japan, News
If the inclusion of Festival/Tokyo in Tokyo Festival’s diverse program of performing arts is any...
Read MorePosted by Ramona Taranu | 26th May 2018 | Festivals, Japan, Review
World Theatre Festival Shizuoka is one of Japan’s three major annual performing arts festivals,...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 27th Apr 2018 | Festivals, Japan, News
This hasn’t been a great year for social media. Internet addiction has been a hot topic, as...
Read MorePosted by Alex Rogals | 10th Feb 2018 | Adaptation, Japan, Review, Transcultural Collaborations
New York City’s Japan Society closed out its 2017-18 Noh-Now series this past January with...
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 Philippa Wehle | 23rd Sep 2017 | Festivals, France, Translation
I’ve recently returned from the Avignon Festival where I’m sure I saw more shows with supertitles...
Read MorePosted by Yana Meerzon | 23rd Jul 2017 | Adaptation, Festivals, Japan
Antigone by Sophocles, directed by Satoshi Miyagi; music by Hiroko Tanakawa; scenography by...
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 | 28th Apr 2016 | Festivals, Japan, News
In recent years, theater fans and artists here and abroad have increasingly been wakening up to...
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