New Opera “Yuzuru” Cautions Against the Dangers of Capitalism
For his first foray into the realm of opera, dramatist Toshiki Okada is tackling Ikuma Dan’s...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 8th Dec 2021 | Japan, Review, Theatre and Opera
For his first foray into the realm of opera, dramatist Toshiki Okada is tackling Ikuma Dan’s...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 28th Sep 2021 | Interview, Japan, Translation
When Keito Okamoto was offered the title role in French dramatist Florian Zeller’s latest work,...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 6th Nov 2020 | Japan, Review, Theatre and Art
A Midsummer Night’s Dream has the makings of a fairy tale: a forest full of meddling fairies,...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 9th Feb 2020 | Interview, Japan, Transcultural Collaborations
Haruki Murakami is probably Japan’s best-known living writer — a worldwide bestseller with novels...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 1st Aug 2019 | Adaptation, Directing, Japan, News, Thailand, Transcultural Collaborations
Never at risk of being run of the mill, Chelfitsch — which took its name from a baby’s...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 12th Feb 2019 | Japan, Musical Theatre, News, Transcultural Collaborations
Whether it’s a regular theatre that gets you going these days—or you’re skipping along more to...
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 Nobuko Tanaka | 24th Aug 2018 | Interview, Japan, Playwriting
When he was 16, Hideto Iwai was perplexed as to why everyone around him unquestioningly jumped...
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...
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