GENERAL INFORMATION
Name | Tokyo Festival 2020 |
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Dates | Wednesday, September 30 - Sunday, November 29, 2020 |
Venues | Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Owlspot Theatre, TOKYO TATEMONO Brillia HALL, GLOBAL RING THEATRE and others |
Organizers | Tokyo Festival Executive Committee [Toshima City, Toshima Mirai Cultural Foundation, Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture(Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre & Arts Council Tokyo)] |
PROGRAM
<Winner of Award for Outstanding Show at the Tokyo Festival World Competition 2019>
“东来紫气满函关(Big Nothing)”
Dai Chenlian (China / Beijing)
Ghost stories and childhood memories, a shadow-puppet theatre piece where dreams and reality intersect… What lies beyond the humor, the madness, and the nonsense ?
Combining childhood memories with “The Miscellaneous Morsels of Youyang”, a collection of stories from the Chinese Tang Dynasty era (9th century), “Big Nothing” is a shadow-puppet theater piece where personal memories and ghost stories, dream and reality cross over.
The 30 volume collection of stories, “The Miscellaneous Morsels of Youyang”, differ from many of the texts written in the period. These stories do not have morals, many seeming nonsensical. Some stories feature a mouth growing out of people’s arm and demanding food, while others are about a man turning into a pagoda. The stories were an important influence to Lu Xun, the father of Chinese modern literature, who cherished the collection and wrote similar strange stories himself, such as one about the spirit of a snake turning into a beautiful woman. Dai Chenlian grew up in Shaoxing city with his grandmother. In the play, the image of his grandmother begins to melt together with that of Lu Xun, who is also from the city of Shaoxing.
Dai Chenlian creates his own shadow puppets, sometimes becoming the resident of his own fictional world ? A world where lighthearted humor can suddenly transform into something uncanny, and where the nonsensical creates new meaning.
<Winner of the Audience Award, the Curitics' Choice Award and the Award for Outstanding Show at the Tokyo Festival World Competition 2019>
“Tú Amarás (You Shall Love)”
Bonobo (Chile / Santiago)
Extraterrestrials have arrived… Doctors thinking about “discrimination” in a conversation full of black humor
Chilean doctors are preparing a panel discussion in an international conference. The theme is “How to overcome discrimination”. In the recent years where extraterrestrial lifeforms known as Amenites have come to Earth as refugees, it is said that discriminatory treatment against these refugees is common among many medical practitioners. What creates violence? Can one love someone that is “other” to them? Questions examined closely through collective creation is posed humorously, ironically, and yet truthfully.
TICKET
◉Screening
东来紫气满函关 (Big Nothing) |
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Theatre East Friday, November 6 - Saturday, November 7 13:00-14:00 / 16:00-17:00 / 20:00-21:00 Sunday, November 8 13:00-14:00 / 16:00-17:00 * Reception is planned to open 30 minutes before each screening Please book from here |
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"Tú Amarás (You Shall Love)" | Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Theatre West Friday, November 6 - Sunday, November 8 17:30-18:55 * Reception is planned to open 30 minutes before each screening Please book from here |
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Ticket Price | Advanced/Door 500yen per screening |
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Venue | “东来紫气满函关(Big Nothing)” Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Theatre East "Tú Amarás (You Shall Love)" Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Theatre West * As part of our COVID-19 measures, the audience for "Big Nothing" will be given a sterilised cussion at the entrance and requested to sit on a mark which indicates social distancing. In regard to "Tú Amarás (You Shall Love)", the number of the seats will be reduced to under 50% of the usual capacity. |
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Theatre East / Theatre West
〒171-0021
1-8-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
TEL:03-5391-2111
2 minutes walk from Ikebukuro Station West Exit of Tokyo Metro, Tobu Tojo Line, and Seibu Ikebukuro Line. Directly connected to Exit 2b at the underground passage of the station.
◉Streaming
东来紫气满函关(Big Nothing) |
Friday, November 6-Sunday, November 8 13:00ー *Available until 23:59 on the day (The content is the same as screening) Please book from here |
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"Tú Amarás (You Shall Love)" |
Friday, November 6-Sunday, November 8 *Available until 23:59 on the day (The content is the same as screening) Please book from here |
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Ticket Price | 500yen per streaming *Available until 23:59 on the day (The content is the same as screening) *The lecture performance by Dai Chenlian will be streamed for free |
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