The Spirits Play
Za-Koenji Public Theatre (Tokyo)
11-14/10/2012
Conceived & Jointly Produced By
Zuni Icosahedron (Hong Kong), Za-Koenji Public Theatre (Tokyo), NPO Theatre Creative Network
In Collaboration With
Tessen-kai (Tokyo), Jiangsu Performing Arts Group Kun Opera House (Nanjing)
Rituals to Soothe the Unsettled Spirits
Inspired by work of the same title by the late Singaporean director Kuo Pao Kun, the original story is about a group of spirits at the Japanese Cemetery in Singapore, which confess their deaths at the Pacific War.
In this Hong Kong-Nanjing-Tokyo joint venture, theatre practitioners across cultural backgrounds will experiment the combination of Kun opera and Noh theatre while addressing the issues of war and memory. This is a dialogue between human being s of the past and future.
Running time approximately 120 minutes with a 10-minute intermission
Performed in Japanese & Putonghua, with Chinese & English surtitles
Supported by Japan Foundation
