The performances of “Blue Tarp” today (November 14th) at 11:00 and 14:30 will go ahead as planned. Expect rainy weather.

Please be aware in advance that the venue is outdoors, with no heating or cover (umbrellas are not permitted during the performance). Please come suitably dressed for the weather conditions.

Access
Former Toshima City 10th Junior High School
http://www.festival-tokyo.jp/15/en/access/#section04

No parking facilities are available at the venue. The nearest station is Senkawa Station on Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line and Fukutoshin Line. Please be careful not to mistake the station with the similarly named Sengawa Station on the Keio Line.

As part of Festival/Tokyo 2015, Chiten and kukangendai will present a radical new adaptation of the Russian modern masterpiece “Mystery-Bouffe”. This free symposium explores the context of Vladimir Mayakovsky’s original play and Russian theatre as it stands today.
 

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Russian theatre has been a central part of the nation’s culture, from the time of Chekhov and Stanislavsky to the avant-garde era of Mayakovsky and Meyerhold, the Soviet period, and the years that have followed the collapse of the USSR. How has Russian theatre evolved as society has changed? What problems does it face? This symposium welcomes leading Russian theatre artist Andrey Moguchy to discuss these questions.

 

Date	November 28th 14:00-16:00
Venue	Nishi-Sugamo Arts Factory
Tickets	Free (reservations required)
Language	Japanese and Russian (with Japanese interpretation)
Guest Speakers	Andrey Moguchy (director, Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater), Sachio Ichimura (Directors Committee Representative, Festival/Tokyo), Motoi Miura (director, Chiten)
Moderator	Kumi Tateoka (Faculty of Intercultural Studies, Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University)

Reservations: Chiten

 

Andrey Moguchy
Russian theatre director, born in 1961. Originally an engineer, he graduated from Leningrad Institute of Culture in 1989 and in the same year founded Formal Theatre. He became artistic director of Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater in 2013. He directs in Moscow and Finland. Major productions include Sasha Sokolov’s “A School for Fools” and “Alice”.

Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater
One of Russia’s leading theatres, founded in 1918. It is associated with the work of early twentieth-century Russian writers like Alexander Blok and Maxim Gorky. Georgy Tovstonogov took over as artistic director in 1956 and the theatre entered its golden years. The theatre visited Japan in 1987. Andrey Moguchy became artistic director in 2013.
http://bdt.spb.ru/
 
Presented by the Japan Foundation
In co-operation with Festival/Tokyo, Chiten
Inquiries: info@chiten.org

Full details of the performer lineup have now been announced for “Festival Fukushima! @Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park”, held over two days in Ikebukuro as the opening event of Festival/Tokyo 2015.

This year, 15 groups and 53 performers will transform Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park into an autumnal festival of music and dance. The two-day event also features Taro Yasuno and kukangendai, who are also presenting other work at F/T15.
 
Music & Performances
Shidamyojin Jr. (10/31)
Michiro Endo (guitar/vocals), Hisato Yamamoto (guitar), Masayuki Chatani (drums)

Strange Kinoko Dance Company
Chie Ito, Satomi Yajima, Miwa Sasaki, Memi Shinozaki, Kurumi Toji, Yoko Koyama

Jun Nagami + Akihiro Okachi + Tsuyoshi “TICO” Toki + Kenji Sato (11/1)

Kanako Mikado

Sachiko M

Tomoe Endo

Yusuke Kobayashi

Kazumi Nikaido

Otomo Yoshihide Special Big Band
Otomo Yoshihide (guitar), Naoko Eto (piano), Tatsuo Kondo (organ, harmonica), Kan Saito (flute), Nashie Inoue (clarinet), Ryoko Egawa (saxophone), Ryota Higashi (saxophone), Hiroshi Suzuki (saxophone), Shutoku Sato (trumpet), Osamu Imagome (trombone), Jinya Kimura (tuba), Shunsuke Okuchi (accordion), Shinobu Kawai (bass), Takefumi Kobayashi (drums, percussion)

PROJECT FUKUSHIMA! Bon Band
Jun Nagami (guitar), Akihiro Okachi (drums) (11/1), Tsuyoshi “TICO” Toki (steel pan), Kenji Sato (bass), Yuriko Mukojima (violin) (10/31), Kanako Mikado (flute), Norihiro Endo (percussion), Akemi Endo (chorus), Yusuke Kobayashi (percussion), Kyohei Nitta (chorus) (10/31), Chie Nakajima (percussion), Brown nose no.1 (banjo), Mutsumi Asakura (pianica), Rie Akiyama (saxophone), Keita Ando (trumpet (11/1), Makoto Omori (saxophone) (10/31), Shintaro Ono (ukulele), Akiko Koike (percussion), Eiko Koseki (percussion), Katsuhiko Soeta (banjo), Kumiko Takano (pianica), Akiko Tomiyama (pianica), Jun Numata (guitar), Yuki Numata (bass) (11/1), Seinoshin Yamagishi (pianica), Yoko Wada (shamisen)

kukangendai (10/31)

Taro Yasuno (11/1)

Talks
Hajime Oishi (11/1) Seinoshin Yamagishi Tohru Nakazaki (10/31) Cohta Asano (10/31)
 
 
Timetable
10/31 (Sat)
15:00　Live music, performances, talks
16:30　Bon dance
11/1 (Sun)
13:00　Live music, performances, talks
15:30　Bon dance

A full timetable will be announced next week.

Film director The Maw Naing is presenting work at the Asia Series Vol.2: Myanmar “Roundabout in Yangon”. His acclaimed film “The Monk” is here screened for the first time in Japan at Theater Pole-Pole Higashi-Nakano, followed by a talk with the director.

 

“The Monk” (screening and talk with director The Maw Naing)

Date	11/11 (Wed) 20:30
Venue	Theater Pole-Pole Higashi-Nakano
Tickets	¥1,500
Language	Myanmar language with Japanese and English subtitles (film) Myanmar language with Japanese interpretation (talk)

Following the screening, there will be a talk with director The Maw Naing.

 

Each year, F/T focuses on one country in the Asian region. The 2015 festival is showcasing the diverse contemporary arts scene in Myanmar. In addition to the main theatre, installation, video, music, and performance works, there is also a packed program of related events. These include screenings of the acclaimed “The Monk” (2014), directed by The Maw Naing, who is part of the “Roundabout in Yangon” showcase.

 

Myanmar: The Basics (talk)

Date	11/3 (Tue) 16:00
Venue	Hotel Grand City Restaurant Saison
Guests	Katsumi Tamura (Executive Director, Graduate University for Advanced Studies; Professor Emeritus, National Museum of Ethnology) Rina Igarashi (curator, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Tickets	¥500 (priority to reservations, includes soft drink)

 
Myanmar is today experiencing rapid growth as foreign investment pours in due to the recent shift towards democratization. F/T’s second Asia Series program turns to examine this new and exciting scene through the work of three artists. This talk will provide an overview of general social issues in Myanmar, as well as the nation’s unique puppet theatre and other traditional arts, and the arts in Myanmar today in the context of Southeast Asia. The guest speakers are cultural anthropologist Katsumi Tamura, an expert on Myanmar culture and history, and Rina Igarashi, who has a long association with the arts in Myanmar and Southeast Asia.
 
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Myanmar Film Screenings

“The Monk” (screening & talk)

Date	11/18 (Wed) 18:00
Venue	Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Atelier East)
Guests	The Maw Naing (film director, poet, performer) Aung Min (screenwriter, doctor, film director)
Tickets	¥500 (priority to reservations)
Language	Myanmar language with English and Japanese subtitles (film) Myanmar language with Japanese interpretation (talk)

As part of the Asia Series Vol.2: Myanmar “Roundabout in Yangon” showcase, F/T is screening a selection of films from Myanmar. “The Monk” is the first fiction film directed by The Maw Naing, who is also presenting work at “Roundabout in Yangon”. The screening features a talk with The Maw Naing and screenwriter Aung Min about the film (in Myanmar language with Japanese interpretation).

 
3 Recent Films from Myanmar

Dates	11/20 (Fri) — 11/23 (Mon)
Venue	Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Atelier East)
Tickets	¥500 (priority to reservations) Ticket valid for 2 screenings on same day
Language	Myanmar language with Japanese subtitles (“The Monk” also has English subtitles)

The second part of the Myanmar film screenings accompanying the “Roundabout in Yangon” showcase of contemporary arts in Myanmar present three recent films, introducing various aspects of Burmese society and culture. The Maw Naing’s “The Monk” (2014) is screened again, along with two documentaries: one about the effects of a natural disaster, “Nargis — When Time Stopped Breathing”, and another about traditional music, “Beauty of Tradition — Under the Sky of Yangon”.

Screening Schedule

11/20 (Fri)	18:00 “The Monk” 19:45 “Beauty of Tradition — Under the Sky of Yangon”
11/21 (Sat)	13:00 “Nargis — When Time Stopped Breathing” 14:45 “Beauty of Tradition — Under the Sky of Yangon”
11/22 (Sun)	13:00 “The Monk” 14:45 “Beauty of Tradition — Under the Sky of Yangon”
11/23 (Mon)	18:00 “Nargis — When Time Stopped Breathing” 19:45 “The Monk”

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