“All the Sky Above the Earth (Wendy’s Syndrome)”
| Venue | Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Playhouse) |
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| Dates | 11/21 (Sat) 18:00 11/22 (Sun) 18:00* 11/23 (Mon) 14:00 *Pre-performance talk Box office opens 1 hour before. Doors open 30 minutes before. |
| Duration | 160 min. (no interval) |
| Language | Spanish (and English, Chinese, Norwegian, and French) with Japanese and English surtitles |
| Tickets | Advance: ¥5,500 / Day: ¥6,000 Reserved seating |
| Tickets on general sale from September 27th, 10:00 Early Bird Discounts Limited numbers of tickets will be sold at a special discount of around 30% on the following four days: September 23rd to September 26th |
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A poetic exploration of utopia, violence, and lost youth
Spanish theatre giant Angélica Liddell is famed for her lyrical work examining humanity through themes of sex, violence, and madness. After both shocking and beguiling audiences at the Festival d’Avignon and other festivals and theatres all over Europe, Liddell makes her long-awaited debut in Japan with this acclaimed production. The protagonist is Wendy, the heroine of the timeless children’s story Peter Pan. But now Wendy isn’t in Neverland: she’s in Utøya, the Norwegian island where 69 young people were killed in 2011. Wendy also travels to Shanghai, where old people dance a waltz on the streets. This is an itinerant portrait of solitude, maternity, and chaos told through the eyes of Wendy, who is powerfully played by Liddell herself.
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Artist Profile
Angélica Liddell
Writer, director, performer
Born in 1966, Angélica Liddell is a well-known name at many important European festivals. Her play “La casa de la fuerza” received the Premio Nacional de Literatura Dramática, Spain’s most prestigious playwriting award, in 2012. She won the Leone d’argento per il Teatro (Silver Lion for Theatre) at the Venice Biennale in 2013. In 1993, she founded Atra Bilis Teatro (“black bile theatre”) in Madrid, where she has staged 22 productions. As an avant-garde, radical and uncompromising artist, she was initially relegated to the fringe art scene, but after she presented her work outside Spain she soon won recognition. Today, Liddell’s productions are presented all over Europe and beyond. Her work has been translated into many languages. In addition to theatre work, Liddell also writes poetry and prose.
Workshop Photos
Angélica Liddell workshop in Tokyo, July 2015
Cast & Creative Team
| Text, Direction, Stage Design, Costumes: | Angélica Liddell |
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| Cast: | Fabián Augusto Gómez Bohórquez, Xie Guinü, Lola Jiménez, Jenny Kaatz, Angélica Liddell, Sindo Puche, Zhang Qiwen, Maxime Trousset, Saite Ye, PHACE (musical ensemble), Xue Ying Dong Wu (Chinese pipa) |
| Music: | Jo Yeong-wook |
| Lighting: | Carlos Marquerie |
| Lighting Operator: | Octavio Gómez |
| Sound: | Antonio Navarro |
| Technical Manager: | Marc Bartolo |
| Stage Manager: | Julio Provencio |
| Assistant Director: | María José F. Aliste |
| Production & Logistics: | Gumersindo Puche, Saite Ye, Genica Montalbano |
| Executive Producer: | Gumersindo Puche |
| Produced by | Iaquinandi S.L. |
| Co-produced by | Festival d’Avignon, Wiener Festwochen (Vienna), Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe (Paris), Festival d’Automne à Paris, deSingel Internationale Kunstcampus (Anvers), Le Parvis Scène nationale Tarbes-Pyrénées |
| In co-operation with | Teatros Del Canal (Madrid), Tanzquartier (Vienna) |
| Supported by | Comunidad de Madrid y Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte – INAEM |
| Technical Manager: | Eiji Torakawa |
| Stage Manager: | Keisuke Watanabe |
| Stage Assistants: | Kazuhiko Nakahara, Nozomi Murakami |
| Stage Design Co-ordination: | Minami Abe |
| Props Co-ordination: | Yukari Jozuka |
| Sound Co-ordination: | Akira Aikawa (Sound Weeds Inc.) |
| Lighting Co-ordination: | Makiko Sasaki (Factor Co., Ltd.) |
| Surtitles: | Shiori Ueno |
| Translation: | Yoichi Tajiri |
| Production Co-ordination: | Shiori Sungawa, Toshifumi Matsumiya, Akiko Juman |
| In co-operation with | the Embassy of Spain in Japan |
| Presented by | Festival/Tokyo |  |