Worried about the language barrier at Festival/Tokyo 2017? Here is our guide to which performances and events are happening in what language.
No Language
Asia Series Vol.4: China “Autumn Sounds Night”
FAIFAI “Gorilla: What is Human?”
English Surtitles
“In our distance, there is no sorrow.”
marebito theater company “Performing Fukushima” (October 8th, 17:30 only)
English Synopsis Available
Shigeki Nakano + Frankens “Halfway to Hanshichi”
English Translations of Artist Statements Available
marebito theater company “Performing Fukushima”
Talks in English
Symposium: International Festivals as Seen in Criticism Today
Places, spaces and people in Riga (with Laura Stasane)
Performed or Screened in Arabic
“Palestine, Year Zero” (also performed in Hebrew)
Talks in Arabic
Special Lecture: Arab Theatre Today
Performed in Chinese
Asia Series Vol.4: China “Trayastrimsa”
Asia Series Vol.4: China “Love’s Labour’s Lost”
Talks in Chinese
Asia Series Vol.4: China F/T Talks: Photography, Youth Culture, Music, Fashion
Performed in Japanese
marebito theater company “Performing Fukushima”
Shigeki Nakano + Frankens “Halfway to Hanshichi”
Theatre for Experimentation and Dialogue: Theatre of Newcomers and Incidents
Talks in Japanese
Symposium: International Festivals as Seen in Criticism Today (TBC)
F/T Talks: Architecture/Design/Theatre: Connecting theatre and everyday life
This guide will be updated with new information as it becomes available.