Festival/Tokyo 2017 | Program

PROGRAM

PROGRAM

Pop. Kitsch. Free. Travel around Tokyo with monkeys

“Toky Toki Saru”
Conceived and Directed by Pichet Klunchun

September 30th – October 1st
Minami Ikebukuro Park and other locations
A story told simultaneously in two places about what is near yet far away

“In our distance, there is no sorrow.”
Written and Directed by Yukio Shiba

October 7th – October 15th
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Theatre East / Theatre West)
Glimpses of Fukushima today from past incidents in the everyday

marebito theater company “Performing Fukushima”
Written and Directed by marebito theater company

October 7th – October 15th
Theater Green BASE THEATER
Out of the rubble, excavating the reality in Palestine today

“Palestine, Year Zero”
Written and Directed by Einat Weizman

October 27th – October 29th
Owlspot Theater
Ancient gods meet club music in this unique world of chaos

Asia Series Vol.4: China
Chinese Millennials
“Trayastrimsa”
Conceived, Directed and Stage Design by Tianzhuo Chen

November 10th – November 11th
Owlspot Theater
Step inside the chaotic bedroom of Chinese millennials, a fantasy world where the real and the virtual intersect.

Asia Series Vol.4: China
Chinese Millennials
“Love’s Labour’s Lost”
Written and Directed by Xiaoxing Sun

October 28th – October 29th
SuperDeluxe
Two nights of music by emerging talent in China today

Asia Series Vol.4: China
Chinese Millennials
“Autumn Sounds Night”
Performers: Li Daiguo, Shao Yanpeng (aka SHAO), Meng Wang, Nova Heart

November 3th – November 4th
SuperDeluxe
Leading figures from China’s millennial generation discuss photography, youth culture, music and fashion

Asia Series Vol.4: China
Chinese Millennials
F/T Talks: Photography, Youth Culture, Music, Fashion
Speakers: You Yan, Zafka Zhang, Lihui Shen, Tasha Liu

October 28th, 29th, November 4th, 11th
SuperDeluxe, Owlspot Theater (Foyer)
On the trail of Edo’s famous old detective stories in Matsudo

F/T in the City Performance Series
Shigeki Nakano + Frankens “Halfway to Hanshichi”
Written and Directed by Shigeki Nakano
Dramaturge: Kaku Nagashima
Based on “The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi” by Kido Okamoto

October 6th – October 9th
PARADISE AIR, FANCLUB (start point), and other locations
An inventive and intimate theatre experience “played” as a game of bingo

F/T in the City Performance Series
“Adventure Bingo!!”
Written, Directed and Performed by Takeshi Fukuda

October 14th – November 11th
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Atelier West), Owlspot Theatre (Foyer)
Creating, performing and examining “marriage” from an apartment in Tokyo

F/T in the City Performance Series
“I Am Not a Feminist!”
Written, Directed and Performed by Mai Endo

October 26th – October 29th
Goethe-Institut Tokyo
A same-sex couple and their child form a new portrait of the family

F/T in the City Performance Series
“Family Regained: The Picnic”

Conceived, Directed and Performed by Eiki Mori

November 3rd – November 12th
Talk Venue: Owlspot Theater (Meeting Room B)
Screening Venue: Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park
In the urban jungle, a dancing gorilla questions the nature of humanity

F/T in the City Performance Series
FAIFAI “Gorilla: What is Human?”
Directed by Yoko Kitagawa

November 12th
Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park
The epic and bloody history of the Crusades, stunningly re-enacted with handmade puppets

“Cabaret Crusades”
Directed by Wael Shawky

October 14th – October 16th
Ikebukuro HUMAX Cinemas
Capturing the theatre of the here and now

Theatre for Experimentation and Dialogue: Theatre of Newcomers and Incidents
Performances: Furatto, / Shirakan / Ikuko Sekita / Daisuke Tamaki

November 3rd – November 5th
Owlspot Theater
F/T Campus
This workshop event brings together students interested in cultural policy, theatre and the arts.

October 6th – October 9th
Symposium:
International Festivals as Seen in Criticism Today

This symposium examines the state of festivals abroad as well as the function and status of criticism in various countries, and debates the future of international festivals.

October 9th
Conference Room 1, 3F Building 33, Toyama Campus, Waseda University
NONTOKOYO
(A World for Eternal Emergencies)
Conceived and Devised by Team for NONTOKOYO
Dramaturge: Kaku Nagashima

November 4th – November 5th
BUoY Arts Center Tokyo
F/T Station
Open for two weeks during the festival, this information center offers audiences the chance to learn more about F/T17’s events.
F/T Talks
F/T Talks is a series of discussions helping audiences learn more about the performances and events in the festival.
F/T Books
Selected by the festival artists, these books and publications help audiences learn more about the productions and events at F/T17.

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