KIOSK | AT A GLANCE | THE PLAY | CAST AND CREDITS |
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| LTG, 7 & 9.30pm, Thu, 14 Jan Japanese with subtitles, 70 minutes Direction: Yasuki Fujita Text and Concept: Shino Kuraishi |
Known for its Becketian absurdity and stark, striking aesthetic, ARICA Performance Company presents its critically acclaimed show that follows a day in the life of a humble train station kiosk worker. Fierce physical repetition and live electronic music unfold the complex layers of the human body’s relationship to labour in the surreal Kiosk, awarded Best Solo Performance at the 2005 Cairo International Experimental Theatre Festival. The protagonist’s repetitive body movement is sometimes abstracted to a point of childish simplicity, yet in doing so, it gets closer to expressing something essentially human; just as a young child repeats its physical movements without consciously trying to express meaning, but rather unconsciously conveying life. | Performed by: Tomoko ANDO Original Music Composed & Performed by: Osamu Saruyama & Eijiro Takahashi Production Staff: Technical Director: Koro Suzuki Stage Manager: Koichi Miyata Lighting Designer: Naoki Kinoshita (Factor Inc) Sound Designer: Yuichi Tanaka (Sound Wedge, Inc) Video Designer: Yuri Suyama Costume Designer: Yoko Ando (Nuno) Assistant Costume Designer: Naoya Watabe Scenic Designer: Koro Suzuki Assistant Scenic Designer: Keita Sawada Props Master: Eijiro Takahashi (Mechanical Devices), Mitsuru Katsumoto (Duster) Photographer: Ryuji Miyamoto Producer: Keizo Maeda Text And Concept By: Shino Kuraishi Directed And Designed By: Yasuki Fujita KIOSK by ARICA are supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan in the fiscal year 2009-2010. |