Overview |
Since its premiere in 2005, Chiten has staged this version of The Seagull in a variety of spaces, from an outdoor theatre to an opera house, a tearoom, and a cafe. The original play includes many dramatic elements, including a play-within-a-play, an opulent salon, failed romance, and a youthful suicide. But Chiten liberates the play from its conventional setting and turns any location into the “theatre” for the performance. The final version was staged at UNDER-THROW, Chiten’s Kyoto performance space, where a special “tea service” was offered in which audiences were served while speaking dialogue from the play. Bringing the period of the drama’s setting to life for contemporary audiences, the conceit also emphasized the fictional nature of theatre and presented the live actors as part of a documentary. |
2007 | |
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2007.8.4-5 Biwako Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Shiga
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Text | Anton Pavlovich Chekhov |
Transration |
Kiyoshi Jinzai |
Direction | Motoi Miura |
Cast |
Satoko Abe Dai Ishida Yusuke Oba Shie Kubota Yohei Kobayashi Hiroe Tani |
Staff |
Assistant Director: Takuya Murakawa Movie: Shinpei Yamada Stage Design: Itaru Sugiyama + Karasuya Sound: Toshihiro Dooka Lighting: Kenichi Kasai Costume: Kyoko Domoto Stage Manager: Shuji Hamamura Advertising Design: Emi Naya Production Co-ordinator: Yuna Tajima |
Produced by | Biwako Hall Foundation |