PROGRAM
Directly managed programs
Outdoor TheatrePerformance“Wuthering Heights”
A wind bearing hatred and revenge“wuthering”over the desolate moorsmakes landfall at Ikebukuro Nishi-guchi in fall 2022
Cast: Takashi Oshita, Kae Kubo, Yu Saito, Rina Sakiyama, Kotone Suganami, Ren Takeuchi, Musashi Tanno, Ami Chong, Aki Tsujita, Koichiro Tomioka, SayakaNakamura, TomaNishiyama, Mutsumi Hanawa, Kyoko Miyashita, Hairi Katagiri
A wind bearing hatred and revenge “wuthering” over the desolate moors makes landfall at Ikebukuro Nishi-guchi in fall 2022
This year marks the 5thoutingof the Tokyo Festival Outdoor TheatrePerformanceprogram, developedunder the concept of making theatremore “open” by enabling audiences to enjoy high-quality theatrewith an affordable “one coin” admission fee. This year we welcome Shuji
Onodera, the director and choreographer who heads up Company Derashinera, taking on a new productionof“Wuthering Heights.”Onodera has createda large-scalespectacle on a completely round stage in thisdaring reconstruction of the literary classic “Wuthering Heights”by English writer Emily Brontë.The synergy between a directingstylethatmaximizes words, light, sound and space,andOnodera’s innovativeworld view incorporating diverse mime-based physical expression,has the effect of rebooting this story -published in England in 1847 -for the modern age. This is urban outdoor theatrein the middle of the city, where the passage of evening into night and its attendant hustle and bustle become part of the play. We hope you enjoy the different dimension this brings.
Profile
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Shuji Onodera
Director, Leader of Company Derashinera. Studied at the Japan Mime Studio. From 1995 to 2006 he was a key member of the mime-based troupe Mizuto Abura. Afterwards he went to France to study under the Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists offered by the Agency forCulturalAffairs, launching Company Derashinera upon his return to Japan. He has attracted attention for his distinctive directing based on mime movement. Onodera’s major directorial works include the Contemporary Noh Theatre Series IX “Taketori”(2018, Theatre Tram, other venues); the international coproduction “TOGE”(2021, Kanagawa Arts Theatre); and “Alice in Wonderland”(2017 /2022, New National Theatre, Tokyo, other venues). He actively engages in performance projects outside the theatre, such as outdoor performances and school tours. He also choregraphs for musicals and plays,and won the 18th Yomiuri TheatreAward Outstanding Staff Award. He was appointedJapan Cultural Envoyby The Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2015. He also handled choreography forTokugawa Ieyasu played by Kinya Kitaoji in the 2021 NHK historical drama television series “Reach Beyond the Blue Sky”(Seiten o Tsuke).
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Hairi Katagiri
Actor, born in Tokyo in 1963. While at university she made her stage debut as part of a theatretroupe while working part time as a ticket collector in a movie theatre. She has subsequentlyworked on a wide variety of project including commercials, movies and television drama. Principal stage and screen apperances include “Miren no yurei to kaibutsu –zaha to tsuruga”(“Unfulfilled Ghost and Monster –“Zaha”and" “Tsuruga””) (2021, written and directed by Toshiki Okada); "The Large Crow (Glass), Even" or "Duchamp's Glass"(2016, written by Juichiro Takeuchi/directed by Shuji Onodera); “Kirei〜The Woman Who Met Up With God”(2005, direction and script by MatsuoSuzuki); “Oil”(2003, direction and script by Hideki Noda); “Oh Brother, Oh Sister!”stage and screen versions (2013, 2014); the movie “Hold Me Back”(2020); the movie “Kamome Diner (2006); the TV drama “Chimu-Dondon”(2022); the TV drama “Ama Chan”(2013); the TV drama “Suika”(2003) and many more. She also writes,and has authored the books “Watashi no Matoka”and “Guatemala no Ototo”(Gentosha). Her book of essays demonstrating her love of cinema “Mogiri yo konya mo arigatou”(Kinema Junpo) won her the 82nd Kinema Junpo Best Ten Reader Award.
Performance schedule
Monday, Oct. 17, 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 20, 5:00 p.m.
Friday Oct. 21, 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 22, 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 23, 5:00 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 24 No performance
Tuesday,Oct. 25, 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday Oct. 26, 5:00 p.m.
Accessibility/Subtitles, No subtitles
Portable tablet with subtitles for hearing-impaired people and non-Japanese (Japanese, easy Japanese, English, Chinese(automated translation)/reservation required/Saturday, October 22, Sunday, October 23)
Language
Japanese
Ticket information
Ticket prices
All seats unreserved (tax included)
Front:¥500
Back :¥100
Priority tickets for Toshima-ku residents: Thursday, September 1 –Sunday, Sept. 5
Tickets on sale: From 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10
Tickets available from Ticket Pia, Outdoor TheatrePerformance“Wuthering Heights”special website
*No preschool children admitted
Notice to visitors
This performance will be held with measures in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Please be sure to check the following link on the Tokyo Festival website when visiting:
Tokyo Festival anti-coronavirus measures
https://tokyo-festival.jp/2022/en/info/covid19/
-Please wear a mask at all times.
-Please be advised that those who have a temperature of 37.5℃ or higher or those who are not feeling well may be denied admission on the day of the performance
Staff credits
Assistance with text: Kiyoshi Ori
Assistant director:Momoko Fujita
Lighting: Yasuko Abe
Sound: Nobu Ikeda
Design: Itaru Sugiyama
Costume: Yumiko Komai
Director’s assistant: Saori Wada
Stage manager: Akitomo Suzuki
Technical manager: Kanako Hashimoto
Venue
GLOBAL RING THEATRE
Notice to visitors
This performance will be held with measures in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Please be sure to check the following link on the Tokyo Festival website when visiting:
Tokyo Festival anti-coronavirus measures
https://tokyo-festival.jp/2022/en/info/covid19/
-Please wear a mask at all times.
-Please be advised that those who have a temperature of 37.5℃ or higher or those who are not feeling well may be denied admission on the day of the performance.
Organizer credits
Toshima Mirai Cultural Foundation, Toshima City, Tokyo Festival Executive Committee [Toshima City, Toshima Mirai Cultural Foundation, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre & Arts Council Tokyo), Tokyo Metropolitan Government]
Supported by
Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan in fiscal 2022
Sponsored by
Asahi Group Japan, Ltd.
Inquiries
Tokyo Festival Outdoor TheatrePerformance Office
03−6903−3652(Weekdays 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.)
tf2019.outdoor@gmail.com