PROGRAM
Directly managed programs
Tokyo Festival Hiroba
Special cooperation for the Hand Saw Press program from Riso Kagaku Corporation
A plaza for information and exchange where people can freely drop in and connect with each other
For about two weeks during the festival, the “Tokyo Festival Hiroba” will provide a place for people to interact. Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre’s Atelier East exhibition space will be transformed into an area where visitors can see, experience, and interact with different works, activities and forms of expression offered by the festival.
As well as providing recommendations on the festival, the Hiroba will feature a station where visitors can print out and exchange “zines” (handmade, personalized publications), as well as a daily schedule of talks and workshops with artists and students.
Performance schedule
Opening times: 12:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
*Subject to change depending on the program
Hiroba programs
RIZO ZINE STATION
Photo : Hibiki Miyazawa (Alloposidae LLC)
The venue will feature the Rizo Zine Station zone, where everyone from children to adults can enjoy making their own ZINE (a small magazine produced by an individual). Equipped with a Risograph (a type of digital duplicator similar to a mimeograph), this space will visitors allow to create and exchange zines. On Saturday, Oct. 22 and Sunday, Oct. 23, the Station will also play host to a workshop by Hand Saw Press, “Riso Zine Studio: Get Together!” There will also be an archive exhibition of zines made by previous participants. Each zine is different because the creator is different. Participants can encounter a rich range of zines as well as express themselves and share their creations.
Date/time: Every day during the festival period (last printing session 7:30 p.m.)
*Printing may not be possible when other program events are being held
“Riso Zine Studio: Get Together!” Workshop by Hand Saw Press
Date/time: Saturday, Oct. 22, Sunday, Oct. 23 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
The popular Rizo Zine Studio project had generated over 1,500 zines as of its third visit to Tokyo Festival last year. This year, the Studio is open for two days only. Join Hand Saw Press and experience creating and exchanging zines!
Tokyo Festival Farm School
Meeting the professionals (Dialogue)
Participating professionals involved in Tokyo Festival and students discuss the performing arts.
Fellow students of the performing arts come together (Interaction)
Students gather together and interact in activities including presentations by students studying the performing arts in Metropolitan Tokyo and its surrounding areas.
Date/time: Periodically during the festival For details including event times and dates and how to apply, please go to Tokyo Festival Farm School’s official LINE account
In addition to events, Tokyo Festival Hiroba will also offer exhibitions and handouts for visitors to enjoy at any time, including:
・Flyers about programs/performances
・Exhibition of stage photographs
・Introduction to books related to the performances
・ Screening of a documentary film recording the process of creating the program
Series - How to Create a Sustainable Environment for Performing Arts Tokyo Festival 2022 Symposium
Why Share Space with Others?
Reconsidering Media, Healthcare, and Performance
Is it risky to meet people?
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has become possible to conduct more and more of our lives online. Why, then, would anyone want to share space with others, and why would anyone be forced to share space with others? This symposium brings together a panel of experts in the fields of media, healthcare, and performance in order to reexamine what it means to share space.
Speakers:
Fumie Sakamoto（Manager of Infection Control Office, QI Center, St. Luke's International Hospital）
Dominique Chen（Researcher of Information Studies）
MIKIKO（Choreo-Director, leader of dance company ELEVENPLAY）
Moderators:
Yoshiji Yokoyama (Chief Dramaturge and Programmer of Tokyo Festival)
Junnosuke Tada (Tokyo Festival Farm Director)
Schedule：
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. (JST), Stream scheduled from October until the end of Tokyo Festival
Language：
Japanese only on the day of the event, subsequent video stream to feature English subtitles
Application: Closed
〇Archive distribution
Free of charge, no reservation required / Streaming on the Tokyo Festival YouTube channel
“Kurashi Challenge” (A collection of plays for adults and children) unveiling talk
Photo: Shingo Kanagawa
We are holding a talk to mark the unveiling of a collection of plays (theatre scripts) created from life in Toshima city. Guest playwright Natsuki Ishigami gets to the bottom of ways to enjoy this project, which every reader will be able to have a go at in their daily lives.
Speakers
Project members (Kenichi Abe, Nobuto Ariyoshi, Kotaro Ono, Yui Saito)
Guest: Natsuki Ishigami (playwright)
Date/time: Saturday, Oct. 22 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Capacity: 20 people (scheduled)
Advance reservations can be made from Saturday, Sept. 10
Accessibility/Subtitles, No subtitles
Accessible and route-marked for wheelchairs.
Written communication/information available.
Easy Japanese language service available.
Language
Japanese/easy Japanese/English
Ticket information
Some paid programs may be included during the exhibition period.
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.
Venue
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Atelier East)
Organizer credits
Organizers
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 Executive Committee Office
050-1746-0996 (Weekdays 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.)