Tokyo Festival Information Center - HIROBA

Tokyo Festival Information Center - HIROBA will be open during the festival, where you can discover the charms of the Tokyo Festival program!
The Information Center will feature program information and highlights through exhibitions, as well as talk events, workshops, and much more! Visitors can also enjoy browsing books related to the plays and workshops. The Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre serves as a “plaza = HIROBA” to take a break before or after the stage. Stop by casually, and you might have an unexpected encounter with the stage!

Thursday, September 19, 2024 - Sunday, September 29, 2024 12:00-20:00
*Closed on Tuesday, September 24th
*9/22 (Sun) 11:00~20:00 *9/29 (Sun) 11:30~18:45

Write down your thoughts after seeing the performance, your thoughts about your daily life, your mood at the time, questions you’d like to ask someone, or any other vague, disorganized words on a sticker and stick it in the Lower Plaza!

I’m sure something will come to mind while you are looking at someone’s words.
Whether you’ve seen the performance or not, you can just come and enjoy the show!

Why not take a detour to the limited-time “Grass Village of Words”?

<How to participate>

You can participate at any time while the Tokyo Festival Information Center – HIROBA is open.
Please come to the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Lower Plaza.

*No reservation required, participation is free

 

This talk tour allows you to view and appreciate the grass of words that grows during the Tokyo Festival Information Center – HIROBA together with the host. How you spend your time is up to you – chatting, contemplating, whatever.

Date and Time:
Monday, September 23rd (National Holiday) 16:00-17:00 Facilitator: Tomomi Ikeda
September 28th (Sat) 15:00-16:00 Facilitator: Kenichi Abe

<How to participate>
Please come to the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Lower Plaza by the start time.
*No reservation required, participation is free

Before the performance, a lecture will provide not only the details and storyline of the work but also its background and concept, as well as a detailed look at other topics including Tokyo Festival and Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre. English subtitles (portable subtitle devices or English surtitles on the stage) are available for the performance after the lecture.

9/19 (Thu) 18:00-18:30 NORUHA “Virtual Disorder”(English)
Friday, September 20th 12:00 – 12:30Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Presents Kinoshita-Kabuki “Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai”(English)
9/21 (Sat) 15:00-15:30 CONDORS Outdoor Performance “Let’s Turn The Table” (English, Chinese, Korean)
9/22 (Sun) 15:00-15:30 CONDORS Outdoor Performance “Let’s Turn The Table” (English, Chinese, Korean)
9/25 (Wed) 18:00-18: chelfitsch x Fujikura Dai with Ensemble Nomad “Metamorphosis of a Living Room”(English)
9/26 (Thu) 12:00 – 12:30Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Presents Kinoshita-Kabuki “Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai”(English)
9/28 (Sat) 18:00-18: chelfitsch x Fujikura Dai with Ensemble Nomad “Metamorphosis of a Living Room”(English)

*Reservations are accepted until the day before the event. Online reservations only. Fees apply.
*Lectures will be given in each language listed (Japanese will not be available)

<Reservations>
Please make your reservation via the following page.
https://tokyo-festival.jp/2024/discover-tour/

• Talk event: “The potential of digital archives of performing arts to connect to the future”
  We will hold a talk event entitled “The Possibility of Connecting to the Future through Digital Archives of Performing Arts,” to discuss the possibility of connecting to the future by preserving the performance time in the form of video. The guests will be Yuichi Kinoshita Kinoshita, who conveys the classics to the present day through a method of revisions , and Naoyuki Niizato, a researcher of contemporary Japanese theater.

  Date and time: Sunday, September 22nd, 7:15pm – 8pm Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Lower Plaza Speaker: Yuichi Kinoshita(head of Kinoshita-Kabuki)
  Naoyuki Niisato (Research staff member at the Kyoto University of Arts Performing Arts Research Center)
  Moderator: Atsuko Sakata, Secretary General Reservations: Free admission (reservations required/same-day tickets available)

• Talk event “Talking about Japanese theater in the 1980s”
  We have invited Tetsu Yamazaki, the playwright and director of Teni 21, to hold a talk with theater critic Yukito Nishido. He will talk about the characteristics and historical background of Japanese theater in the 1980s, which was also known as the small theater boom.

  Date and time: September 23rd (Monday/holiday) 13:00-14:00
  Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Lower Plaza
  Speakers: Tetsu Yamazaki (playwright, director, Shinteni 21), Yukito Nishido (theater critic)
  Reservations: Free admission (reservations required/same-day tickets available)

• Symposium “Stage footage cannot be released! ~Lecture and Symposium on master recording rights and synchronization rights”
  When recording a stage production and distributing it as video, such as on DVD or for distribution, it is essential to properly handle the music (copyright and master rights). If any of these issues cannot be resolved, the music will have to be replaced, and if it is an important song, the video will be shelved. Influenced by this, there is a growing trend for stage performances to not use existing songs in the first place, to use free sound sources, or to create original sound sources of existing songs. What does this mean for the future of performing arts?
  In addition to a public lecture on master recording rights and synchronization rights by EPAD Representative Director Kensaku Fukui, we will be holding a talk with guests from the front lines of the industry to think about the future.

  Date and time: Sunday, September 29th, 13:00-14:30 Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Lower Plaza Speaker: Maku Shinoda (Executive Officer, General Manager of Performance Business Division, Horipro Inc.)
  Harue Shirota (CEO of Loophole Inc., patent attorney)
  Kensaku Fukui(Representative Director of EPAD General Incorporated Association, Attorney at Law)
  Reservations: Free admission (reservations required/same-day tickets available)

  <Reservations>
  Please make a reservation using the form below.
  https://forms.gle/WhVtNRjPt2wTzuXY

As part of the youth program “First Line,” aimed at people in their teens and twenties who are interested in arts management, we held a “School Talk Salon” where participants could talk with participating artists.

After participants have had a chance to view the works to be performed at Tokyo Festival 2024 in advance and share their impressions, the artists involved in the creation of the works will be invited to engage in a dialogue about the content of the works and the creators’ thoughts.

School Talk Salon 1 “CONDORS”
Date and time: Saturday, September 21st 16:45-18:15
Guests: Ryohei Kondo(CONDORS leader/choreographer and dancer), Satoshi Ishibuchi (dancer)
Facilitator: Kenta Fujiwara (bench.Co )
Eligible participants: Students studying performing arts (high school, university, junior college, vocational school, theater research students, etc.)
Participation fee: Free
Capacity: 10 people (first come, first served)
Conditions for participation: You must watch the CONDORS outdoor performance “Let’s Turn The Table” to be screened at Tokyo Festival 2024 in advance (no reservations are required for the performance and participation is free).

Registration opens: Wednesday, August 14th, 10:00am

<Reservations>
Please make your reservation via the following page.
https://240921-sts-condors.peatix.com/

School Talk Salon 2 “Kinoshita-Kabuki”
Date and time: Sunday, September 22nd, 11:00-12:30
Guest: Yuichi Kinoshita(head of Kinoshita-Kabuki )
Facilitator: Kenta Fujiwara (bench.Co )
Eligible participants: Students studying performing arts (high school, university, junior college, vocational school, theater research students, etc.) Participation fee: Free
Capacity: 10 people (first come, first served)
Conditions for participation: You must watch the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Presents Kinoshita-Kabuki “Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai” to be screened at the Tokyo Festival 2024 in advance (tickets will be provided by the Tokyo Festival. Please enter your desired date when applying.)

Registration opens: Wednesday, August 14th, 10:00am

<Reservations>
Please make your reservation via the following page.
https://240922-sts-kinokabu.peatix.com/

The past year or two may be a sign that the art scene is about to undergo major changes.
He is always at the forefront of the scene. He talks about his past experiences, his current worries, and even his fantasies, all while imagining how the scene will improve in the future.
In times like these, what can we do to think beyond the individual and into larger units such as teams, theaters, or art festivals? What role should these units play?
Can the movement sparked by a public framework and the subtle vibrations hidden within independent things come together to create one big wave?

Date and time: September 25th (Wednesday) 16:45-17:45
Reservation: Not required Participation fee: Free

In November 2021, prior to the premiere, a work-in-progress performance was held in which the methodology was explored and shared through the performance of a single scene, revealing the process of building the foundation of the work.
Additionally, when the archived footage is streamed, it will be accompanied by an audio guide. We had many discussions with the audio guide discreet about how to explain the physical expressions of the actors, who use chelfitsch’s unique technique of “imagination.”

A one-day only dance production created by the next generation of young talent!
“GeGeCamp” is a creative program in which members aged 12 to 18, selected from the public, collaborate with performing arts professionals. They take on dance, music, costume design, and media outreach to create a dance performance over a period of 40 days. Come see the original works that the next generation has created by directly experiencing professional expression and techniques at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre!

Date and time: 9/29 (Sun) 11:30-11:40, 16:00-16:10
*A relaxing performance will be held in the Lower Plaza before the show begins.

©HARU

Date and time: 9/29 (Sun) 18:30-18:45
Cast: CONDORS and others
Participation fee: Free

• Please refrain from visiting if you have a fever or are feeling unwell.
• Wearing a mask is at the discretion of the individual. Please wear one when necessary, such as when the venue is crowded.
• We recommend that you practice proper cough etiquette and wash your hands.