Theater
chelfitsch
The Window of Spaceship 'In-Between'
A brand-new Sci-Fi play where multiple realities intersect
Set in a world where a country has vanished, four crew members and one android board the spaceship ‘In Between’ to embark on a mission to preserve their culture. While drifting across the galaxy, they recount memories together in a language.
Toshiki Okada, founder of the theater company chelfitsch, turns his attention to the state of Japanese theater, where actors whose native language is not Japanese are not appreciated due to their “incorrect” pronunciation or grammar. The company began collaborating with non-native Japanese speakers in 2021 in hopes of opening up new possibilities for the Japanese language in theater. This new piece is created with actors who were selected through workshops, talk events, and auditions held as part of that initiative.
How is language defined? Is purity possible in language that connects cultures, societies, and politics? This performance in Japanese by actors of diverse backgrounds is sure to provoke such questions. The Kansai premiere of chelfitsch’s new production is unmissable.
【Theatrical workshop using Japanese】
Date: 10.1 (Sun) 13:00
Participants: People whose native language is not/ or do not feel that their native language is Japanese.
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9.30 (Sat) 18:00
10.1 (Sun) 13:00 ◆♡ / 18:00
10.2 (Mon) 14:00 / 19:00
10.3 (Tue) 14:00 ★ / 19:00
★ Post-show talk
◆ Festival Share Cafe
♡ Childcare Service (reservation required 7 days before each performance)
Duration: 100 min (TBC)
Japanese with English surtitles
chelfitsch
Tokyo
chelfitsch is a theater company founded in 1997 by Toshiki Okada, who writes and directs all of its productions. The company made its international debut in 2007 with Five Days in March at Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Belgium) and has since presented its works in over ninety cities across Asia, Europe and North America. Many of the company‛s works have also been commissioned or co-produced by the world's leading performing arts festivals and theaters including Festival d'Automne à Paris (France) and Wiener Festwochen (Austria). For Kyoto Experiment 2019, the company welcomed Teppei Kanueji as scenographer and premiered Eraser Mountain, a work which reexamines the relationship between people and objects under the theme of ‘a departure from anthropocentrism’. In May 2023 at Wiener Festwochen, continuing with this theme, the company premiered Metamorphosis of a Living Room, a new form of musical theater created in collaboration with the composer Dai Fujikura.
Toshiki Okada
Tokyo
chelfitsch is a theater company founded in 1997 by Toshiki Okada, who writes and directs all of its productions. The company made its international debut in 2007 with Five Days in March at Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Belgium) and has since presented its works in over ninety cities across Asia, Europe and North America. Many of the company‛s works have also been commissioned or co-produced by the world's leading performing arts festivals and theaters including Festival d'Automne à Paris (France) and Wiener Festwochen (Austria). For Kyoto Experiment 2019, the company welcomed Teppei Kanueji as scenographer and premiered Eraser Mountain, a work which reexamines the relationship between people and objects under the theme of ‘a departure from anthropocentrism’. In May 2023 at Wiener Festwochen, continuing with this theme, the company premiered Metamorphosis of a Living Room, a new form of musical theater created in collaboration with the composer Dai Fujikura.