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Festival/Tokyo 2016

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Asia Series Vol.3: Malaysia (performance)
The Instant Café Theatre Company "NADIRAH"

Genre:
  • Theater / Dance
Photo: Sesha Kalimuthu

A tale of religious conflict between a mother and daughter

Director Jo Kukathas is known for her portrayals of the frictions and tensions that arise between ethnic groups and religions. This is the first visit to Japan by The Instant Café Theatre Company, the leading Malaysian theatre group led by Kukathas, presenting a family drama by Singaporean playwright Alfian Saʼat. It is the story of Sahirah an ethnically Chinese mother, who converted to Islam when she married her Malay/Muslim husband. Now divorced and with a bright young daughter, Nadirah who is the vice president of a Muslim student group, Sahirah falls in love with a non-Muslim doctor. Inspired by Yasmin Ahmad’s film “Muallaf” (The Convert), the play explores love, marriage, and the tolerance and mutual understanding needed to coexist in a multicultural society.

Running Time: 120 min. (no interval, TBC)
Language: Performed in Malay and English with Japanese surtitles

Dates

Friday, November 11, 19:00
Saturday, November 12, 15:00★
Sunday, November 13, 15:00
*Box office opens 1 hour before. Doors open 30 minutes before.

★Post-show talk

Cast & Creative Team

Written by Alfian Sa’at
Directed by Jo Kukathas
Stage Design: Melissa Teoh
Lighting: Lim Ang Swee
Sound: Ng Chor Guan
Costumes: Shegan Chanadra Sekaran
Stage Manager: Bobo Sing
Assistant Stage Manager: Keilly Lim
Production Crew: Dub Lau
Performers: Sharifah Amani, Neo Swee Lin, Farah Rani, Iedil Putra, Patrick Teoh
Co-Producer: Melissa Teoh
Produced by The Instant Café Theatre Company

Tokyo Production
Technical Manager: Eiji Torakawa
Assistant Technical Manager: Chizuru Kouno
Stage Manager: Keisuke Watanabe
Sound Coordinator: Akira Aikawa (Sound Weeds Inc.)
Lighting Coordinator: Makiko Sasaki (Factor Co., Ltd.)
Surtitles: Satoru Makuuchi, Shiori Ueno
Translation: Aki Uehara
Production Coordinators: Shiori Sunagawa, Ayano Misao, Orie Kiyuna
Co-organized by the Japan Foundation Asia Center

Tickets

Advance: 3,500 yen
Same Day: 4,000 yen
Unreserved seating

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Contact

Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee Office
1-15-10 Kita-Otsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0004 Japan
TEL:03-5961-5202
FAX:03-5961-5207
E-mail: contact@festival-tokyo.jp

Period

Friday, November 11 – Sunday, November 13, 2016

Venues

Nishi-Sugamo Arts Factory

Credit

Organized by
Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee,
Toshima City, Toshima Future Culture Foundation, NPO Arts Network Japan (NPO-ANJ),
Arts Council Tokyo & Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History

and Culture)

Festival/Tokyo 2016 is organized as part of Tokyo Metropolitan Festival 2016.