Shigeki NAKANO + Frankens Theater Works Collection "Different Forms"
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Nakafura
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY Reiwa 5(2023) 2nd Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
A new performance by the contemporary theater company Nakano Shigeki + Frankens. Two programs of A and B were carried out at Shinjuku Theater Tops. A total of four plays will be performed: "Kagayaku Toshi" (Shining City), "Kick Back" (Kick Back), "EP2" (Dog Story), a newly written work, and "Kimi no Iru Tokkyu" (Limited Express Sleeping Car "Kimi no Iru" Go "), a random translation. Works of different authors, periods and motifs were presented in parallel, and the world of the play developed in multiple layers. At the same time, this project was also an attempt to return to the theater based on the creative method of "running in parallel with daily life" that the company had adopted as its activity guideline since 2021, and performers and staff from 5 to 55 years old were enrolled. Program A: "EP2 (Dog Story)" Writer/Director: Nariki Nakano "Kagayaku Toshi" Writer: Yoko Oike Director: Nariki Nakano Program B: "Limited Express Sleeping Car" Where You Are "Writer/Director: Nariki Nakano" Kick Back "Writer: Kotaro Ono Director: Nariki Nakano Cast: Shiho Ishibashi, Maki Koizumi, Yudai Hong, Junko Saito, Ai Sasaki, Minami Shindo, Eiji Takeda, Yuya Tanaka, Mari Nojima, Tsuyoshi Fukuda Guests: Yasuho Itazaki, Mayui Uehara, Ken Sugiyama (SPAC/Neighborhood), Miyu Mikawa, Ichika Hayashi, Moe Miyagahara (Music Painting)
- Period of Activity / Project
- Wednesday, May 22, 2024 - 26th (Sun)
- Venues
- Shinjuku Theater Tops (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo)
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Profile
[General Incorporated Association Nakafura]
Manages the activities of Shigeki Nakano + Frankens. In his creative works, he mainly took up so-called 'translation plays' in which the period, culture and customs are very different from those of modern Japan, and understood and embodied them with 'our current values and bodies.'. Translation that is not bound by verbatim translation, free composition that adheres to only the plot, interpretation of the work as our own story that is not bound by conventional images and manners, and such methods and expressions are called "maretranslation." In 2014, he began to perform modern Japanese plays and to try to perform original plays. Since 2021, he has been exploring the coexistence of life and creation.