Theatre Commons ’24
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Theater Commons Executive Committee
- subsidy category
- Grant for Artistic City
- Grant Type
- single year
FY2023 1st Term Grant for Artistic City
Business Overview
The Theater Commons is a project to create "common land" in society by utilizing the "common knowledge" of theater. By "using theater" in daily life and urban space, in other words, utilizing theatrical ideas, it aims to present the form of "the coming theater/theater". Through theatrical imagination, different things and multiple times intermingle, and together with the artist, they create an experience that brings dialogues and discoveries that disintegrate everyday life. This 8th edition will feature VR performances, plays and video screenings. The following events were held: Apichatpong Weerasetakun's (VR performance), Q/Ichihara Satoko's (theatre performance), Saodat Izmailovo's “18,000 Worlds ” (film screening), Nastaran Razavi Khorasani's“ Songs for No One ” (theatre performance), Commons Tour (tour), Commons Forum #1 ~ 3 (talk event), and related programs: Lim Minuk's exhibition “Hyper Yellow ” and performance "S.O.S – Run Gods."
- Period of Activity / Project
- Thursday, February 29, 2024 - Tuesday, March 12
- Venues
- Multiple venues in Tokyo (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Spiral Hall, Anstitue Francais, Goethe Institute Tokyo, Komagome Warehouse, Sumidagawa Yakatabune)
Profile
【 Theater Commons Executive Committee 】
Theater Commons is developed mainly in Minato-ku, with an executive committee formed by international cultural organizations based in Minato-ku, Taiwan Cultural Center, Goethe-Institut Tokyo, Embassy of France/Anstitue Francais Japan, Embassy of the Netherlands, and NPO Art Corporation.