Azuma no Borzoi's new musical dialogue drama "Say Yes" by ETHICS MAJOR COMEDY
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Eastern Borzoi
- subsidy category
- Startup Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 4 (2022) 4th Startup Grant
Business Overview
It is set in the present day and the main character is a 25 year-old woman. One day, she and her fiancé visit the wedding hall she has been longing for. There he meets a gloomy bridal advisor who tells him, "In a society where people are not allowed to marry, the only reason you are allowed is because of your natural reproductive potential." These words are the trigger that begins to shatter the moral sense that he has built up for 25 years. Are love and bonds and other things that we have been imprinted as beautiful in reality just words? __ Me, there's no end to my suspicions, just say yes to everything. Performers ... Nozomi Kasuga, Kaito Arai, Toru Nakaima, etc. Staff ... Created by Hiiragi Shimagawa, composed by Asuka Kuno, directed by Misako Odachi, etc.
- Period of Activity / Project
- [Performance] Thursday, October 5, 2023 - 12th (Wed) [Distribution] Friday, December 1 - 21st (Thu)
- Venues
- Woody Theater Nakameguro (Meguro Ward, Tokyo)
Profile
[East Borzoi]
A theatrical company presided over by screenwriter Shimagawa Hiiragi, composer Kuno Asuka, and director Odachi Misako. In 2018, when he was a student at Tokyo University of the Arts, he started with the aim of creating a musical that would explode the Japanese body and language. In September of the same year, he performed the musical "Nan no Kotoshiki" with many young artists.
In 2020, he formed "Borzoi of the East" to further develop his work. After the postponement of performances due to the spread of infectious diseases, the group officially started its activities as a theater company in March 2021 with the performance of the musical "Nan no Kotoshiki 2020.".
In 2022, the company expanded by adding 8 new members. To date, he has produced five original musicals and continues to be active to this day.