The first Kahatare performance "The ghost of care"
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Cahatare
- subsidy category
- Startup Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 4 (2022) 4th Startup Grant
Business Overview
A five-character dialogue play inspired by the short story The Cloak by Nikolai Gogol. Based on the original story of Akakii, who was robbed of his new overcoat and died with no way to get it back, becomes a ghost and steals it night after night, this film unfolds the ghost story of Kida-kun, a ghost who exists in this world without anything to be attached to, with repeated exaggerations and digressions by the characters. The flood of words and the existence of ghosts who are unable to "just exist" are absurd, yet they create a modern sense of emptiness. Performers include Mio Tanzawa and Tatsuyuki Minamide of Kahatare, Kiyoyuki Akiba, Asaki Nakamura and Masahiro Miyao. In addition, during the creative process, he held workshops with outside facilitators from other genres, and incorporated the content of these workshops into the production and acting of this work. As guest facilitators, the ghost story writer Akasaka Sumi, the acting coach and actor Yokoo Keisuke, and the dancer and choreographer Asakawa Soei were invited.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Friday, November 24, 2023 - 26th (Sun)
- Venues
- Studio Cavity (Toshima Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
【 Cahatare 】
In the summer of 2021, Kazutoshi Inagaki invited Tatsuyuki Minamide, a high school classmate, and Mio Tanzawa, a classmate of the theater Koenji Theater Creation Academy, to form a theater group composed of actors and playwrights to explore the relationship between acting and plays and to perform creative plays. Based on the idea that a playwright's "acting" creates dialogue, he regularly holds workshops to give back to plays and acting. He also read classical works together and created modern dramas based on classical works. The practice blog "Kahatare Nisshi" is reporting the state of the activity.