Sign Language × Experiential Theater Production Project

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Interlanguage Lab.

subsidy category

Social support through arts and culture

Grant Type

single year

FY Reiwa 3 (2021) FY 1 Social Support Grant through Arts and Culture

The Truth about Masks (2022)

The Truth about Masks (2022)

The Truth about Masks (2022)

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Business Overview

This is an online and experiential play that takes place in sign language. A gimmick was placed to create a sense of immersion for both actors and viewers, and a mechanism was constructed in which viewers enjoyed the process of changing the story according to their own choices. Deaf people who use sign language as their first language planned, produced and performed. We prepared two kinds of tickets: detective tickets and peep tickets. Detectives talked directly with the actors and discussed with each other, while voyeurs watched the interactions between the actors and detectives and voted for suspicious characters, immersing themselves in the world of the story. In the after-talk, the participants shared how to create an experiential drama with sign language, how to devise it, their impressions after performing in it, and their challenges. The talk was archived for a week. Content created and provided by: International Language Lab. Planning and production: Fumi Kikunaga, Eri Makihara Photography and editing: Mika Imai Cast: Otokogumi (Atom Sunada, Makoto Nozaki, Mitsuo Itabashi, Satoshi Ezoe, Akito Imai)

implementation period

Performance: Saturday, May 28, 2022 - 29th (Sun)
Talk: Sunday, June 5 (archived until June 12)

Place of implementation

Masquerade Space Zoom

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Profile

[Interlanguage Lab.]
A laboratory that proposes new forms of communication by exploring the appeal of each language and trial and error of communication created by people who use different languages. a team whose first language is sign language. In addition to providing experiential entertainment such as "mystery solving games," cross-language escape games using sign language, and immersive theaters nationwide, workshops and merchandise production using visual language are being developed.