A theater performance full of variety
Workshop Theater "Glass Zoo"
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- NPO Niko-chan no Kai
- subsidy category
- Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY 2019 Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant Term 2
Business Overview
■Content: As a theatrical performance for people with physical disabilities, we pursue our own reality by making bold casting of a very famous piece of modern American drama. The game features four characters. Laura and her mother, Amanda, have bad legs. My brother Tom worries about his sister. And the young gentleman Jim who shows up there. This time, a 18 year-old actor in a wheelchair with muscular dystrophy was cast as the main character, Laura. The first scene is a workshop, with various actors, but as the story progresses, it transforms into a theater, with the mother Amanda being played by an actress in her seventies and the younger brother Tom being played by an actress in her fifties who is a facilitator. In the last scene, the two actresses play the role of young gentleman Jim in one role, which shows the multifaceted charm of young gentleman. The story ends with Laura in a wheelchair being thoroughly injured by these two women, Jim. ■ Outlook: As a future development, we would like to hold workshop-style shows under the name of workshop theater with people working in communities such as resident theater groups, NPOs, and workplaces of welfare facilities around Japan. I believe that it will be a place to find a deeper interest in theater, deepen horizontal ties among local communities, and find the meaning of living together with diverse people. ■ Performers: Shure Daigaku Nanari Kikaku, Kyoko Yamaguchi, Junko Kurashina, Kei Hirota
- Period of Activity / Project
- Saturday, February 1, 2020 19:00~, Sunday, February 2 15:00~
- Venues
- Schule University Special Theater (28 -27 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo)
Profile
【NPO Niko-chan no Kai 】
Niko-chan no Kai is working toward a society where people can live a rich life in their own way, no matter how seriously ill or disabled they are. A wide range of activities, including art, research, enlightenment, and nursing care (support for daily life), are planned and managed by parents of children with disabilities and staff in a wide range of fields, including medicine, design, theater, and education.