Macbeth
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Gekidan Kodomo Ojin
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY28 Creation Grant [Single-year grant program] 2nd term
Business Overview
This performance is based on "Macbeth," one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies, and is embellished and directed by Takashi Masuyama, a representative of the theater company Kodomo. Shakespeare is one of the most important dramatists in the history of theater. We at the theater company Kodomo want to continue Shakespeare's spirit of "telling the world" and tell the world of today through theater and actors' bodies. Macbeth, whose life is derailed by a witch's prophecy, is similar to people today who are at the mercy of the deluge of information on the Internet. Islamic State and extremist ideas easily infiltrate ordinary society through SNS and other means, driving people crazy. The temptations of witches and the whispers of Lady Macbeth's instigation sound even more alluring than in the days of Macbeth to modern people, whose minds have been weakened by the collapse of the community and the family system, and there is a danger that they will easily fall into ruin. The purpose of this activity is to boldly revive the stories of the classics to the present while keeping them close to the universal human emotions.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Friday, February 10, 2017 – 12th (Sun)
- Venues
- Honda Theater (Setagaya Ward, Tokyo)
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
[Theater Company Kodomo Ojin]
Formed in 2005 by the brothers Takashi Masuyama and Kanji. Kodomo Ojin 'is an abbreviation of "It's like a child but a giant, it's like a giant but a child". A freestyle theater group that discovers "stories" buried in the world by making full use of several methodologies such as musical theater and conversation theater. Based on the Furu-nagaya (tenement house) in the back of the alley, it weaves wildly spreading visionary images freely into the stage space, using dreams and fears as motifs while following the dynamism of theater. In addition, unlike theater companies that are rooted in the so-called theater field, they are unscrupulously eating up the possibilities of theater through borderless activities in which they perform and collaborate not only in theaters but also in cafes, galleries and live houses.