happy days
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- ARICA
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY26 Term I Creation Grant [Single-Year Grant Program]
Business Overview
"Happy Days" Author: Samuel Beckett New translation: Kuraishi Shino Direction: Fujita Yasusuke Art: Kanaji Tetsuhei Music: Itoken Performers: Ando Tomoko, Fukuoka Yutaka This is Samuel Beckett's masterpiece, one of the great stars of contemporary theater who still stands at the forefront today. Since its first performance in 1961, "Happy Days" has been performed all over the world. It is the gold standard of modern theater. For the stage art of this film, Kim Cheol-pyeong, who has been active as a young contemporary artist in recent years, is invited. Kim's creativity, which exposes the distortions of everyday life while being pop, mingles with ARICA. For the upcoming performance in India, Kim will collect materials from the local community and create an Indian version of the stage art. This play premiered at the Aichi Triennale 2013 and was also performed at TPAM2014.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Tuesday, January 14, 2015 Trishur, Kerala/India
- Venues
- K.T. Muhammad Regional Theatre
Profile
[Organization name]
It was formed in 2001 by Yasujo FUJITA, a director, Shino KURAISHI, a poet and critic, and Tomoko ANDO, an actor of the Gentengyo Theater (presided by Shogo OTA). Since then, for more than 10 years, ARICA has been exploring the intimate relationship between sound, objects, devices, and space in a completely original way that is not always governed by the meaning of speech. It is a unique company in the world that seeks to create theater as a true comprehensive art, liberating theater from literary "theater of meaning." Won the Best Solo Performance Award at the Cairo International Experimental Theatre Festival in 2005.