Sample Shift

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Sample

subsidy category

Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Subsidy

Grant Type

single year

FY 2013 Phase II Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Grant (Single Year Grant Program)

"The Underground Room" (2013) Photo by Tsukasa AOKI

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Business Overview

A reprise of his 2007 masterpiece The Shift, which satirized the omnivorous nature of the Japanese, who find multiple "gods" in the fields of fortune-telling, psychology, and even health. This play was shown at the sample launch and was also performed at "actOral.6" in Marseille, France. It is also noteworthy that it will be remade by a group of current stage art and lighting creators. < Story line > A man from the city married into a village that is experiencing depopulation due to the arrival of a giant supermarket. He expects to be married to his beautiful young wife, but his relatives force him into certain acts. They were hoping for the appearance of "God" ... Writer/Director: Shu Matsui Starring: Ryuta Furuya, Yohei Okuda (all samples and Seinendan), Aoi Nozu (sample), Kumi Hyodo (Seinendan), Mari Kuromiya (Shonen Ojinkan), Kimio Takeya, Satsuko Ichihara (Q)

implementation period

Friday, March 14, 2014 to 23rd (Sun)

Place of implementation

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Theater Theater Theater East (Toshima Ward, Tokyo)

Profile

[Sample]
A theater group managed by Shu Matsui (playwright, director, actor).
After independent performances by young youth troupes, it was established as a theater company in 2007. Matsui Shu's bizarre and seamless driving style of actors and crew through the messy and mysterious fragments of his world is widely supported by people of all ages. He won the 55 Kishida Kunio Drama Prize for his "Boastful Son" (2010). There were more opportunities for his work to be translated, and in 2013, Proud Son was staged at Ohio Northern University with a local cast and crew.