"Forward! Timon" Tokyo Performance

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Mikunya Naihara Project

subsidy category

Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Subsidy

Grant Type

single year

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

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Business Overview

The first national tour of the Mikunya Naihara Project by "Forward! Timon" which won the 56 Kishida Kunio Drama Award in 2012. Depicts a man (Timon) in the depths of misfortune who lives his life with a forward-looking positivity. Three actors (Suzuki Shoichiro, Kasagi Izumi, Yamamoto Keisuke) respond to the juicy and voluminous dialogue and overwhelming amount of exercise characteristic of Mikuni Yanaihara, in this work you can feel the overflowing 'energy for living'.

implementation period

Thursday, August 22, 2013 to Monday, September 2

Place of implementation

Komaba Agora Theater (Meguro Ward, Tokyo)

Profile

[Mikunya Naihara Project]
A solo project launched in 2005 by Yoshikuni Yanaihara, who has worked as a representative/choreographer of the director group Nibrole, with the aim of producing "theatrical works". The stage is filled with a sense of drive, with egotistical characters deformed like dramatic paintings spinning their words and bodies as if dancing. In 2007, he won the first Japan Dance Forum Award for his solo dance work "Sayonara". In 2008, he participated in the Aichi Prefectural Art Theater Drama Festival with "3 Years 2 Class." Participated in NHK Theatre Collection in 2009. In 2010, he received the Excellence Award at Shakespeare Competition for his "Forward! Timon."