sacrifice of imagination
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Dr. Holiday Laboratory
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY2024 1st Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
Doi, who has long since quit acting, receives a play from a "stage director" who is recuperating in the United States for treatment of a chronic illness. It was written by a "director" who had a "strange fear" after seeing war images on social media while referring to Andrei Tarkovsky's film Sacrifice.
However, there was only one performance by Doi and other characters, and all performances were cancelled. An archive edition of "The Sacrifice of Imagination," in which each of the characters added comments to the original play, has been published.
In the form of a reading group and reproduction of a play, this "fake reading group play" deals with the relationship between war and representation, and challenges the meaning and responsibility of watching a play in a theater by allowing the audience to take pictures and watch the play while reading the play.
Writer/Director: Yamamoto Justin Ito Starring: Ishikawa Asahi, Tazaki Koharu, Sato Shun, Yui Fumiyasu, Robin Manabat Producer: Onodera Riho and others
- Period of Activity / Project
- May 3, 2025 – 5
- Venues
- Kichijoji Theater (Musashino City, Tokyo)
Profile
[Dr. Holiday Laboratory]
The Dr. Holiday Laboratory is a theater collective established in 2021. The five members are Justin Ito Yamamoto (chairperson), Asahi Ishikawa, Riho Onodera, Fumiyasu Yui and Robin Manabat.
While focusing on theatrical performances, he also produces senryu, novels, diaries, etc., focusing on verbal expressions.
His recent works include The Jailbreak Plan (tentative) and The Sacrifice of Imagination. ROHM Theatre Kyoto x Kyoto Art Center U35 Creative Support Program "KIPPU" selected (2024).