Oxymoron Theatre Club's 1st performance "No Man's Land"

Name of the organization or individual

Oxymoron Theatre Club

subsidy category

start-up subsidy

Grant Type

single year

FY 2024 3rd Startup Subsidy

Actor: Kiyoyuki Akiba | Photo: Tenshi Sakaguchi

"No Man's Land" cast | From left: Kiyoyuki Akiba (Hearst), Kohei Sugita (Briggs), Musashi Tanno (Foster), Cross Flat (Spooner)

Cast: Cross Flat | Photo: Satoshi Sakaguchi

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Business Overview

This is the first full performance of the Oximoron Theatre Club. A new translation of "No Man's Land" by British playwright Harold Pinter is performed.
A group of young, cheerful men and a visitor. Is he a changemaker or an intruder?

[Production] Harold Pinter, [Translation] Ryusei Asahina, [Direction] Kazuhide Shimamura
[Performers] Hearst: Kiyoyuki Akiba, Spooner: Cross Flat, Briggs: Kohei Sugita, Foster: Musashi Tanno
[Stage Director] studio hiari, [Stage Art] Tomomi Nakamura, [Lighting] Tamotsu Iwaki, [Sound] Musashi Tanno [Understudy] Yuto Komatsuzaki, [Advertising Art] Fuyuki Kanai, [Flyer Photos] Kohei Kanno, [Assistant Director/Production] Kumi Hyodo, [Assistant Director] Chikako Horiwaki, [Photography] Tenshi Sakaguchi
[Production] Yuina Nakagoshi, [Public Relations Support] Hamashaka

[Co-Sponsor] Kita-ku Cultural Promotion Foundation (Performing Arts Support Program)

implementation period

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 to Sunday, July 27

Place of implementation

Kitatopia Canary Hall (Kita Ward, Tokyo)

Profile

[Oxymoron Theatre Club]
pronounced Oxymoron Theatre Club. OTC for short.
Established in 2024. A unit that produces plays by theater writer Shimamura Kazuhide. It aims to be a club community that has a variety of performance programs like a theater and provides not only the performing arts but also other opportunities. Its name comes from oxymoron, and it transforms the power of opposites into creation.