Hana to Green Theater Festival vol.1

Name of the organization or individual

Theatre Ort

subsidy category

Regional Grant

Grant Type

single year

FY2025 1st Term Regional Grant

The parade is the finale of each episode. Led by a giant doll, the festival's participants, artists and spectators rush out of the venue as one. Photo by Aiho Kaneko

It is a play that makes use of corrugated cardboard forms by Fureri dance. Adults and children are excited. Photo by Aiho Kaneko.

Performer Shigeya Yang strides around the venue dressed as a festival character designed by Shin Uchino, communicating with the audience. Photo by Aiho Kaneko.

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Business Overview

This is the first theater festival in the Tama area with a new style of "artist-led," "not a theater but a public facility," and "multiple programs performed in one day." Like a music festival, audiences can stay for three or six hours and enjoy a diverse program of performances, workshops, exhibitions, impromptu performances and participatory events. High school drama clubs in the Tama area and the Tachikawa Children's Theater, an NPO, also supported the program. Participating organizations and artists are: Bipu no Kai, Sake Spare, Gekidan Chile, Furen Dance, Uemoto Shiho, Shin Uchino, Koji Ozono, Aiho Kaneko, Theatre Ort, to R manison, Hula O Kawena, Shigeya Yang.

Period of Activity / Project

Saturday, March 7, 2026 -8 (Sun)

Venues

National Showa Memorial Park Flower and Green Culture Center (Tachikawa City, Tokyo)

Profile

[Theatre Ort]
Director Kurasako Yasushi is the representative director. Based in Tachikawa Sosousha, an abandoned school facility in Tachikawa City, they are developing activities that connect professional expression activities with local communities. The group's name means "place" in German and aims to create a place where theater can interact with people and communities. The representative is a qualified social educator and has a reputation for creating works that are community-based and workshops for many generations. It promotes theatrical activities that enrich local communities by combining artistic and social educational perspectives.