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Impossible Gag

Name of the organization or individual
Oxymoron Theatre Club
subsidy category
Startup Grant
Grant Type
single year

FY2025 2nd Startup Grant

Business Overview

"Impossible Gag"
Open Rehearsal/Reading Performance/Work in Progress
 
Author: Shuntaro Matsubara
Actor: Kiyoyuki Akiba
Director/Actor: Ayaka Ono Kazuhide Shimamura Yo Nakazawa
Cooperation: Grass
Organizer, planner, producer: Oxymoron Theatre Club
Co-planner, co-producer: Shuntaro Matsubara Space Not Blank
 
Kishida Kunio Drama Prize-winning author Shuntaro Matsubara spent 3 years writing his latest play, "Impossible Gag," which was finally completed in October 2025. This project aims to present it at the Oxymoron Theatre Club, led by Kazuhide Shimamura, together with Ayaka Ono and Yo Nakazawa Space Not Blank. As a first step, open rehearsals, reading performances, and work-in-progress will be held in a short period of time (7 days), and they will work together for the upcoming (possibly) main performance.

Period of Activity / Project
Monday, March 9, 2026 - 13th (Fri)/16th (Mon) - 17th (Tue)
Venues
Murui (Setagaya Ward, Tokyo)

Profile

[Oxymoron Theatre Club]
Established in 2024. A unit that produces plays by theater writer Kazuhide Shimamura. It has a theater-like variety of performance programs and aims to be a club community that can provide non-performance opportunities related to the performing arts.