By giving artists opportunities to soar onto the global stage through meaningful performances, the Emerging Artists Program serves as a platform for performing arts in Asia. The program will also present F/T Awards to deserving works and artists that create new value and provide ongoing support to them through various measures including the invitation to next year’s main program.

Venues
Theater Green, Asahi Art Square

Dates
Nov 26 (Tue) – Dec 7 (Sat), 2013

Organizers:
Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Toshima City,
Arts Council Tokyo / Tokyo Culture Creation Project Office / Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)
Toshima Future Culture Foundation, NPO Arts Network Japan (NPO ANJ)

Showcasing the Tokyo theater scene to the world

F/T13 aims to take a renewed look at drama and fiction – the fundamentals of theatre – and explore new modes of contemporary narrative expression. From works that approach the world’s classical texts and myths from modern-day angles to works that capture social transformations in new storytelling formats, the F/T13 Main Program is bursting with a fresh, diverse array of content.

Nandang Aradea, leader of Indonesia Theatre of Studio and F/T13 Participating Artist, has died

It is with great sadness that we announce the news that Nandang Aradea, the leader of Indonesia Theatre of Studio and director of “Overdose: Psycho-Catastrophe”, which is participating in Festival/Tokyo 2013, suddenly passed away on October 12 (Saturday) due to a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. He was 42 years old. We offer our condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.

After discussions with the theatre company, it has been decided to continue with the performances of “Overdose: Psycho-Catastrophe” as planned from November 9th to November 13th.

Venues
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park, Owlspot Theatre, Nishi-Sugamo Arts Factory, etc.

Dates
Nov 9 (Sat) – Dec 8 (Sun), 2013

Organizers:
Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Toshima City,
Arts Council Tokyo / Tokyo Culture Creation Project Office / Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture),
Toshima Future Culture Foundation, NPO Arts Network Japan [NPO – ANJ]

Sparking encounters and celebrations in a festival atmosphere

The Open Program creates encounters and dialogue with others through the Opening Event full of free fun for all, a huge sculpture installation, and the participatory F/T Mob Special program.

Venues
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, others

Dates
Oct 1 (Tues), 2013, etc.

F/T 13 Artist Forum
A forum bringing together such F/T13 participating artists as Toshiki Okada, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Akira Takayama, Shigeki Nakano, Shu Matsui, Akio Miyazawa with Program Director Chiaki Soma.
Admission: Free (Reservations required by Sep.20)
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Symphony Space

For more details, see F/T website

Organizers:
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Toshima City, Arts Council Tokyo & Tokyo Culture Creation Project Office & Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), Toshima Future Culture Foundation, NPO Arts Network Japan [ANJ]