Small drama playhouse Theater Fuusikaden chooses a promising young theater group from amongst those producing quality work, and provides them with a year’s worth of support under a project called “Promising Company”.
Support takes the form of modest expenses for holding long-run performances of up to a month, executing other multiple performances during the year, and implementing pre-event activities ahead of performances. Moreover, the activities of the selected troupe are publicized via the theater homepage and social networks.
Selected for 2016 was Theatre Company Kakushinhan. This talked-about group lends a young sensibility to daring reconstructions of William Shakespeare’s plays. As well as being endorsed by Shakespeare translator Kazuko Matsuoka, the group is followed by a young audience who have never seen Shakespeare. Theater Fuusikaden believes supporting young theater group activities will also lead to a wider audience for Shakespeare’s works.