Beginning with his Current Location, which debuted in 2012, playwright Toshiki Okada greatly altered his attitude toward theater. This alteration was undoubtedly heavily influenced by the Great East Japan Earthquake and its effect on Japanese society.
A more in-depth exploration into the realm of fiction induced by this change, Ground and Floor, his new opus, is a narrative of the dead and the living, played out on the stage of a “Japan in the not-too-distant future.” In it, Okada also takes up the challenge of a new approach aimed at further developing the relationship between music and performance, a theme which he has tackled in previous productions, with a view to creating a musical theater as only chelfitsch could. This bold new foray by Okada and chelfitsch deserves to be experienced. They are planning a European tour crossing over 7 cities.