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New work - Taiwan Theater Performance “The Brotherhood”

  • Organization : AsiAn Rib
  • Section : In Tokyo
  • Type of Grant Program : Single

Outline

Looking ahead to the year 2020, this project aims to transmit the messages from the Asian artists to the world. In The Brotherhood, a work by the gay Taiwanese playwright Dazi Lin, the image of Taiwan still affected by Japanese colonial era etched in the struggle of the three gay people. In Taiwan, a law legalizing same-sex marriage for the first time in Asia will be enacted in 2019. Through this work, which came into being within a minority, we would like to portray Taiwan’s presence in Asia to Japanese and people from other countries visiting Japan. This is a new theatrical performance newly written by an up-and-coming Taiwanese creative team. The play is difficult to perform in Taiwan, where “same-sex brotherly love” is regarded as forbidden. In order to deliver an authentic view of Taiwan, the Taiwanese cast and direction will rehearse the play in Taiwan and present its world premiere in Tokyo. The performance will be in Chinese, with Japanese and English subtitles.

August 2-5, 2018
2(THU)19:00, 3(FRI)14:00・19:00, 4(SAT)13:00・18:00, 5(SUN)13:00
Playwright:LIN,MENG-HUAN/Dramaturg:E-RUN/Director:HUANG, YU-CHIN
CAST/CHEN,HUAI-CHUN・LIAO,YUAN-CHING・PENG,HAO-CHIN
STAFF/StageDesign:LIN,SHIH-LUN・Lighting:YUU YOKOHARA・Music:CHOU,LI-TING・Sound:TAKESHI SHIMA・Costume:LIN,YU-YUAN・Videographer:NAOTO IINA・Stage Manager: AYUMU WATANABE・SUN,WEI-CHEN・Assistant Director:CHEN,JO-CHEN・Costume Advisor:YOKO TAKEUCHI・FlyerDesign:MASAYA KISHIMOTO・Producer:KEIKO IBI・Assistant Producer:YOEI NODA

Profile

【AsiAn Rib】
Launched in 2017, this project aims to introduce and produce plays in order to deepen theatrical exchange among Asian countries. Its core members are Rieko Yamazaki (aka E-RUN), who studied at a theater university in Beijing from 1991 and went on to translate, direct, appear in, and produce theater performances in Beijing, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other Chinese-speaking areas; and Hong Myungwha, a South Korean resident of Japan who is active in both Korea and Japan, and who won the 9th Odashima Yushi Drama Translation Award in 2017.
AsiAn Rib’s activities are based on the principle of transmitting Asian messages from Asian artists to the world, looking ahead to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In partnership with the theater company “AxixA” in Taiwan, the project mainly focuses on exchange between Japan and Taiwan.

Contact

KEIKO IBI
Producer
AsiAn Rib
E-mail: asianrib2018@gmail.com

Venues

Shinjuku Moliere Theater