This was a restaging at Honda Theater in Shimokitazawa of Gekidan Awai’s debut work, first performed at Waseda Shogekijo Drama-kan Theater in 2018. Following Awai’s first production came dramatizations of the Noh piece “Sumida-gawa” and Shakespeare’s sonnets. Based on the troupe’s experience depicting characters who can only exist in the “awai” (place between) life and death, the past and the present, this revival followed a Noh format while taking the rakugo piece “Sokotsu-Nagaya” as its base like the debut production. By incorporating elements of past works, the troupe has created a work that closes in on the concept of “awai.”

Written and directed by: Kentaro Otsuka
Performed by: Kantaro Matsuo, Sae Takamoto, Takasumi Higashi, Rina Furudate, Yuto Ueda, Hanae Senuma, Nozomi Suzuki
Musical performance: Chiaki Inaba