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Yoidorebune Sheme No.2 “Ego / Eva”

  • Organization : Saki Nishijima
  • Section : Artistic and creative activity in Tokyo
  • Type of Grant Program : Single Individual
  • Art Forms : Theater

Outline

A coastal town in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Parent-less sisters Megumi and Yui live with their uncle Shigeru.
One morning, Shigeru is reluctant to go to work.
Megumi become irritated by Shigeru, who doesn’t give a reason why, and Yui, who is indifferent to everything.
Then their other sister Aya, who has been away for a long time, suddenly returns…

This is a dialogue-oriented work taking place at a bar counter and based around a man in his fifties and three women in their thirties.
Performed by Saki Nishijima, Eri Nakahara, Haru, Hideyuki Inoue, and Riyu Hinuma (voice only).
Under the concept of going forward without adhering to a framework considered the social norm, performers were selected for having lives outside theater which involve the core life experiences of work, childcare, nursing care, etc.
This performance was staged as a way of giving encouragement to people who want to do something else with their lives, but believe they cannot at present.

Profile

Saki Nishijima
From 2012 Nishijima spent five years learning the basics of swordfighting at Shikenryu Tate Dojo.
From 2015 to the present, she has continued with acting projects alongside her work as an “OL” (office lady).
Since 2017, she has been a member of Gekidan Q+, a theater company comprising working adults who do not work in theater all the time. As well as appearing in the troupe’s annual main production, she appears in outside productions at the rate of one a year.
In 2020, she established Yoidorebune as a vehicle for her personal projects.
In 2021 she put on her first production “Deep Sea Ophelia:” “Ego / Eva” is her second production.

Contact

Saki Nishijima
Organizer
Yoidorebune
yohidorebune@gmail.com

Venues

Esorabako, Shinjuku City, Tokyo