What we do

Theater Commons Tokyo ’23

  • Organization : Theater Commons Tokyo Executive Committee
  • Section : None
  • Type of Grant Program : Single

Outline

Theater Commons Tokyo is a project to create a collective space for society that harnesses the collective wisdom of theater. By using theater – that is, by applying theatrical ideas – in the context of everyday life and the urban space, it aims to propose a model for theater(s) to come. Theater Commons Tokyo and its artists use the imagination of theater to create experiences in which diverging elements and time periods intersect, and the ordinary is defamiliarized through dialogue and discovery. Held under the theme of “Rebooting Touch,” this seventh edition of Theater Commons Tokyo featured performances, installations, workshops, and other programs, as well as remote participation options that include a work set in the Metaverse: Meiro Koizumi “Prometheus the Fire-Bringer” (VR performance), Saeborg “Soultopia” (Metaverse), Tomoko Sato “Index for Obake Tokyo: Chapter 2” (lecture performance), Yuko Nakamura “The Unseen Gaze” (workshop, exhibition) and Commons Forum #1~3 (online forum).

Profile

【 Theater Commons Tokyo Executive Committee 】
Theater Commons Tokyo is held in venues across Minato ward, Tokyo. The executive committee is composed of Arts Commons Tokyo and the following international cultural institutions based in the ward: Taiwan Cultural Center (Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan), Goethe-Institut Tokyo, Embassy of France in Japan / Institut français du Japon, and Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Contact

Theater Commons Tokyo Executive Committee

Venues

Goethe-Institut Tokyo, Minato City, Tokyo
SHIBAURA HOUSE, Minato City, Tokyo 
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