What we do

adena//iaru

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

Outline

A certain beauty salon. There is a dispute between a hairdresser who just chats and refuses to cut hair and a customer who wants their hair cut, and a trifling conversation between unrelated immigrants who live in the basement of a high-rise apartment building. From there on, we begin to glimpse people who have been trampled over by power and violence. We see how these people struggle to survive. The work depicts the foolishness of someone who has been hurt by power and then uses another type of power to retaliate. It attempts to raise questions about not only non-war but also radical exchanges of words on social media. This is a thought-provoking drama by horobite on rejection and denial.

Performers
Shoichiro Suzuki, Saho Ito, Kenshi Uchida, Chiharu Ogoshi, Akira Nakazawa, Akiko Yoshioka

Staff
Written and directed by: Yohei Hosokawa
Lighting: Yukie Shibata
Music: nujonoto
Director’s assistant: Ayato Watanabe
Stage direction: Kanade Nishihiro
Illustrations: Akiko Okuda
Publicity art: Hiroko Sakai (coton design) 
Video recording/editing:Yosuke Miyazaki
Produced in cooperation with: Satsuki Ohashi
Production: Chinawo Suzuki, horobite
With the cooperation of: Ducksoup, One,two,three, Gift, A.L.C Atlantis, Modernswimmers, Komaba Agora Theatre, Drama-Kan Theatre, Suitengu Pit
With assistance from: Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)
Organization, planning and production: horobite

Profile

horobite
Theater company started by Yohei Hosokawa in 2010. The company has produced numerous works on the subject matter of overlooked people, dramas which before long turn their focus to global issues. Hosokawa garnered the 11th Sengawa Theater Drama Competition ’s Grand Prix, drama writing and acting awards.

Venues

Komaba Agora Theatre, Meguro City, Tokyo