What we do

Original musical "Crime and Punishment" tryout

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

Outline

This is a musical based on Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment” with the setting moved to a present-day Japanese city. This theater-based tryout follows a reading performance of the work. The aim of the work is to reconsider the original work’s themes of justice, crime, family, love etc. in a contemporary Japanese context.

Performers: NAOYA Kanzawa, MAYU Tsuyudume, AI Kikuchi, YUGA Tsuduku, SHO Ota, KYOKO Kikkawa, YUKO Ikeya, YOSEI Matsumura

Staff
Script/Lyrics Esmralda
Music/Music Director Koharu Daibu
Director Mai Hirato
Keyboard Asuka Kuno
Stage Manager Sumica Shimizu
Lighting Designer Takaaki Kurota
Sound Designer Mayuko Ushio
Costume Designer Hiroe Tsuruoka
Recording Director Yuta Kobayashi
Flyer Design Hiroshi Murakami
Production Manager Yuta Sanoki
Planning Group B

Profile

Group B
A musical production unit formed in 2020 by scriptwriter Esmralda, composer Koharu Daibu and director Mai Hirato.
Group B engages in creating “musicals using Western music and rooted in the Japanese language” by contemporary Japanese creators and presenting them in Japan and overseas.

Contact

Mai Hirato
Director
Group B
groupb0718@gmail.com

Venues

Ueno Storehouse, Taito City, Tokyo