Gao Xingjian’s drama “Toubou” (“Fugitives”) explored the Tiananmen Square protests; however, this production by Sanninnokai interprets it not as a documentary piece on current events but rather as a contemporary work for the generation born after 1989. It depicts humanity in a closed environment, and freely incorporates artistic expression in other fields such as video and calligraphy.

Program
Performance of Gao Xingjian’s “Toubou” (“Fugitives” )

Post-performance talk “Sanninnokai and “Toubou””
Matinee performance on 21st / Okuda Tomoaki, EMMA Toyonaga Jyunko (director/part-time lecturer, Department of Intermedia Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts)

“The Stage Design of “Toubou”: Writing Literature”
Evening performance on 21st / Imako Haruka,　Saitou Akihito

“Thinking about Chinese theater and Gao Xingjian from a Japanese perspective”
Matinee performance 22nd / Okuda Tomoaki, Takahashi Hiroyuki
(theatre critic/Associate Professor, Department of Drama, Toho Gakuen College of Art)

“Chinese theater and “Toubou””
Evening performance 22nd / Okuda Tomoaki, Seto Hiroshi
(Chinese theater researcher, professor emeritus at Setsunan University)

Performers
Takimoto Kei, Takeda Sigeo, Niigami Takami (Engeki Shudan En)

Production staff
Written by: Gao Xingjian
Translated by: Seto Hiroshi
Directed by: Okuda Tomoaki
Design: Imako Haruka
Video: Ian Shiyang