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“Antigone Anonymous – Substance / an imperial cleansing”

  • Organization : Offton
  • Section : None
  • Type of Grant Program : Single

Outline

History repeats itself. Stories resurrect.
The masterpiece of Offton, re-staged.
Offton offers a new story imagined based on the two ─ Antigone written by Sophocles in ancient Greece and Brecht’s Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone.

Performers
Ai Ozeki*
Yuri Nitta*
Takahiro Takigoshi
Mayu Ozawa*
Yoko Tachikura

Staff
Based on a story by Bertolt Brecht’ “Antigone”
Author/Direction:Koki Tokuchi*
Sound Designer/Lighting Designer and Other:Shomi Sakurauchi*
Costume Designer:Taiki Nagase
Assistant director:Rioha Nishimura
Production Coordinator:Shotaro Kawasaki
Production Coordinator:Yuri Nitta*

*Offton members

Date/Time: October 4 – 14, 2024
Venue: ATELIER SHUNPUSHA, Itabashi City, Tokyo

Accessibility Support Details:
We did captioned performance, script lending, and relaxed performance (reduce the number of seats by half to give more space, free entry and exit, heightened lighting in the auditorium, squeezes and cuddly toys can be brought in and lent out).

Date and Time of Accessibility Support:
October 6, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.
October 13, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.

Profile

【Offton】
Offton is a theatre company founded in 2011, mainly by Koki Tokuchi.
The company’s recent focus has been on adapting classic plays.
Their texts blend the worldview of the original plays with elements from the present day society.
Using the actuality of theatre to raise the boundary between reality and fiction, their work asks the audience about the issues surrounding us.

Contact

Offton
E-mail: offton@gmail.com