Crisis at Culture Center & Seaside Town by Masataka Matsuda

Written and Directed by Masataka Matsuda (playwright, director, marebito theater company)
Cast: Satoshi Ikuzane, Michiyoshi Suzuka, Kao Daimon, Yasunobu Tanabe, Shiho Fukasawa, Ryohei Yokota
Assistant Director: Hirotaka Fukui

synopsis

Seaside Town
In a town by the sea, the west end of this country. A man, Shinji, starts to live in a vacant house. He has lost his job in Tokyo and had nowhere to go, before coming back to his hometown. In a deserted rural town, a mediocre kind of fascism become apparent and, while feeling confused, Shinji gradually becomes familiarized with the mood. Unchanging communal bonds and blood relations step in, too. A “sign” appears in the daily lives and an inevitable incident was reported to Shinji.

Shinji, a man who comes back to hometown, performed by Ryohei Yokota
Tonoyama, a local man, performed by Satoshi Ikuzane
Giichi, the man from nextdoor, performed by Michiyoshi Suzuka
Kurumi, the woman from nextdoor, performed by Shiho Fukasawa
Umi, the daughter from nextdoor, performed by Kao Daimon
Kenichi, Shinji’s elder brother, performed by Yasunobu Tanabe

Crisis at Culture Center
Yoshimura, Tsujii and Nakano who work at Culture Center are spending anxious time. As the administrator of Culture Center will be changed to a private company from the next fiscal year, they have been told that all the staff members will be laid off. One day, Nakano’s friend from his university visits Culture Center for an event that he is planning to organise. They go to the mountain to spend the weekend camping and sit around a bonfire. Meanwhile, Satooka, a high school student, who works part time at a convenience store, is told by her art club teacher, Kaminaga, that there will be a meteor shower on Saturday night and is feeling excited. At the pier of the port, a man stands keeping his eyes on the smugglers. A portrayal of three winter days, of the weekend, at a small city by the sea.

Maria Yoshimura, a Culture Center staff, performed by Yuka Nakagawa
Hikari Tsujii, a Culture Center staff, performed by Shiho Fukasawa
Izumi Tsujioka, a high school student, performed by Kao Daimon
Kosuke Nakano, a Culture Center staff, performed by Michiyoshi Suzuka
Tamotsu Kato, Nakno’s friend from Tokyo, performed by Yasunobu Tanabe
Shinjiro Sugita, a man who shoplifts, performed by Ryohei Yokota
Tetsuya Kaminaga, an art teacher, performed by Satoshi Ikuzane
Other people in the town

Profile

Masataka Matsuda

Born in Nagasaki Prefecture in 1962, Masataka Matsuda is a playwright and director as well as the head of marebito theater company. He received the Kishida Drama Award for Sea and Parasol in 1996, the Yomiuri Drama Award for Moon Cape in 1997, and the Yomiuri Literary Prize for Over Summer Sands in 1999. He formed marebito theater company in 2003. Its major productions include Performing Fukushima, presented as part of Festival/Tokyo 2018. Since 2012, he is a professor at Rikkyo University’s College of Contemporary Psychology Body Expression and Cinematic Arts course. He is also an instructor at ROHM Theatre Kyoto’s Theatre School Project for three years in a row.

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Pre-release

2022.11.19 (SAT)
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Please refer to the application guide below and make a reservation via email or phone call.

Subcontractor: WITH GROUP Kyoto office (a member of ALL JAPAN CHILDCARE SERVICES ASSOCIATION)

Available dates:
①Crisis at the Cultural Center: Thursday 23 February 2022 from 1:00PM to 15 minutes after the performance.
②Seaside Town: Thursday 23 February 2022 from 5:30PM to 15 minutes after the performance.
③Seaside Town: Thursday 25 Saturday 2022 from 1:00PM to 15 minutes after the performance.
④Crisis at the Cultural Center: Sunday 26 February 2022 from 3:00PM to 15 minutes after the performance.

Deadline:
①、② Thursday, 16th February 2023  *Phone calls are accepted until 6PM.
③Saturday, 18th February 2023  *Phone calls are accepted until 6PM.
④Sunday, 19th February 2023  *Phone calls are accepted until 6PM.

*The capacity is limited due to the space. Please note that applications will be closed as soon as capacity is reached.
Age range: 3 months ~ preschool
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