【Performance canceled】Charity Noh Performance: Prayers from Kyoto for the Reconstruction of Disaster Zones

This charity Noh performance by volunteers in Kyoto is held to raise money for disaster zone reconstruction.

【Online video streaming】
Instead of the performance scheduled on 20th August 2020, there will be a free online streaming on YouTube “Charity Noh Performance online: Prayers from Kyoto”, which will be produced and performed by Kyoto Noh Volunteers who are the organizers of this performance. In this video, Kuroemon Katayama, a shite from Kanze School of Noh and the leader of the Kyoto Noh Volunteers, will provide his commentary on the Noh and Kyogen performances which will be filmed on 20th August. The video will feature a variety of programmes including the Noh piece Dai-e with some special staging in its first scenes, as well as Shikainami recited by all members of the Noh Volunteers which is not normally seen on stage. The video will be streamed online on YouTube channel Kyoto Noh Charity Performance from 7pm to 9pm on Friday 25th September and will be available later for archive viewing.