Tomoko-san is one of the directors and performers in
Bonsai Maple Syrup
at the Pleasance Theatre Islington
June 21, 22, 23 at 19:45, Sunday 24 June at 18:00
Tickets £10 (£7 concessions)
Hiroshima, 1947. Canadian journalist Henri
Corbeil is sent on a six-week assignment.
He does not return home for almost a year.
Montreal, 1971. 24-year-old Hélène Corbeil
retraces her father’s journey through Japan.
Armed only with his journals and interviews,
she hopes to find the mother she never knew.
This bout of visual theatre explores hand in
hand melodrama and satire, tragedy and
parody, as the international cast concieve a
poignant, sensitive, albeit sometimes silly epic,
in their native English, Japanese and French.
I saw the dress rehearsal last night and it's quite a performance.
The company has put a lot of work into it and it deserves an audience.
I was pleased to be able to understand the Japanese except for one long speech,
but that is given a translation by another cast member anyhow.
As a bonus the venue is really good-- There's a great courtyard and pub/restuarant below the theatre.
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My friend Kazuko-san, leader of Frank Chickens, has some performances in June.
June 23rd Saturday, 11am, 1pm, 4pm
Oh Doh
at Chelsea Theatre
FREE!
As part of InTransit - season of artists led walks in “Royal” Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. This show is about ‘end’ led by Kazuko Hohki and Thomas Moor. (the audience are limited to 8 ).
I saw this last February, although that time was at night. It's really good fun, you meet lots of strange people on the route and then start looking at people not part of the play as if they might be!
June 24th Sunday around 2:45pm
Frank Chickens
Leicester Square (outside stage)
FREE!
As part of West End Live ( China Town Arts Space event)
Post punk, post modern, post intercultural cabaret.
Come along and sing along to "We Are Ninja! (not Geisha)"
This time as it is outdoors I won't be doing lights or projection.
June 29th Friday and 30th Saturday 7:30pm
KH’s Wuthering Heights
£15 (£10 concessions) at Artsadmin
As part of Artsadmin Summer season.
(sorry their website is Flash based so impossible to give direct link, click on the wuthering heights cover!)
Kazuko, Colin Carmichael and Clive Bell (music) under supervision of Tim Hope examine Wuthering Heights via Japanese tourist and some sheep.
