chelfitsch tag:chelfitsch.net,2008:/en//2 2008-02-12T06:34:38Z Movable Type 3.31-ja chelfitsch “Five Days in March”TOUR SCHEDULE 2007 tag:chelfitsch.net,2007:/en//2.33 2007-05-11T15:23:21Z 2007-10-16T14:04:27Z © Honjo Naoki 【Brussels/Belgium】 Kaaith... precog honjophoto.jpg
© Honjo Naoki

【Brussels/Belgium】
Kaaitheaterstudio's (at Kunsten Festival des Arts)
16th,17th,18th,20th/May start 20:30 ※pubic after talk on 17th
19th May, start 18:00
Japanese>FR,NL subtitles
http://www.kunstenfestivaldesarts.be

【Paris/France】
Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris
24th,25th,26th/May start 20:00
※pubic after talk on 26th : guest:Mr.Oriza Hirata(playwrite/director of "Seinendan")
Japanese>FR subtitles
http://www.mcjp.asso.fr

【Kochi/Japan】
the Museum of Art,Kochi
7th July start 18:00
8th July start 14:00
Japanese
http://www.kochi-bunkazaidan.or.jp/~museum/

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【Yamaguchi/Japan】
Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media
29th April start 14:00
http://www.ycam.jp/

【Fukuoka/Japan】
Fukuoka IMS Hall
2th,3th/May start 19:30
http://www.ims.co.jp/event/
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]]> Five Days in March (Sangatsu no Itsukakann) tag:chelfitsch.net,2007:/en//2.34 2007-05-11T16:50:00Z 2007-05-11T17:13:09Z Five Days in March (Sangatsu no Itsukak... precog fivedaysinmarch.jpg

Five Days in March
(Sangatsu no Itsukakann)
Premiere: 2004
Time: 1hr 20min.
Stages/Acts: 2/10
Casts：７ （M5/F2）
Written and Directed by Toshiki Okada

]]> 　 On March 21 (20th U.S. time), 2003, the U.S. armed forces began bombing Iraq. This play tells about the actions of young couples during the period of five days spanning two days prior to, and two days after March 21. What makes this play unique is that the actions of the young people are literally “told” rather than being “acted out” by the actors.
One of couples had just met at a live performance club in Roppongi and ended going straight from there to a hotel in Shibuya, where they spent five days in total. Going out to eat from time to time, the couple Minobe and Yukki suddenly found that they are seeing Shibuya with fresh new eyes. Then there is Minobe’s friend, the slightly weird girl Miffy and the boy Azuma whom they met at a movie theater. There are also two young men Yasui and Ishihara who are taking part somewhat half-heartedly, in an anti-war march in Shibuya.
The play’s style is carried out by seven actors come on stage as “Actor 1” and “Actor 2”, and proceed to take turns telling the audience the stories of the characters of the play, as if they had just heard the stories from the characters themselves. For example, here is what oneof the actors says: “OK. I guess I’ll begin telling the story of Five Days in March starting from day one. First of all, let's say this is set in March of last year, and this is a story of this guy named Minobe who wakes up one morning and realizes he’s in a hotel, and he’s like “Hey, I’m in a love hotel” and, not only that, there is a girl who is asleep beside him and he would say “I don’t know this chick”. In this way, the actors don’t play the roles of the characters, but simply relate their actions to the audience.
This work, which has no real plot or notable incidents occurring, is an attempt of a serious exploration of “present expression”. First of all, it removes the deceptive theatrical element of how skillfully actors can “act out a role”, and then it tries to eliminate the artificiality that always exists to some degree in lines spoken by the actors when they are clearly from a drama-like script.
As a work born at the end of a quest for the most sincere form of expression in the present, Five Days in March skillfully juxtaposes the grand-scale event of “War” and what can be called the almost insignificant in real daily life, giving form to the elusive sense of the present held by Japanese young people.

]]> History Chelfitsch / Toshiki Okada tag:chelfitsch.net,2007:/en//2.2 2007-05-11T16:56:51Z 2007-05-11T16:46:47Z 1997 August "The Gorge (Kyokoku)"... precog 1997
August "The Gorge (Kyokoku)" (Yokohama Sotesu theater)

1998
June "The Hat and the Satellite (Boushi to Jinkoueisei)" (Koenji Akashi Studio)
December "O-JI" (Yokohama Sotesu theater)

1999
November "2 Soldiers and The TACHMACHINEGI (Futari no Heishi to Tachmachinegi)"(Yokohama ST Spot)

2000
May "3 Days, 3 Nights, and 100 Years (Mikkamiban Soshite Hyakunen)"(Yokohama ST Spot)

2001
January "The 21st Century for the Two Loan Sharks (Futari no Kourigashi no Nijyuishi Seiki)"(Yokohama ST Spot)
March "Be Surprised with Their Hopes (Karera no Kibou ni Mihare)" (Yokohama ST Spot)
November "A Trip to Mind of Apartment Complex (Danchi no Kokoro he no Tabi)" (Yokohama ST Spot)

2002
April "Apartment (Mansion)" (Shibuya Gallery LE DECO)
September "3 Days, 3 Nights, and 100 Years (Mikkamiban Soshite Hyakunen)" (Kagurazaka SESSION HOUSE GARDEN)

2003
April-May "Love and Myself / Tonkatsu-ya (Koi to Jibun / Tonkatsu-ya)" (Kagurazaka SESSION HOUSE GARDEN)
June "Apartment (Mansyon)" (Yokohama ST Spot)
September "King UBU (Ybu Ou)" (Hosei University Student Hole Big Hole)
November "On the Harmful Effects of Marijuana (Marijuana no Gai ni Tsuite)" (Yokohama ST Spot)

2004
February "Five Days in March (Sangatsu no Itsukakann)" (Shinagawa Sphere Mex)
June "Five Days in March (Sangatsu no Itsukakann)" (KAVC Gallery at Kobe Art Village Center)
August "Air Conditioner (Cooler)" (Kyoto Art Complex1928)
November "The End of Toil (Rouku no Owari)" (Yokohama ST Spot)

2005
March "Post*The End of Toil (Post*Rouku no Owari)" (Yokohama ST Spot)
July Air Conditioner (Cooler)" (Setagaya Public Theater)
August "Destination (Mokutekichi)" (Biwa Lake Hole Rehearsal room)
September "Tissue" (Asakusa Asahi Art Square / Participation in "Agatsuma Dance Crossing")
November "Destination (Mokutekichi)" (Komaba Agola Theatre)
December "Zuresponse" (Asakusa Asahi Art Square / Participation in "Agatsuma Dance Crossing" / Co-production with Hoho-Do)

2006
March "Five Days In March (Sangatsu no Itsukakann)" (Roppongi Super Deluxe)
June Mr.Okada participated in “ Stucke'06/International Literature project in the course of the Football World Cup 2006 (Muehlheim,Germany)” as a representative of a young dramatist in Japan.
December 　　 “Enjoy” (New National Theatre,Tokyo)

2006-2007
Mr.Okada assume as a director of Komaba Agola Theatre’s Theatre Festival, ”Summit” (artistic director: Mr.Oriza Hirata)

]]> On the Harmful Effects of Marijuana (Marijuana no Gai ni Tsuite) tag:chelfitsch.net,2007:/en//2.35 2007-05-11T16:58:02Z 2007-05-11T17:01:25Z On the Harmful Effects of Marijuana (Ma... precog marijuana.jpg

On the Harmful Effects of Marijuana
(Marijuana no Gai ni Tsuite)
Premiere: 2003
Time: 20min.
Stages/Acts: 1/1
Casts：1 （F2）
Written and Directed by Toshiki Okada

]]> A monologue. Mia, a girl around the age of 20, is waiting for her friend Hiroko by the window seat at a Starbucks Coffee near Yokohama station. Hiroko talks about her elder boyfriend, Kadota. Kadota offered Hiroko marijuana when they were in a hotel one day, and Hiroko was shocked. They hadnﾕt met for a while since. Hiroko is concerning if she continues her relationship with Kadota or not. Listening to her story, Mia watches a guy from the window, doing his part-time job of handing out brochures of cosmetics. The actor now starts to play the role of the guy. The actor complains as the guy. Because heﾕs doing the job absent-mindedly, he hands the brochure to a tall guy by mistake and gets cursed by him. The tall guy was Kadota. Kadota walks to Hiroko in Starbucks with horrible expression on his face. The title comes from Chekhov’s monologue “On The Harmful Effects of Tobacco”.

]]> Post＊The End of Toil (Post*Rouku no Owari) tag:chelfitsch.net,2007:/en//2.36 2007-05-11T17:03:39Z 2007-05-11T17:05:35Z Post＊The End of Toil (Post*Rouku no Owa... precog posttheendoftoil.jpg

Post＊The End of Toil
(Post*Rouku no Owari)
Premiere: 2005
Time: 2hr 15min.
Stages/Acts: 2/7
Casts: 5 （M3/F2）
Written and Directed by Toshiki Okada　

]]> Imaizumi-kun had been dating with two girls, but this time, he left Tanaka-san and proposed Kawaguchi-san. So now Kawaguchi-san is going to finish her room sharing with another woman. By the way, the woman, who is the roommate of her, is actually a married grass widow. But she has never talked about that to Kawaguchi-san.
So the two couples, one is going to marry and the other breaking up their marriage, describe the two variations of “marriage”. One could have one’s say, the other couldn't.

]]> Air-Conditioner (Cooler) tag:chelfitsch.net,2007:/en//2.37 2007-05-11T17:05:57Z 2007-05-11T17:09:35Z Air-Conditioner (Cooler) Premiere: 2004... precog airconditioner.jpg

Air-Conditioner
(Cooler)
Premiere: 2004
Time: 25min.
Stages /Acts: -
Casts: 2 （M1/F1）
Created by Toshiki Okada

]]> 　　Highly acclaimed work, which was primarily made to take part in "We Love Dance Festival '04" (Kyoto Art Complex 1928 and Shinjuku Park Tower Hall), but turned out to make for the finals at "Toyota Choreography Award 2005" (Setagaya Public Theatre). Created by Toshiki Okada, who was then working mainly in the field of drama, "Air-Conditioner" is a piece of work made through examining dance approaches by pursuing the connection between "body" and "words"; the factors that compose staging. The clearly defined concept of the body demonstrated in the work defied the conventional idea of “choreography”, generating an enthusiastic debate among the audience.
Below is the excerpt; throughout the play, a conversation is made about the temperature setting of an air-conditioner.

F: About the air-conditioner…
M: Yes.
F: It’s a little bit cold you know, maybe too cold... in our office the temperature's always set at 23 degrees and even in strongest power, which I think is crazy if you ask me.
M: Yeah...
M: 'Cause the air-conditioner is really... you know, it's always set at 23 degrees in the strongest wind, and I think this is quite unusual, yeah I do think so... like, itﾕs almost funny, but I guess I myself is kinda person who is cold-natured, you know...
M: Ah, it may be hard for women I think, yes, it may be kinda hard for women.
F: Yeah, no, is it like "you're kinda person who is 'kinda cold-natured'" or I mean, for like women, but is that how you feel or...
M: Yeah.
F: What do you mean by that? But is it like "yeah, I guess I'm aware of that" kinda feeling? I don't know I guess, but...
M: Yeah, I know many women are like that, I feel sorry you know.
F: But yeah, I think thatﾕs the reason, I myself think so anyway.
M: Yeah, I know many women are like that, I feel sorry you know.

]]> Destination (Mokutekichi) tag:chelfitsch.net,2007:/en//2.38 2007-05-11T17:10:01Z 2007-05-11T17:12:22Z Destination (Mokutekichi) Premiere: 200... precog destination.jpg

Destination
(Mokutekichi)
Premiere: 2005
Time: 2hr 40min.
Stages/Acts: 1/17
Casts: 8 （M6/F2）
Written and Directed by Toshiki Okada

]]> This is a story told in the context of some weird atmosphere; one might describe as disquietness, of 'Kohoku New Town', the large housing area in Yokohama.
A young lady thought she might have got pregnant because she had missed her period. She told the fact to her boyfriend after suffering alone. Her boyfriend actually felt impatient when he heard about that from her. He went for an advice to his senior who was already married and living in a condominium in Kohoku New Town.
By the way, this was just the same time that his senior, Miyazaki, knew his wifeﾕs pregnancy. Mr. & Mrs. Miyazaki was feeling fear and pleasure. They imagine themselves riding a Ferris wheel of the department store in new town with their child. They imagine their child gets involved in a war their country is now involved with, and gets killed by someone or kills someone. They also worry if they will be able to give birth successfully.
Before they noticed the pregnancy, the couple had been talking about having a cat, but now they decided not to. They went to a baby product store in the shopping center of New Town. The husband accidentally told his wifeﾕs pregnancy to his colleague. The wife started thinking about the cat, which they would have had for a pet.

]]> chelfitsch “Five Days in March”Winter tour in Japan tag:chelfitsch.net,2007:/en//2.63 2007-10-16T14:04:39Z 2008-02-12T04:12:26Z Winter tour in Japan Five Days in March... precog Winter tour in Japan
Five Days in March

Playwrite and directed: Toshiki Okada
Actors: Ruchino Yamazaki, Taichi Yamagata, Hiromasa Shimonishi, Syoko Matsumura, EIji Takigawa, Souichi Murakami, Kohei Matsueda

●Natinal Museum of Art, Osaka
8(sat.) and 9(sun.), Dec, 2008
Venue: National Museum of Art, Osaka B1 garally
Tickets: Tickets pia, e+, NMAO
Information: NMAO www.nmao.go.jp, TEL 06-6447-4680
precog Co. Ltd,. precpg-jp.net, TEL:03-3410-1816 info@precog-jp.net

●Mori Art Museum (Tokyo)
13(thu.), Dec, 2008
Venue: Academy Hills49 Tower hall
Tickets/ information: Mori Art Museum www.mori.art.museum

]]> Toshiki Okada will talk about his creative works and the newest piece Free TIme @ IETM tag:chelfitsch.net,2008:/en//2.96 2008-01-01T08:46:42Z 2008-04-15T01:17:39Z IETM Keynote Session: Contemporary Perf... precog IETM Keynote Session: Contemporary Performing Arts
March 3rd ［Mon］10:30-12:00 / Yebisu The Garden Room

Moderator:
UCHINO Tadashi [Professor, Performance Studies, Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Science, University of Tokyo, Japan]
Speakers:
OKADA Toshiki [Playwrite, Director of chelfitsch, Novelist, Japan]
Christophe SLAGMUYLDER [Artistic Director, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Belgium]

For more information about IETM Satellite Meeting, please visit at
http://www.tpam.or.jp/e_ietm/e_ietm.html

]]> “Five days in March”Summer Tour tag:chelfitsch.net,2008:/en//2.118 2008-02-10T08:30:24Z 2008-07-10T08:34:58Z “Five days in March” Text and direction... precog “Five days in March”
Text and direction: Toshiki Okada.
Performers:
Taichi Yamagata, Luchino Yamazaki, Hiromasa Shimonishi, Kohei Matsueda, Tomomitsu Adachi, Riki Takeda, Izumi Aoyagi.

＠Salzburg Festival（Salzburg）
■Dates:14th-16th, Aug ,2008 [14th 20h00／16th 20h00]
■Venue : republic
SALZBURG FESTIVAL

＠Chapter Arts Center (Cardiff)
■Dates:19th-20th, Aug, 2008 [19th 20h00／20th 20h00]
http://www.chapter.org/13784.html

@ Concarino (Sapporo)
■Dates:24th-25th, Aug, 2008 [24th 17:00／25th 20h00]
■Venue :Concarino
http://www.concarino.or.jp

]]> "Five Days In March" in Singapore tag:chelfitsch.net,2008:/en//2.105 2008-02-11T01:14:57Z 2008-05-02T06:05:45Z "Five Days In March" in Singapore precog "Five Days In March"
Text and direction: Toshiki Okada.
Performers: Taichi Yamagata, Luchino Yamazaki, Hiromasa Shimonishi, Shoko Matsumura, Kohei Matsueda, Tomomitsu Adachi, Riki Takeda.

■Dates
25 Apr 2008 (Fri)
8:00 pm: Performance

26 Apr 2008 (Sat)
8:00 pm: Performance & Post-performance Talk

■Venue (Information)
Esplanade
Address:
The Esplanade Co. Ltd.
1 Esplanade Drive Singapore 038981
Tel: +65 6828 8222
www.esplanade.com

For more information:
http://www.thestudios.com.sg/2008/

]]> "Freetime" in Tokyo tag:chelfitsch.net,2008:/en//2.86 2008-02-12T04:03:44Z 2008-04-28T07:00:26Z "Freetime" in Tokyo precog Coproduction:
KUNSTENFESTIVALDESARTS2008(Brussels)
Wiener Festwochen(Wiener)
Festival d'Automne(Paris).

Text and direction: Toshiki Okada.
Actors/Actress: Taichi Yamagata, Luchino Yamazaki, Hiromasa Shimonishi, Tomomitsu Adachi, Mari Ando, Saho Ito.

Set design: TRAFU ARCHITECTS(Koichi Suzuno, Shinya Kamuro)
Music: Atsuhiro Koizumi (Sangatsu)

■Dates
5th-18th, March, 2008
freetime-schedule.jpg
◎“Freetime”performance +post-performance talk (10th, 12th, 13th, March)
10th, Hiroki Azuma×Toshiki Okada
12th, Yoshio Ootani×Atsushi Sasaki×Tohiki Okada
13th, Ameya Norimizu×Tohiki Okada
☆Special Event !! Music Live: d.v.d,Sangatsu (11th, March)

■Venue
Super Deluxe(Roppongi/Tokyo)
B1F 3.1.25 Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0031, Japan
tel +81.3.5412.0515
*5 minutes walk toward Nishi Azabu on Roppongi dori from Roppongi station (Hibiya Line or Oedo Line).
*1 minute walk from Roppongi 6-chome bus stop (TO-01 Shinbashi >> Shibuya).
http://www.super-deluxe.com/

■Fee
Advanced: 3500yen
At the Door: 4000yen
student:3000yen (Student ID required at the entrance.）
●For information in English, feel free to contact Precog at info@precog-jp.net or Tel:+81-3-3314-1816.

■Information:Precog
http://precog-jp.net
TEL&FAX:+81-3-3410-1816
info@precog-jp.net

]]> "Freetime" & "Air Conditioner" Spring Tour in Europe tag:chelfitsch.net,2008:/en//2.87 2008-02-12T04:15:51Z 2008-07-24T07:29:12Z "Freetime" & "Air Conditioner" Spring Tour in Europe precog "Air Conditioner"
Text and direction: Toshiki Okada.
Performers: Taichi Yamagata, Luchino Yamazaki.

@Uovo Festival(Milan)
■Dates:17th-18th, May, 2008
■Venue :Paolo Grassi Art Dramatic School
http://www.uovoproject.it/

"Freetime"
Text and direction: Toshiki Okada.
Performers:
Taichi Yamagata,Luchino Yamazaki,Tomomitsu Adachi,
Mari Ando,Saho Ito,Kei Namba.

@KUNSTENFESTIVALDESARTS2008(Brussels)
■Dates:24th-31st, May, 2008
■Venue :Beursschouwburg
http://www.kunstenfestivaldesarts.be/

@Wiener Festwochen(Wiener)
■Dates:5th-8th, June, 2008
■Venue:brut im Künstlerhaus
http://www.festwochen.at/

]]> "Freetime" & "FIve Days in March" Autumn Tour in Europe tag:chelfitsch.net,2008:/en//2.89 2008-02-12T04:35:27Z 2008-04-28T06:58:41Z "Freetime" & "FIve Days in March" Autumn Tour in Europe precog Now Planning...

]]> "Five Days in March"&"Air Conditioner" Winter Tour in USA tag:chelfitsch.net,2008:/en//2.90 2008-02-12T04:36:46Z 2008-02-12T06:34:38Z "Five Days in March"&"Air Conditioner" Winter Tour in USA precog Now Planning...

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