チェルフィッチュ 『三月の5日間』リクリエーション

日本現代演劇の潮流を変えた代表作、完全なる”再創造”
90年代生まれの新キャストとともに放つ、集大成にして新たな挑戦が
“演劇”をふたたび覚醒させ、”私たちの現在”を浮き彫りにする

 2003年3月、アメリカ軍がイラク空爆を開始した日を含む5日間の東京の若者達の日常を描く「三月の5日間」。その言葉と身体の関係性を軸にした非類なき方法論によりそれまで当たり前とされてきた劇構造を根本から覆し、後に続く若手作家達に大きな影響を与え、日本現代演劇史の転機として語られている。遠くの戦争と無関心な若者の日常を描いた初演から十数年が経ち、若者像や社会情勢、情報伝達の速度、戦争との距離感も大きく変化し、劇中で描かれる人間像や状況はもはや「時代劇」となった。物語内容はそのままに、当時と現在の時間の行き来への意識を促すべく書き換えた戯曲、現在性をまとった若い俳優の身体、パフォーマンスとの関わりによって限りなく意味を変容させるトラフ建築設計事務所による舞台空間が、同時代の切実な人間像や容赦のない社会のありさまを鮮明に浮かび上がらせる。何が変わり、何が変わっていないのか。

今回のリクリエーションでは、舞台上の言葉・身体・空間は、すべて観客が〈想像〉を描くための触媒であるという演劇の本質的な構造を徹底的に追求した。演出の岡田が力を注いできた、〈想像〉を駆使した演出方法の極地と言ってよい。さらにこれまでの幅広い創作によって進化させてきた、ノイズがざわめくような言葉と身体性を発揮するスタイルと、贅肉を削ぎ落とすようなミニマルなスタイルとが絶妙に混ざり合い、次の新たな展開への芽吹きともいえる新境地を見せる。

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[作・演出]岡田利規
[初演年]2017年
[上演時間]約90分
[キャスト数]7名 (男2・女5)

クレジット

[作・演出]岡田利規
[出演]朝倉千恵子、石倉来輝、板橋優里、渋谷采郁、中間アヤカ、米川幸リオン、渡邊まな実
[舞台美術]トラフ建築設計事務所
[技術監督]鈴木康郎
[照明]大平智己(ASG)
[音響]牛川紀政
[衣裳]藤谷香子(FAIFAI)
[演出助手]犬養真奈
[英語翻訳]アヤ・オガワ
[字幕オペレーター]神川美優
[宣伝写真]小林健太
[宣伝美術]牧寿次郎

[国際共同製作]
KAAT神奈川芸術劇場、ロームシアター京都、Kunstenfestivaldesarts

chelfitsch Five Days in March Re-creation

A complete "re-creation" of the major work that changed the direc.on of contemporary theater in Japan
A new challenge with a new cast born in the '90s awakens us once again to "theater" and spotlights "our today”.

Five Days in March describes the realities of the lives of several youths in Tokyo during a five-day period in March 2003, including the day on which the United States began bombing Iraq. Its unique methodology, which revolved around the connection between the speech and physical presence/movements of these youths, shook the theatrical structure that had been taken for granted until then to its very foundations. It had an immense impact on the next generation of playwrights and is still talked about as a turning point in the history of contemporary Japanese theater. More than ten years have passed since the premiere performance of this piece portraying the everyday doings of apathetic youths far from the war, and there have been great changes in respect of the picture of youths, social situation, speed of information transmission, and sense of distance from war. The youths and circumstances as described in the original script have already become dated, and in this sense have made the work a "period piece." While the basic story has remained unaltered, the script has been rewritten somewhat to prompt awareness of the passage of time from those days to the present. Designed by Torafu Architects, the stage space allows for boundless changes in meaning through the physical presence/movements of the young actors embodying the present, and their involvement with the performance. This space likewise highlights the earnest human portraits of the times and throws the merciless shape of the contemporary society into sharp relief. What has changed since then, and what has not?
This re-creation derives from rigorous pursuit of the essential structure of theater, on the premise that the speech, actors' bodies, and space on the stage are catalysts for the workings of the audience's imagination. It could be regarded as the ultimate in the methodology of theatrical direction making full use of this imagination, which Toshiki Okada has worked so hard to perfect as the director. It is also deftly fuses two different styles that have been developed and refined by Okada through a wide range of works so far: one that gives full rein to kinds of speech and physical motion which could be likened to theatrical static, and one that takes a minimalistic approach aimed at stripping away anything superfluous. In this aspect as well, it breaks new ground that seems to presage the start of a new chapter in his theatrical art.

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Playwrite / Director: Toshiki Okada
Premiere: 2017
Duration: 90min
Casts: 7 (Male:5, Female:2)

Credits

Playwright, Direction: Toshiki Okada
Performers: Chieko Asakura, Riki Ishikura, Yuri Itabashi, Ayaka Shibutani, Ayaka Nakama, Leon Kou Yonekawa, Manami Watanabe
Set Design: TORAFU ARCHITECTS

Technical Director: Koro Suzuki
Lighting Director: Tomomi Ohira (ASG)
Sound Director: Norimasa Ushikawa
Costume: Kyoko Fujitani (FAIFAI)
Assistant Director: Mana Inukai
English Translation: Aya Ogawa
Publicity Photography: Kenta Cobayashi
Publicity Design: Jujiro Maki

Co-produced by:
KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, ROHM Theatre Kyoto, Kunstenfestivaldesarts