MATASABURO - Angel of the Wind (theatre company Shinjuku Ryozanpaku): FREE
December 21-23, 2006 at 7pm
Upper Terrace, Birrarung Marr (Melway ref 1B S11)Matasaburo - Angel of the Wind by Juro Kara, directed by Su Jin Kim by theatre company Shinjuku Ryozanpaku is supported by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs, 2006 Japan Australia Year of Exchange, Multicultural Arts Victoria, Asia Link, City of Melbourne and SOUPAD.
Shinjuku Ryozanpaku
This award-winning Japanese theatre company has toured the world. In December, as the final event of the 2006 Australia - Japan Year of Exchange they will visit Melbourne. Within the cloistered walls of their purple tent you will experience a night of dreams, the subconscious, old and new Japan, Shinjuku nightclubs, Kabuki traditional pop theatre, the ninja, ancient mythology, spectacular imagery, rock concert lighting, heart-rending original song and dance, outrageous humour, nostalgia, the Tokyo metropolis, innocence, corruption, surrealism, real life anime, horror, mystery and most of all fast-pace fun. It’s a world of poignant humanity on a roller coaster of wild fantasy.
Matasaburo - Angel of the Wind - by Juro Kara
Described as one of Shinjuku Ryozanpaku’s most successful performances, this play transposes the myth of Eurydice and Orpheus, the famous Miyazawa Kenji novel of the same name and the true story of a WWII flight engineer who disappears in a stolen postal aircraft, into the story of Erika and Oribe who chase Matasaburo, the mysterious ‘angel of the wind’ .
Juro Kara is the most important Japanese underground playwright of the post-war period. His plays have astounded generations of Japanese people with their unique wit, absurdity, commentary, surrealism and grimy realism of life in the metropolis. His work takes Greek tragedy, French surrealism and Japanese mythology and blends them into a mix of nostalgic vaudevillian anime. This Melbourne season is a rare opportunity to see one of the giants of Japanese contemporary theatre - don’t miss one of these four shows.
Ticketing: FREE Where: Upper Terrace, Birrarung Marr (Melway ref 1B S11)
When: Opening Night is the 21st, the season: December 21-23, 2006 at 7pm
Seating: Admission in order of arrival at the venue. There are two types of seats, close to the stage on cushions, or in the seating bank. If you would like to guarantee your position, please come early - the tent will open from 6:30
Subtitles: The performance will be performed in Japanese with some English. Story subtitles will be projected. The performance is extremely visual and energetic and can be enjoyed on this level alone.
Transport: maps indicating best routes will be posted on this site shortly. Acces to the Upper Terrace is 8 minutes walk from Flinders Street Station, 4 minutes walk from tram number 70 stop number 7 at the corner of Exhibition and Flinders streets, or park at the Federation Square carpark enter from the corner of Russell and Flinders sts - nightly flat rate of $8 and walk 3 minutes.More information:
For further information please contact Multicultural Arts Victoria www.multiculturalarts.com.au, Phone (03) 9417 6777 or theatre company Shinjuku Ryozanpakuwww.soupad.com/ryozanpaku.html