Kanagawa Prefectural Government Office Main Building Conference Hall Short Play Collection vol.2 Special page
- Kanagawa Prefectural Government Main Building Conference Hall Short Play Collection vol.2 to be held! -
The second installment of last year's well-received "Kanagawa Prefectural Government Office Main Building Conference Hall Short Play Collection" has been announced!
This year, the festival will be held on April 18th (Sat) and 19th (Sun), and four groups, Yokohama Marine Rocket, Moshamoja Atama to Herahera Megane, theater 045 syndicate, and Shudan asif~, will perform short plays in the Kanagawa Prefectural Government Building Main Conference Hall! This performance will be set in a rare prefectural office, even on a national scale.
Image: Poster visual
We received comments from the planners, Nobuhiro Sasaura and Shoko Kawata!
From Nobuhiro Sasaura
Just like last year, we will be performing at the wonderful Kanagawa Prefectural Government Building, thanks to the generous support of Kanagawa Prefecture. We are truly delighted.
The audience seats are covered with a red carpet. In the center is a huge chandelier that commands attention. This luxurious set has already been prepared. What kind of chemical reaction will occur between this authentic and luxurious environment and the work of us theater people?
As a producer myself and director of my own group "Shaggy Head and Fluttering Glasses," I am planning to make the most of this space again this year. The works we will be performing are "Boy of Dawn," a three-person play, and "Ukiyo Hotel," a new short musical, both of which were created with the intention of performing in this space. "Boy of Dawn" features three young, talented actors, while "Ukiyo Hotel" is a 10-person troupe centered around former veterans of the Shiki Theatre Company, and we look forward to seeing you there.
This year, the guest groups we have invited are all very talented. Yokohama is the closest regional city to Tokyo. We want to show everyone a part of the theater scene there. We think this is a great opportunity for people who have never seen a play to experience theater. Although there will only be four performances, we hope you will come and see them.
From Shoko Kawada
Last year, we performed "Boy at Dawn," a three-person play depicting one night in the life of Yoshiro Oobi, who designed the prefectural office building. It was well received, and we are pleased to announce that we will be performing it again this year. This year, we hope to present an even more polished version of the play.
We will also be performing a new piece. It is a night between a man and a woman, modeled after "Ukiyo Hotel," a dance hall that existed in Yokohama in the early Showa period. It is a short musical, so there will be dancing and singing! Please enjoy this luxurious spring moment.
■nobuhiro SASAURA
Director, producer, stage manager, and theater basic design advisor. Representative of Unagi Project.
She lives in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Together with Shoko Kawada, she is based in Kanagawa Prefecture. She is a meticulous director of musicals, dialogue plays, fantasy, and social issues.
He is known for his dramatic direction, which makes the most of the characteristics of the stage director, a section that is well versed in theatrical expression, and for the length and persistence of his criticism. In recent years, he has launched the "SHOTGUN Produce" unit, which brings together writers from various genres to plan short performances, the "Musical Project M.PinK" where citizens can encounter musicals, and the short play competitions "Kanagawa Gekiou II", "Kanagawa Gekiou III", and "Gekiou Tenka Toitsu Taikai ~Bay City Royale~ in KAAT". At the above-mentioned "Tenka Toitsu Taikai", he directed the Kanagawa representative work "Urban Woman". As a theater educator, he also holds workshops at companies and schools, and conducts communication courses using theatrical techniques in an independent support project for people with mental disabilities. He is a member of the Japan Directors Association and a permanent director of the Kanagawa Prefecture Theater Federation.
■Shoko Kawada|shoko KAWADA
Playwright. Smiley glasses guy.
Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Spent his childhood in Zurich, Switzerland. Graduated from the Department of Japanese Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters, Gakushuin University.
While writing works on the theme of gender, she is also good at analyzing past materials and writing scripts. In 2009, she started her career at JMS "Princess COLLECTION" (Kichijoji Theater). Since then, she has provided many works to various organizations, including musicals, dialogue plays, citizen plays, and short stories. In addition to providing scripts for citizen participation musicals such as the Tsurumi Ward Musical and Totsuka Ward Musical held in Yokohama City, she was the producer of the "Sakuragicho Kekiryu" Assembly on Magcal Friday and co-produced SHOTGUN produce's "BULLETS ASSORTED", and produced many performances with Sasaura. At the "Kanagawa Theater King III" held in October 2014, she became the third Kanagawa Theater King with "Urban Woman", and in February 2015, she advanced to the finals with the same work at the "Theater King Unified Tournament ~Bay City Royale in KAAT~" held in February 2015, and won third place nationwide. Member of the Japan Playwrights Association. Member of the Japan Modern Girl Association.
From left: Nobuhiro Sasaura and Shoko Kawata
Performing group information
■Yokohama Marine Rocket
"GALAXY OF DANCE STAR"
Direction, composition, choreography and performance: KOH, Yokohama Marine Rocket Dancers
It opened as a show restaurant on October 1, 2012 in the Hama Yokocho Building at the north west exit of Yokohama Station. With the theme of "Tomorrow's energy is here!" to spread "energy" from Yokohama, it hosts a mix of dance shows and live impersonations twice a day (closed on Sundays). Until the showtime starts, professional dancers work as waitresses, and during the showtime they transform into super dancers who perform intense and fun dances on stage. The showtime is based on a local style and the close proximity to the audience makes the stage a dynamic venue, livening up entertainment from Yokohama.
■ Shaggy hair and flip-flap glasses
"Boy of Dawn"
<Cast>
Taichi Fujishiro (Maimu Pro)
Akiki
Naotaro Akiyama
Short musical "Ukiyo Hotel"
<Cast>
Anna
Kumiko Noda
Ao Waki (Yumekobo/Nora Inu Dan Theatre Company)
Hiroshi Muto
Ogoeyo
Mai Miyauchi
Ekida Ikumi
Mitsuyo Sato (Theater Company Mugen)
Minami Ito and Manami Kaneyasu (Production Tank)
Takayuki Fujimoto
Written by: Shoko Kawada (Herahera Glasses)
Directed by: Nobuhiro Sasaura (shaggy head)
Music: Tokifumi Ozawa
Choreography: Aiko Maezawa (Piece of modern)
This unit was formed in 2011 by Sasaura Nobuhiro of Unagi Keikaku, aka "Mojamoja Atama," and writer Kawada Shoko, aka "Herahera Megane," to perform short shows.
The group is active mainly in Kanagawa Prefecture. On April 12th and 13th, 2014, they produced and performed "Kanagawa Prefectural Government Office Main Building Conference Hall Short Play Collection."
From September 13th to 15th, 2014, his first full-length play, "The Taste of Chickpea Soup" (Sotetsu Honda Theater) was performed.
The third generation Kanagawa theater king.
■Theater 045 Syndicate
"sound"
Written by: Naotaka Hiratsuka (Oysters)
Directed by: Yoshimura Kosuke (B-class guerrilla theater company)
Assistant Director: Tomofumi Nakayama (theater 045 syndicate)
<Cast>
Tomofumi Nakayama (theater 045 syndicate)
Katsunori Imai (theater 045 syndicate)
Takayuki Nonoyama (Haiyuza Theatre Company)
Andy Motoyama (The Furaizu Theatre Company)
Shohei Ueda
Toshihiko Nishimura
Toshiaki Inomata
It was founded by its founder, Tomofumi Nakayama, to spread the message from his hometown of Yokohama.
In addition to Nakayama, actor Imai Katsunori is also a member of the group.
In addition to theatre, they also produce live dance performances in bars and restaurants around the city.
He is currently active under the slogan "Making things happen in Hama." He is the first and second generation Kanagawa Theater King.
■ Group asif~
"I love my wife"
Written and directed by: Fujimaru Ryo
<Cast>
Yuki Shigeno
Konno Saori
Kosaka Oak
It was founded as a planning unit in 2006 and became a theater company in 2008.
The play was written and directed by Ryo Fujimaru, whose style is "improvisation" and "negative comedy."
Based on the principle of treating scripted plays like improvisational plays and improvisational plays like scripted plays, they create works that expose the deep darkness within the human heart, blending improvisation and comedy into pop entertainment.
The group has won theater festivals in Sasazuka and Shimokitazawa.
Fujimaru has also won the Best Screenplay Award twice at the same competition.
The next performance is scheduled for February next year at Kichijoji Theater.
