Events
A Discussion with Australian and Japanese Theatre Practitioners:How Theatre Faces Fears of the Nuclear
11 March 2012
Since 11 March 2011, Japanese people’s lives have drastically changed, due to the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster. The damage caused by these tragedies will last for many years.
More than 30 years ago, the Japanese playwright Asaya Fujita wrote a play entitled "Rinkai Genso (Critical Illusion)", which responded to a series of accidents at nuclear power plants and fuels.
In Australia, Scott Rankin co-wrote the epic play "Ngapartji Ngapartji", based on the true story of the Aboriginal community moved off their lands to make way for British atomic testing in the 1950s.
A discussion on the role and responsibility of theatre practitioners on these critical issues involving both playwrights, will be held by the Japanese Centre of International Theatre Institute (ITI/UNESCO). The event will be presented in collaboration with the "Phoenix Project" by Japan Directors Association and Sasazuka Factory.
| Discussion by Australian and Japanese theatre practitioners | |
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| Date |
11 March 2012 - 11 March 2012 |
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17:30 - 19:30 |
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| Venue |
Sasazuka Factory Keio Sasazuka Bldg. B2, 1-56-7 Sasazuka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0073 Phone: 03-5371-4655 Website: |
| Admission |
Free |
| Enquiries |
Japanese Centre of ITI/UNESCO Phone: 03-3478-2189 Fax: 03-3478-7218 Website: http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/tpn/iti-lecture2.htm Email: iti@topaz.dti.ne.jp |
| Other Information |
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Presented by Japanese Centre of ITI/UNESCO Producer: Hideki Hayashi Official Support by the Australian Embassy Tokyo Supported by the Japan Directors Association Funded by the Agency for Cultural Affairs "Ngapartji Ngapartji" and contemporary Australian theatre "Stolen", "The 7 Stages of Grieving"(2002) |
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