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Shochiku Grand Kabuki
Twelfth Night after William Shakespeare
24 - 28 March 2009 / 19:00
Theatre
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Tickets:
£10–40
subject to availability
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Marrying traditional Japanese theatre, Kabuki, with Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, celebrated Japanese director, Yukio Ninagawa creates a visionary new production.
Working for the first time with two of Kabuki’s greatest performers, Onoe Kikugoro VII and his son Onoe Kikunosuke V, Ninagawa relocates Shakespeare’s well-loved comedy to a fantastical and colourful world set in Japan’s historical past.
Through stylised gestures, speech and music; executed with precision timing, Kabuki brings a new energy to Shakespeare’s comedic moments. Ninagawa’s striking staging reflects a fanciful but nonetheless quintessential Japanese world producing a Twelfth Night of timeless beauty.
Read The Times feature by Lucy Powell on Kabuki's Twelfth Night
Performance time: 19:00
Running time: 210 mins/inc interval
Latecomers will not be admitted
Age guidance 14+
In Japanese with English surtitles
Thursday 26 March
Barbican Theatre, 1pm
Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke in conversation
This lunchtime talk povides a unique opportunity to hear leading Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke talk about his life and acting career with theatre critic, Hiroshi Hasebe.
The talk will be conducted in Japanese with an English interpreter present.
Free admission – advance booking required.
Call Box Office on 0845 120 7515 to reserve your place.
Pre Show Talk Sat Mar 28
Directed by Yukio Ninagawa
Presented by barbicanbite09 in association with Thelma Holt
Produced by Shochiku Co Ltd
All Nippon Airways Co Ltd, CAC Corporation, Dai Nippon Printing Co
Ltd, DAKS / Sankyo Seiko Co Ltd, HSBC Group, KDDI Corporation, Kinoshita-Koumuten Co Ltd, K.Mikimoto & Co Ltd, Kodansha Ltd., Lawson Ticket Inc, Media Factory Inc, Oji Paper Co Ltd, Pia Corporation, Sagawa Express Co Ltd, Shogakukan Inc, Shueisha Inc. The Agency For Cultural Affairs Government Of Japan and The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation are delighted to support Shochiku Grand Kabuki
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