bunkacho_geijutsusai_symbolmark.gifThe 71st National Arts Festival by Agency for Cultural Affairs presents

2016/2017 Season
NEW PRODUCTION


Performed in Japanese
THE PIT

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This production is the latest in a succession of modern Western plays premiering in Japan, and follows in the footsteps of "Sixteen Wounded" in 2012, "Time Stands Still" in 2014 and "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo" in 2015. The fourth in our series of premieres, this one is a 2014 Pulitzer Prize winner.

The setting is a run-down cinema in Massachusetts where the young characters explore the question of "how should we live now?" in an age of transition from analogue to digital. With the unique style of a writer lauded as a "realistic naturalist", the play portrays the restlessness of young people having to live under various imposed circumstances.

MAKINO Nozomi takes charge of the directing after a 14-year break from the New National Theatre, Tokyo since "The Seagull" in 2002. With HIRAKAWA Daisaku, veteran translator of such works as "OPUS" and "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo" working in tandem, this ambitious work is both sensitive and daring.






Staff

Written Annie BAKER

Translated HIRAKAWA Daisaku 1

Directed MAKINO Nozomi 2


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Cast

KIMURA Ryo 3

Sonim 4

SUGAWARA Eiji 5


and others


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Schedule

October 2016

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18:30

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Booking Opens

Sunday, 7th August 2016, 10:00 am (GMT+8:00)

Tickets

AB
¥6,480 ¥3,240

Tax included

The New National Theatre,
Tokyo Box Office:

+81-(0)3-5352-9999

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Tickets are sold via the website of PIA Corporation.

Concession Prices (students, juniors, seniors, groups)
Under 15s discounts are available online. Other types of discount tickets are not available online. Please inquire at the Box Office or by telephone. (+81-(0)3-5352-9999 10:00am - 6:00pm)

Please Note

  • No admittance to pre-school children. Each child older than this age requires a ticket for entry, even when accompanied by a parent or guardian.
  • Tickets may not be changed or refunded except in the case of a cancelled performance.
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  • Preferred seats may not be available on the first day of ticket sales.