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The Beauty and Beast
THE PIT |
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| Written by |
: Ogino Anna |
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| Directed by |
: Miyata Keiko |
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Set Designer |
: Matsui Rumi |
| Lighting designer |
: Nakagawa Ryuichi |
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Music by |
: Asahina Naoyuki |
| Sound Designer |
: Takahashi Iwao |
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Choreography |
: Kanzaki Yufuko |
| Costume Designer |
: Maeda Ayako |
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Assistant director |
: Fujii Kiyomi |
| Stage Manager |
: Shibuya Toshihisa |
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Artistic Director |
: Kuriyama Tamiya |
| Presented by |
: New National Theatre, Tokyo |
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| <CAST> |
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| Matsumoto Akiko |
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Osawa Ken |
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Tayama Ryosei |
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Hasegawa Kiyo |
| Saito Satoru |
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Seki Tokio |
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Nakajima Syu |
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Kimura Yasushi |
| Suzuki Kosuke |
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Hayashi Chikara |
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Miyamoto Erika |
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Kasubuchi Ko |
| Kagawa Yutaro |
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| <PERFORMANCES> |
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December
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Mon.
10 |
Tue.
11 |
Wed.
12 |
Thu.
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Fri.
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Sat.
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Tue.
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| 1:30pm |
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| 6:00pm |
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December
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Doors will open 45 minutes before the start of each performance.
Entries and exits will be restricted due to the nature of its staging.
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| <ADVANCE TICKETS> |
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Available from Saturday 27 October, 2001 at 10:00 am.
To order tickets, please call +81-3-5352-9999 (10:00am-6:00pm).
Internet ticket reservation available through the following Websites.(Japanese only)
http://t.pia.co.jp/
http://eee.eplus.co.jp/ |
| <TICKET PRICES> |
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Seat A |
Seat B |
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¥5,250 |
¥3,150 |
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Can Love be purchased at a convenience store?
Ogino Anna is a researcher of the great French writer François Rabelais as well as an essayist and a television commentator.
In 1991 she won the 105th Akutagawa Prize for her book titled Seoimizu (Encumbered Water), a parody of the dreary life of a single woman inordinately attracted to food and men.
Ogino is now about to present on stage the world she portrayed in Seoimizu.
The heroine is an unmarried, bewildered woman who just turned 35. The severity of her work has hardened her character so much that others see her as an intimidating woman full of self-confidence.
But her real self is expressed in three contradictory qualities -"strong yet envious, but lonely."
What awaits our heroine, who is compelled by the loneliness, she constantly feels to cling to whatever she can get her hands on? She has more than enough but is clearly not content.
What will the love that she has decided to pursue wholeheartedly become? What happiness do the lonely but funny folks find at a convenience store, which represents convenience and solitude in our life?
What happiness does the heroine find around there?
The Beauty and Beast is Ogino's first attempt at a full-scale drama. Here, she applies the kind of wordplay and other theatrical elements found in Rabelais' works.
Ogino brings the inner workings of the hearts and minds of the heroine and other characters into sharp relief. She does this by including characters "Gomibako-kun" (Trashcan Men) and having them freely come up with witticisms and cite rhythmical words.
Miyata Keiko, noted for her meticulous portrayal of human condition, directs The Beauty and Beast, which comes in the heel of two previous plays - " Dear Liar" with which she won the Minister of Education Award in Art for Newcomers and "Kakute Shin-nen Wa (Thus the New Year Comes)", both she directed at the New National Theatre, Tokyo.
In The Beauty and Beast Miyata transforms the stage into a whirl of humor-filled words uttered by his cast of unique actors, led by the main actress Matsumoto Akiko.
As they laugh, cry and sympathize with the characters, the audience may very well rediscover the"self"that they have all forgotten, and they will surely be struck that how heartwarming this play is.
Various kinds of people visit the convenience store in the middle of night. Although they look a bit strange and unapproachable, to the store manager they all look like lonely city dwellers. Thanks to the managers' coaching, the part-timer Toshiki develops the same keen eye for determining how well off his customers are.
But a mysterious woman by the name of Chie, whom even the manager cannot tell whether she is well off or not, begins patronizing the store. Sometimes she comes dressed neatly like a successful workingwoman and buys a whole bunch of merchandise.
At other times she comes dressed in sweat shirt with sweat pants, and buys a piece of daily goods. In other words she appears at all hours dressed in clothes she chooses randomly from her wardrobe. Toshiki calls out to her and strikes up a conversation.
It's the Christmas season. The two are quickly attracted to each other but...
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