THE LOFT
- A Proposal from the Small Space-

[ TAINAI ]

• Regular seating is not employed. (See diagram at left)
• Please be sure to arrive at the theatre well in advance of curtain time. We regret that due to possible disturbance of the performance, it will not be possible to show members of the audience to their seats once the curtain have been raised.

THE LOFT ---In order to pursue an even closer space for drama, the art of words, THE LOFT series, uses a space created by dividing the Pit into halves. Three works will be presented using actors and production staff that best suit this dense space. Discover new attractions in the power of words that drama has by feeling the very breath of the actors as they speak their lines.

Three people---a man and a woman from the city, both of whom are ruled by money and avarice, as well as a strange former soldier---are confined in an old air-raid shelter. As their slight hope for escape dwindles, the three are driven to an extreme situation while having a premonition of death and start to talk about their own stories, and the results of their confinement... Tainai is a work from the mature period of Miyoshi Juro, which depicts the true nature of human beings and their intense conflicts, and it will present an impressionable drama that asks what life and death mean. Following Buoy, which was performed in February 2003, Artistic Director Kuriyama Tamiya will direct the play, and the energy the appealing cast will generate through their bodies and words alone will be more than enough for the audience. This performance will allow the audience to rediscover what drama can offer.

Akiyama Natsuko	Chiba Tetsuya	Dan Tomiyuki