Japan-Britain Contemporary Theatre Exchange June 2024 - with Yudai Kamisato

Japan-Britain Contemporary Theatre Exchange June 2024

14-29 June 2024

In this second edition of the  Japan-Britain Contemporary Theatre Exchange,  the theme of encounters in theatre will be considered.

What happens when we encounter the other in theatre?  What are the linguistic and political implications? Just like when we cross borders, misunderstandings, misinterpretations, mistranslations and mis-deliveries are common in performances. We explore these dramaturgical processes that question the notion of crossing borders, movement, migrants and tourists.

On 14 June 2024, one of the leading experts on contemporary Japanese performance, Dr Kyoko Iwaki from the University of Antwerp will be giving a talk ‘Activating Abject in a Super-Sanitized Society: Ichihara Satoko’s Madama Butterfly’. In the talk, Iwaki will talk about how Ichihara, whose works have been touring around Europe, challenges the political violence of Puccini’s opera through the scope of women of colour dramaturgy. Her talk will be followed by a roundtable. Yudai Kamisato will also be giving a presentation about his performance installation.

The main event of this edition is the European premiere of Dear Potential Foreigners, a performance installation by the award-winning Japanese director and playwright Yudai Kamisato, who was born in Peru. Following performances in Brazil, Japan and Peru, Kamisato will be working on the theme of ‘movement’, ‘migrants’ and ‘tourists’ work with a local performer and designer culminating in a two-day installation at The Storey in Lancaster on 28 and 29 June 2024. There also opportunities to participate a workshop and performances with Kamisato in Salford and London.

Japan-Britain Contemporary Theatre Exchange are once again inviting researchers, artists, academics and students of theatre and performance to join us in re-thinking the notions of encounter and mis-delivery.

The second edition of Japan-Britain Contemporary Theatre Exchange is funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council through North-West Doctoral Training Partnership, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, Daiwa-Anglo Foundation, The Japan Foundation and Lancaster University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences through Postgraduate Research Funds.

For more information visit contemporarytheatrexchange.com

To book your place for Dr Kyoko Iwaki’s talk on 14 June and Kamisato’s workshop on 15 June (free of charge): https://forms.office.com/e/D2DPaJhBdT

For Salford events (free of charge): https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/watchashow/t-xmxplvr

Tickets for Dear Potential Foreigners at The Storey can be booked here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/jbctex/e-qljgjk