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Tokyo Festival TMT autumn selection

Théâtre du Soleil “L’ÎLE D’OR Kanemu-Jima” (The Golden Island)

*Played in French with multilingual scenes with Japanese subtitles

Schedule: 2023.10.20 Fri. -10.26 Thu. *off on 10.23 Mon.
Venue: Playhouse

Schedule

2023.10.20 Fri. -10.26 Thu. *off on 10.23 Mon.

Stage

Venue

Playhouse

Creation

A play collectively devised by Théâtre du Soleil

Director

Ariane Mnouchkine (2019 Kyoto Prize laureate)

In Harmony

with Hélène Cixous

Music

Jean-Jacques Lemêtre

Cast

Théâtre du Soleil

Duration

3 hours (includes an intermission)　

Profile

Ariane Mnouchkine: © Archives Théâtre du Soleil

Born in Paris in 1939 as the daughter of a film producer father, Ariane Mnouchkine enjoyed a cultural upbringing. In 1959, while a student at the Sorbonne, she founded the theatre troupe Association Théâtrale des Étudiants de Paris (Parisian Students’ Theatrical Association), which later developed into Théâtre du Soleil in 1964. The previous year, she visited Japan and the experience of her travel had a major influence on her subsequent theatre career. Based at La Cartoucherie in a Parisian suburb, Théâtre du Soleil is known for its uniquely collective approach to creativity. Under the powerful leadership of Mnouchkine, it has staged many notable productions of classics and contemporary theatre. As a film director, her work includes 1789 and Molière, and she also actively engages in making film adaptations of the company’s stage productions. She has taken her École Nomade itinerant theatre school around the world, helping to nurture young theatrical talent. In 2019, she was awarded the 35th Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy in recognition of her long career and achievements.

Théâtre du Soleil: © Yuma Matsukawa

https://www.theatre-du-soleil.fr/fr/
Founded in France in 1964, they now have around 110 members working for the company, from over 25 differents nationalities. Théâtre du Soleil (Theatre of the Sun) is based at La Cartoucherie, a former munitions factory located in a Paris suburb, and known for its uniquely collective approach to creativity. It attracted global attention with 1789 (1970), dealing with the French Revolution and staged in a highly innovative theatrical style. Its wide-ranging repertoire includes classics, masque, and works about contemporary issues like the refugees. It first toured to Japan in 2001, staging Tambours sur la Digue at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, and causing a stir with its bold use of Asian puppetry, especially Japanese bunraku.

Organizer

Special Sponsorship by CHANEL G.K.
Sponsored by LVMH and supported by Institut français in Paris
Sponsored by Inamori Foundation, The Obayashi Foundation, Japanese Friends of the Centre Pompidou, POLA Inc.
Cooperated by the Embassy of France in Japan/ Institut français du Japon

Presented by Tokyo Festival Executive Committee [Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Arts Council Tokyo), Tokyo Metropolitan Government], Nikkei Inc.
Tokyo Festival Sponsored by Asahi Group Japan, Ltd.