・・・What is Human Theater

The reason for the launch and the future

Formed at the call of director and actor Kazan Tachimoto during the 2020 Corona disaster. Focusing on the possibilities of the human body, the company updates its actors by referring to various performing arts from around the world. They create productions that are not limited to technical skills, but that give them the 'power to live tomorrow'.

The company also places emphasis on the fact that actors can lead a good life by being involved in theatre, and is practising the creation of a community that is not exhausted by creative work.

Concept


Be kind to others

Be strict with myself

Look at people carefully

Don't speak ill of others

Don't blame others for things that go wrong

Create plays not only for myself but also for others

Live cheerfully at all times

 

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ART BRIDGE ×HUMAN THEATER 

『ART⇄HUMAN⇄CHEKHOV』

《Program Ⅰ 》THEATER

 HUMAN THEATER「VANYA‼︎」
 

"Uncle, let us live. Let us live through the long, long days and the long, long nights. Endure the trials that fate sends our way. And when our end comes, let us die in peace."

The film features Chekhov's masterpiece Uncle Vanya, which depicts the sorrow of human beings who have to persevere, work and live despite the setbacks of life.

The characters in this story live with a passion for the future in their hearts, despite the difficulties of life. Life is a series of failures. But in the midst of this life, how will you live towards tomorrow, this play asks.

This year's production will be directed by Toshihiko Kashiwagi, who will reconstruct the famous play with a physical approach.

 

Performance dates

3-6 November 2022
 

Theatre:space EDGE

Nomura Building 1F, 3-26-17 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
 

Based on Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya

Composition/Direction: Toshihiko Kashiwagi

Choreography: Maki Tabata
 

Cast: Keisuke Yokoo, Masanori Kikuzawa, Nao Kuwahara, Azusa Fukushima, Kenya Omachi, Satoshi Kanda, Tsukiho Hatayama, Kazan Tachimoto
 

Stage director: Ritsuko Ishida (Pook Puppet Theatre)

Lighting: Mayumi Uekawa

Sound: Tasuku Konomi

Costume Design: Kaori Kaneda (undaily gate)

Assistant Director: Misaho Imai
 

ART BRIDGE Progress: Takumi Sakurai

General producer: Kiaru Ichikawa

Production: Yukiko Nishi

Publicity illustration: Chieko Hara

Flyer design: usupera
 

Organised: Kazan office.

 

 Archive

行人日記,チラシ,演劇

5th.3~6 November 2022.

『VANYA‼︎』 

"Uncle, let us live. Let us live through the long, long days and the long, long nights. Endure the trials that fate sends our way. And when our end comes, let us die in peace."

The film features Chekhov's masterpiece Uncle Vanya, which depicts the sorrow of human beings who have to persevere, work and live despite the setbacks of life.

The characters in this story live with a passion for the future in their hearts, despite the difficulties of life. Life is a series of failures. But in the midst of this life, how will you live towards tomorrow, this play asks.

This year's production will be directed by Toshihiko Kashiwagi, who will reconstruct the famous play with a physical approach.
 

Based on Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya

Composition/Direction: Toshihiko Kashiwagi

Choreography: Maki Tabata

Cast: Keisuke Yokoo, Masanori Kikuzawa, Nao Kuwahara, Azusa Fukushima, Kenya Omachi, Satoshi Kanda, Tsukiho Hatayama, Kazan Tachimoto

 

4th. 24~28 August 2022.

「There will be no Trojan War.

賀茂カモかもめ,チラシ,演劇

After a long war, peace has finally come to the land of Troy. However, Troy is once again on the brink of war when Paris, Prince of Troy, kidnaps Hélène, the most beautiful Greek girl of all time. Feeling the emptiness of repeated wars, Prince Ector of Troy struggles to keep the peace. ......

French playwright Jean Giraudoux's masterpiece depicts "people heading towards an unwanted war" by juxtaposing the Trojan War in Greek mythology with the eve of World War II in 1935, when the play was written. The songs of the play were newly created and performed as a musical theatre version of the Human Theatre. The play asks what war is and what human beings are, transcending time.

Created by Jean Giraudoux.

Direction: Kazan Tachimoto

Music: Fukushima Azusa

Cast: Yasuhiro Wakita, Ichiro Nakayama, Erika Miwa, Seiichi Kawano, Masanori Kikuzawa, Nao Kuwahara, Asahi Ishikawa, Sayaka Tamura, Kae Yoshino, Satoshi Kanda, Tsukiho Hatayama, Fumito Kijima, Wakana Kataoka
 

人人人人人間劇場,チラシ,演劇

CAFE project 2022.05.20

「Three actors and some stories.」

An omnibus performance in which the three actors proceeded independently from the selection of the work to its creation. Three one-act plays were performed using music, art, physical expression and other elements from literary works.

Programme.

Kae Yoshino "kappa" (original story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa)

Kenya Omachi "Butterfly" (original story by Yukio Mishima)

Kanda Satoshi "The Graduates" (original story by Kajii Kanjiro)
 
Venue: TheaterCafe & Dining Proscenium

Planning: Kanda Satoshi 

Cooperation: Kazan Tachimoto

賀茂カモかもめ,チラシ,演劇

The second modern Noh play exploring new theatrical possibilities on the subject of Noh!
An ambitious work that lightly opens up new horizons for contemporary theatre by mixing Chekhov's The Seagull with the mythical Noh play Kamo, in which the god of thunder makes a dashing appearance to bring a rain of blessings to the beautiful scenery of the clear stream of the Kamo River.

Based on Anton Chekhov's The Seagull and the Noh play Kamo.

Composer/director: Tatemoto Natsuyama

Cast: Keisuke Yokoo, Nao Kuwahara, Kenya Omachi, Eri Mori, Tsukiho Hatayama, Satoshi Kanda, Kazan Tachimoto 

3th. 2021.12.10~12

『Kamo or seagull』

人人人人人間劇場,チラシ,演劇

Extra performance2021.09.06~10

『People People People People Theatre!』

To mark the one-year anniversary of its formation, the company put on an omnibus performance focusing on the fundamental element of theatre: the human being.

The actors took the initiative in organising a diverse line-up, from Kishida Kunio to contemporary playwrights, new writing, film works and poetry readings.
 
何処ツ何時ツ,チラシ,演劇

2th. 2021.02.27/28

『where and when?』

Based on Zeami's 'Izutsu', a masterpiece of Noh theatre, this contemporary dream play by playwright Kazutoshi Inagaki bridges the gap to the present with his unique perspective.

Based on Zeami's 'Izutsu'.

Creation: Kazutoshi Inagaki

Direction: Kazan Tachimoto

Cast: Azusa Fukushima, Tsukiho Hatayama, Kikuno Ikeda, Satoshi Kanda, Kazan Tachimoto

行人日記,チラシ,演劇

1th. 2020.11.14/15

『Koujin Diary』 

Yasuyuki, worried that he does not know his wife's true feelings, asks his younger brother Tomoharu to go on a trip with his wife and check her chastity. Tomoharu initially refuses, but is defeated by his brother's seriousness and accepts. The trip between brother and wife passes uneventfully on the surface, but it brings about definite changes in the relationship between the three of them. A new play by playwright Kazutoshi Inagaki, based on Soseki Natsume's novel Koujin, using the unique format of a video letter.

Based on the novel by Natsume Soseki. 
Written by Kazutoshi Inagaki 
Direction: Tatemoto Natsuyama
Cast: Azusa Fukushima, Satoshi Kanda, Amekusa Ihara, Kazan tachimoto

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Kazan Tachimoto
立本 夏山 
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Actor/performer, and artistic director of Japan. Active since 2001, based in Tokyo.
Performed in works by Hiroshi Koike, Kim Ito, etc. He began performing solo play in 2011. He has adapted works by Pessoa, Artaud, Dostoevsky, Goethe, Lorca, Shuji Terayama, and others for the stage.

In 2014, she won the Chie Ito Prize for her solo play at Arts Chiyoda 3331; in 2016, she performed in "¿QUÉ HARÉ YO CON ESTA ESPADA?" directed by Angelica Liddell at the Avignon Theater Festival, followed by a tour around the world; from 2019- 20, she will perform one literary work from around the world every month. In 2020, he will form a theater company, Ningen Gekijo, and in 2021, he will perform "inferno@kazan," a one-woman show based on Dante's Divine Comedy.

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Nao Kuwahara
桑原 なお

Born in Gunma, Japan

Belongs to Timely Office

Graduated from Toho Gakuen School of Fine Arts with a major in theatre.

In addition to performing on stage, she has appeared on TV, commercials, MC and radio.

Yoga National Alliance 200 certified.

Japanese dance: Natori Wakayagi Kichirisyou of the Wakayagiryu.

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Azusa Fukushima
福島 梓 
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Started ballet at the age of three and studied under the professors of the Bolshoi Ballet School, and studied ballet in earnest from the age of 12 to 18 at AM Studenz, Japan Junior Ballet and Tachibana Ballet School. Awarded the Asahi Newspaper Prize at the Saitama National Dance Competition. Completed the theatre major at Toho Gakuen Junior College of Arts.

Has performed as an actor/dancer in NODA MAP, Yoshiyuki Fukuda, Hiroshi Koike, Shuji Onodera, Takuro Suzuki's works, TV commercials and artists' PVs. She also continues her creative activities with her self-founded voice x body x music company Asobo Kikaku, and also works with shadow puppets, illustrations and animations. Also active as a ballet teacher and choreographer.
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Kae Yoshono
吉野 香枝 
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First contact with stage expression in a university club. After graduation, worked as a primary school teacher for five years. After retiring, she attended a playwriting seminar organised by the Japan Playwrights' Association. The following year, she joined the Fictional Theatre Company's directing department. She worked under Syoji Koukami as an assistant director, in the production department and as a video operator.

At the end of 2021, she participated in 'Tchaikovsky Dialogue'  as assistant director, and continued as assistant director in Kazan Tachimoto's one-man play 'Dogra∞Kazan∞Magra' and in the August performance 'The Trojan War Never Happened'.

Kanda Satoshi
神田 智史 
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Born in Hiroshima, Japan.
During her high school years, she belonged to a lab organised by the entertainment agency Tristone. In 2019, while still a university student, she started her acting career when she appeared in Sakaiki PLAYACT organised by Akiyuki Ueda.

He has performed in the Human Theatre since its first performance. After performing in her first one-woman play, she discovered the joy of writing scripts and plans to continue presenting works that will make the audience smile.

Tsukiho Hatayama
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-1998/ Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Fascinated by the world of theatre from the age of 12, belonged to theatre clubs in junior and senior high school. Participated in Kanto and national competitions; appeared in music videos and independent films.

Participated in the Akiyuki Ueda project Mirumirareru, which started in 2019. Participated in the second performance of Human Theatre after being involved as a production staff member in Kazan Tachimoto's 12 consecutive months of performances. First video directed work 'Always they are quiet', released in September 2021 in an omnibus performance for the development of young talent.

Fumito Kijima
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Born 2001, Tokyo.
Entered the Department of Theatre and Dance Design at Tama Art University.
Participated in the production and production of [Tama Art University × Futakotamagawa Rise Community Collaboration Art Project "Tamaribars"].
Kunitachi Opera "That town is a festival today" as a citizen staff member.
Performed in ''The Trojan War Will Never Happen''
Theatre attraction HIROSHIMA 19th production "My eyes were seized" production department.
Producer and actor. Assistant director.
Theatre attendance at local public theatres.

Kikuno Ikeda
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-4 February 1998/ Born in Ibaraki City, Osaka, Japan.
Joined the theatre club upon entering Otemon Gakuin High School. While performing, she also became interested in film and television, and enrolled in the film department of the former Kyoto University of Art and Design. Studied film and theatre and acted in independent films.

Later moved to Tokyo, where he directed and produced music videos. In Tokyo, she met Kazan Tachimoto, with whom she studied physical expression and other aspects of theatre. While working at the Ningen Theatre, she has been freelancing in film and theatre in order to expand her field of activities.

Hiroki Matsumoto
松本 宏輝

-From Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan.
He has loved expression since he was a small child, but moving as a theatre player came later in life.

In 2020, she met Kazan office./Human Theatre through her work on the web.
After attending her first rehearsal, she made her debut as a theatre player.

She has renewed the website of Kazan office and is currently devising creative projects that utilise the strength of the web.
Photo by Koji Ota