©Tsukasa Aoki
©Robbie Jack

Directed by

Simon McBurney

Associate director

Catherine Alexander 

Design

Michael Levine

Sound

Christopher Shutt

Lighting

Paul Anderson

Projection

Ruppert Bohle, Anne O'Connor

Costume

Christina Cunningham

Dramaturg

Steven Canny

Cast

Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Atsuko Takaizumi, Yuko Miyamoto, Keitoku Takata, Ryoko Tateishi, Kentaro Mizuki, Yasuyo Mochizuki

Adapted from Haruki Murakami's short stories, The Elephant Vanishes reveals a strange and beautiful world lurking beneath the surface of Tokyo's bright bustle.   

The Elephant Vanishes was performed in Japanese by an all-Japanese cast.

 

A Complicité co- production with barbicanbite03 and Setagaya Public Theatre

Tour

2004

Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Ann Arbor

2003

Tokyo, Osaka, London

Awards

2004

Kinokuniya Theatre Award for Best Actress (Ryoko Tateishi)

2003

Evening Standard Theatre Award Nomination for Best Director (Simon McBurney)