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Inspired by two texts by Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, A Portrait of Shunkin and In Praise of Shadows, Shun-kin is the story of a blind Shamisen player and the servant so devoted he will do anything to share her world.
Shun-kin was performed in Japanese by an all-Japanese company.
A Complicité co-production with Setagaya Public Theatre and barbicanbite09
Supported by The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Japan Foundation, Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.
© Sarah Ainslie, Tsukasa Aoki
Dates
Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo
21 February - 5 March 2008
Barbican Centre, London
30 January - 21 February 2009
Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo
5 - 16 March 2009
Barbican Centre, London
4 - 13 November 2010
Theatre de la Ville, Paris
18 - 23 November 2010
Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo
2 - 8 December 2010
National Theatre Taipei
17 - 19 December 2010
Lincoln Centre Festival, New York
9 - 13 July 2013
Hyogo Performing Arts Center, Osaka
27 July 2013
Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo
1 - 10 August 2013
Esplanade Theatre, Singapore
30 - 31 August 2013
Power Centre for the Performing Arts, Ann Arbor
18 - 21 September 2013
UCLA Freud Playhouse, Los Angeles
26 - 29 September 2013
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Creative Team
- Directed by
Simon McBurney - Composer
Honjoh Hidetaro - Design
Merle Hensel & Rumi Matsui - Lighting
Paul Anderson - Sound
Gareth Fry - Projection
Finn Ross, (for mesmer) - Costume
Christina Cunningham - Puppetry
Blind Summit Theatre - Associate director
Kirsty Housley - Script editor
Jo Allan - Creative Development and Casting
Catherine Alexander
Cast
- Original cast
Kaho Aso, Songha Cho, Eri Fukatsu, Honjoh Hidetaro, Yuko Miyamoto, Kentaro Mizuki, Yasuyo Mochizuki, Yoshi Oida, Keitoku Takada & Ryoko Tateishi - Revival cast
Kaho Aso, Songha Cho, Eri Fukatsu, Honjoh Hidetaro, Kentaro Mizuki, Yasuyo Mochizuki, Yoshi Oida, Nigoshichi Shimouma, Keitoku Takada, Ryoko Tateishi & Junko Uchida
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Awards
2008
Kinokuniya Theatre Award for Outstanding Achievement (Eri Fukatsu)
2009
Yomiuri Theatre Awards Grand Prize for Best Director (Simon McBurney)
2011
French Drama Critics' Award: Grand Prix for Best Foreign Play
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