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Shun-kin

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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

“A visually and physically beautiful production.” The Sunday Times

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

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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