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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.
© Sarah Ainslie, Tsukasa Aoki, Yoji Susaki
Dates
Tokyo
Osaka
London
Tokyo
New York
London
Paris
Ann Arbor
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Creative Team
- 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
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Awards
2003
Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director [nominated] (Simon McBurney)
2004
Kinokuniya Theatre Award for Best Actress (Ryoko Tateishi)
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