In/scissions 2008 -- 15th-27th September

In/scissions, aurally, incision, a cut in the skin or the flesh, moment of acute perception that draws focus to internal workings, where/when there is no referent, no ‘other’ time or place but here. In-scission, the non-word read graphically, in-to separation, division, or splitting, as in fission, what makes each one one, always singular and particular, critically this and not another.

Urashima Taro

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Performer: Aya Nakamura
Director: Paul Piris
Scenographer: Nathalie Maury
Photograph: Monika Kita
Performance Space 1, Thursday 25th September, 8.00pm

Urashima Taro is a metaphor for the human condition. It is a poetic tale about the quest of love and immortality, based on a Japanese legend from the earliest Japanese history book called Nihon-Shoki. This solo piece combines traditional Japanese puppetry: Bunraku and kamishibai (a traditional Japanese Toy Theatre) with acting, storytelling and mask work. The piece interrogates the subject-object relationship inherent to puppetry in order to examine the dynamics of the binary performer-puppet. The dual presence on stage of the puppet, defined by Bensky as an unreal being, and of the performer, the real being, creates a perpetual oscillation between perception and imagination. Their confrontation highlights the fundamental opposition of nature of their body and gaze. From this opposition, emerges on stage different levels of reality which blur the characteristics of the subject and of the object.

The piece has been developed at Shunt Lounge and at Camden’s People Theatre with the support of the Puppet Centre Trust. Urashima Taro has been funded by the Great-Britain Sasakawa Foundation. Produced by Rouge28 Theatre – www.rouge28theatre.co.uk

15th-27th September 2008

Central School of Speech and Drama
Embassy Theatre
Eton Avenue
London NW3 3HY

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For In/scissions 2008


Ana Sánchez-Colberg: Festival Curator, Course Leader Research Degrees

Alexandra Stone: Production Manager

Jessica Hartley: Creative Producer

Amanda Castro/Hayley Kasperczyk : Marketing and Publicity

Joe Fry: Publicity Designer

Mark McCullum: Rehearsal/Venue Coordinator

Vera Erenbourg: Front of House/Box Office

Ken Mizutani/Roberto Puzone: Media Services

Ian Bald: Technical Services

Dr Zachary Dunbar, Dr Jane Munro, Vicky Spanovangelis: Project Mentors

Tony O’Dowd/Robert Gunton: Estates

The festival board and participating artists would like to thank Adam Parker, Sam Cullen, Susan Emmanuel, Jacky Fisher and Peter Bingham for their help and support. Gun Roman, Lena Hammergren of the K-U Board, Ivar Heckscher of the Department of NyCirkus Danshögskolan Stockholm, and the Department of Composition and Conducting, The Royal College of Music, Stockholm for support that made the participation of the visiting Swedish artists possible.