Supported by: Japan Shakespeare Association

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Bungakuza

Othello 　　　

Written by William Shakespeare
Translated by：Yushi Odashima
Directed by：Hitoshi Uyama 　　　
June 29 (Sat) - July 7 (Sun), 2024
　　　
Kinokuniya Southern Theater TAKASHIMAYA
　　　
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It's about time for "Othello".


What on earth did the author Shakespeare write such a play for?
We first consider the risk and power of the proliferation of the human imagination, how dangerous and yet fascinating it is.
And then there is this festive feeling of verbal communication running out of control, poisoned by lies.
This is why we cannot stop engaging with others, and why we cannot stop performing.
I am reminded once again that human beings are such solitary beings....

A month and a half until the performance.





Born in Nara Prefecture. He was a 17th term member of the Bungakuza Theater Institute, and was promoted to a member in 1982. His first production was "Prague 1975" at the Bungakuza Atelier in 1982. In 1989, he received the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize for New Directors, and in 1999, the 2nd Mainichi Art Award Koreya Senda Prize for his direction of "Le Diner de cons" and "The Cripple of Inishmaan", In 2001, he received the Kinokuniya Theatre Award Individual Prize and the Yomiuri Theatre Grand Prize for Outstanding Director for his production of "Copenhagen" at the New National Theatre, Tokyo; the 11th Yomiuri Theatre Grand Prize and the Best Director Award for his production of "The Nuremberg Trials" (Hyogo Performing Arts) in 2004; the 17th Yomiuri Theatre Grand Prize for Outstanding Director Award for "Henry VI" (New National Theatre, Tokyo) in 2010.
In 2004, he won the 23rd Yomiuri Theatre Grand Prize for Best Director for "The Ruins" (Bunkaza + Toen) and "Manzana, My Town" (Komatsu-za). In 2005, he directed "I Don't Know That Person" (Bunkaza + Toen + Mingei + Seinenza + Bungakuza). In 2006, he translated "Truth" by French playwright Florian Zerrer and directed "Ghost Story Peony Lantern" for Bungakuza. From September 2007 to August 2010, he served as the 4th Artistic Director (Theater Department) of the New National Theatre, Tokyo.