Program Information

Genre	Performance
Dates	3 May at 12:20/16:10, 4 May at 12:00, 5 May at 12:20/16:10
Venue	Tokiwa Park
Duration	Aprox. 40 minutes
Language	In Japanese
Seat	Standing-only
Text and direction	OKUMA Ryutaro
Production	OKUMA Ryutaro/ICHIGEKIYA

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Introduction

There are countless gods in Japan. They reside even in the stones by the side of a road and the smallest of flowers blooming between cracks in asphalt. An old matsu (pine) tree in a park is also a dwelling place for a god. But the matsu tree is treated poorly, so it hides inside a rock in the park. Then, the light of a taimastu (torch) gradually went out, which troubled the other gods greatly. So the gods start to sing, dance, and play music to matsu (wait) for the matsu pine tree god to appear. Based on the Japanese mythological tale of Amano Iwato, this is an “all-standing style theater ” that invites audiences to stand up and participate in and enjoy the performance featuring pantomime and rap music by ICHIGEKIYA.

Director’s profile

OKUMA Ryutaro
OKUMA Ryutaro is a stage director, actor, and performer born in Osaka in 1986. He formed the theater group ICHIGEKIYA with members who participated in the National High School Drama Competition in 2008 and won numerous awards. In 2022, he was awarded the Encouragement Award at the Osaka Cultural Festival Award. As a solo artist, he performs pantomime for Gear, a long-running non-verbal theater production in Kyoto. He has performed seven times at Strange Seed Shizuoka.