Nostalgia
14/03/09 20:03
Theatre Company: Ishinha, Japan
Writer: Yukichi Matsumoto
Producer: Michiko Aoki
Actors: Cast of thirty five
Location: Aotea Centre
From the promotional material produced for the Auckland Festival 09:
This compelling work evokes the passion, joys and the distress experienced by travellers and immigrants everywhere. Against a backdrop of overscale images, the immigrants travel to new lands. Slowly they emerge from the constraints of their past, to experience the colour, excitement - and despair - of a new South American life.
I think I would characterize this production as more mesmerizing than engaging. It was very different to New Zealand theatre ... with the story being told through movement and chanting as much as words.
Writer: Yukichi Matsumoto
Producer: Michiko Aoki
Actors: Cast of thirty five
Location: Aotea Centre
Synopsis:
From the promotional material produced for the Auckland Festival 09:
This compelling work evokes the passion, joys and the distress experienced by travellers and immigrants everywhere. Against a backdrop of overscale images, the immigrants travel to new lands. Slowly they emerge from the constraints of their past, to experience the colour, excitement - and despair - of a new South American life.
Thoughts on this Production:
I think I would characterize this production as more mesmerizing than engaging. It was very different to New Zealand theatre ... with the story being told through movement and chanting as much as words.