Facing “disability” head-on—yet engaging, yet profound. Play reading and theatre performance.
- Artist/Company
- JIYU Gekijo-Freedom Theatre + BIRD Theatre Company TOTTORI [From Tottori, Japan]
- Date
- Saturday, 19, September 11:00-
Sunday, 20, September 11:00- - Running Time
- 90 minutes (including a post-show workshop)
- Venue
- Shikano Socializing and Exchange Hall ‘Dream’
- Price
- Adults: 2,000 yen
Student discount: 1,000 yen
under 18: 500 yen
Preschool-aged children: Free - Language
- Performed in Japanese
- Mobile subtitles
- Mobile devices for Japanese or English subtitles available
Born from 'Little Red Riding Hood'
Born from 'Little Red Riding Hood'
Reading Performance of Prize-winning play from the 'Short Play Competition for All'
- About the programmeOpen
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Two performances reflecting on “disability.” Born from “Little Red Riding Hood” is a short piece created through the “JIYU Gekijo-Freedom Theatre” project, which creates theatre together with people with disabilities. The reading will feature an outstanding piece from last year’s “Short Play Competition for All”, organised by BIRD Theatre Company. This nationwide competition invites plays of around 10 minutes that either feature a character with a disability or are written by someone who holds a disability certificate.
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Born from “Little Red Riding Hood”
Staff at an NPO running an after-school kids’ club planned to create a play based on Little Red Riding Hood with the children, and sought experienced theatre practitioners to guide them. The two people who applied were actors with disabilities from “JIYU Gekijo-Freedom Theatre”.
- Message from the artistOpen
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BIRD Theatre Company has been engaged in a project called “JIYU Gekijo-Freedom Theatre” since around 2013, creating theatre with people with disabilities. Every year, we work with around a dozen people to create a major 90-minute production, which we present at BIRD Theatre. Alongside this, we bring shorter works with smaller casts on tour to schools, community centres, and other venues. Born from “Little Red Riding Hood” is one of our recent representative works, which was also performed at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai last year. We launched the “Playwriting Competition for All” in 2023. Disability arises between people, and playwriting—a medium that depicts human relationships—is perhaps the most fitting way to explore it. We organise this competition to better understand the worlds of people with disabilities and to support playwrights with disabilities.
NAKASHIMA Makoto
- Cast/StaffOpen
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Born from 'Little Red Riding Hood'
Written and directed by NAKASHIMA Makoto
“Short Play Competition for All” 2025 Grand Prize-Winning Play: Look After Waku-Chan!
Written by Mosukuwakanu, Directed by NAKASHIMA Makoto
- Host/GrantOpen
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Born from 'Little Red Riding Hood'
【Host】BIRD Theatre Management Committee
【Cooperation】Tottori Prefecture
Reading Performance of Prize-winning play from the 'Short Play Competition for All'
Project Commissioned by Agency for Cultural Affairs 'FY2026 Project to Promote Cultural and Artistic Activities by Persons with Disabilities, Etc.'【Host】Japan Arts Council / BIRD Theatre Company TOTTORI
This project is a collaboration between Bird Theatre, and Queens Theatre (Julia del Palacio, Executive Director).
