© HAMADA Hideaki
© HAMADA Hideaki
Kamishibai is a uniquely Japanese form of theatre with illustrations and storytelling. We asked HASHIDA Niina in the hope of bringing theatre even more into the town where the theatre festival is taking place. This is HASHIDA's second appearance at the BIRD Theatre Festival. This time, she will appear with her original Kamishibai paper theatre. Please spend some time in the peaceful town of Shikano and enjoy the HASHIDA world of Kamishibai.
I talked with people who live in Shikano Town, looking at the map together.
Their favourite places, memorable places, places that no longer exist.
Through the exchange of conversations, themes such as
'The Female Economy in Shikano', 'The Froggy's Troubles', and 'Disused Things'
came to mind. I'm keen to create several stories.
Created and Illustrated by HASHIDA Niina and Others
Performed by HASHIDA Niina
I am an actor. I am neither a director nor a writer nor a painter.
One of an actor's responsibilities is to utter the words of a play so as to materialize the world of that play into existence. My play in this creation is the stories I heard from the townspeople of Shikano and the maps we looked at together. Actors are harmonised with the stage space. The stage space is in the Shikano Machimise - Weekend Town Market area this time.
Like a gentle breeze, I came into contact with the feelings of the people of Shikano and their way of life. I will express them on paper, in my voice, on my bicycle, running through and spreading out with the flag in the air, reflecting on the sky connected to the horizon beyond.
© WADA Hiroshi
HASHIDA Niina
HASHIDA Niina was born on 2 March 1977, in Kyoto, Japan. An actor. HASHIDA belongs to the theatre company mamagoto.
She spent her 30s struggling with taking care of her parents remotely and raising her child. Having learned from this, she currently engages in theatre with thoughts on 'play, children, the elderly and all people’.
Her stage appearances include mamagoto's Wagahoshi and Tsukuribanashi, Lolo's Omnibus Stories Project and NAKANO Shigeki + Frankens' EP1 (Yumemitai), etc.
Her special skills are Kamishibai paper theatre, singing and Japanese drumming.