Little Secret Granpa
What should we pass on to kids through theatre art? How should we do it? It is up to them what to choose. However, there are things that we would like to tell them as the preceding generation; things that adults think is important. People would never realize the fragility and vanity of them until they look back. How gentle their eyes would be when they think of them. How careful their hands would be when they pick them up. That is what makes this production fascinating.
Planned and Based on a Story by urinko theatre
Script Written and Directed by Bernt Höglund
Performed by HARADA Kunihide, HIRO~MI, OHARA Hiromi, SHIBATA Sanae
We had collected both happy and sad memories of the childhoods of hundred people who were over sixty years old. Then we had combined them like assembling a puzzle and created this piece of work. There are four actors who will be playing both storytellers and characters in the story. They portray the feelings of a boy with Schubert’s music.
The story is about the bits and pieces of everyday life such as going to the movies or getting the mumps. In those moments, sensitive emotions like the joy, anxiety, peace of mind, desire, mental conflict are depicted. Both children and adults could sympathize with this story told by a grandfather. We hope that people’s minds would lively connect with each other beyond generations through the play.
A Swedish playwright, director and actor. He has been creating works at many theatres and opera houses not only in Sweden but also other North European countries. He has also internationally active with International Association Theatre for Children and Young People ASSITEJ. He received the Child Welfare Cultural Award for his former production with urinko theatre.
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The Katsuya Gymnasium
[ The Period of The Festival ] Thursday, 6 - Sunday, 23 September, 2018
[ Programme Director ] NAKASHIMA Makoto (Director /Artistic Director of the BIRD Theatre Company TOTTORI)
