Manatsu-no-yo-no-yume [ A Midsummer Night’s Dream ]

Directed by Satoshi Miyagi
Original text by W. Shakespeare 
Translated by Yushi Odashima
Embelished by Hideki Noda
Music by Hiroko Tanakawa
Performed by Naomi Akamatsu, Moemi Ishii, Yoji Izumi, Megumi Ito, Koichi Otaka, Yukio Kato, Kotoko Kiuchi, Tsuyoshi Kijima, Katsuhiko Konagaya, Yuzu Sato, Tatsuya Sugawara, Tetsuo Sekigawa, Miki Takii, Ami Takizawa, Kana Tamotsu, Asuka Fuse, Maki Honda, Ryuji Makino, Yudai Makiyama, Rie Mano, Tomochi Yamashita, Ryo Yoshimi, Yoichi Wakamiya, Takahiko Watanabe
4 June at 14:00 ・5 June at 12:30

Shizuoka Arts Theatre
Duration:165min (undecided)

In Japanese with English subtitles

Satoshi Miyagi’s new “Festive Musical” venture raises the curtain for a new theater Festival. With a setting in the foot of Mt. Fuji, a chaotic comedy is unraveled by aphrodisiac.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is play write Hideki Noda’s comically retouched version of Shakespeare’s famous love drama. While serving as the Art Director at The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Noda actively shares his own pieces as well. Hideki Noda’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (A Toho production), first performed in 1992, is a piece overflowing with laughter, richly incorporating Noda’s forte, jokes and word play, while making use of the original’s flavor. In this piece, the actors play instruments as well as characters, creating a festive musical, painting and unfolding the world with music. Please enjoy Noda’s whimsical piece, a musical surrounding wavering love, set in the foot of Mt. Fuji.

Summary

At Hanakin, a 130-year-old traditional restaurant, the daughter, Tokitamago, is engaged to a chef, Demi. Demi loves Tokitamago, however, she has feelings for another chef, Rai. Tokitamago and Rai run away together and wind up in the “Unknown Forest”, at the foot of Mt. Fuji. Demi runs after them while Soboro, a girl in love with Demi, follows after. In this forest, the fairies, Oberon and Titania, fight over the discovery of an abandoned child. Oberon, who plans to play mischief on Titania, orders the fairy Pak to use aphrodisiac on him. While he is at it, he has the idea to use aphrodisiac on Demi, who is being cold to Soboro. However, the demon Mephistopheles appears and steals Pak’s role. On top of this, merchants who are patrons of Hanakin come to the forest to practice for a wedding performance, and circumstances become hectic.


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