Date & Venue
July 25, 2017 | Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
July 27, 2017 | Performance Space, Blue Raincoat Theatre Company, Sligo
July 29, 2017 | Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford
Actors
Japanese Theatre: Shigeyama Sengoro Family, Okura School of Kyogen
Shigeyama Sengoro XIV
Shigeru Shigeyama
Kaoru Matsumoto
Hiromi Shimada
Moriyuki Yamashita
Irish Theatre: Blue Raincoat Theatre Company (Sligo)
Lecturers
Bon Koizumi, great grand son of Lafcadio Hearn, Professor of University of Shimane
Akiko Manabe, Professor of Shiga University
Program
W. B. Yeats, The Cat and the Moon
by Shigeyama Sengoro Family in Japanese kyogen style
Japanese translated by Tetsuro Sano
Directed by Kaoru Matsumoto
W. B. Yeats, The Cat and the Moon
by Blue Raincoat Theatre Company (Sligo)
Lafcadio Hearn, Chin Chin Kobakama
by Shigeyama Sengoro Family in Japanese kyogen style
Directed by Sengoro Shigeyama XIV
A traditional Japanese kyogen, Kani Yamabushi [Crab Warrior Priest]
by Shigeyama Sengoro Family
Dublin
Date
Tuesday, July 25, 7:30-9:30pm
Venue
Smock Alley Theatre
Exchange Street Lower, Dublin 8
Program
- A short talk on Yeats, Hearn and kyogen by Bon Koizumi & Akiko Manabe
- W.B. Yeats, The Cat and the Moon by Shigeyama Sengoro Family in Japanese kyogen style
- Lafcadio Hearn, Chin Chin Kobakama by Shigeyama Sengoro Family in Japanese kyogen style
- A traditional Japanese kyogen, Kani Yamabushi [Crab Warrior Priest] by Shigeyama Sengoro Family
Admission
€20
Booking
Phone: +353 (0)1 6770014
http://smockalley.com/ireland-meets-japan-kyogen/
Sligo
Date
Thursday, July 27, 1:10-2:10pm, 7:00-8:30pm
Venue
Performance Space, Blue Raincoat Theatre Company
Lower Quay Street, Sligo
Program
1:10-2:10pm
- W.B. Yeats, The Cat and the Moon by Blue Raincoat Theatre Company
7:00-8:30pm
- A short talk on Yeats, Hearn and kyogen by Bon Koizumi & Akiko Manabe
- W.B. Yeats, The Cat and the Moon by Shigeyama Sengoro Family in Japanese kyogen style
- Lafcadio Hearn, Chin Chin Kobakama by Shigeyama Sengoro Family in Japanese kyogen style
- A traditional Japanese kyogen, Kani Yamabushi [Crab Warrior Priest] by Shigeyama Sengoro Family
Admission
€20
Booking
Phone: +353 (0)71 9170431
http://www.blueraincoat.com/
Waterford
Date
Saturday, July 29, 8:00-10:00pm
Venue
Garter Lane Arts Centre
O’Connell Street, Waterford
Program
- A short talk on Yeats, Hearn and kyogen by Bon Koizumi & Akiko Manabe
- W.B. Yeats, The Cat and the Moon by Shigeyama Sengoro Family in Japanese kyogen style
- Lafcadio Hearn, Chin Chin Kobakama by Shigeyama Sengoro Family in Japanese kyogen style
- A traditional Japanese kyogen, Kani Yamabushi [Crab Warrior Priest] by Shigeyama Sengoro Family
Admission
€21 / €16 concessions
Booking
Phone: +353 (0)51 855038
http://www.garterlane.ie/event-details.php?id=1779
Organizer: Project Team for the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Ireland and Japan: Shigeyama Sengoro Kyogen in Ireland
Co-host: Blue Raincoat Theatre Company
Supported by Japanese Embassy in Ireland, Shiga University, Japan Ireland Society, Japan Yeats Society, IASIL-JAPAN, San’in Japan-Ireland Association, Japan Celt Society, Hikone City, Matsue City
Special Support: Shigeyama Sengoro Famiy (Kyogen Okura Sect)
Flyer (English) (PDF: 616KB)
Flyer (Japanese) (PDF: 913KB)
