- chelfitsch
The theater company chelfitsch was founded in 1997 by Toshiki Okada, who writes and directs all of its productions. The company made its debut abroad in 2007, when it performed “Five Days in March” at the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels, Belgium. It has since performed works in a total of more than 90 cities in Asia, Europe, and North America. In 2021, it launched a workshop with people whose native language is not Japanese and
premiered “The Window of Spaceship ‘In-Between’” in August 2023.
Director’s Program
“The Window of Spaceship ‘In-Between’”
chelfitsch
Area
- Toyooka
Date and Time
Sep.22(Mon)19:00
Sep.23(Tue)11:00
Performance Duration
Approx. 100 minutes
Performance Language
Performed in Japanese only
*English subtitles
Admission Fee
【All seats unreserved】
Advance Tickets: ¥4,000
Same-day Tickets: ¥4,500
Advance Tickets U25/Student/Disabled Discount: ¥3,000*
Same-day Tickets Disabled Discount: ¥3,500*
U18 for advance and Same-day: Free*
Uzumaku Pass: ¥1,000
Clap Mates*
If there are remaining seats on the day, you can watch the performance for free who aged 19 to 25, or those with a valid student ID.
*Please proof required on the day of the event
With the mission of halting the degeneration of a certain language, the four-person crew of the spaceship In-Between are joined by an android and an extra-terrestrial being they happened to meet during their voyage throughout the Milky Way. These characters come to engage in a dialogue about language while floating in space. Just who exactly can claim ownership of “our language” that is spoken and transformed over the course of the performance?
In order to expand the possibilities of the Japanese language in theater beyond “correct” pronunciation or grammar, chelfitsch began holding a series of workshops in 2021 for people whose first language is not Japanese under Theater project with non-native Japanese speaker. “The Window of Spaceship In-Between” is a theatrical work created with actors chelfitsch encountered through these workshops.
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Performers
- Mari Ando, Qiucheng Xu, Tina Rosner, Ness Roque, Robert Zetzsche, Leon Koh Yonekawa
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Staff
- Set design: Ayami Sasaki
Sound designer: Raku Nakahara（KARABINER inc.）
Sound creator: Kimitoshi Sato
Lighting designer: Yukiko Yoshimoto
Costume: Kyoko Fujitani
Technical director: Daijiro Kawakami (Scale Laboratory)
Assistant director: Justin Karera Yamamoto (Dr. Holiday Laboratory)
Translation: Aya Ogawa
Publicity design: Yuriko Nakamura
Publicity Photograph: Hideto Maezawa
Producer: Megumi Mizuno (precog) , Tamiko Ouki（precog）
Production manager: Nanami Endo
Assistant production manager: Hinata Chida(precog)
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Accessibility
・Wheelchairs accommodated
・Free entrance for aide
・Childcare services
・English subtitlesIf you require any of the following services, please contact the Toyooka Theater Festival Festival Center before purchasing tickets.
Those who have a disability certificate and wish to be accompanied by an aide.
Those who plan to attend the festival in a wheelchair.
Those who wish to use childcare services.Childcare services (reservation required)
Date:Sep.23(Tue)11:00
*Free childcare service provided.
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Notes
*English subtitles
*Preschool children are not admitted.
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Credits
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Production: chelfitsch
Co-production: KYOTO EXPERIMENT
Planning and Production Management: precog co., LTD.
Presented by Toyooka Theater Festival Executive Committee,Japan Arts Council and Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan -
- Toshiki Okada
Playwright / Director / Novelist. He formed the theater company “chelfitsch.” He has been performing his works in more than 90 cities worldwide since his international debut in 2007 with “Five Days in March.” He actively collaborates with musicians, artists, dancers, rappers, and other artists from various fields, and since 2016 has been writing and directing German public theater repertory productions on an ongoing basis.
