F/T recently organized a special orientation event for foreign audiences in Tokyo who wanted to learn more about the month-long interactive theatre piece, "The Complete Manual of Evacuation".

Akira Takayama's work starts online, where audiences go to a special website, hinan-manual.com, to access a map based on Tokyo's circular JR Yamanote Line. By choosing a station you then get a map for where to go to visit a special location ("Evacuation Point") in the area.

Due to typhoon No 14 which is right now approaching Tokyo, unfortunately today's performance of "Public Domain" has to be cancelled for safety reasons.

We truly apologize for the inconvenience!

F/T is only a few weeks away now, and part of the Festival are the satellite events before and during the festival period, chances for audiences to get closer to the creators.

„Family Reunion", a documentary movie about Christoph Marthaler, that is also a part of the F/T Teatrotheque, will be screened at the Goethe-Institut Tokyo on Oct 15.

One of the greatest frustrations of any theatre fan - or just people looking for entertainment in a foreign land - is not being able fully to appreciate what's happening on stage. If visuals and the thrill of live drama can often cross over language divides, sadly dialogue mostly cannot. However, F/T is a vigorously international affair and this autumn's edition is no different.

August 3rd 2010. Festival/Tokyo 10 has made its official launch with our press conference held at the Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan, designed by renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Participating artists Norimizu Ameya, Roger Bernat, Ikuyo Kuroda, Shiro Maeda (GOTANNDADAN), Masataka Matsuda (marebito theater company), Motoi Miura (chiten), Yujiro Sagami, and Akira Takayama (Port B) also attended to introduce each of their performances to over 100 attendees of the conference.

from left to right: Yujiro Sagami, Masataka Matsuda, Akira Takayama, Roger Bernat, Ikuyo Kuroda, Motoi Miura, Shiro Maeda, Norimizu Ameya (c) Yohta Kataoka