FESTIVAL/TOKYO
Performing Arts Festival launching from Tokyo
1. René Pollesch Related Works
Showcases the work of dramatist and director René Pollesch, who challenges the urban space and the genre of
theatre itself. Please see details on the F/T website.
Date: Sep 13 (Tue), 2011 19:00
Venue: Goethe-Institut Tokyo
Tickets: ¥500
2. Foreigners Out! / Christoph Schlingensief / Paul Poet
Germany / 2002 / Colour / 90 minutes / German, Japanese subtitles
Enfant terrible Schlingensief died last year at the age of 49 and this documentary work was his most controversial
work, featuring 12 asylum seekers living in a container installed in front of the Vienna Opera House.
Date: Nov 1 (Tue), 2011 19:00
Venue: Goethe-Institut Tokyo
Commentary: Hans-Thies Lehmann (TBC)
Ticket: ¥500
Programs 1 and 2 presented by Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee and Goethe-Institut Tokyo.
3. Festival d'Avignon at 60: Former Papal Court and Battlefield / Michel Viotte,
Bernard Faivre d'Arcier
France / 2006 / Colour / 75 minutes / French, Japanese subtitles
Marking 60 years of the international festival, this documentary features interviews with previous directors and
artists. It includes performances by Peter Brook, Pina Bausch and Le Théâtre du Soleil.
Date: Oct 15 (Sat), 2011 17:00; Nov 5 (Sat), 2011 19:00
Venue: L'Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo
Commentary: Sophie Loucachevsky (Nov 5)
Tickets: ¥500 (each)
4. First Toga Festival Report
Japan / 1982 / Colour / 50 minutes / Japanese
Records the Toga Festival of 1982, Japan's first international theatre festival, including interviews with Shuji
Terayama, Shogo Ohta, Tadashi Suzuki, Meredith Monk, Robert Wilson and Tadeusz Kantor.
Date: Oct 15 (Sat), 2011 18:30; Nov 5 (Sat), 2011 17:00
Venue: L'Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo
Commentary: Tadashi Uchino (Oct 15), Akihiko Senda (Nov 5)
Tickets: ¥500 (each)
Programs 3 and 4 presented by Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee and L'Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo.
