- Nekaa Lab · États-Unis
Shinnai meets puppetry: One Night in the Winter & The Peony Lantern
- Friday 19 September, 10:00-11:00, Médiathèque Voyelles
- Friday 19 September, 16:00-17:00, Médiathèque Voyelles
- Saturday 20 September, 11:00-12:00, Médiathèque Voyelles
- Saturday 20 September, 16:00-17:00, Médiathèque Voyelles
1h
From 8 years old
Japanese with French and English surtitles
- Hand puppets
- Objects theatre
- On table puppets
- Shadow theatre
This show is a modern take on shinnai-bushi, traditional Japanese sung storytelling with a three-stringed shamisen. Shinnai artist Okamoto Miya (Sachiyo Takahashi) joins American puppeteers Rowan Magee and Emma Wiseman to present two tales: first, a ghost story of love and betrayal, then a heartfelt fable of a mischievous raccoon dog and a lonely old man.
Based on the original Shinnai-bushi sung stories created by Okamoto Bunya (1895-1996)
Direction Sachiyo Takahashi
Cocreation Sachiyo Takahashi, Rowan Magee, Emma Wiseman
Shinnai-bushi Storytelling Okamoto Miya (a.k.a. Sachiyo Takahashi)
Puppeteers Rowan Magee, Emma Wiseman
Puppet construction Emma Wiseman, Rowan Magee
Screen design and construction Rowan Magee
Sound Sachiyo Takahashi
Lighting Tsubasa Kamei
Supervision Okamoto Miyanosuke III
Dramaturgical support Nick Lehane, Andy Manjuck, Peter Eckersall, Helena Pennington
English translation Sachiyo Takahashi, Rowan Magee, Emma Wiseman, Helena Pennington, Madeleine Dauer
French translation Keïko Courdy
Rancho (One Night in Winter) excerpt from translation Alison Tokita
Surtitles Madeleine Dauer
Support The Jim Henson Foundation • The Jane Henson Foundation • NYSCA • New England Foundation for the Arts • Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn Empowered Fund • Five Myles • HERE Dream Music Puppetry.
Acknowledgements Jim Freeman • Cheryl Henson • Ikuyo Takahashi • Hanne Tierney • Eugene O’Neill Theatre Centre • Henson Carriage House/Heather Henson