Little Sunshine, Little Rainfall
“Little Sunshine, Little Rainfall” available for touring from September 2012
Inspired by Haiku, Origami, and folklore surrounding the Fox, – this vibrant, physical theatre piece is set in a magic garden. It blends the four seasons with four stories of the naughty Storm Fox, told by Head Gardener; Little Sunshine and Learning Gardener; Little Rainfall, using traditional folk songs and dance.
Celebrating Japanese culture, this is a charming and entertaining theatrical experience for younger audiences. In English with a little Japanese.
Research and development supported by ACE and artsdepot.
The Paper Washi Wish
The Paper Washi Wish is our third show and was selected to perform a work-in progress at the ACE Decibel Showcase in Manchester September 2009. The response was overwhelmingly positive and a subsequent tour was booked for the following autumn. Since then, with financial help from Arts Council England, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and The Japan Society we have toured all round the UK in 2010 and 2011.
Inspired by Kamishibai (traditional and much-loved Japanese paper theatre) and Washi (Japanese paper) this vibrant, physical theatre piece blends words, pictures, imagination and heaps of paper to create a birthday story for Rabbit in the Moon, followed by a hands-on paper making experience.
Tales From Old Japan
“Mountains are just like people – they have secrets, mysteries and stories to tell”
Come and hear enchanting, bewitching and hair-raising stories of magnificent Mount Iwate who blew hot and cold, the humble woodcutter and his beautiful but strange bride and the snorting, burping Ogre of Rashomon Gate.
These three delightful traditional Japanese tales are brought to life through inventive storytelling, puppetry and music.