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Indonesian and Malaysian societies where different ethnic groups, cultures and languages ​​coexist/intersect.
What does it mean to live there and create theater?　
Simultaneous performance of two ambitious works that attempted “collaboration” with “others” in Japan!

In 2005, the Setagaya Public Theater and the Japan Foundation collaborated with 16 Southeast Asian theater people to produce Hotel Grand Asia.Participating members will reconsider their identity as a theater person in his three years of collaborative work with ``others'', and make it possible to create joint theater works while making use of mutual cultural differences. , gave rise to a variety of theatrical methodologies.
The participants, who have brought these experiences and methodologies back to their home countries, are now producing excellent collaborative works one after another in their respective theater practices. In March 2007, he was invited to perform "Mobile" (produced by Necessary Stage, Singapore) at Tram. This work, in which theater people from four countries participated, was well received for its multi-layered story that depicts the complex relationships between contemporary Asian countries and the different ways in which each society faces different problems.
This year, we will be presenting two works, Breaking (Malaysia) and On/Off (Indonesia), from the group of works produced by the participating members of Hotel Grand Asia.

"Breaking" (Break-ing defeat Ka Si Pe Cah)　* Performed in English, Chinese and Malay (with Japanese subtitles)　　　　　　　　　　　
　Playwrights, directors, and actors Joe Kukasas and Law Kokman are active in three theatrical areas: Malay, Chinese, and English, in Malaysia, a multi-ethnic country with a mixture of different ethnic groups, cultures, and languages. , Nam Long.After "Hotel Grand Asia," they launched the "Pentas Project" in an attempt to build a theatrical platform that creates dialogue between the different cultural spheres of their own countries.The work "Break-ing" (2006) is the maiden work of this project.

Three short works related to language: "Silence, Please," which talks about language and the nation from the despair of the death of a mother; "WIP (work in progress)" to think about.A quest for language that "breaks" from the "break" of culture.

[Writer/Director] Joe Kukasas “Silence Please” / Lo Kok Mann “Report (Thought + Self)” / Nam Long “WIP (Work in Progress)”


"On/Off" (On/Off))　* Performed in Indonesian (with Japanese subtitles)
About XNUMX ethnic groups and more than XNUMX different languages ​​form Indonesia's "unity in diversity."Ding Dong WS, the leader of "Theater Kubourg", has not only stayed in the theater, but has gone out to the region and community to perform theater activities literally in the squares of villages. After "Hotel Grand Asia", he and his theater company began to create new works, believing that the perspective and methodology of "collaboration" was essential for theater practice in Indonesia.People from different cultures and languages ​​will explore the identity of their own country through theatrical collaboration.

A wonderful paradise called a "market", full of goods and crowded with people.In contrast to his wife, who lives peacefully there, the man is attacked by a strong feeling of discomfort and fear, and sets out on a journey to find himself.The wife tries to find the man using West Sumatran magic.What did the couple find at the end of their search?Pursue the fate of identity exposed to power and institutions in the tide of globalization.

[Production/Direction] Ding Dong WS

"Breaking"
[Writer/Director] Joe Kukasas “Silence Please” / Lo Kok Mann “Report (Thought + Self)” / Nam Long “WIP (Work in Progress)”
"On/Off"
[Production/Direction] Ding Dong WS

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[workshop]
This workshop will be held for those who are interested in contemporary Asian theater to introduce methodologies for collaboration in the fields of playwriting, directing, and acting.An Asian playwright and director who is a participant in this project will be in charge of proceeding.
Date: February 2008 (Mon) to 2 (Sat), 18
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[Symposium]
Based on the theatrical collaborations and network creation that have been practiced in Asia, we will propose the ideal future.
Date: February 2 (Wednesday) and 20 (Saturday)
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