Ningyohime (from 09) Photo by Jun Ishikawa

　　　　　　　　　　

From left to right: Hisako Okata/Noboru Matsuhashi/Rie Toyoshima/Tatsuya Kusuhara/Madoko Hagi

Greeting card (front/back)

Please look forward to Children's Theater 2010 "Ningyohime"!Performance tickets are available at the Setagaya Public Theater Ticket Center and others.We look forward to seeing you there.
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Your impressions after watching the play up to the last time,Introductiondoing.


"profile"
[Screenplay / Direction]
Teresa Ludovico　
Director, actor. He has been writing and directing at Teatro Kismet for 16 years. His masterpiece "Beauty and the Beast", which was performed at Theater Tram in 01 and 03, aroused the imagination of children with its simple stage, live music, fantastic visuals, and dramatic storyline.・It has been praised in Japan and other countries around the world, and has been performed for over 3 years.Winner of the best theater for children and adolescents of the 2002 season in Italy (lo stregagatto prize).In addition to his performance activities, he is also actively working on theater productions with actors with intellectual disabilities and inmates of the local women's prison. In 05 and 06, he directed “The Snow Queen,” starring Japanese actors and musicians, and in 07, 08, and 09, “Ningyo Hime,” which was performed at the Setagaya Public Theater and other theaters nationwide. Overseas, in 06 he created the children's opera "Prince of Pigs", which has been performed in various European countries along with the European versions of "The Snow Queen" and "Ningyohime". His latest work, Moliere, created in 09, has been highly acclaimed.

【Performer】
●Hisako Ohkata / Actor
Graduated from the training school attached to the theater company Haiyuza.He has a reputation not only for his acting but also for his singing ability, and has been active in numerous stage performances and musicals.Major stage works include "City Lights" (solo musical), "Isadora When She Danced" (directed by Robert Alan Ackerman), "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (directed by Harold Prince), "I Love Botchan 2000". 2007” (Ongakuza Musical), “Musumeyo” (Directed by Fukuko Ishii), Musical “Harold & Maud” (Directed by Yasuhiko Katsuta), 06/08 “Waiting for a turn” (Directed by Toshifumi Sueki), 07 “ Ramen Girls” (directed by Robert Alan Ackerman), 09 “Garden of the Wind” (Fuji TV), “Windmill Baby” (produced by theater group Rakuten), 09 and 10 “Dedicated to Edith Piaf” "Such.He also appeared in the productions of Setagaya Public Theater's "Milena" (directed by Makoto Sato) and "Look, How Airplanes Can Fly High" (directed by Antoine Kobe). Following "The Snow Queen" in 05 and 06, he has appeared in "Ningyo Hime" since its premiere in 07, and has appeared in Teresa Ludovico's production for four consecutive years.

Noboru Matsuhashi / actor
Graduated from Shiki Theater Company.Debuted as the leading role in "The Idiot" in her first year of admission.After that, she has starring roles in "Hamlet" and "The Trojan War Will Not Happen."In addition to this, he has appeared in many stage productions such as "Romeo and Juliet", "Dream of Petersburg", "Deep Bottom", "Forget-me-not", "I Love Botchan", and "Fiddler on the Roof". In 09, he played the role of No. 8 in Nobuhiro Nishikawa's Twelve Angry Men, sponsored by the Haiyuza Theater. He has expanded his field of activity to the stage, movies, and TV dramas. "Ningyo Hime" will be performed from the 08 rerun.

Rie Toyoshima / Opera Theater Konnyakuza singer
Born in Tokyo.He joined the Opera Theater Konnyakuza in 01 after working as an acting trainee affiliated with the Haiyuza Theater Company.He has appeared in many works at Konnyakuza, where he continues to create original operas that enjoy both theater and music.He is known for his clear singing voice.Main appearances include "Magemon" (role of hemp), "The Marriage of Figaro or a Mad Day" (role of Cherubino), "The Forest is Alive" (role of daughter), "Opera club Macbeth", "Metamorphosis", Appeared in The Threepenny Opera.In recent years, he has also worked as a workshop facilitator for children's participation opera works. Following "The Snow Queen" in 05 and 06, "Ningyohime" premiered in 07, and will be appearing in a work directed by Teresa Ludovico for four years in a row.

● Tatsuya Kusuhara / Dancer / Choreographer
Dancer and choreographer.Graduated from Tamagawa University. Formed "APE" in 02.He creates works with the theme of "Delivering HAPPY to many people" regardless of nationality, age or gender.He has performed nationally and internationally.In recent years, he has been actively conducting workshops for elementary school students and the general public, as well as outreach to schools, etc., aiming to achieve both expression and educational activities at the same time.Dance workshops for elementary school students at the Setagaya Public Theater. Part-time lecturer at Hosei University since 08. In 08, he was trained in Bari, Italy as a trainee of the Overseas Study Program for Upcoming Artists of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.In 21 and 22, he was an artist registered as a contemporary dance revitalization project at the Foundation for Community Creation Public Hall. She has appeared in films directed by Teresa Ludovico for six years in a row, with "The Snow Queen" (05 and 06), "Ningyo Hime" (07), and "Travel, Him and the Princess" (09).

Madoko Hagi / Actor / Percussionist
Graduated from Toho Gakuen Junior College Department of Drama. From 1987 to 95, she participated in the performance group "Sometimes Automatic".She has since appeared in Theater Cocoon's A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Threepenny Opera and Mysteria Bouffe (composed and directed by Nao Kato).He has appeared as a percussionist in Opera Theater Konnyakuza's "Acorn and Wildcat" and "General Kitamori and the Doctor of the Three Brothers" as a percussionist, as well as being in charge of stage music.He has also appeared in Setagaya Public Theater @ School performances of "Ukkari, Chotto, Kinokojima" and "Dottokomu Shokai." "Ningyo Hime" will be performed from the premiere in 07.