A bonanza is brewing in Tokyo and Yokohama for lovers of cross-cultural contemporary theater.
That's because, from Jan. 25 to Feb. 5, the capital's Minato Ward hosts a new performance and workshop program named Theater Commons Tokyo. Meanwhile Yokohama's Naka Ward welcomes the seventh installment of the Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama (aka TPAM) from Feb. 2 to 19.
Directed by Chiaki Soma, the acclaimed former artistic director of Festival/Tokyo, T-C-T (as some are styling it) is dedicated to rethinking the function of theater via adjacent domains such as architecture, urban planning, literature, visual arts and welfare. This inaugural year's program includes two performances augmented by lectures, four workshops, a symposium and a photo exhibition.