Hiromi Maruoka

Stage Feb 8, 2018

TPAM's magic happens in front of and behind the curtain

by Nobuko Tanaka

Back in 1995, some of the movers and shakers of the domestic theater scene got together at various venues around the capital for an event called the Tokyo Performing Arts Market. The aim was simple: connect up-and-coming Japanese artists to the producers and theater ...

Stage Jan 26, 2016

TPAM by any other name still aims to build a major Asian platform for the performing arts

by Nobuko Tanaka

With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics waiting in the wings, and memories still fresh of the hugely successful four-year Cultural Olympiad culminating in the London 2012 Festival staged there alongside the Olympic Games, the pressure is on Japan's leading annual cultural events not to be ...