14:00-15:15 & 18:00-19:15, Saturday 3rd August 2019
14:00-15:15 & 18:00-19:15, Sunday 4th August 2019
Music: Francesca Le Lohé
Words: Francesca Le Lohé with excerpts from Junichiro Tanizaki’s ‘The Key’ in the original Japanese.
‘20 years of marriage yet I can’t speak with my wife’
But the husband is desperate to communicate with his wife about one subject in particular – their mutually unfulfilling sex life.Inspired by the novella of the same name by renowned Japanese author Junichiro Tanizaki, “THE鍵KEY” peers in on a secretive family and newcomer Kimura, as their lives take a dramatic turn following the husband’s new year resolution.
Fresh from its sell-out Tokyo run, this site-specific, Anglo-Japanese work invites audiences to become voyeurs as they move freely around a private residence to eavesdrop on small ensembles of singers, a dancer, and Japanese and Western instruments as this intimate drama unfolds…
Produced by The Kagi Project in partnership with Japan Foundation, Mu Arts and Powell Tuck Associates (the designers and architects behind 10 Tollgate Drive).
Supported by Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), Arts Council England, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, and RWV Trust.
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Performers
The Husband Trio
The husband: Hiroshi Amako (tenor)
Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute): Clive Bell
Double Bass: Mark Lipski (Southbank Sinfonia alumni)
The Wife Trio
The wife: Akane Kudo (soprano)
Sho (Japanese mouth organ): Naomi Sato
Cello: Idlir Shyti (Southbank Sinfonia alumni)
The Daughter Trio
The daughter: Akari Mochizuki (mezzo-soprano)
Kimura: Shouzo Ayaka (dancer)
Shimedaiko (Japanese percussion): Akinori Fujimoto
Violin: Joana Ly (Southbank Sinfonia alumni)
Kimura: Shozo Ayaka (Dancer)
Composer and director: Francesca Le Lohé
Dramaturg: Alexandra Rutter
Choreographer: Kae Ishimoto
Executive Producer: Akiko Yanagisawa (Mu Arts/Azuki Foundation)
Producer (Japan): Naoya Yamashita
Production Assistants: Fiona Allison and Joanna Pidcock
Staged by: The Kagi Project
In collaboration with Southbank Sinfonia and Whole Hog Theatre
Performers
The Husband Trio
The husband: Hiroshi Amako (tenor)
Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute): Clive Bell
Double Bass: Mark Lipski (Southbank Sinfonia alumni)
The Wife Trio
The wife: Akane Kudo (soprano)
Sho (Japanese mouth organ): Naomi Sato
Cello: Idlir Shyti (Southbank Sinfonia alumni)
The Daughter Trio
The daughter: Akari Mochizuki (mezzo-soprano)
Kimura: Shouzo Ayaka (dancer)
Shimedaiko (Japanese percussion): Akinori Fujimoto
Violin: Joana Ly (Southbank Sinfonia alumni)
Kimura: Shozo Ayaka (Dancer)
Composer and director: Francesca Le Lohé
Dramaturg: Alexandra Rutter
Choreographer: Kae Ishimoto
Executive Producer: Akiko Yanagisawa (Mu Arts/Azuki Foundation)
Producer (Japan): Naoya Yamashita
Production Assistants: Fiona Allison and Joanna Pidcock
Staged by: The Kagi Project
In collaboration with Southbank Sinfonia and Whole Hog Theatre