BIRD Theatre Company TOTTORI and TBTB Ctrl L / A difference of BeautySUB

Available in EN/ES/FR/JP/KE Subtitles BIRD Theatre Company & Theater Breaking Through Barriers “Ctrl L / A Difference of Beauty” This work was produced for Japan Foundation’s International Creations in Performing Arts 2022. JIYU Gekijo-Freedom Theatre from Japan, which BIRD Theatre Company produces, and Theater Breaking Through Barriers (TBTB) from the US are organizations that continue activities in attempts to reform society’s perception of disability. They have so far worked together to create theater productions, and even during the COVID-19 pandemic carried out creative activities through online exchange. This performance is a re-composed form of the two theatrical works Ctrl L and A Difference of Beauty with the newly added Epilogue. Ctrl L, where great chaos ensues in the rehearsal room of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is a stage version of a work presented online. A Difference of Beauty is a newly written original monologue play: it was born out of the writer’s interviews with each performer, with their murmurs folding together and becoming a swell of hope. And then, in the Epilogue, what is the relationship between humans…? First performed at “BIRD Theatre Festival TOTTORI 15” in September 2022, it expresses the diverse ways of living and the values of people with and without disabilities, as well as the inner beauty of human beings across borders and disabilities. Click here for a link to the video of behind the scenes (YouTube) BIRD Theatre Company & Theater Breaking Through Barriers “Breaking Barriers Through Theatre: To Make the World More Vibrant” Organized by: BIRD Theatre Company TOTTORI Co-organized by: The Japan Foundation (JF) () Co-produced by: BIRD Theatre Company TOTTORI, The Japan Foundation ＜Performance Information＞ “Ctrl L” Written by: Jeff TABNICK Directed by: Nicholas VISELLI, NAKASHIMA Makoto Performed by: (from JIYU Gekijo-Freedom Theatre) MIYOSHI Mahirou, SHIMADA Hikaru; (from TBTB) Nicholas VISELLI, Ann Marie MORELLI; (from BIRD Theatre Company) SAITO Yoriaki “A Difference of Beauty” Written by: Tatiana RIVERA Directed by: Nicholas VISELLI, NAKASHIMA Makoto Performed by: (from JIYU Gekijo-Freedom Theatre) ITANI Yuuta, ISHII Yuumi, MIYOSHI Mahirou, SHIMADA Hikaru; (from TBTB) Ann Marie MORELLI, Bree KLAUSER, Scott BARTON, Stephen DRABICKI Filmed at the BIRD Theatre on September 25, 2022 Video produced by: The Japan Foundation; Bird Theatre Company TOTTORI Edited by: HATTORI Katsuyuki ＜Online subtitles＞ French subtitles translation: Steve CORBEIL Korean subtitles translation: Center For Interpreting & Translation, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Spanish subtitles translation: Victor WEINSTOCK ©The Japan Foundation, All Rights Reserved. 鳥の劇場×TBTB『パックさんの魔法／美のことなり』 本作は令和4年度国際交流基金舞台芸術国際共同制作事業として制作されました。 鳥の劇場がプロデュースするじゆう劇場とニューヨークを拠点とするシアター・ブレーキング・スルー・バリアーズ（TBTB）は、障がいについての社会一般の意識を改革しようと活動を続けている日米の劇団。これまでも共同で演劇作品のクリエーションを行い、コロナ禍でもオンラインによる交流を通じた創作活動を行ってきた。 本公演は、二つの演劇作品『パックさんの魔法』と『美のことなり』に新たに『エピローグ』を加えた形に再構成したもの。シェイクスピアの「真夏の夜の夢」の稽古場で大混乱が起こる『パックさんの魔法』は、オンライン作品として発表したものを舞台化。『美のことなり』は、出演者一人ひとりに作家がインタビューし台本が書き下ろされた、つぶやきが折り重なり希望のうねりとなる新作独白劇である。そして『エピローグ』で描かれる人間の関係性とは…。 障がいの有無にかかわらず、それぞれの人の多様な生き方や価値観を、国籍や障がいなどの壁を超えた人間の内面の美しさとして表現した本作は2022年9月「鳥の演劇祭15」にて初演。 メイキング映像リンク（YouTube）はこちら 鳥の劇場×TBTB『演劇で障がいを越える〜世界をより豊かにするために〜』 主催：特定非営利活動法人鳥の劇場 共催：独立行政法人国際交流基金(JF) ( ) 共同制作：特定非営利活動法人鳥の劇場、独立行政法人国際交流基金 ＜公演情報＞ 『パッ|