Asia Series Vol.4: China “Love’s Labour’s Lost”アジアシリーズ vol.4 中国特集 『恋 の 骨 折 り 損 ―空愛①場― 』 フェスティバル/トーキョー 17

Written and Directed by Xiaoxing Sun
*Post-show talk 

Step inside the chaotic bedroom of Chinese millennials, a fantasy world where the real and the virtual intersect.
This play by a leading figure in cutting-edge contemporary theatre in China portrays the lives of young people addicted to the Internet and pop culture. It shares its title with the Shakespeare comedy about young nobles who take an oath not to court women. Set in a room bursting with strange and colorful items bought online, the female inhabitants have fun with absent companions by live streaming their existences via their mobile phones and computers. Though the wanton chaos of their daily lives might well repel us, for these girls it is their ideal world. As the time passes almost as if no one is watching, the divisions between stage and audience, the virtual and the real, slowly fade away. 

Language: Performed in Chinese with Japanese surtitles
Running Time: 45 min. (TBC) 

Boxoffice Open 13:00
Open 13:30
Start 14:00 

Xiaoxing Sun
Playwright, Director, Critic
Born in 1986, Xiaoxing Sun graduated from Central Academy of Drama and teaches theater at Tianjin Conservatory of Music. His book “Re-Theatre: The Independent Theatre Cities Map” introduced the fringe theatre scenes in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. He formed the theater company en? (What has happened? How does it come to this?) in 2015. His recent work includes “Cyber Theatre Project” (2016). He also participated in the symposium “Beijing, China: The Contemporary Fringe Theatre Scene” at F/T14. 

Playguid 

Geigeki Box Office JP https://www.geigeki.jp/ti/
Pia http://t.pia.jp/pia/event/event.do?eventCd=1541877
Confetti http://www.confetti-web.com/detail.php?tid=41078&

Ticket:
Unreserved seating / Minimum of one drink order of ¥700
Advance: ¥2,500 / Same Day: ¥3,000 / Students: ¥1,600 / Other tickets available
Early Bird Discount ¥1,800
Festival Pass (5 Performances) ¥2,000
Festival Pass (3 Performances) ¥2,200
Students
Student ID required ¥1,600
High School Students and Under
Student ID or proof of age required ¥1,000 

Cast & Creative
Written and Directed by Xiaoxing Sun
Performers, Visual Designers: Neng Neng, Hei Hei
Music: Xu Ming
Production Coordinator, Interpreter: Wu Zhenzhen
Stage Manager: Jia Zexuan
Technical Manager: Eiji Torakawa
Assistant Technical Manager: Chizuru Kouno
Stage Manager: Ken Hasuki
Stage Assistant: Shiori Onodera
Sound: Akira Aikawa (Sound Weeds Inc.)
Publicity Design: Taichi Abe (GOKIGEN)
Photographic and Video Documentation: Takashi Fujikawa, Hibiki Miyazawa
Production Coordinators: Yuko Takeda, Akiko Juman (Festival/Tokyo)
Production Assistant: Niina Sugai
Interns: Hiroomi Asakura, Nagisa Inoue, Hoen Go, Ayano Kobayashi, Hitomi Nomoto 

Program Coordinator, Technical Interpreter: Hitomi Oyama 

Special cooperation from SuperDeluxe
Presented by Festival/Tokyo