f/F Parasite

Overview

Masterpiece by the Hachinohe-based theatre company Molecular Theatre. The avant-garde approach shocked the Japanese theatre world in the 1980s when it won rave reviews at theatre festivals in Germany, Belgium and other countries. Based on a collection of letters exchanged between Franz Kafka with his fiancée Felice, it depicts Kafka's psychograms - the madness of his writing and its endless proliferation, the parasitic voice and thought in words, courtship and isolation - in a dense, anxiety-filled space, dramatising them with overwhelming tension and physical expression.

- Participated in the Münster Theater Festival
- Short version
- From 'Letters to Felice' by Franz Kafka, translated by Shiroyama Yoshihiko (published by Shinchosha)

Details

Title

f/F Parasite

Performance creator(s)

Molecular Theatre

Direction/Choreography

Directed by: Shigeyuki Toshima
Choreographer: Kazue Okubo

Venue

Theater im Pumpenhaus

Performance date(s)

3 July 1987 ‐ 4 July 1987

Performer(s) and staff

Performers: Kazue Okubo, Toshie Takazawa, Chiemi Sakashita, Hitomi Yoshii, Yumiko Moriyama, Yukari Ichito, Akiko Hattori, Mari Mukai
Written and cited by: Shigeyuki Toshima
Music Director and Sound Designerby: Naotake Yoshii
Lighting Designer: Masaki Horonushi
Stage Designer: Katsuhiko Araya
Stage Manager: Junko Hanamitsu
Company Manager: Kazuko Toshima
Organiser: Isso Miura
Producer: Hironobu Oikawa

Organiser(s)

Organized by Theater im Pumpenhaus (Münster, Germany) and Molecular Theatre
Produced by ISA (International Space of Artistic Activities)
Supported by Aomori Prefecture and Hachinohe City

Genre

Contemporary