This Toho Company production opened at the Nissay Theatre in Tokyo on 8th March 2015 and ran until the 30th March before touring to Ōita and Osaka.
This was the very last theatre design by the great South African designer Johan Engels, who died shortly before the production went into rehearsal. He adored Japan and was greatly looking forward to working in Tokyo on a play he loved. Alas, his friends and colleagues had to go on without him and dedicated their work on the show to his loving memory.
Written by | William Shakespeare |
Translated into Japanese by | Kazuko Matsuoka |
Directed by | John Caird |
Set and Costumes by | Johan Engels |
Music and Arrangement by | John Cameron |
Musical Direction by | Kayo Nagano |
Assistant to the Director / Song Lyrics by | Maoko Imai |
Lighting by | Ryuichi Nakagawa |
Sound by | Toshiya Honma |
Hair and Makeup by | Eita (Iris) |
Fights directed by | Hiroshi Atsumi |
Associate Set Designer | Matt Rees |
Costume Supervisor | Binny Bauerman |
Set and Costume Assistant | Yuko Iwata |
Lighting Assistant | Yasuko Abe |
Assisant Director | Ikkou Ueda |
Stage Manager | Masato Usami |
Viola (Cesario) / Sebastian | Kei Otozuki |
Orsino | Ryosei Konishi |
Olivia | Tomoko Nakajima |
Malvolio | Satoshi Hashimoto |
Fabian | Tatsumi Aoyama |
Sir Andrew Aguecheek | Zen Ishikawa |
Sir Toby Belch | Haruhiko Jo |
Feste | Songha |
Maria | Megumi Nishimuta |
Sea Captain | Hiroshi Miyakawa |
Antonio | Makiya Yamaguchi |
Sailor / Second Officer | Sho Ikushima |
Sir Topaz | Shinichiro Uchida |
Gentlewoman | Motoko Orii |
First Officer | Sungrak Kim |
Gentlewoman | Shizuka Kono |
Valentine | Seiji Sasaki |
Curio | Shinya Senda |
Sailor / Third Officer | Junya Hirano |
Fabian’s Boy | Haruka Manase |
Keyboard / Conductor | Kayo Nagano |
Violin | Masahiko Sakurai |
Viola | Hirono Ootsuji |
Cello | Kosuke Tanaka |
Programmer | Koga Keiichiro |
Assistant Stage Managers | 八木 茜 / 石川和音 / 大垣敏朗 / 藤原秀明 / 向井一裕 / 森谷亜紀子 / 平石尚子 / 齋藤英明 |
Assistant Producers | 藤岡陽子 / 畑中あゆみ |
Producer | 小嶋麻倫子 |
Carpenter | 安藤宣弘 (俳優座劇場) |
Props provided by | 天野雄太 (高津装飾美術) |
Swords provided by | アトリエカオス |
Special Props provided by | 湯田商店 |
Costumes made by | カレン・クライトン (Women's Costumes) / マーク・コステロ (Men's Costumes) |
Assistant Costume Seamster | 日吉乙江 |
Hats made by | カレン・シャノン |
Shoes provided by | 大石雅章 (神田屋) |
Decorative Illumination provided by | 小田桐秀一 (イルミカ東京) |
Video Equipment provided by | 神守陽一 (インターナショナルクリエイティブ) |
Instruments provided by | 岸拓央 (三響社) |
Automation | 斉藤拓人 |
Lighting Operation | A・S・G |
Sound Operators | 增原健市 / 羽立高行 / 矢作璃沙 |
Hair and Makeup for Performances | 遠山直樹 (Iris) / 高石涼太 / 山口 梓 |
Advertising / Programme Design | タカハシデザイン室 |
Programme Design | 伊東浩司 |
Photography | 二石友希 / 田内峻平 (東宝アド) / 阿部勝 (東宝アド) / 田中亜紀 |
Hair and Makeup | Eita (Iris) |
Stylist | 青柳美智子 |
Editor | 高橋涼子 |
Printers | 成旺印刷 |