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The profile of a promising young play company from Japan
 

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ƒContact„
Sachiko Miyoshi (Producer / quinada Inc.)
Tel / +81 90-9393-0809
Fax / +81 3-6478-9515
Email / samplenet@gmail.com
URL / http://www.samplenet.org/


About gSampleh@@EEEEEEEEEEE

gSampleh is one of the most promising young play companies, directed by Shu Matsui (35). It started its activity in 2004 as a prototype in Seinendan, a most up-front play company led by Oriza Hirata.
In 2004, by his first script gPassageh, Shu Matsui was awarded the new face award for writers by the Japan Playwrights Association. In 2007, after several trials in Seinendan, he founded his original play company gSample.h

gSampleh contains two meanings:
@First, it means gimitationh. Shu Matsuifs approach is to first detach a person from his/her humanity, inner face or emotion. It may be similar to observing a human being as an animal. Nevertheless, human beings are still capable of speaking and the energy consumed to speak is not negligible. Therefore, Shu Matsui writes a story treating the capability of speech as an excuse of human being.
@Secondly, it means gprototype.h Shu Matsui thinks of gSampleh as a unit where he can set up a hypothesis to gproduce an imitationh and to test and practice everyday. Shu Matsui named his play company gSampleh (prototype) hoping to be able to change his scripts flexibly rather than to fix his scripts in easy-to-understand form.

Profile of a director & writer@EEEEEEEEEEE 

Shu Matsui@iDirector, writer, actorj


In 1996, joined the play company Seinendanh
as an actor.@In 2004, by his first script gPassageh, won the new face award for writers by the Japan Playwrights Association.
In 2005, by the second script gWorld Premierh won the@@same award.
In 2007, the 4th script gShifth was played at gactOral6h in the French Play Festival. In 2008, directed gPhaedrafs Loveh by Sarah Kane.
Since 2007 till current, Shu Matsui has been teaching at the Literature Department of Waseda University as a part time instructor.


Past works EEEEEEEEEEE

@gPassageh

2004.5 Komaba Agora Theater
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The scene is a family that faces all-too-common problems in modern society; impotent husband, wife who is worn out of nursing care of aged parents, extramerital affairs with a former class mate, etc.
One day, a man came into the life of this family, and gradually family members are becoming to be controlled by an environment created by his words gcreating an utopia.h This play attempts to dipict reality by introducing dinamic change of stage scenes and actorsf nuanced and subtle performances.
Awarded the 9th New Face Award by the Japan Playwrights Association.

c.Tsukasa Aoki


@ gWorld Premiereh

2005.5 Komaba Agora Theater
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The scene is an institution. In a room, a man is waiting for his turn to have his surgery.
There appears a young man who identifies himself as his son. Unexpected emergence of this young man leads the man to drift through his memories in the past.
All the memories; his wife suffering from infertility, suicide of his uncle who had a business of raising experimental animals, etc. come back to him.
Nevertheless, he wonders if these emerged memories are true or not.
Memories of the dead are glorified in the people who left behind, but never be renewed in the dead.
Onefs character is formed based on onefs memories, so people believe, but peoplefs memories are obscure.
This drama depicts uncertainty of how the memories form a character using the crossed time axes and well constructed story.
The 11th New Face Award by the Japan Playwrights Association.

c.Tsukasa Aoki


@gBasementh

2006.5@ Atelier Shumpusha
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design:kyo@photo:momoko japan
This play dipicts how a natural food store turns into a cult-like community with realism.

The scene is a small natural food store nestled between the circular road and the expressway in metropolitan Tokyo.
The store manager and his son, who live there, and store attendants form a small self-sufficient community, selling gwaterh and natural foods.
The son lives in the store basement and produces gwater.h One day, a girl came to the store seeking for a job.
Encounter with the girl makes the son unable to produce gwaterh anymore. gWaterh dries out and peoplefs life gradually falls apart.

c.Tsukasa Aoki


@ gShifth

2007.1 Atelier Shumpusha
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design:kyo@photo:momoko japan
In a reclusive village, the villagers have intermarried for many generations following their old tradition for a special purpose.
That is to produce albinos. It bears close resembrance of breeding dogs.
When a huge suburban shopping center emerged, the closed village life is suddenly drawn into a great confusion trying to rehash their old tradition in the surging wave of modernization.
This play portlays such confusion from impersonal perspective.

c.Tsukasa Aoki


@gBurning up caloriesh

2007.9 Mitaka City Arts Center

design:kyo@photo:momoko japan
Lost their goals, modern people are running about in confusion.
This play portlays such modern people by eclectic mix of realism and abusurdity.

First, an episode of a mother and her son came up in my mind.
Then an episode of a detective came up next.
Mother who had been admitted in a nursing home ran away with a helper.
Her son and the detective chase after them.
However, when the evaders try to overtake the chasers, their positions will reverse.
Then, they first realize, gwe did not have to run away or chase after.h
Nevertheless, they do not stop running away or chasing after.
Are they controlled by something?
Do you insist to find the reason?
The only answer is to gburn up calories.h

c.Tsukasa Aoki


 
 




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