Ainu Othello by Shakespeare Company Japan; (c) Tara Arts Theatre and Shakespeare Company Japan
News23 July 2019
"Ainu" Othello: Shakespeare's masterpiece given a Japanese revival, 7 to 10 August 2019
Categorised under: Grants, Theatre & Film
It is 1860, in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Othello is an Ainu, one of the indigenous people of northern Japan. He falls in love with a Japanese woman and is betrayed by a friend (Iago) of mixed Ainu and Japanese heritage. Lies, manipulation and discrimination are the steadfast roots of jealousy in this epic performance of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy.
Ainu Othello is adapted by Kazumi Shimodate, Artistic Director of The Shakespeare Company Japan and will be shown at Tara Arts Theatre in London.
Performed in Japanese with English subtitles
Free tickets for teenagers!
There will be ten free tickets for each performance for teenagers and their accompanying parents.
People hoping to get the free tickets should e-mail shimizu.takeshi@gmail.com – first come first served.
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to be supporting this production of Ainu Othello at Tara Arts Theatre with a Daiwa Foundation Award.