Bokutachi Watashitachi's production of 'Tainai' ('In the Womb') in Sheffield, 24-26 June 2012

Who are the Japanese of today? Members of the National Student Drama Festival went on a search for a hint to answer this big question, motivated also by the tsunami and nuclear disaster of last year. Can we also approach the essence of man’s nature? Looking into the literature of the period around the Second World War, we found our play Tainai (‘In the Womb’) written in 1949 by Juro Miyoshi who bravely confronts how the defeat in the war affected the Japanese and takes us on a journey to ourselves.

 Thanks to: New National Theatre Drama Studio, Tamiya Kuriyama, Director of Drama Studio, Chikara Misaki, Keiko Miyata, Artistic Director of New National Theatre, Atsuko Nakagomi, Director of Training Programme, Empathy, Serikawa Jimusho, Kazunori Hara, Crystal Maki Sato, Takako Senzaki, Misaki Yamamoto

Tainai has been supported by The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation

International Student Drama Festival Show Guide

Performances are:

Sun 24th June 20.30 – 23.00

Mon 25th June 13.00-15.30 and 17.30 – 20.00

Tues 26th June 13.00 – 15.30 and 17.30 – 20.00

Tainai (‘In the Womb’) by Juro Miyoshi

Bokutachi Watashitachi, New National Theatre Drama Studio

 Cast:

Hanaoka – Yudai

Murako – Akiko Enji

Sayama – Satoshi Imai

 Director – Nozomi Matsumori

Assistant Director – Takako Onishi

Fight Choreographer – Wataru Kajiwara

Designer – Yuka Nishimura

Lighting Designer – Akiko Yamaguchi

Sound Designer – Ayumi Higuchi

Stage Manager – Hitoshi Naganuma