THE鍵KEY makes its London debut at two festivals in June and August 2019

THE鍵KEY: Daiwa Scholarship alumna, Francesca Le Lohé’s site-specific, dramatic musical work, inspired by Junichiro Tanizaki’s novelThe Key (1956) featured in Powell Tuck Associates’ event on 27 June 2019 as part of the London Festival of Architecture, and made its UK debut as part of the Tête à Tête Opera Festival in August 2019.

THE鍵KEY received its world premiere to great acclaim at Nakacho House, Tokyo in May 2018, supported by The Mutomai Fund and Kickstarter Donators and went on to have a longer run of performances at Hirakushi Denchu House and Atelier, 19 to 26 May 2019, supported by Arts Council Tokyo and the Japan Arts Council.

London Performances

London Festival of Architecture:

Crossing boundaries. Peering into private lives 

On 27 June 2019 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm Powell Tuck Associates presents a talk and taster performance evening to provide insights of  THE鍵KEY

Tickets can be bought via this link.

Tête à Tête Opera Festival

THE鍵KEY is being shown as part of  Tête à Tête  on Saturday and Sunday, 3 and 4 August at 10 Tollgate Drive, London SE21 7LS.

Saturday 3rd August, 14:00-15:15 & 18:00-19:15
Sunday 4th August, 14:00-15:15 & 18:00-19:15

Tickets can be bough via this link.

Composer and director: Francesca Le Lohé
Words: Francesca Le Lohé with excerpts from Junichiro Tanizaki’s ‘The Key’ in the original Japanese.
Dramaturg: Alexandra Rutter
Choreographer: Kae Ishimoto
Executive Producer: Akiko Yanagisawa (Mu Arts/Azuki Foundation)

Staged by: The Kagi Project
In collaboration with Whole Hog Theatre

Tanizaki’s ‘The Key’

The Husband, feeling insufficient for his younger wife but frustrated with her high morality, begins to push her towards a younger man, originally seen as a potential match for their daughter, in an attempt to restore his own vitality through jealousy and voyeurism. It becomes clear that all four characters have their own agendas, yet a common goal: to see the Wife corrupted and pursue an affair. However, this ultimately ends in tragedy as the Husband reaches his very limits.
 
The novel is told through the diary entries of the married couple and it becomes clear from an early stage that they are reading each other’s’ diary entries, whilst pretending not to, and using them as a way of communicating with each other and even to manipulate each other. Therefore, the reader can never be sure of the true events and intentions related through these subjective diary entries. Furthermore, the actions and emotions of the daughter and the lover are even more unclear as the reader can only ever learn of them through the married couple’s biased diary entries.

Twitter: @Kagi_TheKey

 

We are delighted to be supporting the performances with a Daiwa Foundation Small Grant