Kurô Tanino

Avidya – No Lights Inn

Archive 2018
Theatre
T2G Théâtre de Gennevilliers – Centre Dramatique National
septembersept 25 – 29

© Avidya – L’Auberge de l’obscurité © Shinsuke Sugino ©

© Avidya – L’Auberge de l’obscurité © Shinsuke Sugino ©

© Avidya – L’Auberge de l’obscurité © Shinsuke Sugino ©

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Written and directed by Kurô Tanino
With Mame Yamada, Sohichi Murakami, Bobumi Hidaka, Atsuko Kubo, Kayo Ishikawa, Hayato Mori and Ikuma Yamada
Dramaturgy, Junichiro Tamaki, Yukiko Yamaguchi, and Mario Yoshino
Decors, Kurô Tanino, Michiko Inada
Set design, Isao Kubo, Yui Matsumoto, Yasuhiro Katoh
Lighting, Masayuki Abe
Sound, Koji Sato
Music, Yu Okuda   
A Niwa Gekidan Penino production
Organised by Fondation du Japon
In association with Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture) ; T2G – Théâtre de Gennevilliers ; and Festival d’Automne à Paris
First performed on 27 August 2015 au Morishita Studio
These show is presented as part of Japonismes 2018
With support from the Franco-Japanese Fondation Sasakawa

Two huis-clos, one in a thermal baths inn, the other in a restaurant. Two antiquated settings brought to life by a host of colourful characters. At first, Kurô Tanino’s staging takes us into familiar ground, that of an ultra-realist piece of theatre. However, we are soon taken by surprise. The different situations also take on a very different turn, leading us down paths which are both sensual and disturbing, burlesque and demonic.

Deep in the heart of the mountains of Japan, in a inn offering traditional hot spring baths, two puppeteers, recently arrived from Tokyo, await the proprietor in order to present their show to him. Intrigued by this dwarf and his expressionless son, the villagers gradually make their way closer and closer to the inn. Amidst the boiling hot steam, tongues lets fly, spirits stir, and destinies unfurl. We hear that the fate of the Avidya inn has already been sealed, in that it is soon to be demolished in order to way for a new railway line. In this cinematic huis-clos, we are confronted the coming to an end of a world, and the spectacle of various individuals caught in the midst of it. A whole palette of emotions emerges, ranging from anguish to sensual delight. A powerful homage to Japan’s deep-seated ancestral traditions, Kurô Tanino takes us on a voyage into the seat of our desires, and the confines of the unsaid.
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Running time : 2h10
Performed in Japanese, with French subtitles

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