Nakamitsu
I am extremely excited about Nakamitsu. It is forming into a brilliant piece of theatre.
It combines a tragic epic story, song, dance, music, and many of the spectacles that theatre can be. I am proud of it and the whole company.
It has a life or death decision, a samurai sword and a big drum. All in an hour. Who would want to miss that?!
If you are about in London, May 24 to June 16. Please come.
Guardian guide preview here.
The Gate Theatre presents
NAKAMITSU
in a new version by Benjamin Yeoh
24 May – 16 June
Directed by Jonathan Munby & Michael Ashcroft
Design by Mike Britton
Lighting by Hartley T A Kemp
Sound by Paul Arditti
Original Music Composed & Performed by Ansuman Biswas
Cast Peter Bankolé, Matthew Burgess, Richard Clews & Daniel Williams
Ignited by a sudden act of violence, Nakamitsu must make a choice: love versus honour. From the shadows of a seedy underworld, his story unfolds. East and West collide in a startling new version of this classic Noh play, often attributed to Zeami. Benjamin Yeoh’s adaptation of Nakamitsu is a modern ensemble piece performed with live music by Ansuman Biswas.
Nakamitsu is winner of the Gate Theatre & Oberon Books Translation Award 2006. This award was set up to encourage and reward the vital contribution translation and adaptation makes to international theatre. The judges for the 2006 award were Samuel Adamson (playwright and translator), Penny Black (playwright and translator), Jack Bradley (former literary manager of the National Theatre), Simon Callow (actor, writer, director), Christopher Hampton (director, writer and translator), Nell Leyshon (playwright), and Jatinder Verma (Artistic Director of Tara Arts).
Performances 24 May – 16 June
Mon– Thurs at 7:30pm, Fri 7:00 & 9:00pm, Sat 5:00 & 7:30pm
Tickets: £15 | £10
Happy Mondays: a limited number of seats are pay what you can on the door
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7 Responses to “Nakamitsu”
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About me
I'm a playwright and investment analyst. I have a broad range of interests: food, gardening, innovation & intellectual property, sustainability, architecture & design, writing and the arts. I sit on the board of Talawa Theatre Company and advise a CIS investment trust on socially responsible investments.
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Recent Work
Recent plays include, for theatre: Nakamitsu, Yellow Gentlemen, Lost in Peru, Lemon Love. For radio: Places in Between (R4), Patent Breaking Life Saving (WS).
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Nakamitsu
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Yellow Gentlemen
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You forgot to mention it’s only 45 minutes long! Perfect.
Shows under the hour rule! My pregnant wife says she will have to pee come the hour so come on Playwrights, do your bit for keeping the pregnant ladies happy – crucial if you are with them believe me – is there not something ever so slightly self indulgent in a 3 hour play anyway… if your bum is numb you can’t concentrate!
Brilliant first performance, even if I say so myself. Looking forward to the next one tonight already.
Caught this last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. I went in knowing very little about what I was going to see, but was gripped throughout. Well done Ben.
Thank you, interval drinks.
Hi Ben,
Hope the play is well received. Please resend e mail address. My daughter woud like to invite you to Drama Studio Event .
Regards
Stewart
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