AUGUST 2002

3 shows in Tôkyô (Kabukiza), 3 in Ôsaka (Namikiri Hall, Wahha Kamigata Engei Hall and Theater Dramacity) and 1 in Kyôto (Shunjûza)!

  • Nakamura Kankurô, Nakamura Hashinosuke, Nakamura Fukusuke and Nakamura Senjaku perform at the Kabukiza!
  • All the others great Kabuki actors are on vacation ...
  • Kabukiza (Tôkyô)
    Dates 9 ~ 28 August 2002 (Hachigatsu Nôryô Kabuki)
    Matinée

    Banshû Sarayashiki

    Shinkei Kasane-ga-Fuchi (Toyoshiga no Shi)

    Afternoon

    Ukare Shinjû

    Yayoi no Hana Asakusa Matsuri

    Evening

    Kaidan Chibusa no Enoki

    Casting

    Nakamura Kankurô, Nakamura Hashinosuke, Nakamura Fukusuke, Nakamura Senjaku, Bandô Yajûrô, Kataoka Jûzô, Kataoka Kamezô, Ichikawa Komazô, Nakamura Shidô, Nakamura Kantarô, Nakamura Shichinosuke

    Comments

    13th edition of Nakamura Kankurô's summer program at the Kabukiza, the famous Hachigatsu Nôryô Kabuki (literally "the August cool-breeze Kabuki"). A very good selection of ghosts plays, including the hardly-performed "Banshû Sarayashiki".

    Shunjûza (Kyôto)
    Dates 2 ~ 6 August 2002 (Kamejirô no Kai)
    Program

    Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji (Gappô Anshitsu)

    Shunkyô Kagami Jishi

    Casting

    Ichikawa Kamejirô, Ichikawa Danshirô, Ichikawa Monnosuke, Kamimura Kichiya

    Comments

    First edition of the program of the association Kamejirô no Kai, which stars the young and talented actor Ichikawa Kamejirô.

    the Shunjûza is located within the Kyôto University of Arts and Design (Kyôto Zôkei Geijutsu Daigaku).

    Theater Dramacity (Ôsaka)
    Dates 2 ~ 4 August 2002
    Program

    Shin Hakkenden

    Casting

    Kataoka Ainosuke

    Comments

    First edition of an original program called "Heisei Wakashû Kabuki" (the young men's Kabuki of the Heisei imperial era). The program consists of a new version of the spectacular play "Hakkenden".

    Namikiri Hall (Kishiwada, Ôsaka)
    Dates 10 ~ 11 August 2002
    Program

    Imayô Sanbasô

    Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami

  • Sumiyoshi Torii Mae
  • Tsuribune Sabu Uchi
  • Nagamachi Ura
  • Casting

    Nakamura Kanjaku, Kataoka Takatarô, Kataoka Ainosuke, Kamimura Kichiya, Nakamura Kikaku, Arashi Kitsusaburô, Nakamura Jûjirô, Nakamura Gannosuke, Kataoka Matsunosuke

    Wahha Kamigata Engei Hall (Ôsaka)
    Dates 17 ~ 18 August 2002 (Miyoshi no Kai)
    Program

    Naniwa no Shiki

    Ato no Umegawa

    Casting

    Kamimura Kichiya, Bandô Takesaburô, Ichikawa Kamejirô

    Comments

    Second edition of the program of the association Miyoshi no Kai, which stars the young and talented actor Kamimura Kichiya.

     
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