Performance

Venue	Barbican Centre
	Other spaces: Barbican Theatre,Barbican Hall. Guildhall School of Music and Drama Theatre, Cinema1,Cinema2,Gallery, Silk Street Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	30th January 2009
Opened	3rd February 2009
To	21st February 2009
Prices	From £10.00. To £40.00.
What is currently on at Barbican Centre (V371)

Shun-kin

T1558945112
Shun-kin, inspired by two texts written in 1933, A Portrait of Shunkin and In Praise of Shadows by Japanese writer Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, moves between the neon glow of Japan and the vanished world of the Meiji era and uncovers moments of light in a world of darkness. McBurney and Complicite tell a tale of devotion, passion and power, where beauty is unforgiving and love is blinding. Emerging from traditional Japanese culture this powerful production reveals how close beauty and violence can be. Shun-kin is performed in Japanese with English surtitles.

Archive :: production:T1558945112, play:S0312367085, venue:V371

Production details

BITE09

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Company

Producer	Bite09
Producer	Complicite
Producer	Setagaya Public Theatre Tokyo
Director	Simon McBurney
Design	Merle Hensel
Design	Rumi Matsui
Sound	Gareth Fry
Lighting	Paul Anderson
Costume	Christina Cunningham
Music	Hidetaro Honjo
Performer	Kaho Aso
Performer	Eri Fukatsu
Performer	Yasuyo Mochizuki
Performer	Ryoko Tateishi
Performer	Junko Uchida
Performer	Songha Cho
Performer	Kentaro Mizuki
Performer	Honjoh Hidetaro
Performer	Nigoshichi Shimouma
Performer	Keitoku Takata

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