Sotoba Komachi
T0103188206
We meet a destitute old woman collecting cigarette butts in a park. As she recalls her heyday to a drunken poet, they are both whisked back in time to re-enact the story of her former lover whose devotion to her beauty provoked his own death.
Archive :: production:T0103188206, play:S866119925, venue:V371
Production details
Performed in Japanese with English surtitles (Pre-show talk with Yukio Ninagawa, Fri Jun 29, free admission to ticket holders). Run time 1hr 45mins. BITE 01. Barbican Theatre. Double bill with Yoroboshi