Hideki Noda – författare

Boo, Bo and Pickle have all made plans tonight. But someone has to stay home and look after Princess.People are waiting, start times are looming. No one’s budging and petty bickering soon spirals into a ludicrous battle of wills and, possibly, the end of the world.Renowned Japanese writer, performer and Artistic Director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Hideki Noda paints a portrait of a disconnected family on a self-destructive course in this satirical comedy about consumerism and technology in a ‘selfie’ society.With music and soundscape influenced by traditional Japanese Noh and Kabuki performed live by legendary Japanese Kabuki musician Denzaemon Tanaka XIII. English translation adapted by Will Sharpe.

Boo, Bo and Pickle have all made plans tonight. But someone has to stay home and look after Princess.People are waiting, start times are looming. No one''s budging and petty bickering soon spirals into a ludicrous battle of wills and, possibly, the end of the world.Renowned Japanese writer, performer and Artistic Director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Hideki Noda paints a portrait of a disconnected family on a self-destructive course in this satirical comedy about consumerism and technology in a ''selfie'' society.With music and soundscape influenced by traditional Japanese Noh and Kabuki performed live by legendary Japanese Kabuki musician Denzaemon Tanaka XIII. English translation adapted by Will Sharpe.

“This is a highly unusual theatrical gem . . . both beautiful and beguilingly idiosyncratic.”—Time Out Drawing on the themes of cruelty, imperialism, and betrayal, Hideki Noda and Colin Teevan's new play The Diver ingeniously links the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji with a Noh theater play and a contemporary murder.

One evening, Mr Ido arrives home from work to find his house surrounded by police and TV cameras. Inside, his wife and child are being held hostage by an escaped murderer. An otherwise normal day in an otherwise comfortable life is not ending how it should. But rather than play the victim and accept this terrible fate, Ido decides to take control and embarks upon an extraordinary mission of revenge. Set in Tokyo in 1974, this dark and unconventional satire asks what happens when the victim becomes the aggressor, the weak become powerful and the watcher becomes the watched.