26th – 28th June (Friday – Sunday)

Teatr Polski, Scena im. Grzegorzewskiego (Grzegorzewski Stage)

ELECTRA, dir. Tadashi Suzuki; Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT)

Directed and designed by: Tadashi Suzuki

Text: Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Eurypides/Euripides

Music composed and played by: Midori Takada

Costume design: Orie Horiuchi

Painting: Takako Tomura

Cast:

Clytemnestra: Chieko Naito

Electra: Yoo Jeong Byun

Chrysothemis: Min Seon Kim

Orestes: Jaeho Jang

Wheelchair-men: Sung Won Lee, Masaharu Kato, Daisuke Ueta, Yasuhiro Fujimoto, Haruo Ishikawa

Nurses: Hyun Gil Yoo, Su Yeon Lee, Aya Takano, Michiko Okubo, Akane Okuwa, Aki Sato Johnson

Doctor: Yoichi Takemori

Staff:

Stage manager: Kiyosumi Niihori

Lighting: Makoto Niwa

Sound: Junya Kobayashi

Costume: Toshimi Mitsuda

Korean text & coordination: Hye Jeong Lee　　　

Administration: Ikuko Saito

Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan

“The world is a hospital and all men and women are inmates of that hospital,” according to Tadashi Suzuki. The inner sufferings of people in illness and isolation are universal, regardless of the time and cultural tradition.

Electra, the princess of Argos, lives in solitude, totally mute, imprisoned in a mental hospital. Her mind is full of dark desire for revenge on the one who caused her sufferings – her mother. Suzuki shapes the performance using distinguished acting methods. He believes in the form of universal theatre which overcomes cultural and national barriers. Themes taken from Western culture (from Euripides to Chekhov) meet up with the tradition of noh and kabuki in his works; and ancient songs, movement, and combat techniques merge together with his innovative achievements in body and voice work.

Duration: 60 minutes