“Beautiful Water”: Intercultural Theatre Made in Threes
about 60 months ago (05/23/2019)
"Beautiful Water": Intercultural Theatre Made in Threes | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Photo courtesy of artist May 23, 2019 By Ken Takiguchi (1,229 words, 6-minute read) As I enter the auditorium of Kirari Fujimi, a public theatre located about one hour away from the centre of Tokyo, I find myself in the waters of somewhere in Asia. The audience members are greeted by the actors who wear headgear in the shape of aquatic animals. They approach the audience and start explaining the hand signals used by scuba divers: joining the thumb and index fingers to form a loop and extend the third, fourth, and fifth fingers means “OK”, pointing the index and third fingers at your eyes means “look”, and rotating the wrist slightly a few times indicates something is wrong.