JAPAN SOCIETY
Bunraku Backstage

October 4, 2024—January 19, 2025
Thursday–Sunday - 11am–7 pm
Free First Fridays, 7-9 pm
*Closed on major holidays
$12 nonmembers / $10 students and seniors

Alongside the live bunraku performances held at Japan Society this fall, Bunraku Backstage offers a rare glimpse behind the scenes of the theater. Bunraku, a dramatic art integrating performances of skilled puppetry, shamisen music, and narration, has evolved since the early 17th century in Japan and is recognized by UNESCO as a “masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity.” Showcasing actual working puppets, costumes, props, and instruments on loan from the National Bunraku Theatre, Osaka, in celebration of their 40th anniversary, this exhibition unveils the collaboration that goes into staging a bunraku production. Unexpected multimedia installations by contemporary artists, all of which re-interpret and revive the artistic language of bunraku, explore the theater’s ongoing inspiration and influence.

More Info & TIickets: HERE

MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO

TRANSFERS TO THE WEST END
MARCH 2025

The record-breaking, award-winning My Neighbour Totoro transfers to the Gillian Lynne Theatre from March 2025.

Winner of six Olivier Awards and five WhatsOnStage Awards, this “utterly beguiling” (The Stage) and “jaw-dropping” (Metro) staging of the celebrated 1988 animated feature film is brought to you by the Royal Shakespeare Company and Executive Producer Joe Hisaishi.

More Info: HERE
Tickets : HERE