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FEATURE|If you are in Tokyo and don't see a play, you are missing out. Three "funny" theater companies that Seiichi Amaku, a genius, admires.

Don't be too glum , it's just a mature hobby.

Mr. Ohkita, at what pace do you plan to continue "Ar of Tomorrow"?
Great North:Yes, that's right. We are planning to do a big new piece once a year, and we are also making an omnibus comedy, which can be 8 or 5 minutes long, so we want to go somewhere out of the ordinary. I am not really interested in doing theater, but I like to participate in music events.

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. It sounds like a content-oriented approach.
Tenkyu:That's exactly right. Ohkita's main focus has always been on the Internet, and he is aware of the importance of content. . It can be made into a video, and it can be combined depending on the performance.
. Rather than the format of so-called "theater," how do you turn the content around? . It can be converted in any way.
Great North:Yes, that's right . Also, people in the theater are all so serious that I feel bad if I do too much with them. I felt that there were many parts of my life that were quite gloomy.
Tenkyu:It would be nice if middle-aged people started doing this. . You can only do it with people who have come to terms with their own dreams and feelings. I don't want to be told, "You're going to make me into a full-fledged actor somehow, aren't you?
Great North:Oh, yes. That's not possible.
Tenkyu:Even in the comedy public submission projects I used to do, they would say, "Please use this as a stepping stone to become a broadcaster. Please introduce me to someone. I said, "No, I don't have that kind of power. With my current project, "Writing out a Novel," the contributors are adults, and they are willing to work with me as a hobby, so it's easy for me to do it.
Great North:Even Daily Portal Z writers who have a dual job doing something else are sometimes more interesting. . because they can afford to do only what they like to do.
Do you have a goal that you would like to achieve?
Great North:I would like to do a 70 minute contraption about the Jomon period in an actual pit dwelling or something. We could film it with GoPros or something, with no guests. It would be nice if people would find it interesting, even though they are doing something strange.
Tenkyu:I really hope that "Ar of Tomorrow" will do something strange. . It doesn't have to be done in a theater, and there are all kinds of means available now, including the Internet and video. It may sound light, but if we think of it as content, I think it will expand even more. (End)


Seiichi Amaku's recommended theater company #1
Ar, tomorrow."

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Flyer for the performance "Cat's Future Vision II" from Tuesday, October 25 to Thursday, October 27.

Ar, tomorrow."
Ar tomorrow ( tomorrow ). A unit in which actors, writers, and other friends perform a comedy written by Eito Ohkita, a writer/video creator who works mainly on the Internet. *Ar is a reminder ar.
http://asunoah.tumblr.com/

  • AR of Tomorrow vol.2 (2nd performance) "Cat's Future Vision II
  • Period: Tuesday, October 25 - Thursday, October 27, 2016
  • Time: 8:00 PM (Doors open 30 minutes before the show starts)
  • Place: VACANT
  • Address: 3-20-13 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
  • Price: 2,500 yen + 1drink (500 yen) in advance , 3,000 yen + 1drink (500 yen) at the door
  • For reservationsthis way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker)From.

The restaurant that will support tomorrow's ar stomachs.

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One of the performers in "Ar of Tomorrow," Taiyou Tochiaki, runs a nightclub called Kromon Cafe by himself, and we all go there often. He used to be a dancer in Sankai Juku and traveled all over the world, so he knows the cuisine of many countries. We can have a leisurely drink with European home cooking and wine, which is not expensive. There is a kotatsu (a table with a kotatsu under the table), no air conditioner, and we eat turmeyer, or fava bean croquettes, in a place that is almost like a relative's house. . It is strange in many ways. The shopping district in Kita-Shinagawa was originally an inn town on the Tokaido Shinagawa Road, and it has an interesting atmosphere, with many new stores run by young people. There are also many people involved in the theater industry. After Shoin Shrine, Kita-Shinagawa is the next stop," says Ohkita.


Seiichi Amaku's recommendation theater company No.2
Nacago."

I went to see Nakago through an acquaintance, and I was impressed by the presence of its leader, Mr. Kamata. I have seen him as an actor, but he has a destructive power. It's amazing that he doesn't give off any unnecessary blandishments. That is a miracle. He is now working as a maniac, but I wish he would come out more. (Amaku)

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Photo of the play "Leading" in this performance.
The show was staged in Tokyo and Nagoya in August 2015, and was the first time it was performed solely by company members.

Nacago."
In 2006, the Tokyo-based company was launched by playwright/director Junya Kamata and others. The company's "what are you doing?" ideas and "what are you going to do? The company won the Oji Little Theatre's "Sakichi Sato Award 2012" for the best work, "Mayuzumi-san, Here She Comes! (Mayuzumi-san, here we come!).

  • Too Much Pineapple" (reenactment)
  • Period: December 23 (Fri.) - 25 (Sun.)
  • Hours: 12:00-15:00 , 18:00-23:00
  • Place: Ueno Small Theater
  • http://nakagoo.com/

Stores that support the stomachs of Nakago

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It seems that the Kajiwara branch is the only place where you can order "white" (mazesoba). I got hooked on it and for a while, it was the most delicious food in the world . . I was so impressed. Once I took him there, he got hooked on it, and he sometimes goes there with other actors. It's fattening, but it's very impressive.

  • Ramen Fuji Maru, Meiji Street Toden Kajiwara Branch
  • Address: 3-18-1 Kaminakazato, Kita-ku, Tokyo
  • Hours: 18:00 - 24:00
  • Closed: Monday


Seiichi Amaku's recommendation theater company No.3
From New York."

In a stylish space with three chairs and three men, we deviated from the daily conversation and piled up a lot of nonsense that cannot be analyzed at all. They deviate from everyday conversation and pile up nonsense that cannot be analyzed at all. There are some crude jokes, but they are miraculously chic and somehow fashionable. It's funny in a way that is extremely popular. I like the fact that neither Nakago nor From New York is at all flirtatious.

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The Short One" from the previous theater performance "Acting with a Coffee Cup"

From New York."
From New York (Blue & Sky, Kunimutsu Ichikawa, Takashi Nakamura) is a group that has come to Tokyo from New York in search of missing producer Steve, and is performing skits to get him to notice them.

  • From New York TOKYO Performance 2017
    It's about time for a second bag.
  • Period: Wednesday, May 31 - Sunday, June 4, 2017
  • Place: Shimokitazawa OFF-OFF Theater
  • http://fromnewyork.info/

From New York's Stomach Supporting Stores

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'It's a reasonably priced drinking establishment that you won't find in New York City' (From New York)

  • backstage
  • Address: 1-20-16 Nakaochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
  • Hours: 17:00-25:00

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