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The English Samurai from Shogun is coming to Sadler’s Wells!
There’s a treat coming up at Sadler’s Wells. From 31 January to 9 February 2013 they’re staging Anjin – The Shogun and the English Samurai. Anjin is the story of William Adams, an English navigator,...
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How Japanese is The Mikado?
You know The Mikado – it’s the comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, with the ‘little list’ of things that won’t be missed that gets rewritten to satirise whatever politicians are in power every time a...
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Japan’s technodelic illusionists hit London
They played the Edinburgh Fringe in 2011, where they were awarded Melvyn Stutter’s Spirit of the Fringe award; they toured Germany, Denmark and Austria in 2012 where they went down a storm; now it’s...
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If I was in Tokyo…
東京會舘創業90周年記念 スペシャルディナーショー スターライトファンタジー ～Felicidade～Edicao Especial If I was in Tokyo today I’d go to the Tokyo Kaikan to see the Starlight Fantasy Special Edition Dinner Show by former Takarazuka Top...
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A hundred years of Japanese glamour – the Takarazuka Revue
Fran:I originally wrote this post about the 100th anniversary of the Takarazuka Revue on my website, franpickering.com, but then I thought I’d share it here on Sequins and Cherry Blossom too. It comes...
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A Samurai Rabbit hits the London Stage
Usagi Yojimbo (Rabbit Bodyguard) is a comic book series that originates, not in Japan, home of manga and anime, but in the USA. It’s the creation of Japanese-American artist Stan Sakai. Set in the...
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Siro-A : Bizarre Comical Techno Fun
Continuing the theatrical theme of my last post, if you’re still looking for a Christmas show with a Japanese twist, I can thoroughly recommend Siro-A at the Leicester Square Theatre. It’s usually...
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Mr Potsunen comes to London
It’s always a problem deciding what to do about events that are only on for a very short time. Do I go, and then tell you about it afterwards, adding smugly that it’s too late for you to see it? Or do...
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The sound of Taiko: Yamato Drummers on tour
The Yamato Drummers of Japan are back in the UK with a twenty-date tour that opened in Bristol on 20 April. They offer a dynamic high energy drumming show that combines strength and skill with humour...
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Ninagawa Hamlet at the Barbican
The Japanese theatre director Yukio Ninagawa is eighty this year, and to celebrate he’s bringing his production of Hamlet to the Barbican Theatre. Those of you who saw his production of Cymbeline at...
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