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The Ballad of Narayama

Daisuke Sagawa, director and co-founder, Theatre Moments (Japan) | Tomonari Tsuchiya, translator

08-Nov-17 14:00

The Ballad of Narayama

Another Japanese arts production comes to town and this time a performance based on Shichiro Fukazawa’s a novel ‘The Ballad of Narayama’ which was published in 1956. Two films have been made and now a live performance by Theatre Moments. The artistic director and co-founder tells of his organization: its birth, theatre approach and philosophy of performance.

Produced by: Lim Soon Heng

Presented by: Lim Soon Heng


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