東京タンバリンとは（about Tokyo Tanbarin）

「可笑しいのに悲しく、哀しいのに笑ってしまう」

  • 東京タンバリン

高井浩子の劇作を本人演出のもと、上演することを目的に設立。

現代人の陰を日常会話の中にあぶりだしていく物語を「演劇でしかできない表現」にこだわった演出で上演しています。

★★★通常の公演だけではなく企画を活かした公演も行っています★★★

和をモチーフに輪を広げていこうという企画の「わのわ」企画以外にも、様々な企画公演を実施しています。

★同時2本立て公演

  • 2001年「TANGO」では杉並区（阿佐谷・高円寺）2劇場で、杉並区で起きたある事件を巡って繰り広げられるそれぞれの物語を同時上演。
  • 2005年「狐の牡丹」「ヒトリシズカ」では下北沢駅前劇場で、１つの舞台を使って、一軒の家族の崩壊（「狐の牡丹」）とその後廃屋になった家（「ヒトリシズカ」）の2つの物語を同時上演。
  • 2006年「ワルツ～隣の男」「立待月～隣の女」では三鷹市芸術文化センター星のホールに大きな壁を作って、劇場を二つに分け、マンションの2部屋の物語を表と裏で同時進行して上演。

★劇場ではない場所での公演

  • 2005年～2007年　杉並区役所ロビー公演（区役所のお昼休みの時間に上演）
  • 2003年・2007年・2012年　カフェ公演
  • 2011年～2013年　町を歩きながら、公園、カフェ、雑貨屋、居酒屋、古民家などをめぐる「お散歩」公演（西荻窪、吉祥寺、北品川）

商店街や町を巻き込んだ演劇「お散歩」は、演劇に敷居の高いものを感じている一般の方にも気軽に演劇を、というコンセプトのもとに行われ、演劇文化の浸透にも貢献しています。

●Tokyo Tanbarin　(Tokyo Tambourine)
The company was founded around productions written and directed by Hiroko Takai.
The plays explore the melancholy in people today through ordinary conversation and creates stories that can “only be expressed through the theater” presented with a distinct directorial style.

***The company also creates productions that go beyond ordinary performance. ***

  • Simultaneous Double-bills
    ● 2001 TANGO, a play about a real-life incident that took place in Suginami was performed simultaneously in two theaters in Suginami (in Asagaya and Koenji).
    ● 2005 Kitsune no Botan (Fox’s Peony) and Hitosi Shizuka (Quiet Alone) were performed together on one stage at Ekimae Theater in Shimokitazawa. Fox’s Peony tells the story of one family’s ruin and Quiet Alone follows their home that becomes abandoned.
    ● 2006 Waltz ~ Tonari no Otoko (Waltz ~ The Man Next Door) and Tachimachizuki ~ Tonari no Onna (Late August Moon ~ The Woman Next Door) were performed at the Star Hall in Mitaka Arts and Culture Center. A large wall was constructed to divide the stage in two, and the two stories taking place in two difference apartments in the same building were performed simultaneously.

*Performances Outside the Theater
● 2005~2007 Performances in the lobby of the Suginami City Hall (performed during City Hall lunch breaks)
● 2003, 2007, 2012 Cafe performances
● 2011~2013 Osanpo (Strolling) performances performed while walking through city streets, visiting parks, shops, restaurants, and traditional Japanese homes. (Nishiogikubo, Kichijoji, Kitashinagawa) Osanpo (Strolling), a play that incorporates shopping districts and towns, provides a theater experience casually for a public that might usually feel hesitant about theater. Based on this concept, this play offers a way into theater culture.

  • Wa no wa: Widening the circle of harmony
    ●2015~　Nakameguro Sugekari Park Tea Room, Shinagawa Cultural Foundation Curian Tea Room (part of Shinagawa Artist Exhibition)
    There seem to be a lot of people who “want to wear kimono but don’t have the opportunity”, “are interested in tea ceremony but the threshold is too high,” “want to see theater but feel hesitant about going to the theater” or are “interested but…” For those folks, we challenged ourselves to create a new type of collaboration that would fulfill the aim to give people the opportunities to see theater casually, and to attend a tea ceremony in kimono casually. We intend to continue these activities working with wa motifs beyond tea ceremony.