Mizumachi

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Event Mizumachi
Venue Torrens Parade Ground, Drill Hall, Adelaide, SA
Umbrella Event The Telstra Adelaide Festival 2000
First Date 1 March 2000
Opening Date 4 March 2000
Last Date 17 March 2000
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Each year somewhere in an industrial wasteland in Osaka, Yukichi Matsumoto and his young team build an open air theatre, a set out of recycled materials, and make a show.
Theirs is total dedication - they sleep in the structure while they make the show, they all contribute in the building, and what results is a massive and intricate setting for an urban fantasy played in Jan Jan Opera style. You don't have to speak Japanese: the songs are in syllabic gibberish to a musical accompaniment of ultra funk. In trying to describe the kinds of sets they construct it's best to think along the lines
Description Source Brochure
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Opera
Subjects Japan
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Yukichi Matsumoto Director
Text Nationality Japan
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information A Jan Jan Opera - translates as 'The Water City - Once Upon a Time in Osaka'
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure Telstra Adelaide Festival 2000 guide
Event Identifier 100346
Dataset AusStage