Text and Artistic Direction: : Toshiki Okada / Performers:: Taichi Yamagata, Makoto Yazawa, Yukiko Sasaki, Mari Ando, Izumi Aoyagi / Music: : Sangatsu / Set Designer: : Shusaku Futamura / Dramaturgy:: Sebastian Breu / Costumes: : Yuko Ikeda (Luna Luz) / Stage Director: : Koro Suzuki, Kazuhiko Nakahara / Sound Director: : Norimasa Ushikawa / Lighting Director: : Tomomi Ohira / Video Director: : Shimpei Yamada / Producer: : Akane Nakamura / Company Manager: : Tamiko Ouki
Toshiki Okada / chelfitsch
Ground and Floor
- Theatre
In Japan, Toshiki Okada is considered one of the leading voices of a generation of artists who have begun to deal with the apathy that has set in after the financial crisis and the Fukushima catastrophe. His current work, “Ground and Floor,” a co-production with HAU Hebbel am Ufer, is about the possibilities for dissidence in a society paralyzed by conformity. Toshiki Okada narrates a “real history” for the first time. With a young woman in its centre, pregnant, who wonders where in the world she should give birth to her child. Maybe better not in Japan?
www.jimen.chelfitsch.net/en/
Production: chelfitsch und precog (Tokyo), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brüssel).
Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Les Spectacles vivants – Centre Pompidou (Paris), La Bâtie – Festival de Genève, KAAT, Kyoto Experiment, De Internationale Keuze van de Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Dublin Theatre Festival, Théâtre Garonne, Onassis Cultural Center (Athen).
Supported by: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan.
A House on Fire co-production, with the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union.
Cast
Dates
Past
Location
HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2. Tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying persons can also be booked via the ticketing system. If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or send us an email to
tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.
Latest information for arrival:
There is currently a construction site on Hallesches Ufer between Wilhelmstraße and Möckernbrücke underground station. There is a divided replacement route for pedestrians (right) and cyclists (left), which are separated by a yellow ground line. The carriageway is narrowed to one lane.
Travelling to HAU2 via U Hallesches Tor:
If you are coming from Hallesches Tor underground station, you will have to use an alternative footpath from Wilhelmstraße / Hallesches Ufer junction, which is separated from the carriageway by a construction fence – the actual footpath is currently closed. Please note: the alternative route is also used by cyclists. Pedestrians should keep to the right. We therefore currently recommend that visually impaired or blind visitors come to the HAU with an accompanying person.
Arrival HAU2 via U Möckernbrücke:
When you leave Möckernbrücke underground station, please stay on the footpath on the canal side until you reach Hallesches Ufer / Großbeerenstraße junction – the opposite side is currently closed due to construction work.
