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English Surtitles & Performances for Foreign Audiences

So, you're interested in catching one of the local or visiting productions at Festival/Tokyo 2011 but are worried about language barriers? Sure enough, there's nothing more frustrating than wanting to understand and appreciate a two-hour theatre performance but to be prevented just by a lack of knowledge of the language!

Rest assured, no matter your nationality or linguistic levels, there is still plenty of choice for everyone in the F/T11 Program!

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Reading "The Complete Manual of Evacuation"

F/T recently organized a special orientation event for foreign audiences in Tokyo who wanted to learn more about the month-long interactive theatre piece, "The Complete Manual of Evacuation".

Akira Takayama's work starts online, where audiences go to a special website, hinan-manual.com, to access a map based on Tokyo's circular JR Yamanote Line. By choosing a station you then get a map for where to go to visit a special location ("Evacuation Point") in the area.

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