Festival/Tokyo is Japan’s largest performing arts event and features a packed program of Japanese and overseas theatre and dance. Much like the festival’s events, our audience is also diverse and international.

 

If you want to see a performance at F/T14 but are worried about the language barrier, you may find our guide below helpful.

 

Performances with no dialogue or language element

 

“Festival Fukushima!” (November 1st – November 2nd)

http://www.festival-tokyo.jp/14/en/program/festival-fukushima-ikebukuro-nishiguchi-park.html

“The Rite of Spring” (November 12th – November 16th)

http://www.festival-tokyo.jp/14/en/program/the-rite-of-spring.html

“10 Years in 1 Minute” (November 13th – November 16th)

http://www.festival-tokyo.jp/14/en/program/10-years-in-1-minute.html

“Mr. Creature” (November 15th – November 24th)

http://www.festival-tokyo.jp/14/en/program/mr-creature.html

“He said/She said” (November 19th – November 24th)

http://www.festival-tokyo.jp/14/en/program/he-said-she-said.html

 

Performances in English

 

“The Valley of Astonishment” (November 3rd – November 6th)

http://www.festival-tokyo.jp/14/en/program/the-valley-of-astonishment.html

 

Performances with English surtitles

 

“Invisible Neighbors (inspired by ’8′)” (November 13th – November 16th)

http://www.festival-tokyo.jp/14/en/program/invisible-neighbors.html

 

Performances in Korean

 

“The Conversations” (November 14th – November 16th)

http://www.festival-tokyo.jp/14/en/program/the-conversations.html

 

Performances in Chinese

 

“Ghosts 2.0″ (November 22nd – November 24th)

http://www.festival-tokyo.jp/14/en/program/ghosts-2-0.html

 

Performances in Arabic

 

“Rashomon | Yabunonaka” (November 5th – November 9th)

http://www.festival-tokyo.jp/14/en/program/rashomon-yabunonaka.html

 

Events in German

 

Film Series: “Twisting the Knife – Christoph Schlingensief’s Art of Social Perturbation” (November 18th – November 23rd)

http://www.festival-tokyo.jp/14/en/program/film-series-christoph-schlingensief.html

 

The screenings also includes a special lecture by dramaturge Carl Hegemann.

 

Certain events in the Symposium and Discover Atelier are in Chinese, Korea and Arabic. Please see below for details:

 

Symposium: “Diversity in Art” (November 16th, November 24th)

http://www.festival-tokyo.jp/14/en/program/symposium.html

 

Discover Atelier

http://www.festival-tokyo.jp/14/en/program/discover-atelier.html

 

English Synopsis

 

A basic English synopsis will be available for the following performances:

“Rashomon | Yabunonaka”

“The Conversations”

“The Cherry Orchard”

“Ravens, We Shall Load Bullets”

“Farewell to Nuclear Robot Mutsu: Soldiers of Love”

 

Unless otherwise noted, all other performances are only in Japanese with no surtitles or guidance available in other languages.