A performance installation by the award-winning Japanese director and playwright Yudai Kamisato, who was born in Peru, focuses on the theme of movement, migrants and tourists through various stories collected from people in South America, Asia and locally where it is presented. When crossing borders, what kind of people do we encounter? What kind of images do we see when we look at them? Following presentations in Japan, Brazil and Peru, During a two-week residency, Kamisato will work with Jerusalem-born stand-up comedian Daphna Baram, outspoken commentator against occupation of Palestine and visual designer Chengyi Zhou to create a unique experience within the gallery space of The Storey.
Yudai Kamisato is an award-winning Japanese theatre playwright and director born in Peru. He creates works with the theme of crossing borders based on the episodes he collects while visiting various places in South America and Asia. He won the first prize in the Toga Directors Competition (2006) and the prestigious Kishida Kunio Prize for Drama for The Story of Descending the Long Slopes of Valparaíso (2018). He stayed in Argentina 2016-2017 on an overseas research grant from the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs. From 2022 to 2024 he was a Saison Fellow II of the Saison Foundation.
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OPENING HOURS
Friday, 28 June 2-8pm
Saturday, 29 June 12-6pm
The installation will be exhibited during two days for six hours with approximately three performances every day. Please book your preferred entry time as per below.
Friday, 28 June 2024
2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm (last entry)
Saturday, 29 June 2024
12:00pm 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm, 5:00pm (last entry)
BOOKING TICKETS
Tickets can be booked via Ticketsource here
All tickets are timed with 1-hour slots and you must enter within 15 minutes of your slot.
At busy times, we reserve the right to restrict access and you might have to wait to enter. Once you enter, you can enjoy the installation as long as you want.
TICKET PRICES
Full price: £8
We are also operating pay what you can tickets
You decide how much you can afford. If you can afford it, please buy full-priced tickets as this is based on how much it costs us to put on the event.
CREDITS
Text, direction and concept: Yudai Kamisato
Performer: Daphna Baram
Visual Designer: Chengyi (Mark) Chou
Producer and Research Support: Beri Juraic
Stage Manager: Anja Bryan-Smith
This version of Yudai Kamisato's Dear Potential Foreigners is funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council UK through Targeted Funding, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, Daiwa-Anglo Foundation, The Japan Foundation and Lancaster University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences through Postgraduate Research Funds.
MEET THE TEAM
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Yudai Kamisato is an award-winning Japanese theatre playwright and director born in Peru. He creates works with the theme of crossing borders based on the episodes he collects while visiting various places in South America and Asia. He won the first prize in the Toga Directors Competition (2006) and the prestigious Kishida Kunio Prize for Drama for The Story of Descending the Long Slopes of Valparaíso (2018). He stayed in Argentina 2016-2017 on an overseas research grant from the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs. From 2022 to 2024 he was a Saison Fellow II of the Saison Foundation.
Chengyi Zhou is Chinese-born interaction designer, photographer. In 2022, he worked as a director of photography on a documentary film of 'Gabrielle' musical called an iconic performance by China Daily. His installation art – 'Online Commuting' was included in Open Museum, Institute of creativity and innovation, Xiamen University. He is responsible for designing video installation and audience experience for this project. He has a master's degree from Goldsmiths, University of London. He is currently a Design PhD researcher at the Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts in Lancaster University, working on interaction design.
Beri Juraic is Croatian-born producer who has worked on over sixty productions in the UK and abroad. Prior to academic career, he was also artistic director of international theatre festival in Croatia and worked as venue programmer and artistic director across several venues in London. He is currently PhD Candidate in Theatre Studies at the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Kansai University in Osaka, Japan in the autumn of 2022 and holds an MA in Japanese Studies (Distinction) from SOAS, University of London. He has published in many academic journals. Since 2023, he co-organises Japan-Britain Contemporary Theatre Exchange project in Lancaster and Salford.
Anja Bryan-Smith is a freelance Stage Manager based in Yorkshire. Hull born and raised, she stage manages for both theatre and live events and has had the privilege to work, in a variety of roles, with companies including Trigger, imitating the dog, Crossroads Entertainment, and National Theatre Public Acts. She has toured both across the UK and internationally, and loves discovering new places and making new connections. She is delighted to be joining the team delivering Dear Potential Foreigners here in the historic city of Lancaster.
VENUE LOCATION
Venue
Yudai Kamisato / Okazaki Art Theatre “Strange People about East Asia's Good-bye (trial)” The present title “Dear Potential Foreigner” Sao Paulo, July 2023 Photos by Danielle Satiko