Our stay in Kanazawa started with visiting the performance space with Cara our new technical director and meeting Yasuyo Kondo the chief program officer, who is really warm and wonderful. We enjoyed a tour of the museum and heard a wonderful string quartet from the Ukraine. The next day we hit the ground running with the puppeteers arriving just in time to help load our set into the theatre.
We celebrated Barbara's birthday onstage with cake and the whole company and crew and then had our first dress rehearsal. Our first performance in Japan was very well received. After our second sold out performance, the amazing staff from the Museum took us to a very special dinner in a Tatami mat room, where courses of traditional dishes kept coming and coming. Then we all went to a gaming center and squeezed into a sticker photo booth, which are serious events here in Japan, and we of course were very silly. Also, Yoko Shioya who was the original commissioner of Dogugaeshi from The Japan Society, surprised us all in Kanazawa for our final performance.
We have received many lovely emails from people who saw the performances at the Museum, it is very special to be sharing this show with Japanese audiences.
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