| Ancient Japanese Art Form Debuts Off-Broadway: Celebrated Storyteller KATSURA SUNSHINE Brings Ancient Japanese art form to NYC with two shows - RAKUGO and GUILTY NOODLE, a workshop production at SoHo | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 04:04 pm EDT 10/27/17 | |
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| Celebrated Storyteller KATSURA SUNSHINE Brings Ancient Japanese art form to NYC RAKUGO The Ancient Japanese Art of Comic Story Telling Starring Katsura Sunshine November 16- December 3 With GUILTY NOODLE! A Smash Hit in the Making - Workshop Production! Starring Katsura Sunshine and Katsumi Sakakura November 7 – 12, 2017 At SOHO PLAYHOUSE This November, the SoHo Playhouse will host celebrated comic storyteller, Katsura Sunshine, as he brings Rakugo (November 16- December 3), the 400 -year-old art of Japanese comic storytelling, to New York City, along with a workshop of the wildly hilarious Guilty Noodle, a new show in the making, a unique, multi-media comic collaboration starring Katsura Sunshine and Katsumi Sakakura (November 7-12).Tickets for Rakugo are $30 and Guilty Noodle Workshop are $10 and are available at www.sohoplayhouse.com. Katsura Sunshine’s RAKUGO is hilarious, charming, traditional, universally funny and yet so very Japanese. Sunshine makes his highly-anticipated off-Broadway debut! Fresh off 10 smash-hit performances in London’s West End at the Leicester Square Theatre! RAKUGO is a 400-year-old tradition of comic storytelling in Japan. With a minimal set, Rakugo features a lone storyteller dressed in kimono, kneeling on a cushion, who, using only a fan and a hand towel for props, entertains the audience with a comic monologue followed by a traditional story. In Japan, Rakugo has over 800 professional storytellers. Sunshine is the first Westerner to complete the grueling 3-year apprenticeship under a Rakugo Master and receive a name in the history of the Osaka Rakugo Tradition! For more info: www.rakugo.lol. Rakugo video: https://youtu.be/Nn8A12E7npQ In order to become a recognized professional Rakugo storyteller, one must apprentice to a Rakugo Master, from whom one receives a stage name. The apprenticeship lasts for three to four years, and is very strict. Depending on the master, the apprentice may not drink, smoke, or go on dates, and is subject to a strict curfew during the apprenticeship period. The apprentice cleans the master’s house, does laundry, cooking, preparing and folding kimonos, and other chores, and learns the art of storytelling by watching the master perform and imitating. Throughout one’s career, one is only allowed to perform a given story once permission to do that story has been granted by a master storyteller. Katsura Sunshine will also present a workshop presentation of Guilty Noodle: It’s comedy. It’s dance. It’s culture. It’s… Guilty Noodle. What do you get when you combine breathtaking projection dance, inspired by karate and hip hop, with hilarious traditional storytelling? A show about noodles, of course. Seeing is disbelieving! Original projection dancer, Katsumi Sakakura meets Japanese comic storyteller Katsura Sunshine in an East meets West odd couple for the ages. It’s a show which will have your jaw dropping, when you’re not laughing your head off! This workshop production was first conceived in Tokyo and performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2016. Sometimes guilty is good. Guilty Noodle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-0rWWZuaGY; https://youtu.be/ImeuSYu08pw Katsura Sunshine has performed around the world and has been called“Culturally fascinating, flawless in performance and a masterclass in marketing storytelling.” John Fleming - TV Producer, Author, London; “Highly unique and hilarious! Not to be missed!” Emily Finch - Camden New Journal, London; “Sunshine is one of a kind! Literally!” Islington Tribune, London; "Hilarious! Singularly Japanese and universally funny!”-The Edinburgh Reporter; “Like a family friendly sitcom!” NEO Magazine; “Blinding pace! Mastery of mime and physical comedy! Sheer enthusiasm and energy! It’s infectious!”Rob Jessop - UK Anime Network; “Hilarious, fast-talking narrative - universally funny!” This Is London Magazine; “The King of Kimono Comedy!” –London Live TV; “Sunshine is a must-see!” – Japan Journal, UK; “The most I’ve laughed all year!” -Japan Journal (UK); “Hurray! Hurray for Sunshine!” -Nikka Times, Canada; “Lovely! Intense! A one-man sitcom! How can we resist?” – CTV TV Montreal, Canada; “Sunshine has them laughing in the aisles!” – Edinburgh Evening News, UK; “Charming! Engaging! Charismatic!” – Broadway Baby, UK; “Drop-Dead funny!” – Metropolis, Japan; “An onstage dynamo!” -The Calgary Herald; “Funny! Friendly! Quick! Bright! Cheerful!” – squirelcomedy.com, Australia; “Rhythm and timing fit for an athlete!” – Nikkei Asian Review; “Japan’s answer to stand-up comedy!” – CTV National News, Canada; “Fantastic! A sight to behold! Too much fun!” – CBC Radio, Canada “Culturally fascinating, flawless in performance and a masterclass in marketing storytelling.” - John Fleming - TV Producer, Author, London “Blinding pace! Mastery of mime and physical comedy! Sheer enthusiasm and energy! It’s infectious!” - UK Anime Network “The King of Kimono Comedy!” - Luke Blackall - London Live TV “Hilarious, fast-talking narrative - universally funny!” - This Is London Magazine. Guilty Noodle Begins performance on November 7 -November 12th, 2017 Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at www.SoHoPlayhouse.com Performance Schedule: Tuesday- Saturday at 7pm; Saturday and Sunday at 2 pm Running time is 75 Minutes Katsura Sunshine’s RAKUGO Previews November 16- December 3, 2017 Tickets are $30. For tickets and more information can be found at www.SoHoPlayhouse.com Performances Schedule: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7pm; Saturday and Sunday at 2pm Running Time is 75 Minutes Tickets are $30. For tickets and more information can be found at www.SoHoPlayhouse.com |
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