Setagaya Public Theatre and Soho Theatre presents
by Hideki Noda and Colin Teevan
directed by Hideki Noda
19 June - 19 July 2008
7.30pm
Award-winning actress Kathryn Hunter rejoins legendary Japanese director Hideki Noda and the team behind Soho/Tokyo hit play The Bee for a new physical and inventive collaboration. Drawing on the themes of cruelty, imperialism and betrayal, Hideki Noda and Colin Teevan's new play, The Diver, ingeniously links the ancient Japanese Tales of Genji with a Noh theatre play and a contemporary murder.
With Harry Gostelow, Kathryn Hunter, Hideki Noda and Glyn Pritchard.
Composer Denzaemon Tanaka, designed by Catherine Chapman, lighting design by Christoph Wagner, sound design by Paul Arditti.
Award-winning actress Kathryn Hunter rejoins legendary Japanese director Hideki Noda and the team behind Soho/Tokyo hit play The Bee for a new physical and inventive collaboration. Drawing on the themes of cruelty, imperialism and betrayal, Hideki Noda and Colin Teevan's new play, The Diver, ingeniously links the ancient Japanese Tales of Genji with a Noh theatre play and a contemporary murder.
With Harry Gostelow, Kathryn Hunter, Hideki Noda and Glyn Pritchard.
Composer Denzaemon Tanaka, designed by Catherine Chapman, lighting design by Christoph Wagner, sound design by Paul Arditti.
'This is a highly unusual theatrical gem... both beautiful and beguilingly idiosyncratic.'
***** Time Out on The Bee
