bush theatre

'Yukio Ninagawa has described the 48-year-old writer-director Shoji Kokami as 'the leading figure of his generation in Japanese theatre'. Kokami has come to the Bush to direct a crack trio of English-language actors in Trance, a surreal comedy that has been a massive hit in Japan since its premiere in 1993.

The production is expertly directed and beautifully performed. It combines quirky playfulness and philosophical sadness in its treatment of social alienation, unstable identity and the relativity of truth.'

The Independent (Read full review)