International Theater Company London
The International Theater Company London (ITCL) is a theatrical company that performs in Japan since 1992. It is a collaboration between TNT Theater Britain, The American Drama Group Europe and Stageplay Japan.[1][2]
Background
TNT, The New Theater, was founded in the 1980s. Later, TNT's artistic director MBE Paul Stebbings joined with ADG-Europe. In Japan, the tour is produced by StagePlay Japan, a production company led by producer Paulo Berwanger and his daughter Paula Berwanger.
In 2019, they performed A Midsummer Night's Dream, which was their 46th performance in Japan. As Paul Stebbings describes the troupe: We have always been travelling players, influenced by styles and theories of theater that are not British or even restricted to one country.[3]
Productions
- A Midsummer Night's Dream[4]
- Romeo and Juliet
- Twelfth Night
- The Tempest
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Taming of the Shrew
- King Lear
- Macbeth[5]
- David Copperfield
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Pygmalion
- Othello[6]
- A Christmas Carol
- The Canterville Ghost
- Hamlet
- Animal Farm[7]
- Frankenstein
- Oliver Twist[8]
- 1984
- The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and Pendulum
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Brave New World
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Gulliver's Travel
- Animal Farm
- The Murder of Sherlock Holmes[9]
References
- "About ITCL". StagePlay.jp. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- "'Taming of the Shrew': Shakespeare with a smile". The Japan Times. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- "Shakespeare Tour Tokyo". Metropolis Magazine. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- "Zing, laughter, fuss and froth". The Japan Times. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- "Macbeth back, darker than ever". The Japan Times. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- "Here comes 'Othello': 'the best play ever'". The Japan Times. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- "All plays are not equal". The Japan Times. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- "A taste of theater with a twist". The Japan Times. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- "Past Performances". Stageplay.jp. Retrieved 8 August 2019.