The Cultch | Vancouver East Cultural Centre
2010-2011: Vancouver's most intimate venue. Contemporary theatre, dance and music

after the quake

Rumble Productions / Pi Theatre (Vancouver)

 

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Based on “Honey Pie” and “Superfrog Saves Tokyo” from the novel after the quake by Haruki Murakami. Adapted for the stage by Frank Galati.

“Wildly original and warm without ever lapsing into sentimentality, after the quake is both a great ride and a testament to the healing powers of imagination…. It’s the stuff of dreams.” - Georgia Straight

In 1995, a disastrous earthquake devastated Kobe, Japan and the Tokyo subway was hit by deadly poison gas attacks. after the quake is based on bestselling author Haruki Murakami’s stories about life in the wake of disaster.

after the quake takes its audience on a journey where magic and realism collide, in an exploration of disrupted reality. Junpei is a timid writer who enchants Sayoko, the love of his life, by conjuring up stories to soothe the anguish of her young daughter, who is having nightmares of the Earthquake Man. A talking bear makes the very best honey pies and a bank loans officer struggles to distinguish between what is real and what is not, when six foot tall Frog asks for help to fight off giant Worm for the future of Tokyo.

Together, these stories explore the emotional aftershocks of disaster, and offer a message of hope and healing.

Performed by Hiro Kanagawa, Manami Hara, Alessandro Juliani, Tetsuro Shigematsu and Leina Dueck.