A rich lineup including the performance of the masterpiece "The Bear" by Pocket Kikaku, a collaboration live of music, sand art, and dance, and a talk event that deeply explores Chekhov from a specialized perspective.
Amidst the severe cold of the northern land, Chekhov's world, which depicts the warmth, humor, and dearness of people's lives, quietly resonates with Sapporo in February. Please enjoy such a moment—where you laugh, feel a little sad, and a lingering impression remains deep in your heart—at Theater ZOO in winter.

【Program】
■Live "Shadows of the Frozen Ground: Sand Art, Body, Overtone"
A collaboration of diverse expressions. Fleeting light and shadow, dynamic bodies and words, and the distant echoes of the Far East resonate together, highlighting the subtle nuances of human nature hidden within Chekhov's works.

● Sand Art × Morin Khuur "The Black Monk"
Performers: Nohana Minami... Takako Saga [Sand Art Performance, Recitation], Haruhiko Saga [Morin Khuur]

● Dance × Music "On the Harmfulness of Tobacco"
Performers: Hiro Sakurai [Dance], Haruhiko Saga [Morin Khuur, Throat Singing, Jew's Harp, Doshpulur]

■Play: "The Bear" (Pocket Kikaku)
The widow Popova has continued to seclude herself at home since losing her husband. Her servant Luka advises her, "Why don't you go out to change your mood?" Just then, the landowner Smirnov arrives, saying he has an important matter. Popova refused to meet him, but Smirnov, without much greeting, demands repayment of the money he lent to her deceased husband. The parallel discussion that began this way gradually develops into a fierce clash of their respective views on men and women, and finally Popova exclaims to Smirnov, "You rude bear!"...
Pocket Kikaku performs the short comedy that Chekhov completed when he was 28 years old!

● Cast
Smirnov role Tomoko Sato (Pocket Kikaku / Trunk Kikai Theater)
Popova role Asuka Saito (Pocket Kikaku)
Luka role Daiki Mori (Pocket Kikaku)
Popova role Ryoki Yoshida (Gekidan Inada Gumi / PiP)
Smirnov role Shun Miyanomori (Kotatsu Groove)
Luka role Hayato Nakane
Takayuki Yokoyama (Compagnie Belle mémoire)
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*Pocket Kikaku's "The Bear" will be performed with the cast divided into two teams.
The cast for each stage is scheduled as follows.
- 2/21 (Sat) 16:00~ Ryoki Yoshida / Shun Miyanomori / Hayato Nakane
- 2/22 (Sun) 13:00~ Tomoko Sato / Asuka Saito / Daiki Mori
- 2/22 (Sun) 16:00~ Ryoki Yoshida / Shun Miyanomori / Hayato Nakane
- 2/23 (Mon) 13:00~ Tomoko Sato / Asuka Saito / Daiki Mori
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● Staff
Playwright / Director: Ryuta Sanpei (Pocket Kikaku / Gekidan Shimizu Kikaku)
Translation: Kiyoshi Jinzai
Sound Plan: Chiyu Matsuda (Pocket Kikaku)
Sound: Hikaru Taichi (Pocket Kikaku)
Props: Maimai (Pocket Kikaku)
Set Design: Ryuta Sanpei (Pocket Kikaku)
Costumes: Pochi. / Tomoko Sato (Pocket Kikaku)
Title Calligraphy: Shun Miyanomori (Kotatsu Groove)

■Talk "Chekhov Who Speaks Across Eras"
● 2/21 (Sat) 14:30~
"Chekhov ― The Astonishing Humanism Reflected in Literature"
● 2/23 (Mon･Holiday) 14:30~
"Innovator of New Stages ― Chekhov's Theatrical World"
*The talk will be held in the rehearsal room within the Theater ZOO theater.

● Guests
Vladimir Zhdanov (Professor Emeritus, Sapporo University)
Anna Savinykh (Lecturer, Hokkai Gakuen University・Interpreter)

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