Opening Program "Another Shape of Reality/Shape of Another Reality"

Toshiki Okada is a playwright, novelist, and the director of the theater company chelfitsch. In 2005, he received the 49th Kishida Kunio Drama Award for "Five Days in March." In 2007, he participated in the Kunstenfestivaldesarts, held in Brussels, with his work "Five Days in March." Since this debut of his work overseas, he has continued to present works not only domestically but also internationally, putting on performances in over 90 cities across Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. Okada’s work also involves many international co-productions such as "God Bless Baseball" in 2015 featuring a Japanese and Korean cast, "Pratthana – A Portrait of Possession" in 2018, which is based on a Thai novel by Uthis Haemamool featuring Thai actors and which received the 27th Yomiuri Theater Awards Selection Committee Special Prize, as well as "Metamorphosis of a Living Room" in 2023 commissioned by Wiener Festwochen. Since 2016, he has also consistently created and directed works in a repertory program at a renowned public theater in Germany. In 2020, his work "The Vacuum Cleaner" (Münchner Kammerspiele) and in 2022, "Doughnuts" (Thalia Theater, Hamburg) were selected as part of the Berliner Theatertreffen’s "10 Remarkable Productions." His work "Unfulfilled Ghost and Monster – ZAHA / TSURUGA" won the 72nd Yomiuri Prize for Literature (Play/Scenario Award) and the 25th Tsuruya Namboku Drama Award. This play together with his opera "Yuzuru" received the Director Award of the 29th Yomiuri Theater Awards in 2022. As a novelist, he published "The End of the Moment We Had" (Shinchōsha) in 2007, which won the 2nd Kenzaburō Ōe Prize. In 2022, he received the 35th Mishima Yukio Prize and the 64th Kumanichi Literary Award for his novel "Broccoli Revolution" (Shinchōsha).

Born in 1979, Saou Ichikawa is a novelist. Her notable works include "Hunchback" and "Ophelia No. 23."

Born in Tokyo, Yu Shinada is a novelist, web writer, and YouTuber. He is a member of the creative company BURG HAMBURG BURG.Inc. His notable works include the novels "Tomaridashitara Hashiranai" and "Meishō Misettei File," and the essay collection "Kirin ni Kaminari ga Ochite Dousuru." He also works as a writer and editor for the online media platform Omocoro, and appears regularly on the YouTube channel Omocoro Channel.

Born in Yokohama, Natsuko Tezuka began her career in mime before transitioning into dance in 1996. Her practice centers on developing non-conventional physical styles beyond established techniques. In 2001, she launched her long-term project "Private Anatomy Experiment Series," which explores the body through self-observation. That same year, the early results of her personal experiments culminated in the performance "Private Anatomy Experiment -2." Her work has expanded from bodily observation to the examination of interpersonal, social, and global phenomena.
She relocated from the Kanto region to Fukuoka Prefecture in 2013. In October 2018, she presented "Dive into the point" at Kyoto Experiment. From April 2018 to June 2021, she was active in Berlin and is now based in Fukuoka.

Ryohei Yokota is a member of Office Mountain, a collective that creates theater through collaborative processes using language and the body. After training at community theater and acting schools, he has continued to perform in small theaters. He frequently appears in monologue-based performances and on minimalist theaters.

okadada is a DJ and producer who performs at a wide range of parties across Japan. He has released tracks through the record labels, Maltine Records and on Bandcamp. He has also participated in irregular party series such as lost decade, LESS, AUDIO TWO, now romantic, and Night Mellow.
From massive outdoor festivals to underground parties, okadada’s diverse and genre-defying presence has earned him a unique position in the Japanese music scene. In addition to live performances, he contributes to compilations, creates original tracks and remixes for other artists, and engages in various activities including his hobbies such as podcasting, writing, reading, and taking walks.