Belloo Creative is an all-female, award-winning Australian theatre company that produces original contemporary works for stage and film.
BRISBANE FESTIVAL, BRISBANE POWERHOUSE & BELLOO PRESENT
HANAKO
created by Caroline Dunphy & Katherine Lyall-Watson
A hyper-realistic fantasy of a girl’s journey from a traditional Japanese Noh play into an east-west inspired future world.
HANAKO plunges the audience into the hyper-realistic fantasy of a young Japanese girl journeying from the pages of a traditional Noh play into an imagined future-world as she attempts to escape the control of two warring adults from East and West, past and present. Traditional Japan collides with contemporary urban culture, music, anime and fashion as the audience follows Hanako on her precarious journey into the future.
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Duration: 75 minutes, no interval
Content warning: This production includes loud noises, flashing lights, blackout, haze and mature content.
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Director & Co-Creator Caroline Dunphy
Writer & Co-Creator Katherine Lyall-Watson
Trailer Production Optikal Bloc
Video Production & Photography Drift Pictures
Dramaturg Kathryn Kelly
Producer Danielle Shankey
Lighting Designer:Jason Glenwright
Sound Designer & Composer Dane Alexander
Set Designer Jonathan Shankey
Costume Designer Kathryn Walsh
Graphic Designer / Illustrator & Exhibition Curator Tiffany Atkin
Illustrator Tiffany Atkin
Artwork Brydie Cossar
Marketing Manager Madeline Römcke
Production Manager Nicola Jones
Stage Manager Jeremy Gordon
Assistant Stage Manager Danielle Maxwell
Video Production & Photography Joel Kishinevsky, Drift Pictures
Production Photography Barbara Lowing
Soundtrack Includes “Deed” by: Steven PorterCAST
Noriaki Okubo
Kimie Tsukakoshi
Caroline Dunphy
Zachary Boulton
Masako Mizusawa
Nicole Harvey
Caitlin Hill -
13–17 September 2016 | Brisbane Festival | Visy Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse | Brisbane, Australia
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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Ministry for the Arts’ Catalyst – Australian Arts and Culture Fund.
HANAKO is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
HANAKO is supported by Creative Partnerships Australia through MATCH. It is made possible thanks to the generous support of our cultural partners and corporate supporters.
THE REVIEWS ARE IN
A TOP 10 must see Brisbane Festival Show — Concrete Playground, 2016
HANAKO is an official Brisbane Powerhouse Sweet Selection. — Brisbane Powerhouse, 2016
Hanako... represents all that is wonderful about festival works and the rich diversity of theatrical conversation that they generate. — Blue Curtains Brisbane (September, 2016)
Caroline Dunphy and Katherine Lyall-Watson have created an impressive piece of theatre … An electrically charged, cross-cultural, multi-disciplined journey — AussieTheatre.com (September, 2016)
Like Belloo’s previous, acclaimed “Motherland” it sits comfortably in its text, but never forgets the honour of the truth behind mythology, making its World Premiere as part of Brisbane Festival something of which its local, all-female, award-winning independent theatre company should be immensely proud. — Blue Curtains (September, 2016)
The Belloo team have produced an action packed, fast paced mash-up of rap music, martial arts, fashion and mayhem. — AussieTheatre.com (September, 2016)
This is a show for the curious and creative alike. — Blue Curtains Brisbane (September, 2016)
