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Japanese Events in London: 27th -2nd August 2009
The event that we would like to bring to your attention this week is the Buxton Puppet Festival. Although this is an event outside London we thought that you might be interested. This is a partnership formed by the Buxton Opera House and Funny Wonders. This is a production by a young group from Sapporo, Japan. The group will collaborate with British artists on an International Youth Production to be performed at Buxton Opera House in London and other venues, and there will be workshops on Japanese tradtional puppet theatre, Japanese drumming and traditional music and games.
Bunraku (文楽), also known as Ningyō jōruri (人形浄瑠璃), is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theater, founded in Osaka in 1684. Bunraku puppets range in size from two-and-a-half to four feet tall or more, depending on the age and gender of the character and the conventions of the specific puppet troupe. The puppets of the Osaka tradition tend to be somewhat smaller overall, while the puppets in the Awaji tradition are some of the largest as productions in that region tend to be held outdoors.
If you are interested in this event please 
contact funnywonder@live.com
There are still places available on the course, to enrol for this term's Japanese language course please register!
