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This was my first time being in charge of stage design.

 

 

Sunday, March 16, 2014

[edith piaf story]

Osaka City Temmabashi L Theater (L Osaka/Osaka Prefectural Labor Center)
Cast: Joruri puppeteer:Kanryoku Mokusha
Storyteller:Asahido Nanyo
Performer:ZaZa avec Cafe Manouche
　　　ZaZa(vocal)
　　　Shinji Kawase(Macafferi guitar/banjo)
　　　Yoshifumi Yamamoto(Macafferi guitar)
　　　Naomi Nakamura(double bass)
　　　withKanako Kato(button accordion)

 

 

The stage is a collaboration between a storyteller, a puppet theater, and a chanson.

There is a storyteller at the bottom and a jazz musician at the top.
My senior colleague asked me if I would like to draw a picture on the back panel.
This time, I decided to draw it.

The jazz musician's background has a European feel, and the storyteller's background has a Japanese feel.
When you think of Europe, do you think of the Eiffel Tower and street lights? ?
So, I decided to draw the background with the image of musicians playing on the street.

 

The storyteller discussed whether plum blossoms would be a good choice for the season as it has a Japanese image.

I went to Nagahama, where my mother's parents live, and looked at the plums at the Bon Plum Exhibition.

I drew a plum tree based on a picture of a sliding door that my late grandfather had left as a reference for his hobby of ink painting.
When I was drawing in the workshop, I remembered when my grandpa used to draw.
It felt like we were drawing together, and there was a moment when I thought it was my grandpa coming down.

 

It's a picture of a stage set, so I had to think about the position of the band and the storyteller, and where I wanted the background to be.
I thought it had to be an impressive picture,
It was really difficult to draw a picture based on the drawing and dimensions I received.

There is also a sparrow perched on the plum tree, but I had to express the picture in black and white, so

When I was drawing it, it looked like a pigeon, so I thought a lot about how I could make it look like a sparrow.

 

I had a lot of trouble because it was my first experience.
On the day of the event, when the panel appeared on stage, I was extremely moved.

 

The stage progressed rapidly in front of my picture,

Moreover, for the actual performance, I was assigned to the lighting staff to do the main spot, so

Well, in a sense, I felt like I was the main character (lol)

Under such circumstances, I was able to experience the reactions of the customers, such as laughing and crying, on-site.
It felt really good! !

At the launch, everyone applauded for a job well done, and the performers were happy as well.

Stages are created by everyone from scratch, and this stage was a particularly collaborative stage, so

We had many meetings to discuss how everyone could make this stage a good one.

The passion that was put into the stage of each session was flying like sparks,

During the actual performance, this was a stage performance that was so brilliant that I was drawn into it.

Collaboration is what we call a session in music.
On the contrary, the discoveries and instability that emerge from nothing were really interesting!

 

At first, I started drawing as a hobby, but from my friends and seniors who looked at my drawings, I started painting as a hobby.
What if we held an exhibition like that next time? Or, I was asked about the CD jacket.

This time, we even received a picture of the stage set,
Through my many encounters, I have been given more and more opportunities to try new things,

I'm very fulfilled every day now.

I am truly blessed with the people around me☆
Thank you to everyone involved in this time.
thank you very much.