“An Evening of Bunraku – Traditional Japanese Puppetry” The Lyric Theatre

Special Event

Virginia Tech, Department of Modern & Classical Languages & Literatures and John & Mihoko Lanier Foundation is sponsoring a special event at the Lyric, a traditional Bunraku Japanese Puppet Show!

Performing the following pieces:

Kotobuki Shiki Sanbaso
Yaoya Oshichi
Meoto Lion Dance

Also featured will be a screening of their film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last year, “Kaiju Bunraku.” The film has been well received at films festivals around the world in the past year.

A Question and Answer session will follow the performance.

The crew for the performance (subject to possible change):

Martin Holman
Eric Lancaster
Taylor Morrow
Ryan Tiefenthaler

The show will be free and open to the public, and is sponsored by Virginia Tech Department of Modern & Classical Languages & Literatures and John & Mihoko Lanier Foundation

Show Times:

Thursday September 13, 2018

7:00PM – Admission is Free

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“An Evening of Bunraku – Traditional Japanese Puppetry”

August 24, 2018 0

JapanFest Atlanta Sept 16 and 17

This year’s festival will take place at the Infinite Energy Center.

The largest Japanese festival in the Southeast, JapanFest is an annual celebration of Japanese culture

Saturday, September 16 from 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

and Sunday, September 17 from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Festival tickets are available at the gate during the event or you can order them now, or when you get to the gate.

September 5, 2017 0

Memphis Japan Festival Sept 24, 2017

This year’s festival will take place at the Memphis Botanic Garden on the TruGreen Lawn, with performances on the new Jim Duncan Stage!

Entry for festival events will be at the north gate, with ample free parking in the North Lot.

Sunday, September 24
10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

MBG members $5/non-members $10
Festival tickets are available at the gate during the event.

July 20, 2017 0

C2 Church on May 13

The Bunraku Bay Puppet Theater will perform at C2 Church on Saturday evening, May 13. There will be two showings, at 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Christian Chapel Academy K-8 Scholarship fund.

May 10, 2017 0

Wright State University Saturday, April 1, 2017

Bunraku Bay Puppet Theater will perform at Wright State University on Saturday April 1, 2017. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information

March 17, 2017 0

Eastern Kentucky University Performance on March 28

March 28 at 7:00 pm:

Bunraku Bay Puppet Theater will be presenting a full-length performance of traditional Japanese puppetry at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. The event is free and open to the public.

Richmond is just 25 miles south of Lexington, Kentucky.

For more information

March 17, 2017 0

Screening of Sundance Film at MIZZOU on April 13

“Kaiju Bunraku,” directed by Jillian Mayer and Lucas Let’s, was one of only 70 short films selected from more than 9000 entries to be screened at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The film features the puppetry of Bunraku Bay Puppet Theater, which is directed by Japanese Studies Program Coordinator and Professor, Martin Holman. The film will be shown in the Leadership Auditorium in the MU Student Center on Thursday, April 13 at 7:00 PM.

“Kaiju Bunraku” is not a documentary about Japanese puppets. The Bunraku Bay puppets are the actors in a story, with a script by Lucas Leyva.

The event is sponsored by the Asian Affairs Center and the Japanese Studies Program at the University of Missouri. The evening includes a screening of “Kaiju Bunraku,” a live demonstration of traditional Japanese Bunraku puppetry, and an audience Q & A. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

March 17, 2017 0