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Events

Kwaidan-JapaneseGhostStoriestheatreperformancesinManchester

Thursday18toSaturday20December 2008

Kwaidan(orkaidan)isaJapaneseword:Kaimeaninga'strangeandmysteriousapparition'anddanmeans'story'or'folktale'. BasedonsomeoftheJapaneseghoststoriescompiledinthebookKwaidan-StoriesandStudiesofStrangeThingsbyLafcadioHern,London-BrazilianDendeCollectiveandContactYoungActorsCompanycreateaworldwheredarkforcesandevilspiritsinteractwithhumansandchangetheirdestiniesforever.

Kwaidan-JapaneseGhostStoriesusesDendeCollective'strademarkmixofstyles(masks,puppetsandphysicaltheatre)whilstpayinghomagetotheaestheticsofJapanesetraditionaltheatreformsandmanga.

Theperformancesare at the ContactTheatre in Manchesterat8:00pmonThursday18toSaturday20December 2008. Tickets cost GBP 8.00(GBP 5.00concessions) and are available from theContactTheatreboxoffice.

For more details, see the ContactTheatrewebsiteandtheDendeCollectivewebsite.