Centered around the Ikebukuro area and celebrating
performing arts, ‘Festival/Tokyo’ is back this autumn for its fifth edition,
taking place between October 27 and November 25.
Held annually as an international arts festival representing
not only Tokyo and Japan but also the whole of Asia, Festival/Tokyo is renowned
for its cutting-edge line-up of domestic and overseas artists, and its program
of interactive and participatory events.
Last year’s festival was a response to the terrible
catastrophe that struck Japan in 2011, its theme – ‘What can we say?’ – sought
to re-connect with our lost sense of reality through the power of the arts. It
presented a packed and globally acclaimed program of performances and projects
envisioning a new future, and F/T 12 follows on from that.