Takashima Haruki | HMP Theater Company, Matsumoto Yukichi, Unofficial 10th Anniversary Project, Reading Performance 'KANIDENKA'
HMP Theater Company presents a reading performance of Matsumoto Yukichi’s 'KANIDENKA' as an unofficial 10th‑anniversary project, exploring urban space, gender, and archival themes.Summary
This article introduces the reading performance of 'KANIDENKA', a play by Matsumoto Yukichi of the Shinsenkai troupe, staged by HMP Theater Company as an unofficial 10th anniversary project. Directed by Takayasu Miho, an actor from HMP who previously belonged to Shinsenkai, the production highlights how the reading format reveals the play’s structure by stripping away elaborate sets, sound, lighting, and costumes. The work interweaves bird‑eye and ground‑level perspectives, incorporates everyday signage and menus as non‑dramatic dialogue, and examines themes of urban space, gender dynamics, and the archival preservation of disappearing cityscapes. Performed July 2–5, 2026 at Isshinji Nankai Kōkai in Osaka, the production demonstrates the potential of voice‑driven theater to bring a text to life.
(Source：artscape)