Nippon Scape

Tetsuwari Albatrossket is a group of stage entertainers. Their performances are like a four panel comic in rock form . They don’t present any conclusions, and they don’t force anything on their audience. They seem to have a point to what they do and at the same time, no point at all. Short performances unfold on the stage one after the other in quick succession. The audience is never in agreement about where to laugh: everyone finds something different to laugh about. It’s comedy, but at the same time it’s not comic. They launched in 1997 and twelve years have passed since then and they are finally beginning to attract some attention. I spoke to Inui, the scriptwriter, Misao, director, and actor Murakami.

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