ARTISTS
Kumiko Ueda
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Kumiko Ueda
Japan／Playwright, Director
Born in Nara Prefecture. Ueda joined the Takarazuka Revue's Department of Direction after working in a pharmaceutical company . She has been acclaimed for her original plays with a good balance between profound themes and entertainment values until she left the Revue in 2022. In the same year, her play "Biome" was nominated for the Kishida Kunio Drama Award, for the spectacular illustration of the dual structure between the world of human drama and the world of plants. In 2023, for the first time she directed opera, for the program "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "Pagliacci," produced by the National Opera Coproduction project. The subtitles interpreted in Kansai dialect and the replacement of the Italian 19th-century popular scenery with a setting in contemporary, poor Japan struck the public. From 2023 to 2024, Ueda has been training in France.
2024 project
New creation by “Project Pneuma” (working title)
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©︎Shoshi Yano
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©︎Natalia Butinova
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©︎Natalia Butinova
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Returning from a training program in France, Kumiko Ueda - a director celebrated for her numerous works at the Takarazuka Revue - will start a new journey as an independent artist, directing performers with extensive experience and diverse backgrounds. She will relativize the life span and drama of humans by parallelly portraying the time of various life forms such as insects, microorganisms, and plants.
