.QueenWillRock-Inspired theater performance opens in Japan as 'Q: A Night at The Kabuki'
by Japanese theater troupe NODA MAP opened Tuesday in Tokyo.
Starring award-winning young stars Suzu Hirose and Jun Shison, the play written and directed by veteran playwright Hideki Noda isn't about the rock legends themselves but a reworking of the Shakespearean tragedyThe feuding Montague and Capulet families have been replaced by the Heike and Genji clans, warring factions in Japanese history, and the plot is based on the premise that Romeo and Juliet survived their ordeal.
Already an accomplished actor in film and television, 21-year-old Hirose commands the stage as Juliet in her debut theater performance. Breakout heartthrob Shison also brings the love-struck Romeo to life, supported by a solid cast including such names as Naoto Takenaka, Satoshi Hashimoto, Kayo Ise and Aki Hano.
The play came about after the publisher of Queen's catalog in Japan, Sony Music Publishing, approached the band about creating a play visualizing the world depicted in. Noda drew inspiration from the album to write the first new NODA MAP production in two-and-a-half years, combining the seemingly incongruent components of 12th century Japan, Queen, and Shakespearean tragedy in a convincing and entertaining way.
"We are thrilled and honored that legendary playwright and director Hideki Noda has chosen to expand on the theatrical aspect of Queen's albumand actually make it into a real live play," Queen's Brian May said. "How wonderful to be a part of Japanese culture after all these years with what promises to be a new chapter in theatre history in this first year of the new Reiwa era.
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