Interviews and Media Coverage
Coverage Archive
This page gathers interviews, reviews, performance reports, and feature stories related to Kyokuto Taikutsu Dojo. It is intended both as an entry point to the work and as a reference page for presenters, collaborators, and commissioners.
Featured
Featured Coverage
Three starting points, paired with production images.
SPICE (eplus) · 2019
Interview on "Junction"
A long-form interview tracing Enokojima and the urban imagination behind "Junction."
Stage Natalie · 2023
Performance report on "Container"
A report that captures the atmosphere of "Container" as one of the company's recent key works.
SPICE (eplus) · 2017
Interview on "Phantom"
A strong entry point into the coin-locker motif and Hayashi's sense of the city.
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Interviews
Texts that trace the artistic method and the city's presence through the maker's own words.
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Reviews / Reports
Records from performances that convey atmosphere, structure, and staging.
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Introductions / News
External introductions and coverage that offer an entry point into the work.
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Interviews
Texts in which the works open up through the artist's own voice.
SPICE (eplus) · 2016
Takashi Yamanaka x Shinichiro Hayashi Interview on "PORTAL"
A conversation around "PORTAL" in which actor Takashi Yamanaka and Shinichiro Hayashi speak about urban memory and overlapping landscapes.
AI HALL · 2016
Interview with Shinichiro Hayashi on "Hyakushiki Succession"
An extended interview in which the texture of making "Hyakushiki Succession" and Hayashi's view of Osaka slowly come into focus.
SPICE (eplus) · 2019
Interview on "Junction"
An interview on "Junction" that traces Enokojima, Osaka's changing cityscape, and Hayashi's method of writing while walking through the city.
SPICE (eplus) · 2017
Interview on "Phantom"
An interview that moves from the coin-locker motif of "Phantom" to Hayashi's own urban sensibility shaped between Hakodate and Kansai.
AI HALL · 2015
Shinichiro Hayashi x Makoto Sato Interview on the revival of "Times"
A dialogue on the revival of "Times," reflecting on coin-operated parking lots as places where time and urban experience accumulate.
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Reviews / Reports
Coverage that records how the performances actually stood in space.
Stage Natalie · 2019
Performance report on "Junction"
A report that captures "Junction" as a promenade performance, conveying both its structure and the atmosphere of Enokojima.
Stage Natalie · 2017
Performance report on "Phantom"
A short report that frames "Phantom" as a city hidden inside coin lockers and pairs that image with Hayashi's own words.
Stage Natalie · 2018
Performance report on "808 Diet"
A brief report on "808 Diet" that conveys the energy of the production and its significance as the company's first work centered on Osaka.
Stage Natalie · 2023
Performance report on "Container"
A report on the stage production of "Container" at Yamamoto Noh Theater, useful as a recent point of reference.
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Introductions / News
Tracing the outline of Kyokuto Taikutsu Dojo through the words of outside media and venues.
SPICE (eplus) · 2017
Feature article on "Phantom"
An introductory article on "Phantom" that places the work within the wider context of Hayashi's awards and urban-theatre practice.
Stage Natalie · 2019
Feature article on "Junction"
A concise introduction to "Junction" as a promenade-style work staged across Enokojima.
Stage Natalie · 2017
Feature article on "Phantom"
An introduction to "Phantom" that frames the work through its coin-locker setting and its first Nagoya presentation.
Stage Natalie · 2023
Feature article on "Container"
A concise introduction to "Container," outlining the work's focus on piled-up shipping containers in Yumeshima.
Stage Natalie · 2022
Feature article on "Crossroad"
An introduction to "Crossroad" that helps show the direction of the company's recent work through its motif of refugee journeys.
SPICE (eplus) · 2021
Feature article on "LG20/21 Chronicle"
A feature that introduces "LG20/21 Chronicle" through its use of phone booths, voices, and a city reshaped by the pandemic.
Stage Natalie · 2021
News on "LG20/21 Chronicle"
A straightforward news item outlining the production setup and the work's attention to urban living spaces.
Naviloft · 2017
Visitors page for "Phantom"
A venue feature page for the Nagoya presentation of "Phantom" that also offers an external introduction to the company itself.
For co-productions and long-term collaborative work, see the Collaboration page.