Yasukichi Murakami: Through A Distant Lens at Riverside Theatres

RIVERSIDE THEATRES PRESENTS
A PERFORMANCE 4A PRODUCTION

YASUKICHI MURAKAMI –  THROUGH A DISTANT LENS

16 March – 19 March 2016

Lennox Theatre, Riverside Theatres

Corner Church and Market Streets
Parramatta NSW

“We take so many photographs. How do we know which ones are important? Which ones matter?”

Inspired by the true story of Yasukichi Murakami, a Japanese-Australian photographer, entrepreneur and inventor who was a remarkable character in northern Australia in the early 1900s, this multi-disciplinary work is a contemporary framing of Murakami’s life through the lens of modern day Japanese-Australian theatre maker Mayu Kanamori.

Along the way she uncovers a fascinating story of unlikely friendships, thwarted ambition and love. The play stirs our collective amnesia about the history of the Japanese in Australia.

Yasukichi Murakami: Through a Distant Lens is a meditation on love, immortality, and in a digital age where cameras proliferate, the nature of photography. Combining live action with photographic projections, video, original music and soundscape, it is an immersive and poetic production, which adds significantly to the slim volume of Japanese Australian work for the stage.

This production will be accompanied by a photo exhibition in the foyer.

“A compelling and always absorbing work. Highly recommended.”– Stage Noise