Kishida Kunio Drama Award
1 appearances
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Edition 54 (2010) award
Yukio Shiba
しば ゆきお
Shiba Yukio
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1982-11-03 （Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Playwright, Director, Scriptwriter
- Active Years
- 2004-
- Affiliations
- Theatre Company Mamagoto (Founder/Artistic Director), Seinendan (Director's Division, affiliated), Tama Art University (Lecturer)
- Influenced By
- Oriza Hirata
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nihon University College of Art | College of Art | Broadcasting Department | — | — | Japan |
Nihon University College of Art
College of Art
/ Broadcasting Department
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Sendai Theatre Town Playwriting Prize | Dodomino | — | Sendai Theatre Town Organizing Body | winner |
| 2010 | Kishida Kunio Drama Award | Waga Hoshi | — | Kishida Kunio Drama Award Committee | winner |
| 2015 | Agency for Cultural Affairs Cultural Envoy Appointment | — | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan) | appointed |
Sendai Theatre Town Playwriting Prize
2004
Work:
Dodomino
Organization:
Sendai Theatre Town Organizing Body
Result:
winner
Kishida Kunio Drama Award
2010
Work:
Waga Hoshi
Organization:
Kishida Kunio Drama Award Committee
Result:
winner
Agency for Cultural Affairs Cultural Envoy Appointment
2015
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan)
Result:
appointed
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Waga Hoshi
2010 Theatre / PlayA theatrical work that incorporates rap and musical techniques. It portrays fragments of everyday life and family relationships using rhythm and repetition in an experimental play.
familyeveryday liferhythmrepetition
Adaptations
- [Stage] Watashi no Hoshi / 柴 幸男 (2014)
Bibliography
- Waga Hoshi (Hakusuisha, 2010)
Adaptations
- Watashi no Hoshi (Re-staging with high school cast, 2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Colloquial contemporary theatrical style with rhythmic, spoken dialogueExperimental direction incorporating loops and sampling-like techniques
- Recurring Motifs
- repetitionloopsfragments of daily lifefamily
Legacy
A playwright and director noted for extending Oriza Hirata's contemporary colloquial theatre by introducing musical techniques such as rap and looping. He has influenced younger practitioners and engaged with educational settings, proposing new forms of theatrical expression.
Trivia
- Born November 3, 1982.
- Founder and artistic director of the theatre company Mamagoto.
- Won the 2nd Sendai Theatre Town Playwriting Prize in 2004 for 'Dodomino'.
- Won the 54th Kishida Kunio Drama Award in 2010 for 'Waga Hoshi'.
- Appointed as a cultural envoy to China by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2015.
- Has served as a lecturer at Tama Art University since 2016.