Chika

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Event Chika
Venue Carriageworks, Eveleigh, NSW
First Date 5 March 2008
Last Date 8 March 2008
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description This is the story of Chika Honda, a real person. She is a Japanese woman who spent a decade in Australian jails for a crime she has always insisted she did not commit. She was one of the a Japanese tour group who were arrested for importation of heroin in 1992. Chika is a multi-layered, contemporary storytelling - incorporating original live music, dance and narration, documentary images, archival video and recorded interviews. In Association with ABC Radio National.
Description Source Flyer/Poster
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Dance
Music
Multimedia
Performance
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Yumi Umiumare Choreographer
Mayu Kanamori Creator
Malcolm Blaylock Director
Keith Tucker Lighting Designer
Tom Fitzgerald Musical Director
Anne Norman Musician
Satsuki Odamura Musician
Toshi Sakamoto Musician
Mayu Kanamori Narrator
Yumi Umiumare Narrator
Andrei Shabunov Sound Designer
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information http://www.realtimearts.net/article/issue84/8964
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web
Performance Space Database
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 82401