Articles in english

Toshiki Okada is the playwright and director of chelfitsch, a young Japanese theater group that rose to near-unanimous national acclaim in the past six years. In 2007, they were invited to the Kunsten Festival des Arts, and since then have received invitations and praise from international presenters and audiences. Despite their wild popularity, the work of chelfitsch is subdued, thoughtful and spastic. Until recently, the text spoken by the young performers was colloquial almost beyond recognition, endlessly starting but going nowhere.