Kabuki

Reference

On the Web: Databases

Other Online Resources

Asian Traditional Theatre & Dance: Kabuki - Theatre as Spectacle
Essential Drama: Kabuki
Excerpts from interviews with leading theatre academics and theatre professionals.
Japanese Performing Arts Resource Centre: Kabuki
Kabuki for Everyone
Renown onnagata actor, Ichimura Manjiro, presents an interesting curation of Kabuki resources including a brief history, links to online theatre productions, sounds of Kabuki and make-up demonstrations.
Kabuki Theatre

Video / Demonstration

Summary: A brief overview of Kabuki from UNESCO's 'Intangible Cultural Heritage' project which records and safeguards diverse cultural practices and living heritage that is at risk of being lost.

Reference

UNESCO. (2008) Kabuki theatre [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67-bgSFJiKc

Summary: A kabuki production directed by Grant Guangren Shen at Asian Theatre Laboratory, 1998.

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West Wing. (2016, April 06). Kabuki Sukeroku Flower of Edo A [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzPwGcwdCb4