In the summer of 2022, Tokyo-based theatre company Kamome Machine embarked on research for a new project to address the often-ignored historical issue of the Nanjing Massacre. The Nanjing Massacre was a tragic moment in world history involving mass killings of Chinese citizens by Japanese soldiers in 1937, a few years before the Second World War witnessed by British and American journalists. Three years and four different phases later, the Company comes to Lancaster for a two-week residence to explore the embodiment of this issue from an outsider perspective with Lancaster artists, students and researchers.

The residency ended with work-in-progress performance.

CREDIT
Directed by: Yuta HAGIWARA
Performed by: Honami SHIMIZU, Shin ITO
Friendly and Critical Eye: Beri Juraic
Presented by Kamome Machine
in cooperation with the Cultures Research Centre, Lancaster
Institute for Contemporary Arts, (Lancaster University)
Supported by Arts Council England, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, Saison
Foundation