PROFILE
Producer
Mitsuko Hirai
Theatre Performer, Producer, Director, Voiceover
| Born in | | | Shizuoka, Japan |
| Birthday | | | 1982, January |
| Height | | | 152cm |
Theatre performer. Born in Shizuoka Prefecture. Graduated from Osaka University.
After working as an actor with two theatre companies, Seinen-Gekijou and Jyuuryoku/Note, she became an independent freelance actor in October 2021.
Since 2018, She began collaborating with Rob Moreno of Media Kobo and started creating streamed-live performances.
She participated in online at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 and 2022.
In June 2021, she began a series of live-streaming projects called The Fahrenheit Alliance (written by Kyle Yamada [Allergen Theatre]) ; and with The Fahrenheit Alliance IV, she adapted it to in-person performance.
Her creations are characterised by the innovative use of video technology to extend human cognition.
Her digital theatre The Story of The Tower was shortlisted for the Best Newcomer Award at the Brighton Fringe (UK) in June 2022.
【PROFILE】
| 1982.01 | Born in Shizuoka |
| 2000-2004 | Osaka University, Theatre Studies Laboratry |
| 2004-2005 | Seinen-Gekijou theatre company Acting school |
| 2005-2012 | Joined Seinen-Gekijou theatre company as an actor |
| 2012-2021 | Joined Jyuuryoku/Note theatre company as an actor |
| 2018 | She started Co-creation with Media Kobo |
| 2021.10 | She became independent as Hirai-Kikaku |
| 2022.06 | Shortlisted for Brighton Fringe Best Newcomer Award |
| 2022.09-2023.04 | She studied on the artist course at the PARA art school |
【Creation | Produce, Directon, Performance】
| 2018.09.8-9 | Hirai-Kikaku and Media Kobo AGATHA By Marguerite Duras |
| 2020.05.09 | [Digital Online] Preface to Spring and Ashura By Kenji Miyazawa |
| 2020. April – July | [Responsive Reading via Online] Water like a Stone By Masataka Matsuda |
| 2020. July | [Digital Online] Water like a Stone By Masataka Matsuda |
| 2020.10.16 | [Streamed live performance] Hirai-Kikaku and Media Kobo The Story of The Tower — work in progress — |
| 2021.01.24 | [Streamed live performance] Hirai-Kikaku and Media Kobo The Story of The Tower — work in progress at TPAM Fringe 2021— |
| 2021.06.06 | [Streamed live performance] Hirai-Kikaku and Media Kobo The Fahrenheit Alliance I By Kyle Yamada (Allergen Theatre) |
| 2021.08.08 | [Streamed live performance] Hirai-Kikaku and Media Kobo The Story of The Tower — C ARTS at C venues at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 |
| 2021. Sep-2022. Feb | [Digital Online Tour] Hirai-Kikaku and Media Kobo The Story of The Tower — C ARTS | Sydney – Merbourne – Brighton – Manchester – Dunedin Fringe |
| 2021.10.17 | [Streamed live performance] Hirai-Kikaku and Media Kobo The Fahrenheit Alliance II By Kyle Yamada (Allergen Theatre) |
| 2022. June | Shortlisted for the Best Newcomer Award at the Brighton Fringe for The Story of The Tower |
| 2022. Aug. 7, 14 | [Streamed live performance] Hirai-Kikaku and Media Kobo The Fahrenheit Alliance III By Kyle Yamada (Allergen Theatre)— C ARTS at C venues at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 |
| 2023. Sep. 16-18 | [In-person] Hirai-Kikaku and Media Kobo The Fahrenheit Alliance IV By Kyle Yamada (Allergen Theatre) at Mitaka SCOOL |
| 2024. Jan. 27-28 | [In-person] Hirai-Kikaku and Media Kobo The Story of The Tower at Higashi Nakano Vanilla Studio |
【Theatre Performance】
| 2003.12 | In→dependent Theater | In→dependent 03 The Portrait of the 13th Bride | Written by Miruka Sakamoto |
| 2007.04 | Seinen Gekijou｜School Trip | Witten by Seigo Hatasawa, Directed by Go Fujii |
| 2007-2012 | Seinen Gekijou (Japan Tour, 332 performances in total)｜School Trip | Witten by Seigo Hatasawa, Directed by | Go Fujii |
| 2009.04 | Seinen Gekijou｜The Supper | Written and Directed by Hisao Takase |
| 2009.08 | Jyuuryoku/Note Hamletmaschine | Written by H.Muller, Directed by Nobusuke Kashima |
| 2010.02 | Seinen Gekijou｜The Supper | Written and Directed by Hisao Takase |
| 2011.03 | ART Hikari Theatre Group | Le Petit Prince | Written by Saint-Exupéry, Directed by Yasuko Nakada |
| 2011.08 | Kyoto Creation Workshop | Jyuuryoku/Note | Wolken.Heim. | Written by Elfriede Jelinek, Directed by Nobusuke Kashima |
| 2011.08 | Coredo Theatre Festival, ART Hikari | Serpent Mountain | Directed by Yasuko Nakada |
| 2011.09 | RAFT Theatre Festival | The One I Love | Directed by Kazan Tachimoto |
| 2012.01 | ART Hikari | Serpent Mountain | Directed by Yasuko Nakada |
| 2012.11 | Festival Tokyo 2012 Fringe | Jyuuryoku/Note | Wolken.Heim. | Written by Elfriede Jelinek, Directed by Nobusuke Kashima |
| 2013.11 | BeSeTo+ | Jyuuryoku/Note | Forgery/Natsume Soseki | Text by Soseki Natume, Written by Taro Ichikawa, Directed by Nobusuke Kashima |
| 2014.04 | Jyuuryoku/Note Reading performance vol.1 | Dialogue | Directed by Nobusuke Kashima |
| 2014-15.02 | TPAM Fringe 2015 | Jyuuryoku/note | A Doll’s House | Written by A. Chekhov | Directed by Nobusuke Kashima |
| 2015.08 | Jyuuryoku/Note | Ivanov | Written by A. Chekhov | Directed by Nobusuke Kashima |
| 2015.10 | Theatre X | Mother | Written by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz | Directed by Ruti Canel |
| 2016.07 | Jyuuryoku/Note | The Seagull | Written by A. Chekhov | Directed by Nobusuke Kashima |
| 2016.09 | Nohuman Theatre | Introduction to Slaver | Written and Directed by Jun Oooka |
| 2016.12 | Japan Society for Contemporary | 10th Anniversary Memorial Concert for György Ligeti | Directed by Jun Oooka, Conducted by Youichi Sugiyama |
| 2017.05 | Jyuuryoku/Note | Heisei % Asyle |
| 2017.08 | Jyuuryokku/Note | +51 Aviación, San Borja | Written by Yudai Kamisato, Directed by Nobusuke Kashima |
| 2017.12 | Jyuuryoku/Note | Heisei % Asyle vol.1.5 |
| 2017.12 | Theatre Unit noyR | The Nina Conference | Written and Directed by Miyu Higuchi |
| 2019.04 | Theatre Unit noyR | The Nina Conference | Written and Directed by Miyu Higuchi |
| 2019.10 | Theatre Unit noyR | Ensemble: The Little Match Girl | Written and Directed by Miyu Higuchi |
| 2021.02 | Prodeced by PLAT Theatre, Reading performance with stage sign language | Dignified Goodbye | Written and Directed by Miyu Higuchi |
| 2021.12 | Theatre Unit noyR | Beautiful Land | Written and Directed by Miyu Higuchi |
| 2022. 09 | QoiQoi | What Remains Here | Written by Shoui Yoshitugi, Directed by Yuta Ohashi |
| 2023.07 | Hoshipro | The Enchanting Demon | Written by Kido Okamoto, Directed by Yoshiyuki Hoshi |
| 2023.08 | Yoshipro | Akegarasu | choreography and Direction by Yoshiko Imamura |
| 2024.08 | Yoshipro | Akegarasues | choreography and Direction by Yoshiko Imamura |
| 2024.10 | QoiQoi | Tiny Scale | Written by Shoui Yoshitugi, Directed by QoiQoi |
【Voiceover】
| ALVEITA Corporation | Company Introduction video | |
| Coca-Cola Japan | BONAQUA product introduction video |