香港×日本×新作ミュージカル
300歳の誕生日
We create new musicals by bringing together
Hong Kong and Japan based theatre artists
Our second project "300th Birthday" will be premiered
22-25 January 2026 @Za Koenji 1
３００歳の誕生日あらすじ
"おばあちゃんが人魚？完全に夢だ"
"Grandma's a mermaid? This must be a nightmare!"
かざみは、海外で働くアラフォーの独身女性。キャリアを重ねながらも、心の奥には日本に残した母・多恵と祖母・美園の長年の確執が影を落としていた。ある日、美園の危篤の知らせを受け、かざみは帰国。老人ホームを訪れたその瞬間、彼女は不思議な光景に包まれる――目を覚ますと、そこは海の底。人魚たちが統べる世界だった。美園の秘密、多恵の葛藤、かざみ自身が探していたもの。三世代の女性たちの人生が一つの真実に導かれてゆく。
幻想的な海の世界を彩るのは、香港の照明・紙造形アーティスト、サンフール・ラウ氏。光と影が織りなす舞台美術が、物語に命を吹き込む。
助成 香港藝術發展局
日本劇作家協会プログラム: 本公演は、杉並区とパートナーシップ協定を結ぶ日本劇作家協会が、会員応募作品より座・高円寺に推薦する「日本劇作家協会プログラム」です。
かるふぁん: 本公演は企業メセナ協議会「社会創造アーツファンド（Arts Fund）」に採択されております。https://culfun.mecenat.or.jp/project/fund/detail/3110
Kazami, a single woman in late 30s (around-fortyアラフォー), returns to Japan after
working abroad for years. Despite her successful career, she carries emotional baggage from the unresolved tension between her mother Tae and grandmother Misono. When Misono becomes critically ill, Kazami rushes to her bedside—only for old wounds between mother and daughter to flare up once again, leaving Kazami emotionally adrift. In the midst of this turmoil, she is suddenly pulled into the “Sea Kingdom,” awakening in a fantastical world governed by mermaids.
In the Sea Kingdom, a fierce succession struggle is underway as Amanotoria approaches his 300th birthday. Wave-weaving maidens, deep-sea creatures, and rival factions all move with their own intentions. As Kazami navigates this unfamiliar realm, she realizes that her grandmother Misono was in fact Millisol, the legendary mermaid, and her mother Tae is far more deeply connected to the Sea Kingdom than she ever imagined.Between the human world and the underwater realm, the story of three generations—marked by estrangement, love, and the weight of inheritance—intertwines. Kazami is forced to confront not only her family's past but also the path she must choose for herself...
This project is supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
Japan Playwrights Association Program:
This musical is part of the Japan Playwrights Association Program (#25 Winter Program), in which the Japan Playwrights Association—partnered with Suginami Ward—selects and recommends works submitted by its members for presentation at Za-Kōenji.
Culfun (Arts Fund):
This performance has been selected for support by the Association for Corporate Support of the Arts through the Social Creativity Arts Fund (Arts Fund).
https://culfun.mecenat.or.jp/project/fund/detail/3110
International
collaboration
私たちは、香港と日本在住の演劇人で新作ミュージカルを共同製作しています。演出家・坂口阿紀と劇作家/プロデューサー・緒方桃子による香港×日本企画第一弾はミュージカル「香港スケッチ」。広い視野を持ちながら芸術活動を行うため、また新作の世界観を広げるために、様々なバックグラウンドをもつ50名以上の舞台人を香港と日本から募り創作を行ってきました。2019年後半から約3年をかけて製作され、2022年7月に座・高円寺１にて上演されました。今後とも活動を続けていきたいと思っております。新作『300歳の誕生日』に是非ご期待ください。
We provide a unique platform to create new musicals by bringing together Japan and Hong Kong based theatre artists. The first project by Director Aki Sakaguchi and Producing writer Momoko Ogata through the platform was "Hong Kong Sketches the Musical I 音樂劇《香港速寫》I 音楽劇・香港スケッチ". The project began in late 2019 and brought together over 50 theatre artists in Hong Kong and Japan. The musical was developed remotely under COVID19, and premiered at a well known Za Koenji Public Theatre in Tokyo in July 2022. This unique multi-language musical presented songs and dialogues in Japanese, Cantonese and English. The story was told through the voices of three young characters born and raised in Hong Kong. Please look out for announcements regarding our next theatre project "300th Birthday" at Za Koenji 1, on January 22-25, 2026 and more (e.g. a workshop by Sunfool Lau and a music live).
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