Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2011

England’s International Theatre Company London (ITCL) brings another compact production to Japan. Under director Paul Stebbings, the troupe specializes in delivering economical yet professional productions to difficult parts of the world and in recent years has offered the only regular touring English-language theater in Japan. Stebbings’ approach to Dickens’ masterwork as “defining David Copperfield as a ‘fairy tale,’ and trying to reflect the dynamic and stylized musical theatre of Victorian London, which was itself a huge influence upon Dickens’ work.”

Seiryokaikan, Nov. 15 (listing).