Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on July 2010

The Theatre Arts for Children and Teens festival arrives from Osaka with kid-friendly performances by companies from Germany, Denmark, Belgium, France and Canada. Among them, France’s Compagnie Arcosm will explore the intersection of choreography and percussion in Echoa (pictured), while Canadian mime troupe Corpus offers a hilarious overview of ovine behavior in the silent piece Sheep. Presented in English will be Danish/Italian Meridiano Theatre’s new take on Robinson Crusoe, in which two men stranded on a desert isle attempt to find a common language to survive.

TACT/Festival Tokyo
Family-friendly selection of plays from Germany, Denmark, Belgium, France and Canada. Aug 6-15, various times, each performance ¥1,000 (MS and under)/¥2,000 (adult). Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Ikebukuro. Tel: 03-5391-2111. www.tact-japan.net/tokyo