A Laboratory of Theatre Play BAN’YU-INRYOKU [Japan]

After the founder Terayama passed away in 1983, Tenjo Sajiki dissolved. As one of the key figures of the group, J. A. Seazer, formed A Laboratory of Theatre Play BAN’YU-INRYOKU with most of the company members in the same year.

At first, the group mainly adapted and historicized Terayama’s methodology with new works, represented the historical shift from Tenjo Sajiki. The productions provide a pragmatic view of the Terayama legacy and represent the ideological position of their avant-garde legacy, for the staging of the ‘open’ methodology of Terayama.

With the aim of carrying on the tradition of Tenjo Sajiki in its performance of Terayama’s work, the group decides to revive the significant productions of Terayama afterwards. A Laboratory of Theatre Play BAN’YU-INRYOKU is active in Japan and has toured in United Kingdom and Brazil.