A series of music and arts features.
The record of a performance in the doll theatre of Osaka, Japan, and the skills behind it.
"The flutter of agitation in a woman's breast, the emotion she reveals only in the unconscious movement of a hand... reveal a skill possessed by few real women of communicating to an audience the mysteries of the feminine heart"
The puppets of the Bunraku Theatre have been called one of the wonders of the world. Literary masterpieces were written for their performance. Narration, music, and manipulation of the dolls combine to create a hypnotic effect.
The Bunraku opens on June 10 at the Aldwych Theatre, London, in the World Theatre Season