AM6-05 - Oppenheimer Noh Project, 2015

The Oppenheimer Noh Project focused on the creation and performance of a new English-language Noh play, Oppenheimer, by Allan Marett, which was performed in the Music Workshop Theatre on Wednesday 30 September and Thursday 1 October 2015. The project included a public workshop and public lecture and was a key event in two conferences: Wounds, Scars and Healing: Civil Society and Postwar Pacific Basic Reconciliation and Musical Dialogues: the 38th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia. It was a collaboration between Emeritus Professor Allan Marett (SCM), Professor Richard Emmert (Musashino University, Tokyo) and master actor-teacher of the Kita School of Japanese classical Noh theatre, Akira Matsui. The principal performers include Japanese professionals as well as Japanese-trained members of the Theatre Nohgaku, whose mission ‘is to share Noh’s beauty and power with English speaking audiences and performers.’ The performance was supported by the Japan Foundation. 2018 Note Further written documentation including drafts, correspondence, lectures and reviews are held at the NLA.. Language as given: