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This October, the Barbican welcomes the European premiere of the first-ever stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s cult 1985 novel, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and End of the World. Adapted for the stage by Ako Takahashi, directed and choreographed by Philippe Decouflé, and starring Tatsuya Fujiwara (Death Note, Battle Royale), End of the World… presents a captivating dystopian vision of contemporary Japan, following the protagonist's descent into a Kafkaesque Tokyo underworld.
Performed in Japanese with English surtitles, the company is made up of an incredibly talented cast of Japanese actors, dancers and musicians, and is led by Fujiwara, who made his stage debut at the Barbican aged 15 in Yukio Ninagawa's Shintokumaru in 1997, and has since returned five times. The production has toured Japan extensively, as well as a stop in Singapore, before arriving for its first stop out of Asia at the Barbican. Later, it will visit Paris and South Korea.
