Archived: August 2007 – Batch News

Some translated Tatsuya news from his official site:

MAGAZINE NEWS:

18 July
An interview with Tatsuya will appear in the new issue of 「LOOK at STAR!（ﾙｯｸｱｯﾄｽﾀｰ）」. I’m not sure but I *think* it’s issue 23 released 27th July.

25 July
Two more magazines that Tatsuya is featured in:

02 AUG – ｼｱﾀｰｶﾞｲﾄﾞ (Theatre Guide) LINK
12 AUG – Vingtaine（ｳﾞｧﾝﾃｰﾇ）LINK

I think there was also some news of Tatsuya’s interview being in Weekly ぴあ, but I think it may have been delayed for the next edition? I’m not sure (^_^;)

If anyone knows anywhere else you can buy these magazines online, please let us know!

STAGE PRODUCTION NEWS:

21 July
Tatsuya’s first Stage Performance of ‘Shintokumaru’ (originally in 1997) will be touring Japan again in 2008! Tatsuya will star again as the boy of the title (^_^) Here is the schedule:

NAGOYA
20～24 Feb, 2008 – 愛知厚生年金会館

OSAKA
27 Feb～4 March, 2008 – シアタードラマシティ

SAITAMA (Tatsuya’s birth place)
7 March~10 April, 2008 – 彩の国さいたま芸術劇場

30 July
The schedule for Tatsuya’s play The Merchant of Venice has been released:

You can view it: here

TELEVISION NEWS:

30 July
Tatsuya appeared on the NHK Television show ﾄｯﾌﾟﾗﾝﾅｰ (TOP RUNNER) for the 10th anniversary special on the 28th July. This show will be repeated on 12th August at 26.30 (?) if anyone can record it for us that would be awesome (^_^)

Here are some photos:

Archived: July 2007 – Tatsuya Fujiwara returns from London

Tatsuya has now returned from London after almost 6 months of studying English and going to see stage productions around England. Yesterday, there was a production anouncement held for his new stage production The Merchant of Venice:

Tatsuya Fujiwara returns from London
Thu, July 12, 2007 (3:02am EDT)

On Wednesday, actor Tatsuya Fujiwara attended a press conference for Gregory Doran’s production of “The Merchant of Venice.” The play, which runs from August 17 to September 30, also features Masachika Ichimura, Shinobu Terajima, and Tokuma Nishioka.

During the event, Fujiwara revealed that he was studying in London between February and June. He said that he attended language classes on weekdays, and mainly attended plays on weekends.

Source: Tokyograph.com

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[ Stage ] Fujiwara Tatsuya London short-term studying abroad life is revealed

Production announcement for the stage production “The Merchant of Venice” was attended by Masachika Ichimura and Tatsuya Fujiwara. The London Royal Shakespeare Company’s Gregory Doran will direct. It was also revealed at the production announcement meeting that, from February to June, Tatsuya had been studying English in London – taking lessons and also visiting theater productions on weekends. “My method of tackling the stage production has changed,” he said, “it was something I needed to do to grow”, he said. Now he continues with work after almost half a year away, “there is tremendous tension and expectation”.

Source: Yahoo.co.jp

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Archived: February 2007 – Tatsuya in the UK!

Some of you may remember a few years back when Tatsuya was performing Modern Noh Plays in New York that there was a rumour he will come to the UK to learn English and live here for a while.

Well, it has now been officially announced on his official site that he is currently in England (London I presume) for 5 months to learn English.

This is in connection to a new theatre production he is about to start work on ‘Merchant of Venice’ where he will play the character Bassanio. This production is going to be by Gregory Doran (Royal Shakespeare Company) and will be shown in Japan in August this year. As of yet I’m unsure if Tatsuya will be performing in England.

(^_^) << happy pan (although I live in the middle of England, I may take a trip to London – if that’s where he is~!)

Thankyou to Kiku-san for this info~!!!