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Had a great local night out there. After meeting Gillian and Aarti for some lovely food at Lobo, Clair joined us at the local Tramway theatre for the show.

I’ve previously read and enjoyed a couple of Haruki Marukami’s books and from what I’ve learned about his interests I generally like the cut of his jib. So it was great to hear that there’d be a Murakami theatre production on our doorstep, and intriguing to see how they’d pull off the weird, dreamy nature of his stories. As it happens our neighbour Matt is the artistic director of Vanishing Point and he’d already mentioned in passing that they’d been collaborating with Japanese organisation KAAT, so I’d been looking out for this one.

The show didn’t disappoint. The performances (joint Japanese and UK performers, each speaking in their own language), shapeshifting set design and lighting were fantastic. In particular we loved the creative ways they presented the ryokan and onsen (hot springs bath) scenes, which took me and Clair back to our 2016 trip to Kyoto. The theme of losing your identity was interesting too.

At the end we all hung out in the concourse where there were some tasty plates on offer from Sushi Riot.

Shout out to Gillian who got us our tickets for show. We loved it.