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Rom Hashimoto x Saeborg "Power Chicken"
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
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Rom Hashimoto, Saeborg
The first collaboration between choreographer Rom HASHIMOTO and visual artist Saeborg. A bold new performance where dance and toy-like costumes interrogate our sense of direction.
POWER CHICKEN. A chicken mutated by humankind to possess a greater amount of edible flesh. Once dismissed as a “chicken,” in other words, “cowards,” this being is newly programmed to offer its body to the people, until the very end of its limits. Created to save humanity from food shortages, the POWER CHICKEN stands as an efficient savior of our time. Its strength and its vulnerability. The pouring love and desire. How long can our POWER CHICKEN continue to give?
As a part of the Geigeki Dance series, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre produces performances that bring the theatre together with rising dancers/choreographers. This year, we present POWER CHICKEN, a first-ever collaboration between choreographer Rom HASHIMOTO, known for incisive dance works that critically engage with present-day society, and visual artist Saeborg, whose extraordinary uniqueness has shaken audiences worldwide. This work is planned to premiere in February 2026 at Theatre East.
Appearing on stage are latex “livestock costumes”, worn by performers selected through an open audition, coming from diverse backgrounds. The strange yet tender, obedient yet at times frenzied behaviors of livestock animals, including cows, pigs, and chickens, pose urgent questions of where our lives would be leading towards. Towards a Utopia or dystopia, where are we ultimately headed? A new coming and original theatrical experience that opens up new possibilities for the performing arts is about to begin.
POWER CHICKEN. A chicken mutated by humankind to possess a greater amount of edible flesh. Once dismissed as a “chicken,” in other words, “cowards,” this being is newly programmed to offer its body to the people, until the very end of its limits. Created to save humanity from food shortages, the POWER CHICKEN stands as an efficient savior of our time. Its strength and its vulnerability. The pouring love and desire. How long can our POWER CHICKEN continue to give?
As a part of the Geigeki Dance series, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre produces performances that bring the theatre together with rising dancers/choreographers. This year, we present POWER CHICKEN, a first-ever collaboration between choreographer Rom HASHIMOTO, known for incisive dance works that critically engage with present-day society, and visual artist Saeborg, whose extraordinary uniqueness has shaken audiences worldwide. This work is planned to premiere in February 2026 at Theatre East.
Appearing on stage are latex “livestock costumes”, worn by performers selected through an open audition, coming from diverse backgrounds. The strange yet tender, obedient yet at times frenzied behaviors of livestock animals, including cows, pigs, and chickens, pose urgent questions of where our lives would be leading towards. Towards a Utopia or dystopia, where are we ultimately headed? A new coming and original theatrical experience that opens up new possibilities for the performing arts is about to begin.
Schedule | Feb 11 (Wed) 2026-Feb 15 (Sun) 2026 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥3500, Aged 30 or under ¥2500, High School Students and Under ¥1000 | ||
| Website | https://www.geigeki.jp/en/performance/theater379/ | ||
| Venue | Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre http://www.geigeki.jp/ | ||
| Location | 1-8-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0021 | ||
| Access | Direct walk from exit 2b at Ikebukuro Station on the Fukutoshin, Yurakucho and Marunouchi lines. 2 minute walk from the West exit of JR Ikebukuro Station. | ||
| Phone | 03-5991-2111 | ||
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