Boxes  

 Director’s notes

   The "Boxes" is a theatrical performance in which boxes continue to be moved around.

   　However, by no means, there is any gimmick, mechanical or whatsoever, on the stage.
    Those people who appear on the stage, generally called actors or performers, keep moving 　　the boxes.
　　That is the so-called human wave tactics.

   　On the stage, placed are 20 wooden boxes of 90 cm of width, 30 cm of height and 30 cm 　　of depth.
    The size or material or number of boxes scarcely has any meaning.

   Some people say that Mr. Kimura, the director of the play, who is 50 years old now, used to see the boxes containing apples in his hometown of Aomori when he was a little boy, and his subconscious memories made him decide to use such boxes in his works.

   But such an inquiry has little meaning for those who perform on the stage,   they are not interested in the memories of others or history of the origin.

   They move around the boxes in front of them.
   They continue to carry about the boxes.

   Each time the boxes are moved around and carried about, the "boxes" turned to be the "wall" or the "road" or the "hole" or the "gate". 
Of course, they are well aware of the fact that the "boxes" are still "boxes". 

   They know well that the "wall", the "road", the "hole" and the "gate" are nothing but illusions.

  They, who move around boxes and continue to carry about boxes, appear to look like laborers.

   They move around the "boxes".
   They continue to carry about the "boxes".

   And the "boxes” continue to be moved around.

 STORE HOUSE COMPANY? Director Shingo KIMURA