Media Advisory - First time in Canada - Traditional Japanese Puppet Theatre: Hachioji KurumaNingyo

TORONTO, April 19, 2012 /CNW/ - Tuesday, May 8, Japanese national treasure and over 150-year-old Hachioji KurumaNingyo Puppet theatre will perform at Toronto's Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.  

Master Puppeteer Nishikawa KoryuV will perform parts of four Edo-period stories with Joruri (narration) chanted by rarely seen female Gidayu (chanter), accompanied by Shamisen.

English and Japanese explanations. http://jccc.on.ca/event/traditional-japanese-puppet-theatre-hachioji-kuruma-ningyo/

Performance: 7pm, 8 Garamond Court.
Tickets: $30, $25 Students/Seniors; At the door or call 416 441 2345

Media: Victoria Ollers, [email protected], 416 822 2288