About
Yojiro, a graduate of MA Directing in Musical Theatre in Arts Educational Schools London, has been working internationally in three countries; UK, US and Japan.
The most recent production he directed is the Japanese premiere production of “Tell Me on a Sunday” at the New National Theatre Tokyo. He also has collaborated with many international artists including David Leveaux (“Eternal Chikamatsu”), Harold Prince, Susan Stroman(“Prince of Broadway”) and Thom Southerland(“TITANIC” and “Grand Hotel”). He is an alumnus of Overseas Study Programme for Artists offered by Japanese Government, during which he participated in projects and workshops at numerous institutions including The National Theatre, Young Vic, Complicite, Drama Centre London and Arts Ed in the UK, and New York Theatre Workshop and The Play Co. and Lincoln Center Theater in the US. He settled and started to work professionally after finishing the MA course at Arts Ed.
His directing credits include UK: Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure (Mayhem Musical Theatre Company, The Bloomsbury Theatre), Four Seasons (Japan Festival at Trafalgar Square), From Up Here (Tristan Bates Theatre, UK Tour), Screw-Eyed (Theatre503), US: Ordinary Days (Access Theatre), Alone World (LCT workshop), JP: Tell Me On A Sunday (The New National Theatre), Songs For A New World (Mitaka Public Theatre), Once On This Island (Komaba Space Theatre).
ScreenSkills Training Passport
Yojiro Ichikawa has completed the following modules within the ScreenSkills Training Passport.
Experience
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Director
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Actor
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Director
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Translator
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Assistant Director, Vocal Supervisor, Translator
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Translator
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Director
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Director
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Assistant Director
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Director
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Assistant Director
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Workshop “The Puppet and the Performer”
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Directors Lab
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Director
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International Fellowship
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Observership
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Workshop “CLOWN in the Real World”
Education and training
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MA Directing
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Study Abroad Programme - Completed Directing
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BA Aesthetics