The Cowra Japanese Garden currently holds the only authentic Japanese noh stage that exists in Australasia. The stage was originally built for the 1988 Adelaide Festival, used in performances by the Kanze theatre troupe from Japan. Thereafter, it was kept and occasionally used by the University of Sydney drama department for student performances, before its transfer to Cowra in 2016.
Supported by The Japan Foundation’s Sydney office, Dr Tets Kimura (Flinders University, Adelaide) and Associate Professor Richard Bullen (University of Canterbury, NZ) will visit the Cowra Japanese Garden to rebuild the noh stage from Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 February 2024.
The constructed stage will be open for viewing to the public. Free public lectures on the history of noh culture, the history of Japanese-Australians, and art and craft works created by the Japanese internees at Cowra during WWII will be held at the garden’s education centre on Saturday 3 February from 2:00 to 3:30pm.
Garden enter fees apply.
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