The crucial encounter between two masters of eastern and western cuisine, Ferran Adrià and the Tokyo chef Hiroyoshi Ishida, told in a multi-disciplinary way with a company made up of eastern and western actors.
In 2002, at the high point of his career, Ferran Adrià saw how, in his restaurant El Bulli, high production performance was slowly killing its creativity. Meanwhile, in their restaurant in Tokyo, Mibu, Hiroyoshi Ishida and his wife Tomiko continued cooking traditional kaiseki cuisine, becoming the champions of Japanese culinary tradition. There were increasingly fewer lovers of this cooking in a city like Tokyo, where live is lived at a breakneck pace. Could there be anyone – wondered Madam Ishida – capable of showing the world this gastronomic tradition? The answer to the question came during a journey by Ferran Adrià to Japan, when the chef tasted the creations of his Japanese counterpart. This encounter marked a profound change in the two prestigious chefs.
Eight actors and actresses tell us a story that has music by Pep Sala and a set design that reinterprets the places where the true story took place. Through video art, music and a host of visual and sound effects, the show creates an atmosphere full of magic that establishes a dialogue between tradition and modernity. The story starts with the relationship between Adrià and Ishida to investigate the encounter (both that of the two culinary geniuses and the encounter between actors and audience) as the spark of creativity.
A show for the senses presented, with the blessings of Adrià and Ishida, by a company created in 2014 by actors Isaac Lázaro and Roger Zanuy: Kaiseki Teatre.
Autoria: Kaiseki Teatre (Isaac Lázaro, Roger Zanuy); Direcció: Roger Julià ; Dramatúrgia: Roger Julià, Silvia Navarro ; Interpretació: Xavier Frau, Andy Fukutome, Akemi Goto, Isaac Lázaro, Bàrbara Roig, Júlia Santacana, William Yazaki, Roger Zanuy ; Escenografia i il€luminació: CUBE. Maria de la Cámara, Gabriel Paré ; Vestuari: Núria Cardoner ; Composició i direcció musical: Pep Sala ; Moviment: Maite Marcos ; Disseny del so: Carles Puntí ; Traducció al japonès: Akiko Yamada ; Shôdo i sumi-e (cal€ligrafia japonesa i dibuix): Mitsuru Nagata ; Entrenament actoral: Elena Fortuny ; Ajudantia de producció: Miriam Mantolan, Akiko Yamada ;
