SUNDAY 23 MARCH 2025
Tokyo lives in a small house between giant buildings with his family and his cat, Kevin. For years, highways and skyscrapers have been built up around the family’s house where once there were hills and trees.
One day, an old woman offers Tokyo seeds, telling him they will grow into whatever he wishes. Overnight, the seeds grow into a forest so lush that it takes over the entire city. Soon the whole city has gone wild, with animals
roaming where cars once drove. Is this a problem to be surmounted, or a new way of living to be embraced?
With Tokyo Digs a Garden, Stratford residents Jon-Erik Lappano and Kellen Hatanaka have created a thoughtful and inspiring fable of environmentalism and imagination. Ben Bolt-Martin has composed an original score for this new theatrical presentation. Additional music is being selected and will be announced shortly.
Performers
Deborah Hay, narrator
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INNERchamber Ensemble
Laura Chambers, flute
Andrew Chung, violin and viola
Julia Seager-Scott, harp
Graham Hargrove, percussion
Program
Ben Bolt-Martin, Music for Tokyo Digs a Garden
Donald Davis, ‘Till Human Voices Wake Us
Kenyon Duncan, Circadian
Graham Hargrove, A New Composition
Daniel Inzani, Caligo
Turlough O’Carolan, A Celtic Suite
Maurice Ravel, Selections from Mother Goose Suite
