Theater company Mum&Gypsy is staging a monodrama adaptation of Mieko Kawakami's 2017 serialized short story 'Wisteria,' titled 'Wisteria and the Three Women.' Actor Izumi Aoyagi stars as a single woman shifting between characters to depict female frustration, pain, and longing. This marks the fourth collaboration between the company and the award-winning author.
Theater company Mum&Gypsy and author Mieko Kawakami are collaborating for the fourth time on a stage adaptation of her work. 'Wisteria and the Three Women' is a monodrama based on Kawakami's short story of the same title, serialized in 2017.
On stage, actor Izumi Aoyagi portrays a single woman who shuffles in and out of various characters to act out a story of female frustration, pain, and longing. The award-winning Kawakami is known for her incisive writing on the female body and societal problems through rich poetic language, which, in addition to Aoyagi's performance, is a highlight of this adaptation.
Keywords include Takahiro Fujita, suggesting possible involvement, though details are not specified. The production brings Kawakami's themes to the theater in a focused narrative.