Performing Female Intimacy in Japan's Takarazuka Revue by Anan, Nobuko;

Series: Elements in Women Theatre Makers;

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Publisher Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication 28 August 2025

ISBN 9781009554985
Binding Paperback
No. of pages68 pages
Size 229x152x4 mm
Weight 113 g
Language English

Short description:

This Element explores the performance of female queer intimacy in Japan's Takarazuka Revue.

Long description:

Japan's Takarazuka Revue is arguably the most commercially successful all-female theatre company in the world. Renowned for its glamour-laden staging of musicals and revues, the company's signature shows are heterosexual Western romances where women play both male and female roles. Since its audience consists almost entirely of women, Takarazuka creates a space for queer intimacy between performers and ardent female fans. This Element analyses the recent experimental show, The Poe Clan, directed by Koike Sh&&&363;ichir&&&333;, which portrays a male homoerotic relationship, argued as a fa&&&231;ade for a queer, kin-like relationship between women. It also explores works by the female director Ueda Kumiko, which depict an anti-capitalist shared commons for female intimacy. These shows exhibit resistant girls' aesthetics, expressed in the company's two-dimensional performance style.