April 6 - 13

New Ghosts Theatre Company presents

SOTOBA KOMACHI

Written by Yukio Mishima

Directed by Jeremi Campese

“A fool like you thinks every beautiful woman gets ugly as soon as she grows old...”

Japanese Nō drama is one of the world’s great medieval art forms. In the 1950s, Yukio Mishima — a controversial but immense figure of postwar literature — infused new life into the form by adapting 5 traditional Nō stories into contemporary plays. They preserve Nō’s magical and revelatory roots but are, at the same time, utterly modern and intelligible to today. This is one of them.

Mishima’s Sotoba Komachi is a strikingly beautiful ghost story about love and aging.

Komachi is 99 years old. Her clothes smell, her hair has lice and she is alone. But when a young poet meets her in a park we discover that, in her past life, she was quite the opposite. What follows is an enthralling and magical exploration of age and our perception of beauty...

“Mishima’s Five Modern Nō Plays is one of the most important Japanese literary events since [World War II].” – Saturday Review

“A contemporary classic.” – The Washington Times

“Mishima’s is a wonderful, astonishing and frightening creative energy.” – The New York Times Magazine

Cast and Creative Team

Producing Company: New Ghosts Theatre Company

Playwright: Yukio Mishima

Director: Jeremi Campese

Producer: Claudia Elbourne

Cultural Consultant: Mayu Iwasaki

Production Designer: Rita Naidu

Sound Designer: Johnny Yang

Lighting Designer: Chris Milburn

Stage Manager: Oscar Ali

Choreographer: Artemis Alfonzetti

Intimacy Coordinator: Shondelle Pratt

Cast (of 6): Susan Ling Young, Wern Mak, Rachel Seeto, Jasper Lee-Lindsay, Millie Hing, Jeremi Campese

This listing is updated as cast/creatives are confirmed in the lead-up to the production, and if there are changes to the team.

Dates + Ticketing

Season: April 6 - 13

Note- preview is 6/04, opening night (invite only) is 7/04

Times: 8.45pm Tues-Sat, 6.45pm Sun

Ticket Prices:

  • Preview: $20 + booking fee

  • General Admission: $25 + booking fee

Approximate Run Time: 45 minutes

Content Warnings: references to death, use of e-cigarette.

Note: Sotoba Komachi is part of the Old Fitz Theatre’s 2024 Late Night program and will take to the stage after the team of Black Fat and F**gy have taken their bows. Booking a ticket to both a paired Mainstage and Late Night show will automatically apply a 20% discount to your Late Night ticket at checkout.