HORIMASU,Kazue
Personal Information
Name: HORIMASU, Kazue
Pronoun: she/her
Nationality: Japan
WORK EXPERIENCE
Founder & Producer - Ekkyo Creative Ltd:
UK-based theatre company dedicated to acquiring rights and developing stage adaptations of contemporary Japanese fiction for English-speaking audiences.
Workshop Facilitator, 2008-
Currently developing an intercultural research project to pass on the memory of war to future generation in collaboration with Aberystwyth University.
Japan Women’s University: Tokyo | 2021–2022
Prefectural University of Hiroshima: Japan | 2019–2021
Freelance Playwright and Theatre Director, 2009-
Currently developing a stage adaptation of The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani.
War With The Newts – Karel Čapek London | 2024 | Epic Drama (Supported by the Czech Embassy in London and the Czech Centre London)
Revue Style Work In Progress @The Bill Murray, London | 2024 | Clown Theatre (Developed with graduates from École Philippe Gaulier)
Assistant Director & Production Assistant 2008 -
Transit @The Cockpit, London, July 2026
He Said / She Said @White Bear Theatre, London | 2026
Talking Heads by Alan Bennett @White Bear Theatre, London | 2026
Theatre Project Tokyo: @Benisan Pit, Japan | 2008 – 2009
High School Teacher in Aichi prefecture in Japan, (Drama Club Instructor), 1996-2007
Arts Administrator 1996 -
All Nippon High School Drama Federation Japan | 1996 – 2007
To learn more about Kazue’s experience and projects, view her full CV here.
Education
East 15 Acting School MFA Theatre Directing, 2022-2024
Ecole Phillippe Gaulier Bouffons, 2013
Melodrama, Jeu de Masque et Moliere, 2012
Bungaku-za Theatre Institute 2007-2008
Takeuchi Lessons (Applied Drama) 1997-2009
Nanzan University 1992-1996
Degrees & Licenses
MFA Theatre Directing
Bachelor of Arts (German)
High school teacher's license for English and German
Junior high school teacher's license for English and German
About Takeuchi Lessons
They were held by a director, TAKEUCHI, Toshiharu (1925-2009), who led underground theatre movements in Japan. He explored the relationship between the body and languages through theatrical techniques. His style seems to be similar to Michel Chekhov techniques. He influenced psychological societies, linguistic societies and educational societies.