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19 April 2001
The Bull Tickets 9/7 conc
Although Kazuko draws inspiration from an old Japanese folk tale of love between a woman and a crane she employs contemporary story telling techniques such as music, songs, video and computer animation. The play explores issues of cross-cultural relationships, loneliness and how to survive it, barren understanding and fruitful misunderstanding. Kazuko Hohki is best known as the leader of Frank Chickens, but has also been seen on Channel 4s Kazukos Karaoke Klub and more recently in her first one-woman multi-media show Toothless which was chosen for Time Out Critics Choice both in October 1999 and June 2000. My Husband is a Spaceman had directorial help from Tim Hope (The Pod) and music from Clive Bell (Jah Wobbles Invaders of the Heart). Funded by London Arts and Arts Council of England. A surreal and lyrical requiem. The searing details are tempered by a narrative which is gentle, affectionate and humorous The Independent on Sunday on Toothless |
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hectic star of the Japanese pop group Frank Chickens returns to The Bull
with her brand new solo show, My Husband is a Spaceman. This fantastic
multi-media show tells the story of Keiko, a Japanese office girl, who
has almost abandoned any expectation of meeting Mr. Right. She then encounters
Robin, an English University research fellow, in Tokyo who she falls in
love with and marries. But married life is not what she expects. 
