This multi-award winning cult favourite returns to Alexander Bar after a sell-out run in December 2012.

The Japanese story-telling art of Kamishibai (meaning literally 'paper play') is given a darkly hilarious, profane and utterly original revival. The show features a growing  repertoire of original stories, that run the gamut from pornography to epic poetry, from the silly to the sublime. Jemma Kahn performs seven electic Kamishibai stories with the use of beautifully illustrated paper panels that slide out of a specially crafted wooden stage - stories that take in such divergent themes as heaven and hell, pornography, gothic tragedy and the dream life of cats.

We are proud to present this cross-cultural theatrical oddity after the show's award winning preformances at The National Arts Festival and Amsterdam Fringe Festival 2012 and Musho! International Theatre Festival 2013.

…fabulous gustatory delights, erotic pleasure… moral horror that ultimately will leave you wrenched and enthused and wishing for more – Robyn Sassen, Artslink

It’s an hysterical fusion of English and Japanese that drifts into bouts of pure poetry. – Hailey Gaunt, M&G

...sweeps through all emotions and times and genres lightly, accurately and full of laughing. - Megan Furniss, Megan's Head

Jemma Kahn is a brilliant.. The concept is extraordinary..and I came away with my mind slightly blown! If you get the opportunity to go to one of the shows, I couldn't recommend it more highly. - Annie Lennox

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