Plays

Our Cosmic Dust Tickets

Duration

1 hr 30 mins

Age Limit

Suitable for 12+ yrs

A boy searches the stars for his father while his mother searches for her son. Our Cosmic Dust is a luminous tale of love and loss in a genre-bending story with animation and puppets

Great for

Coming-of-age stories | Drama lovers | Fans of Studio Ghibli

Our Cosmic Dust invites you into a world where sorrow shimmers with starlight. With its dreamlike design, emotional storytelling, and a child’s-eye view of life’s biggest questions, this production is a rare theatrical experience that’s as touching as it is transporting. A must-see for anyone who’s ever looked to the sky in search of meaning.

Written and directed by celebrated Tokyo playwright Michinari Ozawa, and beautifully translated by Susan Momoko Hingley, Our Cosmic Dust is a heartfelt fusion of East and West both in language and spirit. This Yomiuri Theatre Awards award-winning production is as visually stunning as it is emotionally profound, blending intricate puppetry, hand-drawn animations, and inventive video design to capture the imagination.

Our Cosmic Dust invites you into a world where sorrow shimmers with starlight. With its dreamlike design, emotional storytelling, and a child’s-eye view of life’s biggest questions, this production is a rare theatrical experience that’s as touching as it is transporting. A must-see for anyone who’s ever looked to the sky in search of meaning.

Written and directed by celebrated Tokyo playwright Michinari Ozawa, and beautifully translated by Susan Momoko Hingley, Our Cosmic Dust is a heartfelt fusion of East and West both in language and spirit. This Yomiuri Theatre Awards award-winning production is as visually stunning as it is emotionally profound, blending intricate puppetry, hand-drawn animations, and inventive video design to capture the imagination.

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Show details

Genre: Plays

Audience: Suitable for 12+ yrs

Theater name: Park Theatre

Theater facilities: Toilets, bar, baby changing facilities, spacious foyer

Theater accessibility: Accessible toilets, assistance dogs welcome, wheelchair access, relaxed & dementia-friendly performances, captioned & audio-described shows, headsets for sound amplification available on request.

Dress code: Smart casual

Cast & crew

Leading roles: Hiroki Berrecloth as Shotaro, Nina Bowers as Tara, Ian Hallard as Orion, Millie Hikasa as Usami, Hari MacKinnon as Alastair

Writer, director & set designer: Michinari Ozawa

Adaptor & translator: Susan Momoko Hingley

Associate director & dramaturg: Alexandra Rutter

Video designer: Eika Shimbo

Sound designer: Tomohiro Kaburagi (ORENOTE)

Composer: Orenograffiti (ORENOTE)

Producers: Miyu Egami & Momoko Handa

Executive producer: Max Bittleston

General manager: Rebecca Gwyther

Puppet director & designer: Mikayla Teodoro

Co-set & costume designer: Ceci Calf

Casting director: Naomi Downham

Press: ANRPR

Marketing: SINE Digital

Additional info

This show is suitable for ages 12 years and above.

The production includes strong language, themes of death and grief.

This production uses of haze, video and animation, including bright lights and flickering images. Viewer discretion is advised

Age suitability recommendations are just suggestions. So, trust your judgment when booking tickets for any show, and enjoy!

Most theatres are air-conditioned year-round, so it can get a bit chilly. Bring a light jacket just in case.