Kentaro Kobayashi's MR POTSUNEN'S PECULIAR SLICE OF LIFE Headed to Print Room This July

Following his sellout residency at Leicester Square Theatre in 2015, award-winning performance artist Kentaro Kobayashi returns to London this summer to bring his hugely popular solo show Mr Potsunen's Peculiar Slice of Life exclusively to Notting Hill's Print Room at the Coronet for a very limited run.

Featuring his original animations and manga-style drawings, Kobayashi's mime-based performance immerses the audience in a spectacular world of art and magic. Playfully mixing live performance with film and projection, Mr Potsunen's Peculiar Slice of Life glimpses into the solitary universe of one gentleman's daily existence. Obsessed with the trivial, absorbed by seemingly unimportant pursuits, Mr Potsunen's story is tender, eccentric, beautiful and wonderfully funny.

Performer, writer and manga artist Kobayashi first performed the solo show series "Potsunen" in 2005 in Tokyo. Mr Potsunen's Peculiar Slice of Life played a sold-out UK premiere run at Leicester Square Theatre in 2015, having been performed in Paris and Monaco, as well as extensively touring Kobayashi's home country of Japan. 2017 sees his return to London by popular demand in Notting Hill's adventurous new theatre.

Anda Winters, Artistic Director of Print Room at the Coronet, said 'Since seeing Mr Potsunen's Peculiar Slice of Life in 2015, I have been determined to bring Kentaro's enduring performance to our beautiful venue. I'm thrilled to be able to present this stunning theatrical event to a London audience'

Currently playing at Print Room at the Coronet is maliphantworks (28 February - 11 March), a specially curated evening of four iconic dance pieces spanning choreographer Russell Maliphant's career.

Mr Potsunen's Peculiar Slice of Life, performed and devised by Kentaro Kobayashi, runs 5-8 July 2017, with press night on 5 July. Full price tickets: £28 - £20; Concessions: £23 - £16. Age guidance 6+.

Kentaro Kobayashi is a Japanese comedian, playwright and performing artist whose works are known not only as comedy acts but as a form of art. He was born in 1973 and brought up in Yokohama, Japan. After graduating from art university, he has been active on stage with his comedy acts, straight plays and solo performances. His plays have won top awards in Japanese theatre magazines. He starred in the 'Get a Mac' campaign CM of Apple as 'Mac'. Also, his short film series 'The Japanese Tradition', with the film-making company Namikibashi, have won a number of awards in short film festivals both in and outside of Japan.

In 2012, he toured in France with his Solo Performance, P, which was extremely popular both in Paris and Monaco. In 2015, Mr Potsunen's Peculiar Slice of Life came back to Europe enjoying great success in Paris and London.

NHK BS 'The Art of Laughter: Kentaro Kabayashi's World' has won the Creative Excellence Award (Entertainment/TV Performing Arts category) in the US International Film & Video Festival. For more, visit kentarokobayashi.net.

The Print Room began life in September 2010 in a converted printing warehouse just off Westbourne Grove, with a mission to present an exciting mixture of theatre, dance, concerts, art exhibitions and a variety of multidisciplinary collaborations. The theatre is now realising its unique artistic vision in its new, permanent home, Notting Hill's iconic Coronet. Go to www.the-print-room.org or follow @the_printroom for more information.

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