Mononoke at Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz – Großes Haus

Mononoke is a world premiere by Satoko Ichihara, bringing together traditional Japanese Bunraku puppet theatre, expressive performance, and kinetic sculptures by Berlin-based Korean visual artist Mire Lee. The title refers to spirits that attach themselves to people and implant curses into them. Ichihara's stories portray characters read as women who carry the history of patriarchal oppression and use exaggeration bordering on the fetishistic, as well as kawaii as survival strategies.