Introduction To Yoshi Oida

As our version of Titus Andronicus is inspired by Yoshi Oida I thought it would be a good idea to a little about him.  Yoshi Oida is a Japanese actor , director and write. He was born 1933 in Japan (Kobe).  Yoshi Oida have taken part in all kings od art such as television , films and theatre. He then moved onto working with Peter Brook in France in 1968. I find this interesting that Yoshi worked with Peter Brook as he is another theatre practitioner who we are inspired by.  In 1970 he joined the International Centre of Theatre Research which was founded by Peter Brook ( shows that they got alone quite well. ) and then went on to participate in The Bouffes du Nord Theatre

As well as theatre in France Yoshi took part in films such as The Pillow Book and three theoretical books on theatre which has been translated into many languages. Personally, I have always known about Yoshi Oida however I have never study him at school so I think it would be really helpful for me to get a copy of one of his books as I always here people mention him. The three book  he wrote were The floating Actor , The Invisible Actor and The Cunning Actor. The floating an the Invisible actor as the two books that would properly benefit me as in them he talks about working Peter Brook  and the traditions of western theatre.


It is important to know a bit of background research of the practitioner  that are director is inspired so we can understand them and get ideas for ourselves on our characters and the show.