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Japanese Theater Shares Cultural Similarities in Britain — VOA Learning English

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Japanese Theater Shares Cultural Similarities in Britain

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A playhouse in London, Britain and a theater from Osaka, Japan, are working together to prove cultural differences between the two countries are only on the surface.

London’s Charing Cross Theatre and Osaka’s Umeda Arts Theater first worked together on a performance in 2019. After a break caused by the pandemic, they are jointly staging two plays in London this month. The plays are rooted in Japanese culture and deal with secretive relationships, but the concerns are universal.

Actor Susan Momoko Hingley spoke of Japan's export of culture, including films and television series. She told the Reuters news agency, "It's really about getting great stories from all sorts of different cultures to…

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Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Barbara Lewis reported this story for Reuters. Jill Robbins adapted it for Learning English.

Source: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/japanese-theater-shares-cultural-similarities-in-b

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