Offton is a theater company founded in 2011 by Tokuchi Koki. The company examines the boundary between fiction and reality through the world view of science fiction and video games, highlighting the problems facing modern society.
This drama is a science fiction piece set in the near future, where the economy has collapsed and the nation, known as the Olympus Economic Network (OEN), is run by a colossal upstart enterprise. It is a dystopian world where nanomachine vaccinations are mandatory and information is controlled by mega-corporations. The play questions with dark humor whether human value can be reduced to “labor and production” and society’s faith in consumer capitalism.
The narrator works at a facility for reintegrating former criminals into society. She comes across a report one day about the death of an inmate. Her curiosity piqued, she investigates and learns that the inmate, known only as P, had been held there for over 70 years for thought crimes and terrorist acts. Furthermore, his right arm and leg were amputated and mechanized along with his brain and internal organs, turning him into a cyborg. Through research into a vast volume of material, she unearths the history of P (Prometheus). The irony of a nation/corporation treating P as a terrorist for refusing to work depicts the arrival of a further dystopia at the edge of a dystopia.

2023
Atelier Shunpusha

Presented by: The Japan Foundation (JF) (https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/)
In cooperation with EPAD (https://epad.jp)

＜Performance Credits＞
Performers: UTO Arisa, OZEKI Ai, TACHIKURA Yoko (SEINENDAN), NAGASE Yasumi, NITTA Yuri (SEINENDAN), HATAKEYAMA Shun (Theater Project NORUHA / peoplefutoshi)

Author/Direction: TOKUCHI Koki (Offton)
Sound Designer/Lighting Designer and Other: SAKURAUCHI Shomi (Offton)
Costume Designer: NAGASE Taiki (Tonali-ya)
Production Coordinator: HANZAWA Hirohiko
Production Coordinator: TANI Akiho (Tonali-ya)
Operations Staff: ONO Hajime (urban-yabanjin)

＜Subtitling Credits＞
Multilingual subtitling: Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan

Chinese Translation (Simplified): WU Zhenzhen
Chinese Translation (Traditional): nonunique solutions
English Translation: Gary Perlman
Indonesian Translation: Pradhista Krisandhini
Korean Translation: Hong i Lee
Spanish Translation: FUJI Karla

＜Promotional Text＞
TAKASHIMA Megumi

＜Company Website＞
https://engekioffton.studio.site/